CMV: The response to the Kanye West/Bianca Censori situation shows the hypocrisy of modern American culture

For those not in the know Kanye west and his wife, Bianca Censori went to the Grammys, where Censori wore a black coat and a mesh dress which was see through. She removed the coat and showed her body, now everyone is up in arms. As a straight man I can say she has a good figured but nothing about what she did was inherently “sexual”. To me it seemed to be provocative and to get people talking which it did and the reaction to me just shows the hypocrisy of the current culture in America.

First the blame immediately went to Kanye West suggesting he had forced her to do this. They are presenting the situation as if she is some young naive girl who’s being taken advantage of by a man, taking the responsibility of her actions completely off of her. I saw one comment where they’re were criticizing Kanye saying that he has daughters and it’s teaching them to disrespectful themselves. Not only is she a fully grown woman, she regularly dressed and posed in provocative clothing prior to Kanye. To me this shows how women are infantilized in society, even by other women,

Second is the concept of nudity, sexuality and body positivity. I’ve often seen comments where people say that women should be able to dress how they want without being judge and that if someone’s body offends you then look away. So many average tv shows have overtly sexual themes and you can barely even go on social media without getting sexualized content of some sort. Complaints about women wearing revealing clothing in public are met with claims of misogyny.

Now normally celebrity stunts and pop culture doesn’t really interest me but this did. I think in the US people have continually pushed the line to what is and isn’t appropriate and people have been afraid to deform where that line stands. Censori pushed that line to the extreme which to me has exposed the hypocrisy of this aspect modern American culture