I was paging through a newspaper this other time, reading on current issues affecting our communities at large. As I was going through this paper, I came across and advertisement, there was a luxurious car being advertised, with all its wonderful features explained in details, and it had very hefty price tag. But what baffled me the most was the half-naked lady leaning on the hood. The advertisement had no relevance whatsoever to the lady, but still there she was showing off her cleavage with a very hypnotic smile. It struck me how we have turned women into objects of enticement. You hear young talking about how they strive for success so that they can have more female sexual counterparts. For men, women have became their drive, nothing motivates a man than a woman. One thing that most marketers say is that, "sex sells." You see this in most adverts, whether it's on television or on newspapers or brochures, even when the event or item being advertised has no relevance to the lady on the picture, but still, she is the first thing you see.
What amazes me the most is that even in institutions of higher learning ( who are supposed to esteem the standard of women), you find posters of strip shows and seduction sessions all over the place. But having such events in an institution of higher learning is contrary to the upliftment of women (which universities are supposed to promote), for such events in themselves are very demeaning or rather reduce the morally accepted image of women.
It we, then, as society accept such distorted views of the role of women in a general sense, what will we teach our youth? That it's okay to be used as objects of enticement? Which moral standard will we raise them up with? What sponge will we use to wipe away this entire predicament? If we ourselves drink from this intoxication, how will we keep them sober if we are also drunk? Where is the world moving now? Where are we moving now? Away from all moral laws and purity maybe? Are we not perpetually falling backwards and forwards and side wards in all direction digging a sink hole for our children? Do we not hear the cries of lost souls drowning in the pool of illusive pleasures? Will we blame our children for falling victims to such sexual infidelities if we ourselves condone them now?
What does this say about us as society? Aren't we hypocrites? We warn young kids against such immortal behaviours, yet we turn back and advertise the same behaviour we claim to 'disapprove'.
One can only wonder.......where are we heading to?
Keep Thinking!
Sources: Life Scrolls, The Abolition of moral standards (26-09-2010)
