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I remember a few years back when I found out Gossip Girl would be airing on The CW, I was curious. There had been a lot of buzz about this new show and I was excited. All I knew was that this show would be about rich girls, hot guys, and high class living. Blake Lively was also one of the main characters on the show, and because of her roles in past movies like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, I assumed it would be a friendly, girly, lovely- type series. Boy, was I wrong?
Gossip Girl ended up being a very taboo and sexual series. Many of the characters in that show had sex even before graduating high school. They didn't seem to encounter the same issues that average high school girls encountered. If any girl in high school was sleeping around as much as Serena (Blake Lively) or Blair (Leighton Meester), they would be titled a "slut" and disliked school-wide. However, these two girls were the popular girls and never disliked because of their sexual past.
Are Serena and Blair not considered sluts because they are rich? If lower-class teenage girls were having sex as much as they were, would they hold this title too or not? I think Gossip Girl is trying to make sex look high-class and natural. Blair Waldorf is a sexual beast in this series; she has a love and hate relationship with Chuck Bass. She wears sexy lingerie, secretly has sex with him, and even comes on to him.
I wouldn't mind if this show consisted of characters in college or beyond, but to be targeting high school girls, I do get nervous. In fact, when I found out my high school sister was watching Gossip Girl, I freaked. I didn't want the show to affect or confuse her values. I think media affects people in so many ways. It creates a lifestyle that people may try to imitate. It creates stereotypes or attitudes that may have never existed before. Now that I think about it, this show is even more eventful than the adult series: Sex and the City. Sex and the City does reveal actual naked body parts, but the sex scenes are less tantalizing and shown. Besides, Sex and the City is an age-appropriate show because the actresses are older and the conflicts are more realistic.
I honestly think Gossip Girl is too racy for television. It may send teenagers the wrong message and promote sexual activity which could lead to many detrimental outcomes. These young women should not be seen as sexual, rich, and powerful. This is for the most part, is fiction, and young minds may interpret it differently.
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