The spokesperson/coordinator of the Group of Concerned Parents, Barbados, is concerned about sexualised lyrics and dancing during Crop Over, as she commented on a viral video of a dancer being dropped on stage by a soca artiste at an event last weekend.Though wishing the young woman a speedy recovery, Paula-Anne Moore said the incident should be recognised as the culmination of rising overly sexualised lyrics and themes that have infiltrated the Crop Over season in recent years.“The increased overt aggressive sexualisation of our culture… is a national societal challenge which starts with adults and children mimicking what they see. What are we willing to accept as societal standards? The chickens are now coming home to roost after maybe 20 years of the acceleration of the degrading of standards and values which we have allowed as a collective society.“The very graphic sexualisation of our soca dancing is awful and of relatively recent vintage, especially for someone such as myself who has jumped Kadooment Day for many years – from the time I was 13. I wonder if this sexualisation is now something ‘uniquely Bajan’, and not in a good way,” lamented Moore, well known for being outspoken in matters of education.
