I too do not understand the connection to A Handmaid's Tale. Yes, I have read it.

As to sex selling music: it is far more insidious. These women create the fads and styles for young people to follow. Before we blame the young, remember how Nehru instigated the Nehru suit and Jacqui Kennedy had us all wearing black lace mantillas while the elder bushette brought the sale of cheap pearls to record highs.

The latest teeny rock idol appears in black leather S&M and next week Penney's has a cheap knock-up in sizes 3T to 3X.

But alanabit has hit the nail on the head. In a few months this non-talented group is gone not to be heard of again until 2012 when they appear on some "not in prime time show" about Where in the World Is? or they'll be hawking face creams and Polident.

The teens who idolized them will sheepishly admit "I was a fan when they first came out." How many times have I heard that about Britney Spears? And they will be as horrified of pictures of themselves in S&M as I am of my geometric haircut circa 1965.
It still leaves the gentlemen wondering where they are supposed to look when a gaggle of girls with nubile bodies prances by in the shopping mall, all dressed (or not) in skimpy suggestive outfits. My advice - stare straight ahead. Or better yet, look at Mom who follows close behind in the same outfit with forty years of living sagging out of it.