From Porn Star-Esque to The Sound of Music

From a suggestively porn star-esque spread in GQ to a commercial for Dove Hair Care, no wonder our young girls are confused about their sexuality, I’m confused.  Glee star Lea Michele stars in a new commercial for Dove in which she sings and dances to the tune These Are a Few of My Favorite Things from the movie The Sound of Music.  This is on the heels of her GQ spread sucking on a lollipop in underwear by a school locker and her “spread” in another shot. 



The principle behind Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty is to celebrate the natural physical variation embodied by all women and inspire them to have the confidence to be comfortable with themselves.  The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty teaches girls how to look objectively at fashion models, pop culture, and the media.  Teaching them not to fall into this fairytale and beauty myth, so as to keep their self-esteem and body image intact.

So, I’m confused. On one hand Lea Michele is portraying a porn star look and on the other hand she (and Dove) are telling us to “keep on doing our favorite things”.   Our young girls now have another distorted image of what a girl should look like and feel. Dove led me to believe that they were above the sexualization of our young girls; I’m beginning to wonder why I support them.  But let’s take the pressure off of Lea Michele for a moment and ask Dove, what the hell were you thinking?

Empowering Our Girls: A Plea to the Media and the Superstars that Shape Them

How can we empower our young girls to create a healthy foundation? To grow up with confidence and self esteem in a world where the media constantly bombards them with super skinny models, dolls that look like a name I don’t want to print here, and actresses and singers that are basically prostituting themselves.  Obviously sex sells.  But STOP trying to sell it to my 7 year old! Do these actresses and singers ever step back and look at what they’re doing to themselves and their fans? Don’t they realize they are demeaning women all over the world by “prostituting” themselves in the name of popularity and money? Come on ladies, you are more than that! You need to stop listening to the idiots around you that are telling you this is working out great. For whom, them?  How about empowering young girls to use the gifts that they were given to make a positive impact on the world. 

To be sexy is to be confident in who you are without having to walk around half-naked. To use your intelligence, humor and love to lift others up instead of tearing them down by making them feel self-confident and un-sexy. You have the ability to empower other young girls and women. You have tremendous influence. This is a huge responsibility. Use this power wisely to help raise these girls into the self-confident, intelligent and beautiful women that they were born to be.  Go back in the closet and put some clothes on! Please! Being a parent is hard enough, help us out!!