Re: 7 year old Samba Queen Causes Uproar.
Posted by Mr. Crab on Monday, February 8 2010 at 05:22:14amIn reply to 7 year old Samba Queen Causes Uproar. posted by Shaper of Worlds on Sunday, February 7 2010 at 01:27:14pm
Well, first of all, I have to say that I am very disappointed that there is no picture accompanying the Guardian article."We cannot transform a girl into a woman, much less exploit any sensuality. It will be a coherent and very pretty costume," Pereira said last week, adding that using a "beautiful, pure and delicate" child was a "fantastic" choice for the school's new queen. In order for the reader to judge whether or not Julia Lira is a fantastic choice on the grounds of how beautiful, pure, and delicate she is, we need to be able to see how beautiful, pure, and delicate she is! I wonder if it could be that the revelation of Julia Lira's physical appearance would undermine the message that the article was trying to convey... Okay, I've found an article with a picture: Is Seven Too Young For Sexy Carnival Queen? yesterday by Laura Trowbridge - 9 votes, 5 comments There are further pictures on the website of the Daily Mail, although I don't seem to be able to access the actual article. Pictures are here and here. Lira's mother, Mônica, said: "Anyone who looks at a child like Julia, so pure, and says there is some erotic appeal must be very sick." Well, I've posted links to pictures, above, so you can judge for yourselves... You know, I sometimes wonder what that does to a child's self-esteem. To be told things like: "If anyone finds you attractive, they must be mentally ill!!!" I also wonder how the people who are raging against Julia Lira's exalted position as the "queen" of the samba group can be described as "children's rights activists". If somebody said that a person could not take a particular prominent position because they were black, they would certainly not be described as a "black rights activist". If somebody said that a person could not take a prominent position because they were gay, they would not be described as a "gay rights activist". In fact, for any minority group apart from children, it would be taken as read that a "rights activist" for that minority group would argue for allowing members of that group to do all the same things that everyone else was allowed to do! Why are children considered the sole exception to this rule? I say, congratulations to Ms. Lira. I hope that she is allowed to take her chosen place in the carnival, despite the attempts by so-called "children's rights activists" to have her right to do so abrogated, and I hope that all the fuss doesn't spoil her enjoyment of the event, and that she has a lot of fun doing it. Mr. Crab  |
Follow ups: