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KoKo

(84,711 posts)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 08:06 PM Apr 2014

All I know is that Mylie Cyrus Seems to Have Done Wonders for Pre-Teen Sexualization. [View all]

(Okay..this bothered me so much I wanted to post this as a Stand Alone post....I saw this come up in "Latest Threads" and replied to post that I didn't realize was a Group. So...if you don't approve of my post out here about this...then just PM me and I will Withdraw It. But, I wondered how you all would feel about my reaction to what I saw.)

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Yesterday...Sunday Morning in Southeastern USA..I was at "Whole Foods" picking up bread and olives and a young family came in and their daughter was dressed in an outfit that seemed very "eye catching."

She was maybe 8 years old (at the most) and dressed in a spangled red net dress with a bow at cleavage (?) showing off in sequins and a high cut zig zag skirt... that I would have loved to have worn in my 20's out to a Party in NYC with Wall Street potential suitors when I lived and worked there many years ago.

It seemed inappropriate for her age...although at 14 or 15 might have been seen as provacative..but a bit of show off and fun...and nothing wrong with that for that teen age. But she was just a very little kid...and the outfit was way beyond her age and invited many onlookers kind of gawking at her.

I know there are DU'ers who have no problem with even a 7 year old running around in thongs and a fake bikini top to show off their cleavage... But....there are others of us who find the Sexualization of Young Girls under 12...not something we'd want for our daughters, grandaughters and other female family kin. So, we do have a problem with that. And we get intimidated for speaking up about the Sexualization of our youngest when people start saying...."Let them be free to chose what they wear and jail the predators."

But why would Parents want their Kids to go into Sexual Activity so Young? Does anyone have a problem with our Daughters and Grandaughters, Nieces and Others...being "Provacative at younger than 12 or 13? And...why is Mylie Cyrus so Popular?

Is there a cultural change where our young girls are now becoming sexually active at such young ages that this is our New Lifestyle? What if they become pregnant at 10, 11 or 12? How will we deal with it? How will parents cope.

Or is this normal for this time? And, I shouldn't get worried about this.


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Sounds like one of those child beauty pageant kids. RandySF Apr 2014 #1
How old is Mylie Cyrus now, anyhoo? grasswire Apr 2014 #2
Teens are waiting longer to have sex than they did in the recent past. seabeyond Apr 2014 #3
That's an interesting report. My first Gynecologist was a fellow of Guttmacher Institute... KoKo Apr 2014 #7
i have read other studies and it does seem as if they are a little older, just above the average of seabeyond Apr 2014 #10
Kinda strikes me as child abuse. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #4
The two women who were with her seemed to be mother and daughter...and they KoKo Apr 2014 #12
The stereotypes you use in your thread are bothersome to me... Agschmid Apr 2014 #16
Commercial success is dependent upon this despicable phenomenon of sexualization of young girls. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #5
This has been going on for some time. ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #6
Appreciate your views and the other answers on this post... KoKo Apr 2014 #8
It is sad. I rarely go to Huffington Post to follow the rest of an article posted here on DU KoKo Apr 2014 #11
It's a very good question ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #13
I do worry about it catrose Apr 2014 #9
I teach elementary school, roody Apr 2014 #14
i wonder how much it is parents who ar trying to impress other parents JI7 Apr 2014 #15
I feel as if the leap from... Agschmid Apr 2014 #17
Perhaps if we were seeing it in little boys as well as little girls ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #18
Thanks for your comments. Agschmid Apr 2014 #20
I tend to agree. redqueen Apr 2014 #19
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