I Love Miley. Stop the exploitation of women and children. No nudity for minors!
I Love Miley. Stop the exploitation of women and children. No nudity for minors!
The following letter was sent to various newspapers and editors to express my outrage and disappointment with regard to the exploitation of Miley Cyrus and the sexually provocative photographs taken of her by Annie Liebovitz and published by Vanity Fair.
Dear Editor:
I am shocked and appalled at how Miley Cyrus has been exploited and abused! When I saw the Annia Liebovitz’s sexually provocative photographs taken in a California field photo shoot for Vanity Fair, I could not believe my eyes. Here was a young girl, 15 years old, being draped in a satin sheet and exposed to the whole world! Apparently this was done with her father’s consent. Billy Ray Cyrus was with her during the photo shoot and even more provocative photographs were taken of Miley with her father in amorous poses; plus his youngest daughter, 8 year old Noah, was on the set! It just blew my mind to see a parent pimping his daughter this way!
Now I’m not a prude; I am, in fact an artist, photographer and naturalist. I appreciate a good photograph as next as the next person. But this is boarder line child pornography because it is exploiting a child for profit. Miley is still a minor and in California you have to be at least 18 before you can undress in front of a camera and pose for sexually provocative photographs.
Now what is going to happen? Young girls all over the country are going to see these photographs. They are going to say to themselves, “If Miley can do it, so can I!” So they are going to be stripping down and taking nude or semi-nude photographs of themselves and putting the on the Internet. They may even be tempted or encouraged by their peer to do what Miley did and expose themselves all over cyberspace. It could have drastic consequence for some because there are pedophiles out there who prey upon young, innocent girls.
Parents everywhere need to be aware to what is happening and teach their minor children NEVER to do something like this no matter what someone promises them. Miley’s father will get paid a small fortune from giving his permission for his daughter to be photographed in this manner; indeed, he has already made a fortune exploiting her talents. Once she turns 18 she will have financial control over her income, but until that time her parent can make as much money as he can and keep it for himself. Well, I’m not sure if that is 100% true, because I have no direct knowledge with respect to Miley Cyrus’s contract with Disney Productions or Vanity Fair, but I’d bet if he does not have complete power and control over all Miley’s money, that he has most of it.
Power and control is a big issue here. Parents have power and control financially over the income of their talented children. Hence there is motive to let them be abused in this way. No one can look at those pictures of Miley and say this was not permitted just to sell more magazines. That constitutes what is called “purulent interest” and hence defines said sexually provocative photographs as child pornography.
Anyone who wants to see these photographs can simply Google “Miley Cyrus and Vanity Fair” or Miley Cyrus and Nude.” Or you can go to the vanityfair.com web site. Unless they pull the pictures you should be able to find them. I was able to find them on You Tube and on sites as far away as Australia! So it is true to say that Miley Cyrus has been exploited and abused, her innocence exposed to the world and made a sex object for profit.
I really think this is terrible and my heart goes out to Miley Cyrus and all children who find themselves being abused and exploited. This is so terrible that I made a heart design that says “I Love Miley: Stop the exploitation of women and children. No nudity for minors!” You can see it at www.byteland.org/miley which also has a copy of this letter and related links. Miley herself spoke out and apologized to her fans saying that she did not realize she would be portrayed in such a sexually provocative manner. Disney Studios also responded with a statement suggesting she was manipulated. In any case it is not Miley who should be apologizing, but those who did this to her and permitted her to be exploited in this manner, which includes her father, the photographer, Annie Lebovitz and Vanity Fair.
I urge all parents to write to the State Attorney in California and express their outrage that those who have committed this exploitation of a minor be brought to justice; that this type of despicable behavior not be let to set as an example others may emulate and follow; that the innocence of our children be preserved. Either we should do that or lower the legal age to puberty. But everyone know that mental maturity is not reached until much later, so we should not lower our ethical, moral and legal standards just to please that segment of society which has purulent interest and seeks to exploit our children!
Sincerely,
Terry Lynch
terrylynch@aol.com
1 May, 2008
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I Love Miley. Stop the exploitation of women and children. No nudity for minors!
I Love Miley. Stop the exploitation of women and children. No nudity for minors!
Note: There are many forms of child abuse which includes neglect. Parents and family members can love their children and still abuse and/or neglect them. Child abuse can be sexual, it can involve beating, bullying or battering or it can simply involve gross misconduct. Discipline of a child, such as using a naughty chair or taking away privileges, is not child abuse unless it involves such usage of physical force and violence as to inflict injury upon a child. Even siblings, especially much older brothers or sisters, can be abusive, especially when they do terrible acts of violence or cause serious injury to their siblings. Often siblings who develop habitual behavior such as bullying can develop into adults who abuse their spouse, children or even their elderly parents later in life. So it is important to report child abuse in all its forms and all its stages, no matter how embarrassing or ugly this may seem. What is worse is to not report the abuse and to let it continue as this can result in generational cycles of abuse. So please, report child abuse when you see it and help save a child.
Note: Child pornography hurts children because it destroys their innocence and exploits them for money, such that children become virtual slaves of those producing the child pornography. Often this involves exchange of sex for drugs, money or security. Child pornography is a billion dollar industry and also involves child slavery. The Internet has caused an explosion in the child pornography business. Any minor who is exploited by adults, even their parents or guardians, to produce material which is sexually provocative and appeals solely to purulent interest may be a victim of the child pornography industry. Please, if you have knowledge of child pornography production or dealing in child pornography, report it as a form of child abuse.
Note: What is a bully? Anyone who beats, batters or physically assaults a child is a bully and is committing child abuse. Bullies are also those who use verbal abuse to assualt others who are not able to defend themselves for whatever reason. Bullies often grow into adults who abuse their spouse, children and elderly parents. It is important to report a bully because the earlier this problem is delt with, then the earlier it can be corrected.
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