To Enact Punishment or To Inspire Love? That is the question...
So long people have wondered (for centuries) how to improve the human condition..
How to make people act morally, and therefore not ruin a society with crime..
This idea in of itself is political, and not aspired from a love of humanity...
There is an article I think you should read:
http://www.freechristians.com/Wendell_Krossa/introduction.htm
What they mention in this article is a more 'human' God- People are afraid of thinking God as a human, thinking that the God we worship would be full of sin. Actually, the God that most people currently worship and have worshipped is closer to a sinful human than we think. The God most people think of includes the worst characteristics of humanity: Controlling all.... Enacting punishment... Hating the wicked... The God most Christians worship is an old, political God which was used before Bible times to keep people in line.. not to inspire love. You'd hope that our views of God would have changed. -Unfortunately, they haven't.
If we want a God that works for us, we have to realize what works for us as human beings. Humans have never reacted well to punishment. Look at our U.S. prison systems. Convicts come out more demented and disabled then before they came in- because we punish them rather than help them. I would say Norway has done a great job in their prison systems... allowing for self-growth, independent thinking, and self-empowerment within each of its inmates. They serve their prisoners, rather than punish them. -And they have the lowest crime rates in the world to show for it.
Jesus was in alignment with the idea that God is not a "vertical" God- something that is ABOVE us and which we must obey. Jesus was against the God that the religiously-affiliated men worshipped: someone to fear. Jesus, a man who was thought to be the son of God or God himself, said "I have come here not to be served," -as if there was a hierarchy to be followed- "but to serve." Being a servant during Bible times meant you were the lowest in society. You were a human, about as human as one could get. However, this was no ordinary human speaking; this was the son of God, saying that he came here on Earth to serve YOU. Yeah. Jesus was crucified for promoting this equality between God and human- That God was not the top rung on the ladder disturbed the religious leaders because God's equality to man would mean that there would be no power given to the clergymen over other people. We don't serve God. We all, including God, serve each other, by using the best characteristics of our humanity. Or, we still believe that God prefers some over others, and don't help eachother, sadly enough.
A God of hierarchy is not a gracious view of God. A hierarchial God is an animal-like God. Animals decide who is greater based on physical characteristics (the material wealth) of this world. A God is part of a spiritual world, and therefore there is no one who is greater than another. If you believe that some spirits are better than others, that is to say that someone's problems are worse than yours. However, everyone's experience is subjective, meaning that you can only understand your own experience. Someone else's sins are just as bad for them as your sins are for you. Recognize that I say someone's sins are bad for them. God only wants us to get better, and no one gets better by being put down or compared and judged against others. Do you really think God thinks we are animals? Subjects to a system of destined judgement? No. God wants us to be equal with God, so we can talk with God, hear God, and listen to God.
We have believed in a (view of) God for so long that doesn't actually exist.
Many people do not realize that our view of God is indepedent of actual God. God will go on being God whether we like God or not. Why not like God? Well, because we have believed God to be an exacting, judging perfectionist, and therefore most people desire to leave God behind. Who wouldn't? Many people's situations with God are that of prejudice- judging someone or thinking badly of someone before you really know them. Unfortunately, all we know of God is what we believe. In effect, a lot of people hate God and do not have fulfilling faith in their lives. Fortunately, if you changed your view of God, you would automatically feel better about God, and most likely start to feel hope of love.
If we saw a God of love, no one would have trouble accepting God. When you meet a truly LOVING PERSON, do you not accept their love right away? Or do you not feel BETTER when you are around them? Even if you have not met a truly loving, trusting, non-manipulating person in your life, you know that if you would, you WOULD feel better. If we believed God was not above us, but right beside us, more people would be able to see God in a more loving manner.
And wouldn't that be lovely?
