It’s child pornography. Period.–updated

Disney’s Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus has showed up in photos for the cover of Vanity Fair, with nothing but a blanket covering her top. She’s 15! This is child pornography. Not to mention the photo of her and an older male model (looks to be in his 30s) tangled up in each other in a provocative pose. What THE FUCK!?

Here’s a link to an article. No, no photos posted here–because it’s CHILD PORNOGRAPHY!

The problem with this scandal is that the media, fans, disapproving parents, and the like are blaming Miley Cyrus for being scandelous. But let’s be realistic–15-year-old girls (and boys) are FULL of sexual energy! That is why they need to be protected! Cyrus is a victim of manipulation by a system that insists that young girls and women be sexy and take off their close or lose the lime light. Teenagers make bad decisions and are hopefully guided to some understanding of how not to do it again. Unfortunately, the adults around her are not teaching her that this is a bad way to gain good self-esteem and respect and just a sick way of gaining quick popularity. Shame on the producers and editors of Vanity Fair for this. And shame on her parents who approved of the project.

UPDATE:

I decided to add a bit of actual analysis to why i believe this is wrong. At the time of posting I was rushed and tired, and I’ve since realized that a good rule for blogs ought to be: If you don’t have time to do it right, don’t do it!

Anyway, there are a lot of factors to consider here, as a few of my fellow fems have pointed: 1. she’s 15, post-puberty, sexuality is not a foreign concept to 15-year-old girls; 2.  women are taken advantage of constantly, why is this any different; etc.

I think we can all agree that this is terrible at any age, obviously. The problem I see with Cyrus is that she went to get some photos taken by a pretty powerful and influential magazine, and she got manipulated. It’s common for young girls, they ARE post-puberty and sexual in their own comfort zones, that’s fine. But she’s 15, and she’s being turned into a sex object by adults, for money, and for the comfy cozy reassurance that she’ll be beautiful and popular if she does it.  She is a victim of our society, of the adults around her, and of her parents—one of many, yes, but no less important.