It seems that every other day "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus pops up in the news for offending people. In the past, Disney hasn't been too fond of her more provocative behavior. But some forget that she is now legally an adult. Although we'll continue to judge every thing she does in "private", (that's what we do), perhaps we're going a little overboard with this role model stuff. She might do well with a lesson or two in being ladylike. But Miley happens to think she's a decent role model. Her "cakey" behavior, as raunchy and repulsive as it is to many---isn't necessarily a representation of who she is as a person.
Where it all begins…
Young women brought up to emulate gyrating, over-sexualized "role models" will most certainly do so, especially if they're given no other positive examples to follow. Mom may not be running out the door in midriff shirts, leggings and clear heels. But presenting a legit example of a respectable young woman should be something that precedes any flippant images to which they're exposed. However, this is often commentary that complaining audiences don't want to hear.
What Sayeth, the Parental Units?
We don't really want to see Miley Cyrus posing provocatively with a penis-shaped birthday cake. (Well, some of us don't.) But for that matter, we don't really want to see anyone posed with a phallic dessert. It's just icky. Where are Miley's parents in all this, you say? They've come under fire themselves for introducing a bit of messiness into the family. Rumors of infidelity, tentative divorce filings and so on…have become minor distractions from Hannah Montana's apparent alter ego. Do her parents know that she's taking naughty snapshots? Maybe, maybe not.
Is what she did that bad?
Girls just wanna have fun, some of you will also say. Cyrus isn't a candidate for "Teen Mom." And though she's been caught with a questionable substance, she's never been arrested for crashing into something (or someone) while under the influence. (Ok, so that one was a stretch.) In any case, the deeper issue perhaps resides with what she's been brought us to believe is acceptable. All jokes aside, Billy Ray and Tish haven't done a horrible job. But for all intents and purposes, some of their "soggy" boundaries just don't sit well with the rest of the world. Has Miley committed a cardinal sin by posing with raunchy desserts? And if so, what else is the Disney star really doing behind closed doors? For now, some of these questions will go unanswered---just as they often are in the real world.
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