Let's change our view of God and make things easier on ourselves to make the world better! God doesn't care about you doing things for him, like serving your golden achievements to a king on a platter. He doesn't care one bit about what you accomplish, and therefore has no reason to punish you. He just loves, and is standing right beside you- on a horizontal plane.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Things That I Find Stupid To Talk About
1. Carbs- It makes no sense to talk about carbs in your diet. You are either fat or you're not, and if you are, you should just watch your overall calories. Sure, it's good to eat some vegetables, but why do you care so much if you eat carbs? Calories are just calories, and it doesn't make a difference which kind they are.
2. Clothes- Nobody cares what kind of clothes you wear. Talking about your clothes is sure to bore anyone you are around, and if they aren't bored, they're lying.
It's more fun to wear clothes. Period.
3. What You DIDN'T Do- Nobody cares about what you didn't do with your life. The more you talk about it, the more you'll feel bad about yourself. If you have nothing to say that you've done, then that means you just need to get a hobby or DO SOMETHING WITH your life. Stop talking to the person and go have fun.
4. Food- Oh My Gosh. THE MOST BORING SUBJECT ON EARTH. Who Cares what you ate? It's just BORING. Unless you had a really cool throw-up story, I am completely bored by listening to what people ate. Unless I'm eating it, it's pointless.
Okay this is it so far, for now. =)
2. Clothes- Nobody cares what kind of clothes you wear. Talking about your clothes is sure to bore anyone you are around, and if they aren't bored, they're lying.
It's more fun to wear clothes. Period.
3. What You DIDN'T Do- Nobody cares about what you didn't do with your life. The more you talk about it, the more you'll feel bad about yourself. If you have nothing to say that you've done, then that means you just need to get a hobby or DO SOMETHING WITH your life. Stop talking to the person and go have fun.
4. Food- Oh My Gosh. THE MOST BORING SUBJECT ON EARTH. Who Cares what you ate? It's just BORING. Unless you had a really cool throw-up story, I am completely bored by listening to what people ate. Unless I'm eating it, it's pointless.
Okay this is it so far, for now. =)
Monday, October 12, 2009
Expressing Body Modification and Femininity
There are a couple new things I've learned in the past few days as I've been researching femininity...
In today's fast-paced, energy-efficient world, people are bombarded with how to become harder, better, faster, stronger..-Daft Punk!- and women sometimes sacrifice their sense of femininity in order to take time for the sake of others: feeding the children, while doing everything else a mother needs to get done in the sake of time,...finishing a research paper while stuffing faces in order to make it through an all-nighter,...judgingbodies like a manufacturing company while not taking time to appreciate the natural (and unnatural) curves that make the human body...
There is a lot to appreciate for the sake of femininity and most times people miss the point!
It was said by Dolores Curley, in an article I read which speaks about revitalizing femininity, that by being in touch with her delicate, intimate, compassionate, sexual, and gentle side, a woman can feel more complete, refreshed and fulfilled.
This is not to say that a woman is fulfilled simply by contacting her sexuality and femininity. It is merely suggesting that a woman is often pushed out of the way in terms of the importance of her sexuality. We are sexual beings- we can't deny that we want to feel good about what we were born with! When women turn to an over-asking world with a fervor that says, "I can be just as energetic as any testosterone-filled man!", it is as if women do not realize who they are, or how their unique, wonderful feminine energy works. If women take more time to appreciate, love, and adore the estrogen-body that they were given, they will find that they are more comfortable in their own skin and have more ability to work within the body system that they were given.
Unfortunately and with silliness, it is quite possible that women may have "less energy" than men because for centuries, women have been made to believe so. It is simple, yet complicated, that a belief can promote the exact outcome that it portrays. For example, a woman may say "I do not know if I want to have kids, because it would be really hard to juggle everything. If only I was a man and had testosterone to get me through all of this." Yes, children steal energy. LARGE amounts of it. But a woman to then believe that she can do the same as another person who doesn't have children is insane. People need to take into account their own energy source, understanding who we really are. Often times, women do not realize our media portrays so much time-efficient propaganda that they end up sacrificing their own energy in order to keep up.
