when i was about 8 years old, i used to play-pretend that i was wearing high heels by fastening a few Lego bricks onto my bare heels with double-sided tape. i’d then click-clack around the house pretending to be like my momma.
when i was 12, in the privacy of my bedroom, i stuffed large mounds of tissue paper into my singlet to see what i’d look like once I had badangdangs. (little did i know back then that “once” would never arrive LOL)
fast forward to present times and what do we have on the shelves now? padded bikinis for 7 year olds!!! i was mortified.
okay so ive snuck into my mom’s room and tried on her heels, clothes and lipstick… cuz as a little girl, i wanted to emulate my biggest female role model (mom) and experiment with what will happen in the future. but you see, that was strictly ‘dressing up’ and my childhood was mercifully free from hannah montana, over-sexualised Bratz dolls…. the Bratz franchise included slutty clothes for little girls….
tween modelling BRATZ line of clothes for little girls... tell me she doesnt look like a phone sex operator. serrriousssly.
the little girls of my time had a party outfit, which we were allowed to wear with a little smack of lipstick on, that was saved for special occasions. today’s little girls, it seems, have an entire wardrobe of clothes more suited to a hooker than a child!!!
i remember i used to get really turned off whenever i watched those kiddy talent shows on channel 8. under-dressed little girls, gyrating sexily to techno versions of kiddy songs and wearing too much makeup. here’s a perfect example i found on youtube. i mean no disrespect to the little kiddo who was prob rehearsed to the bone for this dance number. but seriously, i felt sick just watching it.
(if you cant view above video, click HERE to watch)
and heres another one… thanks Gen for sharing the link:
(if you cant view above video, click HERE to watch)
tell me how wont those videos add fuel to the sick desires of paedophiles???!!!
how can mothers fail to realise the consequences of dressing (or undressing, in this case) their young daughters in slutty clothes that robs them of their innocence and shortens their childhoods, and signing them up for beauty/”talent” contests that could prematurely fuel their insecurities about body image?
there is no denying that the boundaries between adulthood and childhood have become dangerously blurred and that many clothes on sale to young girls are downright inappropriate.
we live in a screwed up world where old women are desperate to look like girls….
while girls crave to look like adult women…
you might say: ‘lighten up, it’s all harmless fun.’ BUT IS IT?
no. it isnt. the way i see it is: if you sexualise kids and teach them to behave sexually, it almost gives license to the people who want to abuse them.
i wish parents would dress their daughters as the little girls they are, and let them have the childhood they deserve and that the clothes they wear and color of their lip gloss should be way down their list of priorities………. but only until they are old enough to decide for themselves of course – cuz Rozz without makeup is too horrible a sight to behold and even i dont wish that fate on my worst enemies.
RYAN LEE
