Published: Monday - October 2, 2006
Words by Joseph "JayRich" Robinson
Cassie (Photo: Bad Boy)
How young is too young? At what age can you be sexy? What is the difference between sexy and racy? How old were you when you started having sex? How old were the girls in high school with the kids? Who's to blame?
Now, I want you to be real, real honest with yourself. Cassie is a 19-year-old model/ singer (maybe). Her first video is about her enthusiasm to showcase her sexual prowess and it just so happens that the target audience is a bunch of pop loving teens. Cassie's alternate video -- the Paris Hilton like tragedy all over YouTube.com -- gets straight to the point without any mystery to what she's talking about. How many of you thought she was 16 when you saw the mainstream video and said, "There's something wrong with that." But, when you found out that Cassie was indeed legal you said, "Oh, I can hit that!" Now, how many men out there didn't care to begin with? Ask yourselves, what's the difference? Yes, the mental situation, but older girls are mostly more experienced not necessarily smarter.
At what age can a girl be sexy and the men get to "look" without being a pervert? Never; because men these days looking at females aren't caring if they're underage, we continue with our feelings if the girl possesses a grown woman's body. However, the legal ramifications do keep us at bay -- some of us -- when it comes to making that decision. Most men don't care if Cassie isn't the best singer or dancer, her look is what the industry seems to be pitching. Newsflash, she isn't the only one.
The Pussycat Dolls' singles and videos have been sexy, but the bulk society widely considers Cassie's single as too racy! Beyonce danced on a chair, not to mention the lap dance on BET, in a champagne class, and she had Oprah doing the "booty dance" from "Crazy in Love." Yet, some people had more of a problem when Ciara danced on top of a car by herself as part of a routine. The age difference between these ladies is just a few years, but the conflict we have is their images. PSD came out and you knew what you were getting. We saw Beyonce go through the phases with Destiny's Child. Ciara's first single was about keeping her legs crossed even though you think that watching her dance. Another common factor these women have in common is their market; it's exactly the same from "TRL" to "106 & Park" to the Teen Choice Awards.
With all of that in a nutshell, the most reasonable conclusion to why people have their different opinions about the subject is this, attention span. If you ask a lot of the teens singing "Me and U," most of the ones I spoke with haven't even minutely thought of the song's content. These same teenagers are the ones who make up the bulk of her growing fan base. Before the "unofficial" video surfaced, they didn't even know that they were subconsciously singing about giving some head. If you have kids, breakdown the music. If you don't, just simply pay attention to what you're doing.
The views expressed inside this editorial aren't necessarily the views of BallerStatus.net or staff.
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