The best thing to do is to keep a daily self-praise to realize you are a woman. Then, you can say, "I can do this!"- or whatever you wish to achieve, not "like a man" but "like a WOMAN!" Women have their own type of energy that we so often overlook in our world which HAS, for centuries, been advertised as a world for men. Women deserve the respect that they have always gained! For most men, a team sport, a visual video-game, or some type of fast calculating has promoted them to feeling on top of their game in whatever they choose to do throughout the day. This IS the chemical formula of testosterone: to be fast, fast-acting, hard, and strong. In order to achieve the energy balance and vitality, women have a completely different ballgame. We cannot deny the chemical balances within our body. Estrogen is naturally slow-moving, generally swirly in formation, and based off of the aesthetic senses of touch, aroma, smell, and taste. We must realize and take into account the basis of our energy in order to feel it working for us.
How has estrogen worked in your life? In order to feed a baby? In order to feel sexy in a nightgown.... hasn't it always made you feel better in the morning?
Ready to take on the day?
What does a long, aromatic, soft bath do for you?
How about a massage with pedicure and manicure?
(Nobody cares what it eventually looks like-- how do you FEEL when you get it done!?)
I want an eyebrow piercing to LOOK sexy, but how will I FEEL sexy?
Lingerie!
I don't ever want to say that some0ne feels sexy by buying lingerie, but it's true! People connotate lingerie with being a slut, or BEING someone who shows it off a lot. I buy it because the lace feels good hugging my round bottom. Same reason you buy good-fitting shirts or jeans. They feel good on your body. There are sometimes two reasons people will do things for themselves.
For themselves
Or For Someone Else
It is a simple misjudgement when the decision is made, however, it makes a large change in how one feels about oneself!
For example, a girl goes shopping for a pair of jeans.
There is one goal: to buy a good-fitting pair of jeans.
There are TWO motives: for herself, or for someone else.
For someone else, she will buy the good-fitting jeans in order to look good on her bottom.
For herself, she will buy the good-fitting jeans so they FEEL good on her bottom.
For someone else, she escapes the good feelings that she could have had.
For herself, she feels the good feelings of having a good pair of jeans, and she is happier throughout the day when she wears them, feeling them all day long.
Can you tell the difference?
Notice this difference in your life... The goal doesn't matter; the REASON behind the goal does.
Aim for doing things for yourself!
Write down a list of your goals. And then turn around the reasons for them if they aren't for yourself!
=) Be Happier!
In today's fast-paced, energy-efficient world, people are bombarded with how to become harder, better, faster, stronger..-Daft Punk!- and women sometimes sacrifice their sense of femininity in order to take time for the sake of others: feeding the children, while doing everything else a mother needs to get done in the sake of time,...finishing a research paper while stuffing faces in order to make it through an all-nighter,...judgingbodies like a manufacturing company while not taking time to appreciate the natural (and unnatural) curves that make the human body...
There is a lot to appreciate for the sake of femininity and most times people miss the point!
It was said by Dolores Curley, in an article I read which speaks about revitalizing femininity, that by being in touch with her delicate, intimate, compassionate, sexual, and gentle side, a woman can feel more complete, refreshed and fulfilled.
This is not to say that a woman is fulfilled simply by contacting her sexuality and femininity. It is merely suggesting that a woman is often pushed out of the way in terms of the importance of her sexuality. We are sexual beings- we can't deny that we want to feel good about what we were born with! When women turn to an over-asking world with a fervor that says, "I can be just as energetic as any testosterone-filled man!", it is as if women do not realize who they are, or how their unique, wonderful feminine energy works. If women take more time to appreciate, love, and adore the estrogen-body that they were given, they will find that they are more comfortable in their own skin and have more ability to work within the body system that they were given.
Unfortunately and with silliness, it is quite possible that women may have "less energy" than men because for centuries, women have been made to believe so. It is simple, yet complicated, that a belief can promote the exact outcome that it portrays. For example, a woman may say "I do not know if I want to have kids, because it would be really hard to juggle everything. If only I was a man and had testosterone to get me through all of this." Yes, children steal energy. LARGE amounts of it. But a woman to then believe that she can do the same as another person who doesn't have children is insane. People need to take into account their own energy source, understanding who we really are. Often times, women do not realize our media portrays so much time-efficient propaganda that they end up sacrificing their own energy in order to keep up.
