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please go to this editorial, before reading my little rant. or don't. the rant is ranty either way.

the editorial concerns christina aguillera's new video, and ed makes the comment that what's wrong is the negative reaction it's gotten. he says what's wrong is the negative way people view women who assert control over their own sexuality, but say nothing about urban artists, who cover themselves with women in their videos.

no. i, for one, at least, don't approve of such videos either.
and that's because i don't like the commercilization of sex. i don't like commercilization of anything. it seems like it objectifies sex, reduces it to nothing more than a money-making device, or the result of money.
i don't want to be sold sex. i want to earn it. i want to be rewarded with sex for being a good person, for being intelligant and respect-worthy and for living in accordance with my values. i don't want to be given sex because i can affiord the lifestyle that had been arbitrarily assigned to it.

money, like any value, is what you get for behaviour, not the behaviour used to obtain a value. what i mean is, you receive money for work. you should not be able to get work for money (that is, should not be able to exploit people). you should get respect for being a good person, but not assume that the fact you are respected gives you the right to be bad.

or, more importantly, i don't think you should be able to buy sex any more than you should be able to buy success or respect or intelligance or charm or friendship. these are things you must work for, and earn. and to put sex in a catagory of things you can buy makes it worthless, just like a purchased friendship.