Superbowl halftime - scantily dressed women and very covered up men

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So we want class while watching professional football? Isn't that an oxymoron?

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Anonymous wrote:This is not "completely different' from NFL football players. They are paid a lot of money to go out in tight pants and potentially injure themselves so others can exploit them or bet money on them.

Much like JLo and Shakira they are paid a lot to exploit their bodies for others, and are all in really good shape so they can do their jobs and people will be entertained.

I agree a lot of the players are exploited too.

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I thought the show was great. I think the outfits took away from it. I didn't need a crotch show from any of the performers. I can't believe they are so strong.

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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.

Is this boarding school? I thought they live in NYC.

No they live in Miami. It’s a conservative private school.

It’s like St Alban’s in DC. I’m not from DC obviously but follow the private schools. It’s the elite wealthy mostly conservative group that runs the town. I think people who aren’t latins internationally don’t realize that the place at the table already existed in central & south American, and countries worldwide. They just sold the sex part. The USA really doesn’t get the speaking many languages part.

Katy Perry doing the same is still appalling but she already had the seat at the table. Using your seat to pole dance is just ridiculous. It’s a little circle that’s wide how to promote themselves while making the culture street. Did you all notice how gang like the guy who came on stage with Shakira was? It’s like MS-13 on stage. There’s different levels of class in Latin America too.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

This is what you should say to your son... stop sexualizing women, their dress does not cause that. Dancers... ballarinas, trapeze artists, volley ball players... they wear very little/tight/revealing clothes. Stop making the outfit about sex. That is something that he is choosing to do. Belly Dancers move the same way... if you choose to think about sex when they dance that is on you. His reaction is extremely immature.

They are not in your face, it is his choice to sexualize a woman based on how she is dressed. He can choose better and his actions and reactions are his own, not caused by others.

They did not emphasize body parts HE emphasized body parts, he missed the art/athleticism/talent... that is on him.

This is probably one of the pitiful arguments I've seen in awhile. Comparing last night's performance to ballerinas, trapeze artists, volleyball players, etc is completely ridiculous. PP's 14 yr old son is not making it about sex, the performers are! That entire performance reeked of sex (with the exception of Jlo's daughter) and it is not a 14 yr old's fault for thinking of sex when he sees it. It's like saying 'okay everyone I'm going to show you a commericial with a juicy mouth watering cheeseburger but how dare you get hungry when you see it. Shame on you!'

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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.

I don't find it threatening. I am merely questioning. When you're raising young daughters trying to teach them that the world shouldn't view them as sex objects and then you have performers dancing on poles, you've got to wonder what is empowering about it. Yes, it's entertaining for adults but when you're trying to explain to kids why the singer is bending over provocatively and having the male singer simulating smacking her ass, it's a bit challenging.

Someone did a number on you! Seriously.

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Latina here- I just didn’t like the show and I thought it could’ve been better because I know they have really good music.

Prince and Bruno Mars rate at the very top for me followed by Aerosmith.

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Anonymous wrote:So we want class while watching professional football? Isn't that an oxymoron?

No i agree when you put it that way no. But it lowers society as a whole. Keeps people in their socioeconomic classes.

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I thought the dancing was crude and NASTY.

These women were objectifying themselves.

What a pair of bimbos.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the dancing was crude and NASTY.

These women were objectifying themselves.

What a pair of bimbos.

I think you are crude and NASTY.

Why do you choose to objectify dancers.

You are jealous.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

This is what you should say to your son... stop sexualizing women, their dress does not cause that. Dancers... ballarinas, trapeze artists, volley ball players... they wear very little/tight/revealing clothes. Stop making the outfit about sex. That is something that he is choosing to do. Belly Dancers move the same way... if you choose to think about sex when they dance that is on you. His reaction is extremely immature.

They are not in your face, it is his choice to sexualize a woman based on how she is dressed. He can choose better and his actions and reactions are his own, not caused by others.

They did not emphasize body parts HE emphasized body parts, he missed the art/athleticism/talent... that is on him.

Seriously??? You are insane. This is why young men can't figure the world out. No way. They emphasized their body parts, they opted to have bare butts, to use a strip pole. J Lo's entire performance was about sex.

It is completely different from athletes and we have had extensive discussions about this. Context matters. Just as it is appropriate for a woman to use pole dancing, it would not be appropriate for an elementary school teacher to demonstrate her fitness skills for her class.

Seriously? YOU are insane.

My kids do not look at them and think sex ... they think athleticism, amazing dancing, great music, fun, entertaining.

Yes, context matters... this was not a stip club, this was a athletic show. She shows how athletic she is, how amazing she can dance and entertain.

Nobody was thinking sex... except for a bunch of boys with moms who have taught them a woman's body is only for sex.

Humans are sexual beings. I highly doubt your teens will never look at a human with any sexual interest or have any sexual desires. The human race would have died out eons ago if men didn't look at women are sexual beings. People can choose to emphasize or not emphasize the sexual side of themselves in how they present themselves. This can be done through words, outfits, dance moves etc. If someone wants to be sexualized and acts in a very sexualized way, there is nothing wrong with them being sexualized. Tons of people were thinking about sex. That is human nature. You seem completely void of common sense. Thinking about someone's body in a sexual way when they are putting themselves out there in a sexual way doesn't mean that woman's body is only about sex it just means that at that moment that is focus they are presenting.

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Anonymous wrote:So we want class while watching professional football? Isn't that an oxymoron?

No i agree when you put it that way no. But it lowers society as a whole. Keeps people in their socioeconomic classes.

Again, I think professional football does that way before the half time show at the Superbowl.

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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.

I don't find it threatening. I am merely questioning. When you're raising young daughters trying to teach them that the world shouldn't view them as sex objects and then you have performers dancing on poles, you've got to wonder what is empowering about it. Yes, it's entertaining for adults but when you're trying to explain to kids why the singer is bending over provocatively and having the male singer simulating smacking her ass, it's a bit challenging.

Someone did a number on you! Seriously.

You can see this antiquated way of thinking is passed down from generation to generation to generation.

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Shakira is married to Pique (10 years here junior I might add, go Shakira) and they are a huge power couple with probably way more recognition on the international stage than JLo. It was marketing genius to add Shakira to the halftime show. It’s no secret the NFL is trying to add to their market as viewership has gone down. Trying to get interest from Spanish speaking viewers isn’t a dumb idea.

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Months of planning went into this show. Every single detail was intentional. They put on a high energy, fun performance. It's the Superbowl halftime show, ffs, what would Becky and Karen and Jimbo prefer to see?