Superbowl halftime - scantily dressed women and very covered up men

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Anonymous wrote:Loved it! Shakira and J Lo killed it.

Women can wear what they want in this country. We don’t have to be modest if we choose not too.

My boys are 13 and 15. We were at a party with other tween and teen kids, no one got up and left. Why are you all teaching your boys that a women’s body is something to feel embarrassed about appreciating?

They work out hard, they are athletes that train for hours for their dance routines. Simply denigrating them as just “scantily clad women” is incredibly misogynistic.

Oh stop. Of course they can wear what they want and take the critique that comes with it. Much of what they do well was completely overshadowed by the choices they made in order to entertain millions of men with their bodies. They knew that they awere doing. The goal si get and keep viewers and get talked about. They accomplished that.

If a male performer got up there in a speedo, rubbed his crotch, gyrated, did lots of chippendale moves, and generally over sexualized a musical performance, I would feel the exact same way. It would also be a choice I would criticize and it would also accomplish the goal of getting people talking. Since women aren't as physically oriented, it might not keep women watching.

You mean like the lead singer of Maroon 5 did in last year's show? Here's the video, and he removes his shirt around 12:25:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIwkhEqVq4s

That’s nasty too!! Why must the NFL claim to be for families. I posted this already but they donate to schools, they put programs to be role models for kids.

Not everyone is a pearl clutcher. Please. I’m Hispanic and again they look good but like pp said they made choices to sell sex as their performance. They are hot, look great and are talented. They really don’t need to pole dance, grabs their grotch to prove it. What was the tongue thing, imitating oral sex?

What?! No. It was a nod to her Lebanese roots. JC lady.

Seriously. She was ululating. PP’s mind is in the gutter.

People Shakira was born in colombia and raised Colombian. She later on got into her 23 and me, ancestry touting her Lesbanese roots but please she was not raised that way. She was a rock artist that had black hair and wore pale makeup. I followed her then on televisa (a mtv like channel), until she sold out. Also most Lesbanese women don’t dance like that. It’s routinely low class that perform for the rich.

Second JLO is a huge hypocrite. She sends her daughter to sacred heart catholic school in Miami!! Then she empowers the other girls of the low denominator to to aspire to dance like a slut. Yes they look good, but it’s not empowering. Shakira is classier than JLO. And JLO is the worst.

This tells me everything I need to know about you. And none of it is good. Shame on you.

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Anonymous wrote:Enjoyable, but too much Latina dancing for my tastes. Would have preferred on of the artist to be from a different genre.

The Super Bowl was being held in Miami. Lot of "Latina" flavor in that area. If your tastes are for something more bland then cross your fingers and hope they hold it in Hartford, Connecticut next year.

What’s up with the low-key racism in this thread?

Also, these aren’t “Latina” songs. These have been mainstream radio hits for the last 2 decades or so.

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Can someone just please answer me one question- why is watching women scantily clad dancing provocatively an empowering thing? I don't see the connection.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone just please answer me one question- why is watching women scantily clad dancing provocatively an empowering thing? I don't see the connection.

Can you do that? Do you know how hard it is to do what they did? Do you get upset at what gymnasts wear? Do you think doing gymnastics is empowering?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone just please answer me one question- why is watching women scantily clad dancing provocatively an empowering thing? I don't see the connection.

Can you do that? Do you know how hard it is to do what they did? Do you get upset at what gymnasts wear? Do you think doing gymnastics is empowering?

Nope can't do that. That's not my question. There's a lot of things people do that I can't do. I was curious why some think women wearing very little clothes and dancing provocatively is deemed empowering? Last I checked gymnasts weren't gyrating on the parallel bars and humping the balance beam but maybe I'm wrong?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone just please answer me one question- why is watching women scantily clad dancing provocatively an empowering thing? I don't see the connection.

My question to you is why do you find it threatening?

You see scantily clad women.

I see strong women performers that have earned their rightful place in the music industry over the past 2 decades.

Women that are beautiful, talented, sexy, smart and driven and don't need to hide themselves in anyway to prove it. Women who have faced judgement, tabloid rumors. Women who have worked hard in their careers in a male dominated field. Women that are mothers, daughters, and sisters. Women who don't hide their heritage and stand on a stage in front of the world and proudly give their fans an amazing performance. Women who don't feel shame for being women.

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Anonymous wrote:The half time show should be kid friendly. Thought she came across as a slutty Beyoncé wanna be

Both JLo and Shakira have been around doing their thing long before anyone knew who Beyoncé was. sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:Pole dancing? Why??

my 17yr old asked if she was a stripper

Maybe they should stay out of strip clubs and learn about Mallakhamba.

Don't care what you call it, I don't care to see it.

Does your 17 year old say the same about our current first lady?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone just please answer me one question- why is watching women scantily clad dancing provocatively an empowering thing? I don't see the connection.

Don't sweat it. There are a lot of "connections" out here that you're not gonna get. We live in a diverse world.

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Anonymous wrote:It's 2020, these are professional, talented, established women. So why do they need to perform in lingerie?

The outfits were fine, it was the very sexually charged dance moves and Shakira's tongue "thing" she did for no apparent reason that made me question what the hell I was watching.

It was a ululation, a nod to her Lebanese heritage. You DCUMers have no exposure to other cultures, it seems.

Yes, I am Bengali and we do that too. Only yesterday I learned that we shared this with Lebanese cultures.

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IMO Shakira danced.

JLo mimicked sex.

They are both in great shape.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone just please answer me one question- why is watching women scantily clad dancing provocatively an empowering thing? I don't see the connection.

Don't sweat it. There are a lot of "connections" out here that you're not gonna get. We live in a diverse world.

Love this!

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I was conflicted.

Both women are beautiful and in amazing shape. They have every right to perform as they see fit, and the performance was undeniably entertaining. I loved Shakira and but thought that J-Lo's performance was not as good. I also felt it was too overtly sexual for my taste. But that's just me. I guess I don't see over the top sexuality as empowerment.

The reaction of my 14 year old son was interesting. He found the show to be "confusing" and "uncomfortable." He said that they talk constantly at school about not objectifying women, but he thought that the performers were objectifying themselves. We had the usual "it is never ok to touch"conversation and I emphasized that dress or dance don't mean that a woman is "slutty." Each woman can present herself as she sees fit. He gets that. But his very sincere question was basically why, if women don't want to be viewed for their body parts, do they choose to put them on display in such an in your face way? He said, in not exactly these words, that it was almost like you couldn't see each as a talented performer because the emphasis was on body parts.

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Anonymous wrote:Pole dancing? Why??

my 17yr old asked if she was a stripper

Maybe they should stay out of strip clubs and learn about Mallakhamba.

Don't care what you call it, I don't care to see it.

It's not just something done in strip clubs... jeez, the ignorance on this thread is amazing.

My esthetician does pole dancing for exercise.

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Anonymous wrote:The half time show should be kid friendly. Thought she came across as a slutty Beyoncé wanna be

Both JLo and Shakira have been around doing their thing long before anyone knew who Beyoncé was. sorry.

I have a feeling if the singers were Taylor Swift and Katy Perry in the same outfits, PP would have no problem with it.