Hollywood double standard

I don't know about you guys but I F***ing HATE double standards.  Its tough being a girl sometimes, the double standards usually make our lives harder.  We all love Taylor and how hard he worked to keep the role of Jacob in New Moon, but when does the attention turn into something more?  He is not even 18 yet and is known for his great body that he worked so hard on.  If it were a young girl in his place there would be such a commotion about the fact that she is not legal yet.  How do we decide what is acceptable for boys and girls?  Why can underaged guys get away with being shirtless and girls cant show a shoulder like Miley did in the Vanity Fair shoot?  This is a fight and debate that has been going on since the beginning of time, the equality of men and women and no more double standards.  I love the fact that Taylor doesn't want to be the guy who always has his shirt off, he is such a great guy and has so much talent.  Don't get me wrong I like seeing guys with their shirt off (when they are fit) and think it is wrong for a 16 year old to be pole dancing, but maybe we should pick our battles and watch what makes us upset.  Think about what you cause an uproar about, cut girls some slack.  If you think Im wrong or if you agree let me know, I'm interested to hear what you think about this.

Taylor Lautner's Shirtless Pics: A Hollywood Double Standard?

Remember the huge uproar in April 2008, when 15-year-old Miley Cyrus appeared in "Vanity Fair" wrapped in a sheet, with her right shoulder and the top of her back visible, implying that, under the sheet, she wasn't wearing a shirt? That week, the cover of the New York Post read "Miley's Shame," the Christian Coalition called for the Hannah Montana star's employer, Disney, to reprimand the teenager, and finally Miley was forced to apologize in a statement to People Magazine, saying: "I never intended for any of this to happen, and I am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone." The pandemonium was so huge that critics ranging from the ladies of "The View", to Bill O'Reilly, to Miley's fellow Disney star Joe Jonas all expressed their disapproval over what they saw as the sexualization of a child to sell magazines.

Now, with the premiere of his movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," less than a month away,magazines, websites, and TV are blanketed with images of 17-year-old star Taylor Lautner, shirtless and showing off the body he trained for months to perfect for the role. And yet, none of the cultural critics who turned Miley's photos into a full-blown "scandal" have said a word about the sexualization of Taylor, who, at 17, is just two years older than Miley was during her "scandal" and is also a minor. So, does Hollywood have a double standard?

Actress Kristin Davis, who worked with Taylor in 2005 in "The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3-D," has so far been the only major voice to raise questions about the photos. But even her remarks from last week seemed more about her own working relationship with a much-younger Lautner: "I feel protective, like what is he doing without his shirt on?" she said. "And then I hear he's dating people, and I'm like, 'Ahh!'"

Interestingly, the biggest critic of these pervasive images seems to be Taylor himself, who said this week he hopes never to take his shirt off in a movie again, saying, "It's so uncomfortable knowing that so many people are seeing pictures of me shirtless... It's weird. It's kind of embarrassing."

What do you think? Does Hollywood have a double standard for its shirtless teenage stars?

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Carrie