Is Robin Antin the Merchant of Sex?

Robin Antin is a choreographer that started the burlesque group "The Pussycat Dolls" with names like Carmen Electra, Christina Applegate and Christina Aguilera. As the group became a wildly popular burlesque show, starring in Charlie's Angels:Full Throttle, Robin Antin began discussing the idea to turn the group into a pop recording group.

Boom, the birth of the Pussycat Dolls, a mix of sultry voices, sexy moves that define the common woman's musclature, and carefully revealed bodies.

Meanwhile, she was also the choreographer for Ashley Tisdale, Paris Hilton, P!nk and of course, all the videos for the Pussycat Dolls. She's created a lingerie line, titled "Shh!" that is modeled and promoted by the Pussycat Dolls.

She also created Girlicious, which is where my eyebrows raise. Like any lover of trashy television, I reveled in the cattiness of the TV show. It was prime televison. As a houseful of girls--young girls, from roughly 18-22--battle it out to become the next big group (stupidly titled Girlicious), I personally was hooked on the tears and the bitch-outs.

But then came the videos.

Here's the thing--I'm a huge fan of the Pussycat Dolls. They are sexy, hot and confident, and let's be honest, I study their videos trying to figure out how to move that well. It's like a Girl's Guide to Clubbing available on YouTube.

These women can move, sing, and they're super confident about it. Nicole Scherzinger has that cocky little half smile that I definitely want to imitate, because it says, "I know exactly what I'm doing, and it totally rocks."

But I'm 23--of legal age to get into a club. I'm not 18, like the girls of Girlicious, the new girl group with an even racier video. The outfits are clearly schoolgirl gone slut, which, hey, we know it worked for Britney, but Britney didn't start flashing her panties until much much later. And the sexuality is less mysterious and acrobatically astounding and more...well lets put it this way, in "Like Me", half dressed teenagers are actually grabbing their crotches. Really? Isn't that overkill?

And lets not forget the lyrics to one of the two new Girlicious singles--"Let's do some stupid s***, I know we're not supposed to but the hell with it!" Yes, every girl needs to throw caution to the wind a little bit, but do we really want to be telling teens to go out and consciously make bad decisions?

I think that Girlicious might be too sexy for it's own good. Give these girls a chance to mature without being sex symbols--or at least, age appropriate sex symbols.

Yes, Robin Antin, I think she's amazing. She's been able to conquer the industry with wild, almost untouchable success in a relatively short period of time, creating two girl groups in the process that promote feminine power and confidence.

But as it stands right now, she's the industry standard for what sex appeal means, and with great power comes great responsibility. I think that, when it came to Girlicious, she sold their sex appeal without allowing them to retain their dignity and mystery (which I feel the Pussycat Dolls have). If you're the broker of sex, you have to decide what deals you just shouldn't make.