[Fenty The Great]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

They clearly rehearsed the whole thing to go as it went. Robin isn't some guy who Miley just happened to grind on. He KNEW what he'd get when he performed with 2013 Miley.

How do you know this?

[Sasha.]

Originally posted by Michete

I don't think it's rooted so much in sexism as it is in the fact that everything about Miley's actions was so ****ing tryhard and desperate and embarrassing while Robin Thicke didn't really do much.

Basically.

If he would've been the one twerking and grinding all over Miley, he'd be getting flack for it too. But he didn't, so....

[lightstheyblindme]

I honestly think that any female artist who tries to change their core demographic will get some flack for it:
When Britney debuted she was pretty harshly criticized for having been in the Micky Mouse Club and being a role model for children with a wholesome image and then transitioning to an artist that made sexually explicit music with a hypersexualized image.
Miley essentially did the same thing. Yay sexism.

[Javan]

Originally posted by thisbird

g0rl please you're missing the issue here.

Little girls grew up watching Hannah Montanah on Disney Channel.

Now kids are going to see Miley's new "bad bitch" attitude and think this is what's cool so they'll want to emulate her.
Miley's team was fully aware of this huge taboo, and they played on it to the fullest extent to create drama and attention.

That's not owning your sexuality. It's straight up perverted

Exactly. That was clearly her intentions. Why else would she come out of a teddy bear with her hair in tight pigtails (a reference to childhood) and strip on stage till she's almost naked, while twerking on someone whos old enough to be her father (ironically) and touching her lower body suggestively? She may be 21 but the whole thing reeks of pedophilia.

[primo.]

Originally posted by swissman

It would only be sexist if they were doing the exact same thing. And they were not.

Yeah, but he more than likely wouldn't be getting the same amount of backlash had he been just as crude. In fact, no one would bat any eyelash if a male artist went on stage and dry-humped female dancers during a performance, and I think that's what the OP is taking issue with.

[Rogue]

Cause he wasn't all over the place lol. He didn't even do anything bad unless you count having someone grind against you bad.

[aayAlex]

He had clothes, she was "naked" and add the fact that she looked atrocious, her vocals were the pits an those *****ing pigtails were a mess. But she did this on purpose so she shouldn't bitch about the backlash that she is and will continue to take for this upcoming month.

[greeneyedsoul]

Is he now what Legend X was exactly 10 years ago?

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by swissman

It would only be sexist if they were doing the exact same thing. And they were not.

But there is a stereotype of fully clothed manly, powerful men being surrounded by barely dressed women. That's a sexist stereotype that is sadly still extremely apparent in today's music industry in all sorts of music videos, performances, etc.

I mean the performance was sadly nothing new from either of them lately.

[TheBronxGirl]

He is actually, I seen it on various media sites. He played himself performing with her.

[DoesMonaKnow]

Originally posted by Harly

have you not seen the beetle juice photo on tumblr/twitter...

[jayyyxtee]

Because he didn't do anything that he normally didn't do. He didn't cross the line Miley did.

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by Fenty The Great

How do you know this?

Of course I don't know for sure, but the VMAs have repeated rehearsals as the performers themselves like to point out, & the WCS/BL medley was planned way ahead of showtime. To me, it all looked very planned & calculated. It was most likely choreographed to a degree (like where artists would be at said time in song & such, etc.)

[Javan]

Originally posted by lightstheyblindme

I honestly think that any female artist who tries to change their core demographic will get some flack for it:
When Britney debuted she was pretty harshly criticized for having been in the Micky Mouse Club and being a role model for children with a wholesome image and then transitioning to an artist that made sexually explicit music with a hypersexualized image.
Miley essentially did the same thing. Yay sexism.

Weren't she still a teenager when OMT came out tho? You know people make ****os on that **** right?

[Gabriel_Spears]

Everything about him screams sex including his music even before Blurred Lines and he's a dude.

[swissman]

Originally posted by primo.

Yeah, but he more than likely wouldn't be getting the same amount of backlash had he been just as crude. In fact, no one would bat any eyelash if a male artist went on stage and dry-humped female dancers during a performance, and I think that's what the OP is taking issue with.

If he was in a nude speedo, bending over, pretending to jack himself off, touching her crotch, yes he would get just as much criticism.

Originally posted by MusicTalker

But there is a stereotype of fully clothed manly, powerful men being surrounded by barely dressed women. That's a sexist stereotype that is sadly still extremely apparent in today's music industry in all sorts of music videos, performances, etc.

I mean the performance was sadly nothing new from either of them lately.

You've brought up a good point though. He should be criticized for allowing it to happen regardless, assuming he had any say. Although she was the one doing most of the drama.

[Javan]

Originally posted by swissman

If he was in a nude speedo, bending over, pretending to jack himself off, touching her crotch, yes he would get just as much criticism.

Thank you for putting it into perspective

[bobiix]

Originally posted by H2o

boo hoo.

where bounce

[Eternium]

Robin Thicke didn't act a fool. Miley's problem was that she didn't have much grace with any of her movements, so it came across as very try-hard. She never provided the talent to back up her antics, despite being a talented singer. Mix that with her questionable comment about a "song a black person would sing" and you have a recipe for disaster.

Originally posted by lightstheyblindme

I honestly think that any female artist who tries to change their core demographic will get some flack for it:
When Britney debuted she was pretty harshly criticized for having been in the Micky Mouse Club and being a role model for children with a wholesome image and then transitioning to an artist that made sexually explicit music with a hypersexualized image.
Miley essentially did the same thing. Yay sexism.

Rock artists get flack for trying to change their demographic and they're labeled as "selling out." It happens to everyone. It isn't sexism; just an example of the phrase "You can't please everyone."

Heck, you can even look at Robin Thicke's metacritic score. He was blasted by almost every reviewer for changing his sound.

[delightfulpeeks]

Its not because he is a man, its because she was half naked and she was the one shaking her ass.