The best thing to do is to keep a daily self-praise to realize you are a woman. Then, you can say, "I can do this!"- or whatever you wish to achieve, not "like a man" but "like a WOMAN!" Women have their own type of energy that we so often overlook in our world which HAS, for centuries, been advertised as a world for men. Women deserve the respect that they have always gained! For most men, a team sport, a visual video-game, or some type of fast calculating has promoted them to feeling on top of their game in whatever they choose to do throughout the day. This IS the chemical formula of testosterone: to be fast, fast-acting, hard, and strong. In order to achieve the energy balance and vitality, women have a completely different ballgame. We cannot deny the chemical balances within our body. Estrogen is naturally slow-moving, generally swirly in formation, and based off of the aesthetic senses of touch, aroma, smell, and taste. We must realize and take into account the basis of our energy in order to feel it working for us.
How has estrogen worked in your life? In order to feed a baby? In order to feel sexy in a nightgown.... hasn't it always made you feel better in the morning?
Ready to take on the day?
What does a long, aromatic, soft bath do for you?
How about a massage with pedicure and manicure?
(Nobody cares what it eventually looks like-- how do you FEEL when you get it done!?)
I want an eyebrow piercing to LOOK sexy, but how will I FEEL sexy?
Lingerie!
I don't ever want to say that some0ne feels sexy by buying lingerie, but it's true! People connotate lingerie with being a slut, or BEING someone who shows it off a lot. I buy it because the lace feels good hugging my round bottom. Same reason you buy good-fitting shirts or jeans. They feel good on your body. There are sometimes two reasons people will do things for themselves.
For themselves
Or For Someone Else
It is a simple misjudgement when the decision is made, however, it makes a large change in how one feels about oneself!
For example, a girl goes shopping for a pair of jeans.
There is one goal: to buy a good-fitting pair of jeans.
There are TWO motives: for herself, or for someone else.
For someone else, she will buy the good-fitting jeans in order to look good on her bottom.
For herself, she will buy the good-fitting jeans so they FEEL good on her bottom.
For someone else, she escapes the good feelings that she could have had.
For herself, she feels the good feelings of having a good pair of jeans, and she is happier throughout the day when she wears them, feeling them all day long.
Can you tell the difference?
Notice this difference in your life... The goal doesn't matter; the REASON behind the goal does.
Aim for doing things for yourself!
Write down a list of your goals. And then turn around the reasons for them if they aren't for yourself!
=) Be Happier!
Perfectionism's Folly
Hello Bloggees!
Today I realized an important lesson in perfectionism- that it is not wise to use the ideal for motivation.
In college, I've discovered new things about the academic extravaganza. For one, there are many people who get A's. Second, a lot of people get A's. And third, people don't care what kind of grade YOU get.
So, coming into my seventh week in college, I've realized that I don't care much about my grades being perfect. Great! What an accomplishment for a perfectionist!
However,..
What do I feel motivated by now in order to keep up my grades?
....The Love Of Learning?
....Recommendation Letters from My Professors?
....Obsessive-Compulsive Fun of Getting Things Done?
....Basic Self-Respect of My Own Knowledge?
One's motivation is an important energy to harness and yields success to those who capture it...
I just hope I know why I like my first-year English class before the semester is over... =)
Today I realized an important lesson in perfectionism- that it is not wise to use the ideal for motivation.
In college, I've discovered new things about the academic extravaganza. For one, there are many people who get A's. Second, a lot of people get A's. And third, people don't care what kind of grade YOU get.
So, coming into my seventh week in college, I've realized that I don't care much about my grades being perfect. Great! What an accomplishment for a perfectionist!
However,..
What do I feel motivated by now in order to keep up my grades?
....The Love Of Learning?
....Recommendation Letters from My Professors?
....Obsessive-Compulsive Fun of Getting Things Done?
