TERRIBLE role model for young women

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I don't think most pop singers are good role models these days tbh. It's more about looks/ showing off, etc than about real talent.

I use to think her songs were kinda catchy and she was a cute girl, but now I think she is trashy, right up there with Christina A. Does she believe in privacy?

Perhaps, but this is much worse than somebody simply getting delusions of grandeur and deciding to flaunt their non-existent talent on the 'X-Factor'
Agreed. Chris Brown is one of the worst, and only because he has a solid ghetto following is his kind of trashiness tolerated.

As for Rihanna, it's her going BACK to that pile of dog poo which I find odious.



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"Is our children learning"? -Sep 12 2000
"Childrens do learn" -Sep 26 2007
- GW Bush

But realistically what young person would honestly make a pop star their role model? They might admire their talent/looks or something but there's a line between admiration and being a role model.

Regarding the argument that Rihanna is a bad role model for young girls/teenagers

1) Where do the parents' responsibilities come in? They know that she has raunchy/explicit songs I mean come on she has a song called S&M is that not a red signal? If as a parent they are allowing their children to listen to her then it's their own fault if the children begin to repeat her lyrics.

2) Rihanna or at least what we see of her is all an act. She is being told to dress the way she does act the way she does and I'm pretty sure all her lyrics are written for her. She is living up to an image that has been created for her. We don't know what she is like in her private life so I think before saying she's trashy or whatever I think we should really point the finger at the PR and our society for allowing overt sexuality to become an integral factor of the pop music industry. There was a time when sexuality was subtle look at the Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe's and Dorothy Dandrige. Now their an all or nothing mentality to it all.

3) Same with Chris Brown it's easy to paint him as a heartless scum bag and no before people jump down my throat I think what he did was disgusting but at the same time I'm not going to be one of the mass who demands he be hung drawn and quatered for the rest of his life for it. It happened. It was horrid. There's nothing anyone, Chris Brown included can do about it he has to live with that for the rest of his life which will be punishment enough for him.
And end of the day the person he affected the most was Rihanna and if Rihanna can forgive him then isn't that up to her? Yes everyone has an opinion and you can understandably say "oh she took him back after all he did? That's pathetic I won't listen to their music anymore" or whatever but in the end it's not our lives it's theirs. Yeah you can have an opinion but will it honestly have any sway over their lives?

And way I see it to each their own. These celebrities should not be elevated to a level where they are able to influence our perspectives, lives and the decisions we make it should be our parents, our teachers and if like me you believe in God our faiths. So in my view Rihanna shouldn't be considered a role model in the first place.


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But realistically what young person would honestly make a pop star their role model?
It's more just a common phrase, most people don't actually use them as actual "role models" (although, unfortunately, some DO). Nonetheless, pop stars and celebrities and their values DO have a strong influence on young people, and it's sad when so many of these stars are such negative symbols of behavior.



1) Where do the parents' responsibilities come in? They know that she has raunchy/explicit songs I mean come on she has a song called S&M is that not a red signal? If as a parent they are allowing their children to listen to her then it's their own fault if the children begin to repeat her lyrics.
Of course. But this all goes in to the notion whether she's a good or bad "role model" / "symbol". Who is responsible for exposure to her, i.e. parents or the kids, is another issue entirely. Personally, I believe parents SHOULD take an active role in guiding their kids and whom they listen to. I know I would never allow one of my kids to become a fan of or idolize Rihanna, especially seeing her awful choices in relationships.


2) Rihanna or at least what we see of her is all an act.
Do you believe that mangled face, a la Chris Brown, was just makeup and an act?

She's a negative influence in both what we know of her personal relationships AND in regards to her on-stage "act".



There's nothing anyone, Chris Brown included can do about it he has to live with that for the rest of his life which will be punishment enough for him.
No, he still has his career and money. He can cry about it all the way to the bank. Only if his career were ruined and he actually had to work at a JOB for the rest of his life, would that be "punishment ENOUGH".



and if Rihanna can forgive him then isn't that up to her?
Yes, it's her business, and that's why I consider her to be such a bad influence.



Yeah you can have an opinion but will it honestly have any sway over their lives?
Maybe not for you or me, but too many young kids see this and start to feel "it's OK".


I agree with you that the personal lives of these celebs should never be so influential, but I lament the degree to which they ARE influential. If a person wanted to listen to her music and ignore her personal life, fine, if they are mature enough to separate those dimensions. But in terms of her personal life, she's very negative, and it's sad that people DO idolize such stars.





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"Is our children learning"? -Sep 12 2000
"Childrens do learn" -Sep 26 2007
- GW Bush