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

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18. Perhaps if we were seeing it in little boys as well as little girls

And it wasn't heteronormative, you'd see things a bit different. If a lot of children ran around as dressed as sexualized version of adults, and we saw no harm from it at all, I'd agree with you.

At any rate, Miley is a fad, she'll grow up and change styles or go stay, but to be dismissive of the situation-- which predates Miley, or someone's concern about children isn't cool.

I volunteered at a kindergarten, where a little girl often came to school dressed in an overt sexualized manner, and she had incredible behavior problems. Parents seemed alright-- they worked, but she wasn't neglected.

She had been sent signals somewhere about sexual behavior and acted out, not so much in the way of a child who is sexually abused, but one who wanted to be sexy. It was sad. She probably turned out ok, because little kids just see sparkly things or colorful things or things they think are pretty-- that's their filter.

My daughter is a pre-school teacher, and when they have dress up day, (a box of a kinds of clothes) there is one little boy who likes "pretty" things. She says he always looks at her like "are you going to say something" and she never does. She leaves the child to make his choices.

But there is something called grooming, and these girl children aren't being groomed for sexual activity as much as "here is your worth". This is reinforced by society at every step of every age of little girls and THAT's what we are trying to change.