when I grow up (i want to kick the pussycat dolls a**'s)

"When I grow up/I wanna be famous/I wanna be a star/I wanna be in movies/When I grow up/I wanna see the world/Drive nice cars/I wanna have Groupies/When I grow up/Be on TV/People know me/Be on magazines/When I grow up/Fresh and clean/Number one chick when I step out on the scene"

Lets analyze this beautifully lyrical piece by the "pussycat dolls." First of all, I was always under the impression that it was "I wanna have boobies" instead of "I wanna have groupies" Therefore, I am slightly less horrified by this song. That being said, I am still utterly horrified by this song. "Where the Girls Are," a book by Susan Douglas, claims that society/pop culture/media gave women growing up in the 60's/70's two different views of themselves, that by societies standards they were supposed to be both a martyr and a sexually liberated women simotaneously. When you are listening to this song (and I am assuming that hopefully you are only listening to it by random chance) then please ask yourself this, "What is this song teaching young girls?" To me, this is the most blantant song about what our culture wants girls to aspire to. For myself, this song is, in a way, exactly what I aspired to as a young girl. Only I combated something even deeper, which inevitably was my shyness combined with my father's incissant drol about how lacking I was. It all added up to this, a liberated woman who is probably in the worst college for a liberal yet realizes who she is and where she stands. That being said, I don't think that so many young girls (and boys) are going to have as much luck. In any case, it will probably take 20 years of suffering before they do (like a certain someone).