Comments on: Still creating hysteria – Happy 75th! http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/01/14/still-creating-hysteria-happy-75th/ The remarkable and unremarkable about humans and the effect of their behaviour Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ruth Thompson http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/01/14/still-creating-hysteria-happy-75th/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Ruth Thompson Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:18:41 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=201#comment-55 Thanks for taking the time to comment. I, like you, feel that we cannot neither 'dismiss' nor 'blame' music and the rockstars that create and/or sell it. The extreme of any viewpoint is quite often the easiest to argue against, as I believe most things in life are neither black or white but grey. Of course the young (and indeed the older) are influenced by what they see and hear from the world....but it would be neglectful of us not to mention that there is influence in the other direction as well. Hence why the music of today differs somewhat to the music of yesteryear... other aspects of our culture have impacted it (and us). As for why young girls still scream...my own personal opinion is that young people (though the sexualisation is more noticeable in females - partly because girls are treated very differently to boys when sex is mentioned, think of how a parent might find it easier to say Yes to a boy attending a late night 'happening' than they do with a girl) will always require a 'right of passage' and becoming overwrought to a singer shaking their hips (or showing their six-pack!) is certainly one way this happens. A girl may always remember her first 'love'....even if that person is as remote as 'elvis' or 'donny osmond'....today perhaps that 'justin' fella that is 16 years old (sorry my own age showing through there!). So, although 'women' are more comfortable with their sexually liberated status (though the argument remains that sexual equality has still not been obtained) they have still to transform to 'woman' from 'girl'......and discovering their own sexual feelings and emotions is a large aprt of that....whatever way that is achieved... Thanks again for the comment, I enjoyed your remarks :-) Thanks for taking the time to comment. I, like you, feel that we cannot neither ‘dismiss’ nor ‘blame’ music and the rockstars that create and/or sell it. The extreme of any viewpoint is quite often the easiest to argue against, as I believe most things in life are neither black or white but grey. Of course the young (and indeed the older) are influenced by what they see and hear from the world….but it would be neglectful of us not to mention that there is influence in the other direction as well. Hence why the music of today differs somewhat to the music of yesteryear… other aspects of our culture have impacted it (and us).

As for why young girls still scream…my own personal opinion is that young people (though the sexualisation is more noticeable in females – partly because girls are treated very differently to boys when sex is mentioned, think of how a parent might find it easier to say Yes to a boy attending a late night ‘happening’ than they do with a girl) will always require a ‘right of passage’ and becoming overwrought to a singer shaking their hips (or showing their six-pack!) is certainly one way this happens. A girl may always remember her first ‘love’….even if that person is as remote as ‘elvis’ or ‘donny osmond’….today perhaps that ‘justin’ fella that is 16 years old (sorry my own age showing through there!).

So, although ‘women’ are more comfortable with their sexually liberated status (though the argument remains that sexual equality has still not been obtained) they have still to transform to ‘woman’ from ‘girl’……and discovering their own sexual feelings and emotions is a large aprt of that….whatever way that is achieved…

Thanks again for the comment, I enjoyed your remarks :-)

]]> By: Old Sod http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/01/14/still-creating-hysteria-happy-75th/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Old Sod Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:08:17 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=201#comment-54 I truly enjoyed this analysis. I've always been fascinated by the reactions of adoring fans to overhyped stars, but I am particularly struck by the utter frenzy sometimes induced in females by their object of affection. Not that males don't exhibit crazy behaviour when exposed to stars, but the deafening shrieking, the fainting, the riots, etc.: these actions have always fascinated and bewildered me. The ways in which music and the rockstars that sell it contribute to identity-formation in young people is also fascinating. I feel that to - on one hand - dismiss the power of music to influence behaviour, or, on the other hand, to blame music for the "corruption" of the youth are both somewhat extreme and narrow views. Yet, there is at least a grain of truth lurking in each of these notions. I would like to add, however, that even today, when presumably "women" are comfortable with their sexually liberated status, female fans (mostly young girls) do still exhibit such behaviours. I am curious as to your views on this. Cheers I truly enjoyed this analysis. I’ve always been fascinated by the reactions of adoring fans to overhyped stars, but I am particularly struck by the utter frenzy sometimes induced in females by their object of affection. Not that males don’t exhibit crazy behaviour when exposed to stars, but the deafening shrieking, the fainting, the riots, etc.: these actions have always fascinated and bewildered me.

The ways in which music and the rockstars that sell it contribute to identity-formation in young people is also fascinating. I feel that to – on one hand – dismiss the power of music to influence behaviour, or, on the other hand, to blame music for the “corruption” of the youth are both somewhat extreme and narrow views. Yet, there is at least a grain of truth lurking in each of these notions.

I would like to add, however, that even today, when presumably “women” are comfortable with their sexually liberated status, female fans (mostly young girls) do still exhibit such behaviours. I am curious as to your views on this.

Cheers

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