□Zhou Jie (Hunan Women's University)
Recently, the new Korean girl group illit's new song "magnetic" music video has caused widespread controversy. As a young team full of energy and potential, illit is supposed to create a fresh and healthy image. However, this MV deviates from this original intention. The girl group members have childish little loli styles, dark and messy rooms, and weird... Props, etc., are considered by netizens to have obvious soft pornographic and childlike tendencies.
’s controversy over the mv has also raised concerns about the “capitalization of pedophilia.” The so-called "capitalization of pedophilia" is essentially a description of a distorted business practice. It refers to using the image of young children or imitating the characteristics of young children to cater to the aesthetic tastes of certain special groups, thereby obtaining commercial benefits. This behavior has been widely questioned at both the moral and ethical levels. When capital tries to cater to some people’s aesthetics through childish packaging, it is undoubtedly a challenge to the bottom line of social morality.
From a moral perspective, young children are a vulnerable group in society and they should be protected rather than exploited. Commercializing the image of young children, or even using it as a selling point, is a violation of social order and good customs. This behavior not only violates moral principles, but also lowers the overall moral level of society.
More importantly, there seem to be some sexually suggestive elements in the mv. This style of modeling not only makes people feel uncomfortable, but may also have a negative impact on young people. Adolescents are in the process of development and their ability to accept and process external information is limited. If they are exposed to such sexually suggestive content for a long time, it may lead to deviations in their cognition. There are five members in the
illit group, including two minors who were born in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Such a group with the presence of minors will inevitably attract the attention and pursuit of minors, and "magnetic", an MV with unclear meaning and sexual implications, may be caused by children's unconscious imitation. Their love and admiration for idols will weaken minors' vigilance to similar elements and ignore potential dangers. During this time, you can also see some bloggers starting to imitate the dance of the MV, many of them minors. Many fans or passers-by of
said that they did not see any hints in the MV and thought it was an over-interpretation. Some people commented that "people with a heart see everything dirty." Putting aside the quarrelsome nature of this sentence, this sentence The words do reveal one thing, that is, people who have been exposed to many "dirty" things can indeed interpret some of the "dirty" content. Perhaps what is "normal" in the eyes of ordinary people is "attractive" in the eyes of some people. ". In fact, when we grow up, sex education is missing. People usually talk about "sex" in a disgraceful way. Sex is dirty, and pedophilia is also dirty. If we want to know these "dirty" contents, most of them are us. It is something you explore yourself as you grow up, rather than something you learn when you are a minor. However, the makeup in this MV is childish, and some of the members are underage, which determines that a large part of its audience will be underage - someone who does not have "dirty" thoughts, but may be spied on by "dirty" people. age. This is why this matter should be taken seriously.
must admit that artistic expression has diversity and freedom. Artists have the right to express their thoughts and emotions through their work, and this expression is often challenging and innovative. However, this freedom does not mean that social ethics and moral norms can be ignored, especially for works involving the image of teenagers. Teenagers are beautiful and we should respect and protect them instead of using them as a tool to attract attention and seek profit.
Of course, we should not over-interpret and exaggerate this incident, stigmatize the members of illit’s girl group, or even make up rumors. Instead, we should use this as an opportunity to strengthen the proper supervision and guidance of entertainment content to ensure that it does not harm young people and adverse effects on society. When evaluating a musical work, we should respect its artistry and diversity, but when the artistic work involves some sensitive topics, we also need to remain vigilant and rational, especially when it comes to content involving teenagers and sexual issues, we should treat it with caution.