....Basic Self-Respect of My Own Knowledge?
One's motivation is an important energy to harness and yields success to those who capture it...
I just hope I know why I like my first-year English class before the semester is over... =)
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Rant On The Music#1: Cassidy Ft. P. Diddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9t66nxf-oRead the lyrics to this song and consider them:[Diddy]You feel it uh It must be love haha yeah it feels like love ?? bitchYou know how we doStimulate my heart surrender my mindLook at to my eyes if forever you fineBad boy turn good how could it be trueAnd all thru my pain how could it be youHow could it be newHow could it be my key the way its doHow could it be as me as pursue about the ghetto wise doAbout getting a night job just for keeping my mind grounded in youand in all that jazz what else can make a nigga spin doles cashA chick with a face A chick with a little skinny waist A chick with a mindA matching nice taste plus I got the mind to snatch you like wayWhy you wanna tie me up like regains reverse the poops as long you gottaLittle high heels on its on
[Cassie]This is something I never wantedSince I met you I’ve been on itI think about you all the timeCan get you of my mindI know this can’t be love ( I know this can’t be love)But baby it must be love (But baby it must be love)Thinking of goingAll of the wayI wanna show you but I’m afraidI know you say it’s all of meMaybe tonight I let you seeCouldn’t this be love (I know this must be love)But baby it must be love ( I know it must be love)Don’t wanna give in to you so easilyBut I can’t even fight that you named me so weAnd I can’t understand what you doing to meBut I like it (I like it) I like it (I like it)I heard you whisper something to meHold me close now baby don’t leaveEmotions taking overSome things controlling meI know this can’t be love ( I know this can’t be love)But baby it must be love (But baby it must be love)What am I feeling its getting strongerAnd I can’t hold it back for much longerAll though we trynna be cool it’s all because of youI know this can’t be love (I know this must be love)But baby it must be love ( Baby it must be love)Don’t wanna give in to you so easilyBut I can’t even fight that you named me so weAnd I can’t understand what you doing to meBut I like it (I like it) I like it (I like it)[Diddy]Nah nah in a minute I must have check myself to the psychoI’m going crazy and I don’t know what I’m fighting forSee it’s too easy to run from this and my mind saysI can’t really Fu** with thistrynna resist but every passion and kiss blow my mindLike a terrorist you can be mine one some forever shitI’m a treat believer trynna be thuf but the look in your face it’s so delectatedIt’s Something you do if you got me in trance you got me running and doing shitI aint used to doing (that’s right) thinking bout a chanceMaybe a slowdance maybe we hold hands for our coats and friends (keep going)Go diving on beaches with white diamonds in the sand then we handgliding over cans ? And then you can be my number one fan and I could be your loveIn the club for as long as this song line[Cassie]The way you make me feel is got me crazyTell me what you doing tonightI’ll be thereTake a ride with you homieOhh when you know I giving my loveBoy I so glad that you’re mine (you are mine)Do you wanna spend some time with meDon’t wanna give in to you so easily ( don’t wanna give in)( don’t wanna fight in) But I can’t even fight that ( you named me so we) you named me so weAnd I can’t understand what you doing to me (yes I like it)But I like it (I like it) I like it (I like it)Don’t wanna give in to you so easily ( don’t wanna give in)( don’t wanna fight in) But I can’t even fight that ( you named me so we) you named me so weAnd I can’t understand what you doing to me (yes I like it)But I like it (I like it) I like it (I like it)
The song "Must Be Love" by Cassie, ft. P. Diddy suggests that when a woman is in a romantic relationship:
1.) Her significant other is the only thing she thinks about.-Seriously, girls? The women's movement has tried to show that women are INDIVIDUALS with their OWN SELF PURPOSE beyond marrying someone. Why are we letting the media sell us this idea that once you fall in love, everything else in your life disappears? I definitely don't call that love; I call that a simbiotic relationship- living through someone else's life.
