Adrants reader Samara Grant writes to tell us she’s concerned about Wal-Mart’s recent Precious Jewel ad featuring Ashanti. Grant writes, “In her ad she talks about her belief that all young girls are ‘precious.’ But it is a contradiction to say at the end of ad that her fragrance is a ‘sensual’ scent. I don’t think young girls should wear something that is called “sensual” if they are told in the previous sentence how ‘precious’ they are. If Ashanti wants to impress young girls and get them as her fans, she needs to put a little more clothes on. It’s disgusting and very degrading and is also sending these young girls the wrong message.”
Well, like we said in another post, stereotypes are rampant in advertising and so is the urge to grab youth while they are young and vulnerable. Currently, hot pop and Hollywood stars are the way to do it. But, that perpetuates the 12-year-old slut conundrum. Conversely, as Tia Fix writes, at one point in time, youth and sex were quite normal.
