I've been asking myself this question for some time now, but after seeing
this picture I decided to Poll it.
Is Madonna
empowering women in their 50s to embrace their sexuality? To be strong and confident in their post-menapaual bodies? Is this another one of the many boundaries she's pushed throughout her career?
Or is she being reductive? Is she
reducing the idea of a popstar to the cliché that we've come to expect of them: to get attention and be successful, they must always have their boobs out, they must always push sexual buttons, and no matter their age they can never escape out of this box?
Is she shaking up ageist standards or simply adhering to popstars-as-sex-objects expectations? I still don't know the answer.
Your thoughts?