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Teenybopper is a facetious term used to describe a stereotypicalteenager in western society. Stereotypes are ideas held by some individuals about members of particular groups, based solely on membership in that group. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ...
According to Roy Shuker in his book Popular Music: The Key Concepts (p. 297) "a teenybopper is a teenage girl who follows the latest fashion in clothes, hairstyles, and pop music." It was first used in the late 1950's and soon acquired a strong, derogatory connotation. The teenybopper is seen to conform to the trends of the moment. He or she will generally dress the same, talk the same and act the same way as their friends. They are easily influenced by peer pressure, and as a result will often be afraid to voice any unique opinions and beliefs.[citation needed] Female teenyboppers are recognized by their skimpy clothing (and other icons, such as tattoos), while male teenyboppers tend to favour the outfits worn by popular macho artists of their era ranging from hair metal bands to commercial hip-hop artists.[citation needed] Peer pressure comprises a set of group dynamics whereby a group in which one feels comfortable may override personal habits, individual moral inhibitions or idiosyncratic desires to impose a group norm of attitudes and/or behaviors. ...
Male teenyboppers do not exist in the regular sense, the term often refering to 'jocks'. Wiktionary has a definition of: Jock People known as Jock include: Jock — a character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Things known as Jocks or Jock include: The Jocks — the British 9th (Scottish) Division Jock — a Scottish person jock — an athlete (a high school subculture...
Porn websites have begun using this term to refer to acter's who look teenage.
References
Shuker, Roy (1998). Popular Music: The Key Concepts. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415347696.
Teenybopper is a facetious term used to describe a stereotypicalteenager in western society.
The teenybopper is seen to conform to the trends of the moment.
Female teenyboppers are recognized by their skimpy clothing (and other icons, such as tattoos), while male teenyboppers tend to favour the outfits worn by popular macho artists of their era ranging from hair metal bands to commercial hip-hop artists.
Teenybopper music is usually quite cheerful and upbeat, much like the teenyboppers themselves.
The music style is often criticised for being "manufactured" and lacking talent, although genres such as Hair Metal were never "manufactured" to the point of having songs written by someone else, and the musicians were talented.
The term also has connotations of conformity of musical taste, implying that teenyboppers will listen to whatever is popular at the time rather than making their own choice.
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