Women Under the Microscope

I believe that it is just par for the course for celebrities.

I have been in the workforce for many years, and know that along with the job there are always unspoken/unwritten parts to a job that are not savory but they are part of the job.

For example, the person who works fast food as a cashier has to deal with impatient, unhappy, pushy people who will cuss and scream at you. You would never see that in commercials and most places tell you what maybe you should or shouldn't do but never do they tell you everything to expect. Like having to stay over sometimes to finish a job, that you may not get off exactly at the time you are scheduled.

Long story short, I just feel that along with the fame and celebrity and the money they need to realize that although paparazzi and fans are never explicity said that they are a part of being famous it is just the way it is.

However, I will say that when it gets to the point that they are driving them and their families off the road and compromising safety, I find that unacceptable.

We ARE the reason the paparazzi stalk and torment celebrities... especially celebrities that strive/hunger for attention and those whose life is out of control. 

We HAVE TO stop buying the magazines that have pictures showing girls getting in/out of cars with their hooha showing.  Or a brand new mom enjoying a private/personal stroll with her family.  Or the singer who stopped for at Starbucks along the way.  Or the actress on her cellphone obviously having a difficult/private conversation. 
I mean... come on!  We all know what it's like to have our personal space violated.  And when we've had enough we've had enough... bad things can happen.  And when/if they do we certainly don't want pictures or videos of the event sent out in circulation around the world. 

I strongly feel that celebrities of any kind gave up a great deal of their privacy to become a celebrity.  That's what attracted them to stardom in the first place.  BUT I don't think it's fair at the very least that they can't take a jog without being photographed.  Goodness, they're obviously thin, fit and in shape... I don't need to know their fitness routine!!!!!

We as a society have to slow it down.  I think we have a lot of young lives at stake.  We're responsible for Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan and Nicole Richie going off the deep end.  (I take ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILITY for Paris.  She's her own train wreck... And anyone that follows in her tracks will suffer greatly.)

Harsher privacy laws MUST protect the celebrities.  Much harsher!  They are humans after all.  Albeit spoiled rotten, demanding, and self centered (at times)... but they ARE humans.  Aren't we all?

I think that while the loss of privacy is to be expected for celebrities, I do think harsher privacy laws should be in place, and even essential when dealing with child celebrities. 

I couldn't imagine the loss of freedom once has to endure just because they have chosen a "job" that they love. 

For us, it's nothing to just run to the store in sweats, but for an actress to do that, she would know every thread of her outfit would be scrutizined.  Forget trying to go somewhere to be away from it all, every move would be watched, photographed, written about.  Every new wrinkle or age spot being photographed and commented on.  People pushing and shoving around you trying to get the perfect shot. 

That's certainly not a life I would want to live. 

I think there should be a perimeter around celebrities, a line that can't be crossed.  Will it happen?  Probably not.  Should it happen?  I think so.

I get that they're real women with real problems, but when you enter into the "hollywood life" loss of privacy is something to be expected. There are many celebs that keep themselves private by not parading around with an entourage or choosing to go to places where the paparazzi aren't. If these women don't want their every move in the papers maybe they should be more low key.