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Ariana Grande's "Dangerous Woman" is Dangerous for Women

We all know that sex sells, but do we understand the true cost?

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If I were to be honest, I'd confess that I had trouble writing this article. I struggled with how to write a piece so controversial such as this. I think the main reason why my heart was telling me to write this piece was so that I could reach out to those who have been told that they have to be "dangerous" sexually for a man to fear, or even respect them. I have a hard time believing the lie that I have to flaunt my sexuality for the right kind of people to notice me.

I know that there is a love so powerful and beyond our understanding. But I also know that there are so many out there who need to hear the words, "you are enough" because the world we live in tells us that we are not.

I think that Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman is dangerous for women because it gives women a false sense of confidence and a skewed sense of self-worth.

If somehow Ariana could read this article, I would want tell her that she has reached so many people with her gifts and talents; that I know ways that she could reach even a thousand more.

There are songs that Ariana has on her albums that speak against true relationships. Relationships are not just the "hit it and quit it" type of "love," if we could even call it that. I do not believe that physicality overpowers the sense of being raw and real and honest about personal life stories and intimate testimonies.

If we teach women to only love themselves when they feel sexy and mysterious, we are also teaching men that women are only objectives to idolize and fantasize over.

I believe that Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman is dangerous for young girls who already deal with constant comparisons of incompetencies and inferirorities. We should be teaching young girls how to fight for each other, not against each other. I would rather be known for placing myself in danger for heroic acts of sacrifice for those that I loved than to place myself in a dangerous relationship that I was not meant to be or that I could not get myself out of.

If somehow Ariana could read this article, I would want to tell her that her voice speaks to innocent minds so that she should be singing songs about how to get through difficult trials. Relationships can be difficult but there are a million other artists already singing about them for her. I would want her to know that she can use her voice for so much more than the lies society demands.

We all know that sex sells, but do we understand a what cost?

I do not know how singing songs about how sore you are after so much sex you have had has anything to do with encouraging people how to completely love others for their true selves. I am not inspired by this type of music. I want to be inspired by Ariana Grande's music, but I feel as if there is no true purpose other than to sell a lot of records.

Where is the content of how you found your self-worth in songs against your well-being?

If you receive everything at face value, are you really learning anything? When you scratch the surface, is there anything there other than false lashes and latex?

I so badly wish to believe that there is more to Ariana than these vague lyrics. I believe that she can do so much better at getting these young girls attention. I believe that Ariana can speak to women on a higher level, a more intimate level, rather than not being able to fight a desire to pursue a man who is undoubtedly wrong for her.

I do not know how to even begin to write about how wrong I think this depiction of a "dangerous woman" is. I do not have enough credibility other than a gut feeling that there is something terribly wrong with this kind of music.

I wanted to write a blog post about the reasons why there are dangers in this kind of music. I wanted to combat any and every possible argument thrown at me after this was posted. But then I realized, if I scheme to write articles based on what other people's opinions might be of me, am I any better than the false lyrics that deny the truth God has for us all?

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