On the Sexualization of Young Girls

[HopeHoops]

33. When guys do it, it's more of a "dork dance", but the video was "girls". As for "toning it down"...

That wasn't at all what I was implying - it is simply a matter of their age and encouraging them to dress and act like that. Adult women can do whatever they want, but pushing sexually suggestive behavior on young kids (either sex) is asking for trouble. My wife's classroom has one of those "Wii dance" programs (for PE purposes) and she's freaked out by some of the moves the kindergarteners use (the guys in particular with their crotch grab pelvic thrusts - dudes, it's still there, you don't have to check) and she's ANYTHING but a "prude".

In sharp contrast, we don't watch TV and raised three daughters (youngest is 17 now). They all dress rather conservatively of their own choice. They love the 2nd hand stores because they can find styles that are unusual (and they each have their own tastes). I'm glad they never bought into the notion that they have to look or act like a sex object and they are all self-confident young women. If there's a romantic situation where the look would fit, they're all perfectly capable of achieving it, but it isn't a "can't leave the house yet" daily issue.

I totally reject the "she was asking for it" argument to justify rape based on the way a woman is dressed, but children (both sexes) that imitate adult sexuality are pedophile bait and parents that promote it need a good slap upside the head to wake them up. Let them be children while they still can be. They'll be adults all too soon.