Shirtless Adam Levine At Back Bowl Sparks Backlash – The Attacker

Adam Levine played shirtless at the half-time Super Bowl show on Sunday night, prompting this Jewish publication to ask: how many rabbis will use this image as an introduction to their sermons about this? Shabbat?

During their performance, the leader of the pop band Maroon Five took off his tank and threw him into the crowd, revealing an inked-up abdomen that looked like a wall that parents let their kids draw. before remodeling their kitchen.

It is remarkable that Levine intentionally took off his shirt, because when singer Janet Jackson experienced an infamous "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl LVIII, her mate Justin Timberlake pulled off her shirt, which was her own. is open, revealing one of her bads – Jackson was blacklisted. .

The FCC fined CBS $ 550,000 and Jackson's music was banned on radio stations. The Moonves (who has since lost his career after decades of allegations of badual misconduct) have personally tried to destroy Jackson. In the years that followed her performance, the singer shared her time between being treated as a laughingstock and being subjected to immorality teaching.

Janet Jackson's career has been irreparably damaged by the glare of her nipple on television. Adam Levine removed his shirt in the same segment to demonstrate his badual status. Why are women punished for actions for which men are rewarded? Why taboos of women's bad that should remain carefully hidden while men's bad can proudly be shown on TV? If Adam Levine is such a good Jewish boy, why did he accept an invitation to perform at an event that many of his contemporaries chose to abandon because of the shameful treatment of the national demonstration by the NFL? Why did not Maroon Five ever make another album like Songs About Jane?

The Forward, of course, investigates.

The double standard for male and female modesty here is monumental. The opportunity to talk about bad is surprisingly huge. And, aside from the infernal landscape of social expectations in which female bad are treated as national emergencies, imagine if an interpreter had removed a garment during the Super Bowl. No public female bad act will be considered mbadively weighted, by some as whorish, by others as bad for feminism. When a man, like Levine, undresses, there is simply no social meaning to say unless his "good lord, these tattoos had to hurt."

Also – Levine removed his shirt during the song "Moves Like Jagger". There is really no amount of confident public nudity that will make him as cool as Mick Jagger. It seems like a lost battle for any mortal.

via GIPHY

Let's see what the Internet said:

Super Bowl halftime nipple rules seem incoherent – Katie Nolan (@katienolan) February 4, 2019

friendly reminder that janet jackson has been blacklisted for doing what adam levine just did – Korey Kuhl (@koreykuhl) February 4, 2019

#Super Bowl Janet Jackson's reaction when Adam Levine showed her bad during the show at half-time pic.twitter.com/rCCnpC0XpL– Maximum powers (@ MaxPowers44) February 4, 2019

Janet Jackson showed a nipple and the country went crazy. She had to move to Bahrain for 10 years. #Adam Levine I just went to full shirtless I guess he's going to have to move to Riyadh #super Bowl https://t.co/9Dzjj1T3tO- MazJobrani (@MazJobrani) February 4, 2019

You tell me that Jamet Jackson CANT SHOW shows a nipple but Adam Levine can be without a shirt? – Ashly Perez (@itsashlyperez) February 4, 2019

now I have to explain to my children that Adam Levine has bad – ziwe (@ziwe) February 4, 2019

Hopefully this bizarre incident will trigger a necessary conversation about society's deep-seated will to control women's bodies, just as NFL games have long sparked discussions that have resulted in fewer brain injuries and racism. Right?

You tell me that Jamet Jackson CANT SHOW shows a nipple but Adam Levine can be without a shirt? – Ashly Perez (@itsashlyperez) February 4, 2019

Jenny Singer is the Assistant Life / Editor-in-Chief for the Forward. You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny