Even Glee

Beware the media. The following is an article from http://community.feministing.com discussing Glee of all things as part of the sexualisation of young people.


“Glee” Girls Gone Wild – Why GQ’s Pictorial Has Me Seeing Red

By Womens Voices Published: November 8, 2010

Written by Alexandra MacAaron, originally posted on Women’s Voices for Change.

The sexification of schoolgirls is nothing new.

From Humbert Humbert’s masturbatory musings on nymphets to Britney Spears’ pouty parochial school student in “Hit Me Baby One More Time,” apparently there’s something about a short pleated skirt and pigtails that drives men wild.

So why are so many people upset by the pictorial in the current issue of GQ?

Because of “Glee.” Those half-naked schoolgirls with the come hither eyes aren’t just any models. They’re the girls of “Glee.”

I’m a Gleek, I admit it. In fact, I was an early adopter, faithfully following the scrappy show choir at McKinley High before it became so fashionable. My tween daughter and I curl up together to watch it every week. We even made a pilgrimage down to Radio City Music Hall to catch them in concert (which I wrote about for Women’s Voices for Change). The show has always pushed the envelope, but has also dealt with a lot of difficult topics — teen homosexuality, teen pregnancy, racism, kids with physical and mental disabilities — and done so with candor, understanding, and affection.

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