Several weeks ago there was a story in the news about the cast of Glee was featured in GQ Magazine posing in a racy photo shoot. On television, these characters are about 16 years old and in high school. In real life they are in their mid 20s and working. This highly controversial issues has lit up blog sites.
The Parents Television Council (PTC) denounced the makers of the show glee. The PTC says that GQ is written for men and it is disturbing that they would sexualize actresses who play high school-ages charters. They even say it borders of pedophilia. Katie Curic is also a fan of Glee because they cover difficult issues on the show like single parenthood and being gay. However, she was disappointing when she saw the latest photo shoot.
Cast member of Glee Dianna Agron tackles the controversy herself saying "If you are hurt or these photos make you uncomfortable, it was never our intention. And if your eight-year-old has a copy of our GQ cover in hand, again I am sorry. But I would have to ask, how on earth did it get there?" Jim Nelson, Editor-in-Chief of GQ, tells The Insider that, "As often happens in Hollywood, these 'kids' are in their twenties," he adds. "Cory Monteith is almost 30! I think they're old enough to do what they want."
Now I will tell you my opinion on this debate. The cast of Glee has a life beyond the television show. GQ is a mans magazine and is meant for adults and not children. If you go to the store you will notice that those types of magazines are located near the top of the shelves so that children are less likely to reach it. At some point the parents need to step in and not let their 8 year old flip through mans magazines. Children are not as sensitive as the media makes them out to be. When I was growing up Britney Spears was huge. I had all of her cds. When she started dressing, dancing, and singing provocatively I stopped idolizing her as much. Just because she was acting provocatively didn't make me act provocatively.
http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/news/release/2010/1020.asp
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20020239-10391698.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody
http://www.theinsider.com/news/3372358_GQ_Responds_to_Accusations_of_Borderline_Pedophilia?tag=contentMain;contentBody
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/racy-glee-photos-gq-time-tone/story?id=11936706
http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/racy-glee-gq-shoot-creates-controversy/
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I agree, parents should monitor more what there kids are watching and or reading. If there getting upset over a photo, they should take a look at the music videos there kids are watching. My ten year old nephew was watching this Katy Perry " Teenage Dream" music video and I had never seen it before and I just happen to look at that Tv and Katy and some guy are basically about to "get it on" in this video. I immediately grabbed the remote and changed the channel because I couldn't belive how sexual that video was. Sex is a popular thing in this culture, not as popular as in other cultures {Europe}, so parents really do need to pay more attention to what there kids are watching.
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