Roxy Jacenko is not about to take criticism lying down.
Incensed by suggestions she has turned her 4-year-old daughter Pixie into ‘public property’ by commodifying her Instagram account and making her the face of a hair accessory label, the PR guru has some terse words for her criticisers.
Jacenko took aim at the writer of an article published by Daily Mail Australia today, titled ‘Dear Roxy Jacenko: You’ve stolen your daughter’s childhood from her… Happy?’, which says the mother-of-two has “put a price on childhood“.
“As we all know, [the world] isn’t full of well-intentioned, morally sparkling human beings,” the article reads.
“You don’t get a checklist to tick off what you find acceptable and what is out of bounds. No boundaries, no censorship, no restrictions.
“..In life, you never, ever, ever get something for nothing; there is a price you must pay for everything.”
It was mere hours before Jacenko replied.
“So, that means, that if a girl wears a short skirt and gets raped, then it is her fault for wearing a short skirt?” She told the publication.
“Wake up…The issue here is three males, whom are known to me, taking photographs of my four-year-old daughter and superimposing her into a pornographic situation – don’t diminish the fact that this is a vile act and paedophilia.“
Last night on The Project, Waleed Aly pressed the businesswoman about her choice to build a public profile for her daughter online.
“You’re absolutely right to be disgusted,” Aly told Jacenko, before asking her about the separate issue of turning her daughter into a “commodity” and the evolution of the Instagram account into a money-making enterprise.
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Roxy, I have absolutely no sympathy for you on this one, and that's looking like a popular opinion on a website that does tend to show you in a positive light, despite the fact that you wilfully exploit your own child for money. Your daughter, however, does have my sympathy.
I do not think this situation is analogous with someone wearing a short skirt being victim blamed. I feel it can be compared with a mother leaving their child in a public park at 3am. Were this child to be raped it would not be the child's fault nor would the circumstances lessen the crime, the perpetrator would still be utterly guilty of a vile, unforgivable act. However, it would also be true that the parent is guilty of failing to protect their child by failing to exercise any common sense and deliberately placing their child in a situation if extreme risk and danger. The parents parenting skills would inevitably be brought in to question because it is obvious that a park at 3am is no place for a child, just as an unrestricted social media site is no place for a child. I am sorry Roxy but your parenting skills are being judged because you have placed your child at risk to make a buck. Get your priorities straight. No one is blaming the victim.