This whole passage confused me:
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Some have accused tATu’s manager, Ivan Shapovalov, of marketing pedophilia, which he himself called "an underserved market." Shapovalov’s comment was brought to the forefront when tATu's English-speaking debut-single “All The Things She Said” and album “200 km/h in the Wrong Lane” succeeded in the charts. While a younger generation of Britons welcomed tATu, the older ones, especially the conservative ones on British television and in the newspapers, claimed that tATu is a "threat" to their children--but these are the same people who are against allowing almost any portrayals of homosexuality (or bisexuality) in television or film.
Shapovalov was partly responsible for making this accusation possible by some of his statements, but people seem to forget that these were intended to create media attention (although the strategy clearly backfired). But his words were also put into a misleading context, and then cunningly used by many as an excuse to openly criticize this group without fear of being labeled as bigots.
How can his words be put into a misleading context? Why should anyone in the gay community support a man who thinks there is a need to cater to pedophiles? Why? Why should afterellen stand there and actually defend a man who thinks that? This is beyond disturbing. We have enough problems with people thinking homosexuals and pedophelia are intertwined, without our own community going out of their way to excuse that kind of statement. It was for publicity, says the "article," well ... duh!
To answer Rei, yes anything that helps young girls with their own sexuality is fine by me.
I just don't think it's giving other people a positive view of gays or any kind of opinion about gays. The thing with this kind of display is that it has to be backed up by other things to be meaningful. Take the recent MTV thing with Madonna. Madonna and Christina have other examples of supporting gay rights and gay people, not just kissing each other for schock value and titilation. Britney on the other hand followed it with some not such nice comments and that certainly taints her motivations for me. Tatu has not followed up their stunts with any meaningful support, as far as I can see. I would love for them to dump their manager, and show us what's really there.
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