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Tue Apr-19-11 12:52 PM
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| 6. FWIW, i see little girls wearing clothes that, when i was in HS (90s), would have |
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gotten an 18 year old kicked the hell out and told to go home and change...
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| -Parents, don't dress your girls like tramps |
cbdo2007 |
Apr-19-11 12:46 PM |
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The problem arises when all the other girls are dressing like tramps |
slackmaster |
Apr-19-11 12:48 PM |
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I think it will be easy to tell my daughter she won't fit in. |
cbdo2007 |
Apr-19-11 12:50 PM |
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Really? Isn't that what parents are for? I mean parenting. |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 12:55 PM |
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"It's kind of hard to tell your child he or she can't fit in." |
pintobean |
Apr-19-11 12:50 PM |
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Not hard for me at all. |
Fuzz |
Apr-19-11 01:04 PM |
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Same here |
pintobean |
Apr-19-11 01:10 PM |
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not hard to tell my kids no. i am good at it. i believe i had someone tell me on here |
ejpoeta |
Apr-19-11 01:21 PM |
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and with boys, it was hard. i wouldnt let and they didnt like tshirts with snarky or disrespectful |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 01:24 PM |
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i was so mad!! finally i think i found some regular clothes at a store called priceless kids |
ejpoeta |
Apr-19-11 01:28 PM |
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right there with you. i also went out recently and i am seeing the style shift a tad where |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 01:30 PM |
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There's always Sears and JC Penney. If that fails, |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 01:29 PM |
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There are t-shirts out there with |
SheilaT |
Apr-19-11 02:53 PM |
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And they're available in all sizes, from toddler to XXXL, too. |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 03:36 PM |
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my oldest always wanted those shirts. my youngest always wanted something on the shirt |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 04:50 PM |
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i had a parent tell me that once. so not hard for me. at all. not even |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 12:59 PM |
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Seriously... |
Cid_B |
Apr-19-11 01:13 PM |
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I always let his mom handle those situations when I had a child in the house |
slackmaster |
Apr-19-11 01:31 PM |
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No it's not hard. Act like a parent. |
emilyg |
Apr-19-11 01:15 PM |
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Apr-19-11 01:23 PM |
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It wasn't hard for me! |
JuniperLea |
Apr-19-11 01:25 PM |
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I proudly tell my girls that often doing the right thing... |
CoffeeCat |
Apr-19-11 01:31 PM |
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yup yup yup. and when kids were young may have been tough, but older |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 01:34 PM |
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You're a parent first, not their friend |
IrishBuckeye |
Apr-19-11 01:34 PM |
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We're fighting that |
CRK7376 |
Apr-19-11 02:13 PM |
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It was never hard for my mom... |
a la izquierda |
Apr-19-11 02:21 PM |
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Why not? It's a good look. |
Warren DeMontague |
Apr-19-11 12:48 PM |
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I agree. |
tabatha |
Apr-19-11 12:50 PM |
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FWIW, i see little girls wearing clothes that, when i was in HS (90s), would have |
dionysus |
Apr-19-11 12:52 PM |
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I dunno, but the writer sounds kinda pervy to me. |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 12:53 PM |
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I've seen little girls who look like this |
cali |
Apr-19-11 12:56 PM |
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Well, I guess Christ himself will soon be walking amongst us, |
Bunny |
Apr-19-11 12:57 PM |
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Well, if you read the whole article, the writer goes on and |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 01:01 PM |
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None of that means you couldn't walk into, say, JC Penney's and see large light-boxed |
patrice |
Apr-19-11 01:01 PM |
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I'm a woman pushing 50 and concur w/observation cited in OP. Juicy is the branding of |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 01:02 PM |
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I admit that I had not heard of that brand. |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 01:05 PM |
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And there is now also BABY CLOTHING proclaiming the infant "Juicy". |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 01:08 PM |