2.) She's "thinking of going all the way", in order to "show" her man that she loves him.-These lyrics suggest that a woman giving her body to a man is love. There haven't been any recent marriages like the old days, where the girl gets traded for a pig. Society has accepted that women are people, now! EMBRACE IT! A girl's body does not equal love. Let me say that again: a girl's body does NOT EQUAL LOVE. It's acceptable for a guy to give flowers to a woman. They won't last forever, but the girl will think, "It's the thought that counts." Your body will last as long as you live! Stop acting like it is an object to give! If you want to be nice, give HIM some flowers!
3.) She can't "fight" what is happening to her, she is "weak", and she is unaware of the consequences.- Well, doesn't this explain a bit of how unplanned pregnant teens feel? People wonder why teenage girls just "let themselves" not know what they are doing and "let" boys have sex with them, and "let" the boys decide not to wear a condom. WELL? Isn't Cassie saying that this is what love is? Letting someone do something to you? If a teenage girl keeps listening to females say that they are weak and cannot fight off their circumstances, she might just believe it. If teenagers remain ignorant to the lyrics they are putting inside their own heads, they may find themselves at discord with what they really want for their lives. If people become surprised, it's because they're not paying attention.
4.) The only thing Cassie does in her video is lean against a wall and appear seduced.-Wow! What a role model! Do girls think that this is an image of female strength? Leaning against a wall with a back towards the cameraman? It seems like she is about to become assaulted. Will we allow female musicians to do this- represent women as if it is normal for them to be seen like this? I would much rather see a woman standing broad-chested, ready to take on the world. That is what we need to see.
Unfortunately, the music industry's main goal is to make money. No, it's main goal is NOT to spoonfeed you good music- it's going to sell you anything that you will buy. So, if you buy crappy, female-defeating music, well, the music industry will keep MAKING crappy music and sell it to kids. If you decide to listen to musicians who actually care about the well-being of people who listen to them, you will HEAR them take over the music scene.
It is immoral to me when popular musicians feed beliefs to society which are self-defeating and degrading. Many popular musicians do not care about much more than the cash they receive in their pocket. They don't care if they release violence, abusive sex, or money worshipping into your ears. If YOU put the money out, YOU will be at mercy to the cultural fads and beliefs that the music is washed with.
So, THINK about what you listen to. Don't just listen to music because "it has a good beat". No matter what, you ARE listening to the lyrics. They ARE getting inside of your head. So, your choice: listen to the music and involuntarily begin to agree with the lyrics? Or start helping yourself by searching for and listening to music that connects with your moral standards? You be the judge.
Please leave a comment if you agree with anything I have shared.
[Cassie]This is something I never wantedSince I met you I’ve been on itI think about you all the timeCan get you of my mindI know this can’t be love ( I know this can’t be love)But baby it must be love (But baby it must be love)Thinking of goingAll of the wayI wanna show you but I’m afraidI know you say it’s all of meMaybe tonight I let you seeCouldn’t this be love (I know this must be love)But baby it must be love ( I know it must be love)Don’t wanna give in to you so easilyBut I can’t even fight that you named me so weAnd I can’t understand what you doing to meBut I like it (I like it) I like it (I like it)I heard you whisper something to meHold me close now baby don’t leaveEmotions taking overSome things controlling meI know this can’t be love ( I know this can’t be love)But baby it must be love (But baby it must be love)What am I feeling its getting strongerAnd I can’t hold it back for much longerAll though we trynna be cool it’s all because of youI know this can’t be love (I know this must be love)But baby it must be love ( Baby it must be love)Don’t wanna give in to you so easilyBut I can’t even fight that you named me so weAnd I can’t understand what you doing to meBut I like it (I like it) I like it (I like it)[Diddy]Nah nah in a minute I must have check myself to the psychoI’m going crazy and I don’t know what I’m fighting forSee it’s too easy to run from this and my mind saysI can’t really Fu** with thistrynna resist but every passion and kiss blow my mindLike a terrorist you can be mine one some forever shitI’m a treat believer trynna be thuf but the look in your face it’s so delectatedIt’s Something you do