We all know that no one is perfect and even the people that are idolized in our society for their appearance or special talents are sure as heck not perfect, having all of their most vulnerable moments strewn into the public eye day after day. How many embarrassing celebrity moments have we seen on television and the web....the public breakdowns....the legal drama... the list never ends! Still, with all of this being realized, we as human beings idolize each other all the more when fame is involved...no matter what we hear or see about each other. Take celebrities for example. We still listen to their music, flaunt their fashion line, sell-out their movies on the big screen and tune in to their reality shows faithfully. Could this be creating a responsibility on celebrities subconsciously? Being in the public eye means you definitely have a responsibility to the public in what you do and how you portray yourself. The slightest misunderstanding can cause a on-sleight of unwanted trends. Celebrity looks aren't the only thing beings copied or made apart of the life of the average population of their viewers. Even personalities, motives, and alarmingly so, many beliefs are adopted as well due to the words and actions of many of the rich and famous. Like marriage! Being married in the celebrity world surely doesn't mean "til death do us part". In fact, marriages in the public eye could begin and end as fast 24 hours! Could this atrocious fact slowly be giving marriage a bad look?
To many people around the globe, marriage is not a casual union, neither is it a mere shallow agreement. In some countries, religions, and cultures, marriage is a most sacred act and is done not out of selfish ambition or with the intent to end it in 72 days. These beliefs have held up and esteemed marriage in the eyes of people everywhere, so much so that as children we are taught that marriage is an honor, an achievement, and a lifelong commitment to look forward to with someone that you love. Many religions consecrate marriages in the presence of a minister, priest, or holy clergy signifying the holiness of the act, meaning that it is a commitment made in the acknowledgement of both God and man. For marriage in the public eye to be taken so casually could even be found as blasphemous but because money and fame are two of the most valued things in our society, this idea is overlooked and swept under the carpet.
Lets slow down here! You may be thinking that celebrities aren't the only people on earth who get married with false intentions and impure motives and they certainly aren't the only people getting married and divorced within the same year. You are correct! However there is a major difference between what I do and what someone else does with the fame and fortune of Kim Kardashian. You have never met me in your life and you probably never knew me before you came across this blog. Kim Kardashian is a well known figure and even though you probably never met her, you'd bet your bottom dollar that you knew about her and so does the rest of the world for Pete's sake! When I go out to eat people don't take pictures of what I'm wearing and post them in everyday fashion magazines around the world for women to idolize and try to mimic. Do you see what I'm saying? What the average citizen does is non-existent to some extent compared to what a celebrity does and how it effects people. A simple outing for me does not change fashion history or cause a media frenzy. So for a celebrity to partake in a sacred union and break it in 72 days is like giving the okay to their fans and the general public to denounce marriage and all that it stands for....after all, marriages come and go! This the wrong idea to have about a life-long relationship and commitment! Marriage is a commitment and commitments are born out of convenience or someone having too much to drink and suddenly feeling loved. When its portrayed as such by people who are highly respected in some way, the morals and values of such a decision begins to die. People begin to form unwise similarities in society between dating and getting married. Dating is not the same a marriage. Dating someone for 72 days is different from marrying them for 72 days but our minds have become so numb to the fact that such short and unthought-out decisions are made in the eye of the media that we say, "Oh, well", instead of saying " This is horrible". Our reactions have become so passive to the promotion of what is wrong and the demotion of what is right. This is extremely dangerous because who is going to hold up our beliefs if we don't. No one. They disappear like "the gentlemen", or "the virgin". Such things don't hold value anymore and are forgotten, seen as ancient characteristics. The sad part is that ancient characteristics almost always belong to a once great civilization that now belongs to history.
