The main reason I would choose Megan Fox to be “voted off the island” is for the constant sex-image she portrays both on and off the movie screen that in turn models unrealistic sexual expectations to today’s teenagers. From one of the first movies Megan stars in, Transformers (2007), she plays a teenage girl having a seductive image. In newspapers and magazines her revealing outfits are ever present. For example, in her latest movie, Jennifer’s Body (2009), Megan plays a cheerleader who is possessed and uses her body, even naked at times, to lure and kill men. The July issue of British GQ quotes Megan openly admitting,“I have this sort of promiscuous image. People assume I’m really overtly sexually aggressive and that I’m this wild child.” “I would rather have an image that is wild and promiscuous than to go out of my way to be proper all the time.” Megan Fox is only showing our youth that it’s not brains, but how one looks that is most important.
Things would be quite different if Megan Fox was to leave the main stream media for good. I would imagine that those who would miss her would consist mainly of men. Most any guy would mourn the loss of another fantasy woman to lust after, but would soon focus on one of the many other sex symbols in our media. Megan is overexposed in our media and her leaving wouldn’t be hard on the media publications. They will just find the next “sex icon” to be on the front cover to sell their next month’s publication. I think we would be better off without her because there will be one less poor role model for our youth.
My personal principle is that Americans should not be exposed on a daily basis to unrealistic examples of how women “normally” act and dress, or else we will destroy our children's outlook in the future. Actresses like Megan Fox have pushed the standard of what sells to new heights, and it’s not fair to our children. If we allow this to continue, our sons will expect that all girls should have a perfect shape and dress like Megan. Our daughters could find that they have to dress seductively to be noticed, and will constantly have a poor self-image because they won’t always be proportioned perfectly. The sooner we realize this, the better the chance we have of helping our young people have a healthy image of self and others.
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Great choice and I firmly agree with you. Megan Fox is one of the worst role models a girl could have and the problem is that she is in easy to access movies like transformers. She makes all girls seem like they have to be the sexy helpless girl and it's wrong. I actually saw Megan Fox in Two and a Half Men episode and she was still portraying that same image of a seductive girl. The world would definitely be better without her and her way too seductive looks.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with your choice of Megan Fox. I think there are alot more people that should be looked at in a provocitive manner. She is just a very attractive girl and I dont think her roles in movies send a wrong message to young girls. She has only been in movies that most older teenagers would watch and those movies are all typically the same, theres always the "really hott" girl that every guy wants. Megan Fox is just playing her role and I guess shes that good at it.
ReplyDeleteI actually LOVE Megan Fox so I am not exactly in favor of your choice. Despite her brass and sexual manner, I think that she means well. She can be quite attention-grabbing but in a good sense. She doesn't let the media PUSH her around. She pushes us around. It shows how vulnerable we are to the media and it is, in fact, ridiculous. You know? :]
ReplyDeleteyou have very good reasons about why you dont like megan. and it is very well written. but there are many girls that are worse than megan. plus megan fox is so hott i could never vote her off
ReplyDeleteMannnn Megan Fox, really?lol She's a good actor. Just making that money yano? I never knew she was all those magazines n stuff you must be looking at them lol. Yea teen girls might try to be like her, but i guess parents should just watch who they are looking up to, and also watch who their role models are.
ReplyDeleteI would have to say that I do agree with you on this one. Even though no one can help the way they look, controlling the persona that one puts off is somehting that can be controlled. This also applies to the way someone acts. So, you have my vote :).
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