Miley Cyrus may have been voted a role model for young people in a December 2011 poll, but she's not impressing the people from the Culture and Media Institute in the least. In fact, they recently dissed the singer and actress for her lewd behavior.
According to a report from RadarOnline, it's the example she is showing young people that concerns the Culture and Media Institute. They fear her example isn't a good one, but it's going to be perceived as such by the tweens and teens who idolize her.
Dan Gainor represents the Culture and Media Institute, and he is concerned that Hollywood is encouraging Miley and other young entertainers to sell sleaze.
"Miley Cyrus, who made her career as the family friendly Hannah Montana, has grown into the latest example of how Hollywood warps young actresses into selling sleaze," he says. "She is following a parade of former Disney stars--such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Lindsay Lohan--that the entertainment industry has manipulated into role models promoting sex to their young fans."
Dan Gainor makes a very valid point, doesn't he? The average age of the young girls who loved Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana was about 9. Now--just over a year after the Disney show ended, Miley is scantily clad more often than not, she touts the merits of smoking pot and she was even photographed in a very compromising position with her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth's birthday cake depicting male anatomy. Are these the things people want their 9- and 10-year-old daughters viewing?
Sadly, people like Miley Cyrus don't seem to care.
"The actresses know that the more sexualized they act, the more Hollywood will reward them. And no one, not the industry and not the pop-tarts themselves, cares that they are pushing sex to an underage audience," Gainor says.
Can the Culture and Media Institute do anything to prohibit such behavior? They're trying, but they're meeting with little to no success. It's up to parents to constantly monitor what their children are watching, listening to and looking at on the internet. And with Miley Cyrus's behavior at an all time low, they'll no doubt want to make sure she's not among the celebrities their kids are emulating.
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