New York Times comes closer to the problem of the high school students who visualize their personality by (among others) Adam Lambert-inspired emo-style:
Last fall, Stephen Russell, a professor at the University of Arizona who studies gay, lesbian and transgender youths, conducted a survey of about 1,200 California high school students. When asked why those perceived as not as “masculine” or “feminine” as others were harassed, a leading reason students gave was “manner of dress.”
Often a student’s clothes, intended as a fashion statement, can be misread as a billboard about sexuality. In recent years, “emo” style has moved from punk fringe almost to pop mainstream, with boys wearing heavy eyeliner, body-hugging T-shirts and floppy hair dyed black, to emulate singers like Adam Lambert and Pete Wentz.
“The emo kids get a lot of grief,” said Marty Hulsey, a guidance counselor at a school near Auburn, Ala. “Even teachers say things and I had to stop it. One child came to me who was an emo kid and said he was accused of being gay but that he had a girlfriend.” Mr. Hulsey said he affirmed the boy’s right to wear the clothes that expressed his taste
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#1 by Missnomer - November 8th, 2009 at 02:38
Strange that you correlate emo with Adam Lambert, as he’s publicly said he doesn’t identify with sad, self-inflicted grief, and stays positive.
Regardless, this hair style is only one of his many guises, and it is popular world-wide at the moment. Teenagers also need to express themselves and distance themselves from their parent’s era. It’s been happening forever. The Beatles,, Punk Rock, Grunge,.. you name it. If teens are happy in their own style, they become more whole, and more confident.