SEXY TEEN CELEBRITIES
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James Joyner | Tuesday, August 19, 2003 |
Daniel Drezner has an interesting post on this matter that doesn’t appear to be primarily a troll for Google visitors:
Why is it that some celebrities under the age of eighteen can be universally acknowledged as sexy, whereas if that adjective is assigned to other underage but physically mature stars, people start leveling accusations of perversion and lechery? Why was it so shocking for Britney Spears to start flaunting her sexuality, but everyone instantly accepted Anna Kournikova as a sex object? Spears is about six months younger that Kournikova, but a Lexis-Nexis search reveals that Kournikova entered the pop culture zeitgeist as a calender-worthy subject when she was younger than Spears.
The recent appearance of the suddenly-near-grown Olsen twins on the cover of Rolling Stone (cue Dr. Hook) also draws some commentary.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.
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