if you got me in trance you got me running and doing shitI aint used to doing (that’s right) thinking bout a chanceMaybe a slowdance maybe we hold hands for our coats and friends (keep going)Go diving on beaches with white diamonds in the sand then we handgliding over cans ? And then you can be my number one fan and I could be your loveIn the club for as long as this song line[Cassie]The way you make me feel is got me crazyTell me what you doing tonightI’ll be thereTake a ride with you homieOhh when you know I giving my loveBoy I so glad that you’re mine (you are mine)Do you wanna spend some time with meDon’t wanna give in to you so easily ( don’t wanna give in)( don’t wanna fight in) But I can’t even fight that ( you named me so we) you named me so weAnd I can’t understand what you doing to me (yes I like it)But I like it (I like it) I like it (I like it)Don’t wanna give in to you so easily ( don’t wanna give in)( don’t wanna fight in) But I can’t even fight that ( you named me so we) you named me so weAnd I can’t understand what you doing to me (yes I like it)But I like it (I like it) I like it (I like it)
The song "Must Be Love" by Cassie, ft. P. Diddy suggests that when a woman is in a romantic relationship:
1.) Her significant other is the only thing she thinks about.-Seriously, girls? The women's movement has tried to show that women are INDIVIDUALS with their OWN SELF PURPOSE beyond marrying someone. Why are we letting the media sell us this idea that once you fall in love, everything else in your life disappears? I definitely don't call that love; I call that a simbiotic relationship- living through someone else's life.
2.) She's "thinking of going all the way", in order to "show" her man that she loves him.-These lyrics suggest that a woman giving her body to a man is love. There haven't been any recent marriages like the old days, where the girl gets traded for a pig. Society has accepted that women are people, now! EMBRACE IT! A girl's body does not equal love. Let me say that again: a girl's body does NOT EQUAL LOVE. It's acceptable for a guy to give flowers to a woman. They won't last forever, but the girl will think, "It's the thought that counts." Your body will last as long as you live! Stop acting like it is an object to give! If you want to be nice, give HIM some flowers!
3.) She can't "fight" what is happening to her, she is "weak", and she is unaware of the consequences.- Well, doesn't this explain a bit of how unplanned pregnant teens feel? People wonder why teenage girls just "let themselves" not know what they are doing and "let" boys have sex with them, and "let" the boys decide not to wear a condom. WELL? Isn't Cassie saying that this is what love is? Letting someone do something to you? If a teenage girl keeps listening to females say that they are weak and cannot fight off their circumstances, she might just believe it. If teenagers remain ignorant to the lyrics they are putting inside their own heads, they may find themselves at discord with what they really want for their lives. If people become surprised, it's because they're not paying attention.
4.) The only thing Cassie does in her video is lean against a wall and appear seduced.-Wow! What a role model! Do girls think that this is an image of female strength? Leaning against a wall with a back towards the cameraman? It seems like she is about to become assaulted. Will we allow female musicians to do this- represent women as if it is normal for them to be seen like this? I would much rather see a woman standing broad-chested, ready to take on the world. That is what we need to see.
Unfortunately, the music industry's main goal is to make money. No, it's main goal is NOT to spoonfeed you good music- it's going to sell you anything that you will buy. So, if you buy crappy, female-defeating music, well, the music industry will keep MAKING crappy music and sell it to kids. If you decide to listen to musicians who actually care about the well-being of people who listen to them, you will HEAR them take over the music scene.
It is immoral to me when popular musicians feed beliefs to society which are self-defeating and degrading. Many popular musicians do not care about much more than the cash they receive in their pocket. They don't care if they release violence, abusive sex, or money worshipping into your ears. If YOU put the money out, YOU will be at mercy to the cultural fads and beliefs that the music is washed with.
So, THINK about what you listen to. Don't just listen to music because "it has a good beat". No matter what, you ARE listening to the lyrics. They ARE getting inside of your head. So, your choice: listen to the music and involuntarily begin to agree with the lyrics? Or start helping yourself by searching for and listening to music that connects with your moral standards? You be the judge.
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