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Thursday, July 04 2019

If you ever think you have figured out precisely where our morally-impaired society stands on right and wrong, just wait a day, particularly on issues relating to sexuality.  I was reminded of that pathetic truism recently and it once again left me wondering how all people with rational minds can’t honestly admit that God’s way is smarter, safer, and absurdly more consistent than what we ignorantly choose to settle for.  Here’s what happened.

Teenage singer Billie Eilish is known for her bizarre, baggy attire.  To un-hip eyes, she usually looks like she’s wearing circus tents.  She explained these peculiar fashion choices in a Calvin Klein ad, revealing that she chooses huge shirts and pants to avoid being objectified. “Nobody can have an opinion, because they haven’t seen what’s underneath.”  

Well, Eilish apparently broke the trend and ventured out in a more form-fitting tank-top recently, which led to a few of the menfolk online going nuts with the objectifying.  You can read about the offending comment here, but the pushback against them was significant.

Even though I am a bit confused about the perceived innocence of someone whose hit song references her performing oral sex and seducing men as well as their dads, if society is staking out their opposition to the sexualization of kids, I offer my total and absolute endorsement.  So is that what pop culture is doing? 

Wait a day. 

Conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg recently stated his opposition to the practice of sexualizing children, specifically 9-year-old boys dressed up in drag by their parents and other grown adults.  And he was torched for it.

Blue-checkmarked and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson attacked:

In a since-deleted tweet, blue-checkmarked University of Chicago law professor Anthony Michael Kreis chided: 

And there were others:

So let me see if I’m getting this right.  The overt sexualization of elementary school children who don’t know any better, all for the pleasure and entertainment of adults, is acceptable and shouldn’t be condemned.  But objectifying a 17-year-old professional who at least knows enough to willfully write and perform sexually-explicit lyrics is unacceptable?

I admit to being utterly confused by those rules.  And I’m left wondering again why God’s parameters for human sexuality aren’t a better alternative for all of us?

Posted by: Peter Heck AT 10:09 pm   |  Permalink   |  Email