Political postures in adolescents

Multiple things made me write this article. The first one was that Professor John gave us a quiz about political ideologies that would try to define our tendencies in politics. The other thing was that a friend told me that he considered that tagging us into those ideologies was kind of subjective. That really made me think that they both were sort of right.

I guess that in this period of our lifetime is really hard to define what we really think or what we really believe in. There are certain factors like family that influence in many aspects. One of them is that we tend to adopt the political thoughts that our family has. For example, if in my family my parents hardly support the PRI, it’s kind of obvious that I would acquire that inclination. Family also influences in another way, which is emotional stability. During adolescence, people feel totally affected by what is going on home. If things are not okay, we change a lot our mentality because it is being altered by our feelings.

Family is not the only contact we have; we also have friends and they also have their own way of thinking towards politics. Some of them don’t care, but others are really into it. This can make us feel forced to think as our partners.

My point is that we don’t have to worry that much about acquiring a political posture right now, because our inexperience and the peer pressure of all those who surround us can lead to modify our ideologies. What we really have to do is try to look for reliable references that help us make our really own decision.

"When you have to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice" William James

Catchy but Trashy

Few days ago, I was at home listening to the radio and I coud not avoid noticing all the trashy songs. Miley Cyrus, Lady GaGa, Ke$ha, Justin Bieber, Jonas Brothers, among others. Though they are catchy, they are still trashy. Lyrics about partying so hard that girls do not know where they are, or that they brush their teeth with Jack plus a kind of techno/pop music does not result well. I know that not all their songs are about having fun at parties, drinking alcohol or having sex. I know that, for example Miley Cyrus has songs about being the best you can be and stuff like that, but COME ON, teenagers prefer to listen to songs about partying hard.
Whenever we ask ourselves, why youth is so messed up, we must remember what these "singers" teach us. Whenever we ask ourselves, why girls get pregnant when they are just 16 years old, let's remember Rihanna's "Rude Boy". Whenever we ask ourselves about violence against women and why they are still treated like things, let's remember Alejandro Fernandez, "Unas Nalgadas", which caused a great controversy by the way, and all the girls in bikini dancing in music videos.
Most of the songs we listen today are bombs; they actually tell us what to do, how to behave, how to live...But that's media, there is not much we can do, we can't really run away. The only thing we can do is to promote better songs (and TALENTED singers), to be more exigent with what we listen, to know what we are actually listening to and to not listen to singers who are always drunk, in jail or taking pictures of themselves naked because they are role models for the little ones and the only thing we get when we buy their discs or go to their concerts is to increase their fame and when this happens the youngest ones always want to imit them and be exactly like the most famous pop singer or rockstar.Moreover they stop thinking by themselves. But, is it right for a 12-year-old girl to take pictures of herself with a wet shirt? Is it right for a 14-year-old boy to smoke? Of course it is not right at ANY AGE. But that is what we promote with 3 minutes of "music".