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Juicy babies? Keep them off my lap, please... |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 01:15 PM |
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If you don't want your kid |
XemaSab |
Apr-19-11 01:48 PM |
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Dad should burn those clothes? You should see the rest of the line |
jberryhill |
Apr-19-11 02:17 PM |
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. |
snooper2 |
Apr-19-11 01:59 PM |
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Teens wearing this? um, no biggie. 8 year olds, yeah, that's just...yuck. |
krabigirl |
Apr-19-11 08:58 PM |
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+1 MineralMan nails it. |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 01:23 PM |
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Reading the article, I think it's made up. |
darkstar3 |
Apr-19-11 01:43 PM |
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Do these look made up to you? |
jberryhill |
Apr-19-11 02:14 PM |
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No shit, Sherlock, but of course I wasn't talking JUST about the pants. |
darkstar3 |
Apr-19-11 02:19 PM |
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You've never seen the "juicy" pants? |
TalkingDog |
Apr-19-11 01:54 PM |
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Juicy is a fairly popular brand of misses clothing |
jberryhill |
Apr-19-11 02:06 PM |
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That's a woman, not a little girl. |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 02:47 PM |
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Yah, well, I didn't reproduce their entire catalog for the purpose of showing you it is a brand |
jberryhill |
Apr-19-11 07:21 PM |
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also made in kids sizes for 6 year olds very popular about 8 years ago in NYC |
bettyellen |
Apr-19-11 07:44 PM |
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i've seen it before. |
dionysus |
Apr-19-11 02:06 PM |
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My daughter |
Dorian Gray |
Apr-19-11 02:26 PM |
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I agree. The "hottest thing in the terminal was 8 years old?" Sounds like he's dealing with a |
readmoreoften |
Apr-19-11 07:39 PM |
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Yep. If he can't find a hootchily-dressed adult woman atthe airport, he's lookng too long at the 8 |
elehhhhna |
Apr-20-11 07:19 AM |
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One of my "favorite" sights here in Cupcake Land occurs at our community festivals where you'll |
patrice |
Apr-19-11 12:55 PM |
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Beg to differ. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Apr-19-11 12:58 PM |
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At what point in those ten years do you say no |
pintobean |
Apr-19-11 02:10 PM |
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I never said no. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Apr-19-11 02:30 PM |
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Yep. And when were Bo Derek cornrows on a whitegirl EVER sexy |
elehhhhna |
Apr-20-11 07:23 AM |
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I love the way you ran that word together. "whitegirl." |
The Backlash Cometh |
Apr-20-11 10:41 AM |
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It's very common for white women/girls coming back from Jamaica. |
Shandris |
Apr-20-11 11:11 AM |
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I know -- it's cuteish until you get that sunburn on your multiple hair partings... |
elehhhhna |
Apr-20-11 04:49 PM |
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Nothing new here, really. |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 12:59 PM |
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I dunno, but your story sounds kinda pervy to me. |
cbdo2007 |
Apr-19-11 01:04 PM |
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I remember it because it was so shocking to me. |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 01:06 PM |
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Riiiiight...... |
cbdo2007 |
Apr-19-11 01:28 PM |
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I think I'll post as I please, but thanks for the analysis. |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 01:31 PM |
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good points. I agree, I don't think the author is a pervert |
ecstatic |
Apr-19-11 02:59 PM |
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Back in the early to mid 70s.. |
left coaster |
Apr-19-11 01:16 PM |
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I never saw a 13 or 14 year old wearing anything like that, |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 01:27 PM |
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I'm with you, MM... |
PCIntern |
Apr-19-11 03:13 PM |
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A discussion could be had about whether clothing can be sexually provocative at all- |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 01:07 PM |
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dear adults, dont leer at little kids, even if they run around naked |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Apr-19-11 01:12 PM |
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I think I love you. nt. |
vim876 |
Apr-19-11 01:19 PM |
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:* |
PeaceNikki |
Apr-19-11 01:21 PM |
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+100 |
MineralMan |
Apr-19-11 01:35 PM |
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Why do little kids like to wear halters? |
