Amid the moral lenses affixed to Smith’s future, what didn’t get much airtime were the counterbalancing questions. Are golfers who stick with the US PGA supporting a country where black hole prisons are a real thing and women have fewer rights than gun owners?
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And does the greater good and optics of morality trump what’s right for an individual?
Social media means we feel celebrities are friends who care for the two cents’ worth of randoms. The sense of ownership we have for public figures means we think we get a say in what they should do, say, stand for.
The former Jennifer Lopez found this out after announcing her Las Vegas quickie wedding to Ben Affleck. The four-time bride’s transgression was not her latest choice of groom (see how easy moralising is?) but that she’s taking his surname.
Among other things, this was called regressive. An assault on the “societal forces and historical paradigms that propel us”. Okay. It was also a woman’s choice about what she’s called.
I’ve kept my own surname through two marriages. I believe you’re born with a name and it’s your history and identity and should be treasured. Shamefully, I once grilled my niece at her wedding about why she was changing hers. Still, I absolutely believe individual choice trumps perceived attacks on the sisterhood.
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Witness the sly asides when Meghan rubbed Harry’s back as he addressed world leaders at the United Nations on climate change and food shortages. Ever touchy feely, she also grabbed his arm with two hands.
Meghan, if you want to make your husband look like a giant out-of-sorts baby who needs soothing or as if he is under arrest, be our guest. Thousands wouldn’t, but they can mind their own beeswax.
Calling out bad behaviour is one thing, instructing someone how to earn their money, manage their career, name themselves or conduct PDA’s is another. Especially if they’re not causing harm to others.
Kate Halfpenny is founder of Bad Mother Media.
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