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Monday, January 24, 2005
Where there's smoke, there's a right wing "families" group willing to blow it
The Campaign for Children and Families is outraged, offended, and overjoyed at the latest piece of propaganda:Speaking at the annual career day on January 11 at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, management consultant William Fried urged girls in the audience to consider stripping and exotic dancing as lucrative career options. According to a report by Bay Area television station KTVU, Fried went so far as to say that, depending on their bust size, strippers and exotic dancers could make upwards of $250,000 a year or more.
There's basically this one AP article with enough sizzle to make its way across the country before reasonableness puts its pants on:
Management consultant William Fried told eighth-graders at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School on Tuesday that stripping and exotic dancing can pay $250,000 or more per year, depending on their bust size.
"It's sick, but it's true," Fried said in an interview later. "The truth of the matter is you can earn a tremendous amount of money as an exotic dancer, if that's your desire."
Fried has given a popular 55-minute presentation, "The Secret of a Happy Life," at the school's career day the past three years. He counsels students to experiment with a variety of interests until they discover something they love and excel in.
But school principal Joseph Di Salvo said Fried may not be back next year....
..."A couple of students egged him and he took it hook, line and sinker," said Di Salvo, who also said the students took advantage of a substitute teacher overseeing the session.
"It's totally inappropriate," Di Salvo said. "It's not OK by me. I would want my presenters to kind of understand that they are coming into a career day for eighth-graders."
That stripping advice wasn't the only thing that riled parents. Di Salvo said one mother said she was outraged when her son announced that he was forgoing college for a field he loves: fishing.
Surely, there's a branch of feminism that would whole-heartedly encourage this kind of guidance. Just as surely, there's a branch of feminism that would be legimiately outraged by this kind of guidance. At least such reactions would be sincere. What we have here is a cynical ploy to conflate an inappropriate, off-the-cuff remark with the idea that public schools are urging girls to prostitute themselves.
This group is in the business of scaring people into believing that, despite the fact that Fried's comments will be vigorously criticized from nearly every corner of the political spectrum, everything they value is under attack. Call it perpetual fear for perpetual cash.
