Should You Idolize Them?

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Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus, Marilyn Monroe, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, and Lil Wayne are some of the most idolized celebrities in today’s society. People worship celebrities, not because of the good morals they may possess, but because of their fame. We canonize celebrities despite the fact their music encourages use of drugs and alcohol, the abuse of women, and they dress slatternly. There are many luminaries, deceased or living, who are good role models who are often overlooked because they are not at the top of the charts. When you look at whom most teens idolize, you should realize just how bad of an influence they have over their fans.
Many popular songs influence people negatively. Rap songs are ordinarily derogatory towards women or encourage sexual abuse towards them. “Suck It or Not” by Lil Wayne is an example of a popular rap song which degrades women. The closer you look at the lyrics of a song the more you realize how demeaning they are. Another popular song, “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke is yet another song that has contemptuous lyrics and many people do not realize this. In many songs some of the artists glamorize the use of drugs and alcohol by basically saying it is okay do use them because they won’t harm you in any way. Celebrities who do this should not be used as a role model because it sets a horrible example for teens and may cause them to use illegal substances.
CouponCodes4u.com had a survey recently asking parents who they thought were the worst celebrity role models were and why. Over 2,000 parents were asked this and 58 percent of them said celebrities do not make good role models. Miley Cyrus, Lindsey Lohan, Amanda Bynes, Ke$ha, the Kardashians, Hedi Montag, and Taylor Momsen were who parents vote...

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... and do because, again, it will affect their fans, most likely in a negative way.
Regardless of whom you are a fan of you need to be careful so you are not affected by what your idol does. Some celebrities can be looked up to and many cannot be looked up to because of their actions. We, as a whole, should focus less on idolizing celebrities and more on those who make a difference in others’ lives like firefighters, nurses, teachers, parents, and doctors. If you are going to idolize a celebrity canonize someone like Audrey Hepburn because she went through a lot of horrific things and her life and she still made a difference in many others’ lives. She went through Africa helping those who were starving and was an ambassador for UNICEF. Overall the majority of celebrities are not a good influence on people, so we should try our best not to worship them as we do now.

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