{"id":247453,"date":"2021-03-18T13:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=247453"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:30:39","slug":"owens-cardi-b-is-a-symptom-of-a-sickness-in-our-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/owens-cardi-b-is-a-symptom-of-a-sickness-in-our-society\/","title":{"rendered":"OWENS: Cardi B Is A Symptom Of A Sickness In Our Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fowens-cardi-b-is-a-symptom-of-a-sickness-in-our-society%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=247453&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1834.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Cardi B is presented by the media as a role model for women and young girls. We\u2019re told she\u2019s an icon of sexual liberation, the paragon of female \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2017\/dec\/01\/how-cardi-b-went-from-stripper-to-star\"><span>empowerment<\/span><\/a><span>.\u201d She\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/8099087\/cardi-b-feminist-stripping-interview-i-d-magazine\"><span>portrayed<\/span><\/a><span> as a fierce feminist and was even named \u201cBillboard Woman of the Year\u201d in 2020, with the outlet\u2019s headline quoting Cardi B declaring \u2014 and this is a real quote \u2014 \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/women-in-music\/9492018\/cardi-b-woman-of-the-year-billboard-cover-story-interview-2020\/\"><span>I like justice. But I also like popping my p*ssy<\/span><\/a><span>.\u201d Most recently, her performance at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards garnered thunderous applause from our adoring mainstream media, with Variety Magazine cheering her \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cardi-b-performs-wap-and-other-key-moments-from-the-grammys\"><span>message of sexual empowerment<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d and CNN lauding her \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/14\/entertainment\/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-grammys-performance\/index.html\"><span>sex-positive performance<\/span><\/a><span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But here\u2019s the truth. Cardi B is a symptom of a pervasive sickness in our culture: a sickness promoted by the Left and presented under the guise of promoting and empowering women. In reality, however, it is a toxic ideology and the polar opposite of true feminism.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Any woman who\u2019s honest with herself feels it every day. We see it on social media, in our entertainment, and on the news. Our society has fallen deeply ill, and as anyone who has suffered a serious illness knows, you cannot heal until you first acknowledge that you\u2019re sick. We must stop denying the truth and diagnose this disease, or it will only continue to spread.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What Cardi B is selling is not self-empowerment. It\u2019s self-debasement. What young girls across America learn from Cardi B is that they can earn attention and adoration by stripping in front of the world and simulating sex acts with other women. This, they\u2019re told, will \u201cempower\u201d them. This, CNN says, is \u201cpositive\u201d \u2014 \u201csex-positive,\u201d whatever that means. But the reality is that what\u2019s really being stripped away is their dignity.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Disagree? Show me the father or mother or sister or brother who would be proud to watch their loved one acting like Cardi B or Megan Thee Stallion last Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Being a young woman in our society is already an almost impossible challenge, made even more difficult by social media metastasizing into a constant feature of their lives. Every day, every hour, every minute, they\u2019re bombarded with messages and images telling them who and what they must be. The Cardi Bs of the world are setting the behavioral standard for the most vulnerable part of our population, and that standard is deeply harmful.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What young girls need is support as they grow into dignified women, not a blinding encouragement to stand as blatant and shameless sexual objects for the explicit enjoyment of men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I want to conclude by speaking directly to the target of this toxic culture, to the young girls and women who often reach out to me with questions about how to navigate today\u2019s society.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ask yourself whether the attention you may get from imitating Cardi B or Megan Thee Stallion is worth your dignity and self-respect. Ask yourself whether Cardi B\u2019s degenerate behavior is worth a small trophy made of worthless metal. Ask yourself whether women like Cardi B are truly happy. Are they happy with their relationships, or their lives? I think you\u2019ll find a lot of these supposed role models \u2014 deep down \u2014 are miserable.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some will try and dilute this issue as another shallow political debate, but it\u2019s crucial that we realize that Cardi B is indicative of a far deeper problem. This isn\u2019t about right or left \u2014 it\u2019s about right and wrong. The continued promotion of Cardi B\u2019s toxic message, alongside her elevation as a cultural hero, is a symptom of a disease festering within our society. The disease of a lack of morality, of dignity, of respect for women.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The longer we avoid this truth, the harder it will be to recover. Our young girls and women deserve far, far better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Candace Owens is an American writer, producer, conservative commentator and the host of \u201c<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/candace\"><i><span>Candace<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardi B is presented by the media as a role model for women and young girls. We\u2019re told she\u2019s an icon of sexual liberation, the paragon of female \u201cempowerment.\u201d She\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310751,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1834.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"OWENS: Cardi B Is A Symptom Of A Sickness In Our Society","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1834.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"OWENS: Cardi B Is A Symptom Of A Sickness In Our Society","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}