WHY RIHANNA GETS A PASS OVER SEXY STAGE ANTICS.....

I know I'm probably going to piss a lot of people off with this post but hey, it is what it is. Rihanna performed on stage during a concert in Arena Riga, Latvia this week. Here she is seen getting grinded against by two of her male dancers on stage:

Nothing wrong with theatrical bumping and grinding if you have limitations right? Many people would say Rihanna can't sing (she can to me). By limitations, I mean not being as vocally gymnastic as say, someone like Beyonce or Christina Aguilera. So if she can't impress the majority with her voice or stage presence, why can't she wow an audience with sexy outfits and other raunchy antics like the ones above? She's a beautiful girl with a flawless physique and I'm sure 90% of the hot bloodied males that actually pay to see her perform come to look at that. It's not that much different from going to Stringfellows and paying for the same thing but without the polytechnics, male back-up dancers and so forth. If folks feel she's not much of a singer or performer, what do folks expect her to do? Sing 'Don't Stop The Music' dressed up as Mary Poppins? I don't recall Rihanna promoting religion or saying she won't wear sexy outfits as what Beyonce did earlier on in her career. Rihanna knows what the music industry is all about. Sex sells. And talent (unfortunately) takes a backseat to that. And she's just following the rules.

Beyonce on the other hand, doesn't need to resort to overly sexy antics or skimpy outfits on stage because she has the talent - both as a singer and stage entertainer. Her voice (and beauty) alone can carry her. But I think a lot of people get on Beyonce for promoting herself as the good lil Christian girl from Houston, and then saying her pastor gave her permission to wear crotch-flaunting outfits when I know for a fact that her religion doesn't objectify women in that way AT ALL. Did that permission also come with doing a steamy bikini photoshoot for Sports Illustrated or rolling around in sand in an itsy bitsy bikini in the Flaws And All video? In many ways Beyonce has contradicted herself and people are inclined to never forget that. I think that when you enter an industry like the music one, you realise that sometimes you have to sell yourself short to get ahead. I'm pretty sure she's regretting some of the things she's said in the past, but that's the way of the music industry I suppose.

OK, let me stop with this rant. There's so much more I wanted to say, but um, I'll stop right there.