kwassa |
Apr-19-11 01:50 PM |
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why not? maybe they like the look? maybe its comfortable in the heat |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Apr-19-11 02:02 PM |
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WRONG: It's not about leering. It's about kids learning to get attention by being provocative. |
TalkingDog |
Apr-19-11 02:06 PM |
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Your response stinks of victim blaming. |
jtown1123 |
Apr-19-11 02:28 PM |
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Yet no one ever gets blamed for taking precautions ahead of time. |
cbdo2007 |
Apr-19-11 02:35 PM |
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Fashion Victim? Identity Fraud Victim? What are we talking here? |
TalkingDog |
Apr-19-11 07:35 PM |
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But children aren't "provocative" (in the sexual sense which is what the OP is about) |
riderinthestorm |
Apr-19-11 07:57 PM |
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Point out where I mention sexuality AT ALL. Now who is ASSuming? |
TalkingDog |
Apr-20-11 11:01 AM |
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+1 |
krabigirl |
Apr-19-11 08:59 PM |
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It's really hard not to dress young girls as prosti-tots when |
madmom |
Apr-19-11 01:12 PM |
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So true. Try finding jeans that aren't low and skin-tight |
Sabriel |
Apr-19-11 01:29 PM |
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Low-rise jeans are literally all my gf can find for her six-year-old. |
Codeine |
Apr-19-11 02:27 PM |
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I was going to call bullshit |
Alcibiades |
Apr-19-11 03:39 PM |
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walk in on niece sittin on floor with her baby. half her buttcrack visible. |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 04:56 PM |
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I was unaware that dressing a certain way at 13... |
vim876 |
Apr-19-11 01:17 PM |
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Parents let their kids play with dolls that look like prostitutes (Bratz) |
IrishBuckeye |
Apr-19-11 01:20 PM |
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How do tramps dress? |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 01:21 PM |
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So in your opinion, there's no such thing as sexually provocative clothing? |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 01:26 PM |
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Sigh. |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 01:39 PM |
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I stayed at a hotel where they had one of those beauty pageants going on. |
Initech |
Apr-19-11 01:34 PM |
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So females who dress or are dressed by someone else in a way PERCEIVED by others as provocative |
Heidi |
Apr-19-11 01:35 PM |
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is that what the article said? i didnt read that. but didnt read the full story. nt |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 01:37 PM |
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The article never came close to saying that. Here's a quote from the end of the article |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 01:48 PM |
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Is getting checked out by adults considered violence? |
XemaSab |
Apr-19-11 01:49 PM |
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I think the poster was extrapolating the anti-woman bias |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 01:53 PM |
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Thank you. Exactly. |
Heidi |
Apr-19-11 02:15 PM |
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We have a winner! |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 01:50 PM |
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Winner? Did you read the article? Apparently you don't think it's possible to |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 01:54 PM |
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I didn't say that. |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 02:04 PM |
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I LOATHE the term "tramp." |
Heidi |
Apr-19-11 01:55 PM |
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It's usually a catch-word for any woman in control of her own sexuality |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 02:13 PM |
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that too is printed on little girl shirts. nt |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 02:15 PM |
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So what? |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 02:19 PM |
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so what? exactly what you say in your post. why do you take it beyond |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 02:21 PM |
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I think we're having trouble defining our terms. |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 02:25 PM |
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agreed. stamping tramp on a childs chest means nothing to the child. |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 04:48 PM |
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"Juicy" printed on your kid's ass is hard to attribute to "perception" |
jberryhill |
Apr-19-11 02:07 PM |
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The person in your photo is not an eight-year-old child. |
Heidi |
Apr-19-11 02:11 PM |
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It's marketed to pre-teens |
