Pop-culture blitz worries U.S. moms

[NVMojo]

(Someone needs to make sure they know about Laura and the horse incident).

"We heard mothers talking about the kind of hypersexuality that's out there, about violence and disrespect, about body image, all the things that are not exactly news but cutting across a huge and diverse sample of mothers," says Martha Farrell Erickson of the University of Minnesota, lead researcher on the study, released by the Institute for American Values in New York. "What they would really like to see is mothers and fathers joining forces more effectively to take on some of these issues."

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In the 2004 race, President Bush beat Sen. John Kerry by a whopping 19 percentage points — 59 percent to 40 percent — among married voters with children under age 18. Among married mothers of minors, the difference was somewhat smaller, 14 points (56 percent to 42 percent). But it is a gap that Republicans are working hard to keep, and Democrats to erase. It wasn't too long ago that Democrats were winning the married parent vote: In 1996, Bill Clinton narrowly won that demographic.
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, an expert on social and cultural issues and a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic think tank, points to the famous "moral values" question on the 2004 exit poll as a telling indicator of what married parents are feeling. Among those voters, 27 percent chose "moral values" as their top voting concern, compared with 20 percent of the electorate at large. And it is not that married parents identify overwhelmingly as religious conservatives, Whitehead notes. In the exit poll, 45 percent self-identified as moderates and 16 percent as liberals.
The problem for Democrats is not a lack of policy prescriptions, say party activists, but rather a strong cultural message, repeated over and over. "It's vital for parents to hear (from Democrats) that we know you want to be able to teach your kids good values, and very often you don't think we're on your side," says Whitehead.

more...

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600131819,00.html

[fleabert]

1. somewhat ot...

original:
"What they would really like to see is mothers and fathers joining forces more effectively to take on some of these issues."

change:
"What they would really like to see is parents joining forces more effectively to take on some of these issues."

just a pet peeve. so many different types of families, why don't the moralists think it's moral to adknowledge step-parents, single parents, grandparents, same-sex parents, transgendered parents, etc... whether they like it or endorse it, they are there...raising kids too.

Moral values my ass. I hate this bullshit way of talking.

:rant:

[blogbear]

6. amen! The 'mother' anymore might well be some bag secretary

who humped the boss and became wifey #2 or #3 anyhow..and there is nothing worse in our society than the reformed 'sinner' on a mission..

[fasttense]

2. Since the election was rigged, the numbers they are quoting are

useless. Then she quotes the exit polls? I thought the corporate media has determined them to be inaccurate. So which is right? The actual (rigged) vote count or the exit polls? They can't have it both ways.

The problem the Dems have is not "moral values", it's the lying cheating repukes.

Now why would they even have that stupid question on the exit polls? I mean think about it. Moral values could be anything. It obviously includes lying, cheating and stealing.

[dbt]

3. Hmmm. Now just WHO are the Purveyors Of Pop Culture?

Wouldn't happen to be the five media conglomerates who effectively control everything the Young see, hear and read, would it? You know; the five big-ass corporations whose CEOs support bu$hler?

I mean the five corporations who are cranking out the old sex-and-violence that the Reich Wing just loves to hate. They wouldn't be keeping the mass consciousness supersaturated with that stuff just so the Pugs could "win" more elections, now would they?

[NVMojo]

5. this is just one of the many ironies of this "finding"

[annabanana]

4. Contrary to "received" common perception..

It isn't that hard to get your kids to behave in a way you think appropriate. If your kids are that easily swayed you haven't put a great deal of effort into your parenting.

If you've ever talked to a parent who complains that their kids are "out of control", you'll find a parent who didn't really pay attention until it was way past time to develop a dialogue.


Now, OTHER PEOPLE'S children are another problem altogether!:eyes:

[Career Prole]

10. It's that "party of personal responsibility" hypocrisy again.

"Hey parents!
Is Buffy getting slutty? Is Junior turning into a foul-mouthed "gangsta"?
It's not your fault...you just need a new God-fearin' president!"

[Bridget Burke]

7. So--Jenna & not-Jenna are the ideals of young womanhood.

Products of several generations of Republican childrearing. Let's not forget cousin Nicole!

[Samurai_Writer]

8. I thought I had woken up in the 1950s...

when I read that headline. Pop-culture worries U.S. moms? But not dads? Not parents in general? I swear, it's scary how the fundies are pervading our media and culture. A story like this 10 years ago would be laughed at. Now it's serious news?

[NVMojo]

9. Good point and it is also serious "brain-washing" as this article

runs in a major Utah paper, home to controlled housewives ....and some of the highest bankruptcy and suicide rates in the USA ...