Youth and children's ministers face large challenges in teaching kids about sexual purity as their teen idols pose provocatively for adults.
Miley Cyrus shot to stardom at age 13 when she signed on with Disney for the role of Hannah Montana. In the past two years, Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus has won the hearts of children, teenagers and the parents. It seems she now is looking to expand her career toward more adult audiences by posing for
Vanity Fair Magazine. Like many
Vanity Fair photo shoots of adults, the pictures are provocative and revealing.
The
Vanity Fair photo shoot displays Cyrus in several provocative positions including one in which she appears naked draped in a sheet, showing her back and looking over her shoulder at the camera through tangled hair.
Though Cyrus is defending the shots as artistic and classy, Disney is very upset. Disney is blaming
Vanity Fair and the photographer Annie Leibovitz for taking advantage of a young star wanting to expand her career to an adult audience. To young stars
Vanity Fair seems to be one of the best ways to attract an adult audience -- and to make a 15-year-old girl into a sex object.
This controversy is all coming on the heels of another public relations mess involving candid Internet pictures of Miley vamping for the camera, showing her bra and skin.
Some are making cautionary comparisons to Britney Spears.
Discussion StartersWhat kind of real impact do you think celebrity culture has on teenagers with whom you work? Do you think sexualized photos of a 15-year-old girl is alright in this case or not? Why? How can youth ministers use this to talk about our sexual culture while honoring our design as sexual beings?
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