jberryhill |
Apr-19-11 02:21 PM |
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One's perception is one's own responsibilty. |
Heidi |
Apr-19-11 02:33 PM |
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Whether or not its perceived as sexy by any adult ignores how it sexualizes young girls- |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 02:23 PM |
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Different discussion. |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 06:49 PM |
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but this is the problem, ... the adult world feeds into the kids world and with the net |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 07:23 PM |
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you are right. |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 07:40 PM |
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Very much so. We all need to wear burqas to not tempt anyone. |
uppityperson |
Apr-19-11 02:18 PM |
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This is simply a logical progression of the madonna/whore dichotomy. |
darkstar3 |
Apr-19-11 01:45 PM |
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Yes, in the big picture, it is. |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 02:28 PM |
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I concur that the writer got way too turned on by a child. |
latebloomer |
Apr-19-11 02:26 PM |
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Most little girls don't know why that clothing generates a response. |
davsand |
Apr-19-11 02:32 PM |
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99% of American Parents are fucking MORONS. |
BeHereNow |
Apr-19-11 02:35 PM |
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my step daughter's mother is constantly dressing her like a tramp |
ladywnch |
Apr-19-11 02:36 PM |
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She's still dressed for the beach. Anyone sexualizing 8 yr olds at the beach? |
riderinthestorm |
Apr-19-11 02:49 PM |
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well said. nt |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Apr-19-11 02:55 PM |
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Kids wear goofy stuff. I'm perfectly ok with that. It's adults who know better than to sexualize it |
riderinthestorm |
Apr-19-11 03:21 PM |
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You forgot the SHOULD in your subject line |
lapislzi |
Apr-19-11 07:58 PM |
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I understand what you're saying but I didn't mean it like that. |
riderinthestorm |
Apr-19-11 08:46 PM |
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Push-up bra bikinis isn't sexualizing 8 year old girls? |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 03:39 PM |
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yes it is but sexualizing is diff from finding a 8 year old sexy |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Apr-19-11 06:47 PM |
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Yeah, I agree with this. |
Withywindle |
Apr-19-11 03:36 PM |
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Yes, you can sexualize an 8 year old on the beach. Abercrombie/Fitch sells push up bra bikinies |
KittyWampus |
Apr-19-11 03:39 PM |
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No! An 8 year old at the beach in a bikini isn't sexy, at all. Period. |
riderinthestorm |
Apr-19-11 07:48 PM |
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Tell us how tramps dress so everybody can make sure to avoid that. |
Bluebear |
Apr-19-11 03:14 PM |
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I met two teenage Saudi girls on Saturday. They were dressed in traditional attire, veils and all. |
slackmaster |
Apr-19-11 03:51 PM |
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These are $48 shorts! |
Alcibiades |
Apr-19-11 03:25 PM |
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Some may be missing the point of the entire article. Author objects to the sexualization of it all. |
pinto |
Apr-19-11 03:49 PM |
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Thanks for responding pinto.... |
cbdo2007 |
Apr-19-11 04:16 PM |
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"everyone is ignoring the actual article...focus on a word or two here" |
Teaser |
Apr-19-11 07:35 PM |
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i agree. i tried to raise the point, there is the same issue with boys. tshirts reinforcing boys |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 07:39 PM |
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Parents that let their kids dress in that hypersexualized crap should be charged with neglect. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-19-11 03:55 PM |
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Maybe we need 4 or 5 more threads |
ohheckyeah |
Apr-19-11 03:56 PM |
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The author sounds like a pedophile and a perv |
TNLib |
Apr-19-11 04:33 PM |
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I Trust Parents -- And I Trust Girls |
zorahopkins |
Apr-19-11 04:51 PM |
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why do you trust them? |
Teaser |
Apr-19-11 08:25 PM |
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Parents, don't raise your boys to be pigs |
eowyn_of_rohan |
Apr-19-11 07:02 PM |
#127 |
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Parents shouldn't cater to their sons.... |
Darth_Kitten |
Apr-19-11 07:53 PM |
#138 |
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driving on busy road, people turning, stopping, pulling out. an highschool girl walking down the |
seabeyond |
Apr-19-11 07:30 PM |
#130 |
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