*sigh* An uphill battle for certain. I know some folks get tired of people blaming the media for society’s ills and instead insist that it’s all about the parents making the right choices and screening content (and I can their point, up to certain degree); but when Everything Out There Seems To Be Rated R it gets a little hard for parents to separate the wheat from the chafe.
Even in households where there is no TV (I have friends who are strictly anti-television, largely because of the amount of crap that comes across the airwaves and into their kids brains) there is unavoidable exposure that filters in via friends, relatives and school.
Sure, kids are going to see this stuff; they’re going to have to live in a world full of it. To some extent you want them to have awareness while being forewarned of the sort of issues this environment/behavior can bring about.* But knowing that thongs exist and that adults choose to wear them on occasion is totally different than strapping a pair on your seven year old and then sending her out to play with the neighbor kids.
*Yes, yes; I know that we’re all supposed to be so evolved that what someone wears doesn’t affect the way they are perceived by the people around them. Before someone jumps on me and starts trying to claim that I am attempting to relegate women to some sort of Madonna/Whore complex where they are non-sexual until their husband asks for it I’d like to point out - these are not women, these are children and YES there is a difference.
If a woman wants to wear a mini-skirt, spiked heels and a thong with their tramp stamp flying proud while they straddle a stripper pole; be my guest. One would hope that the age of consent brings a modicum of wisdom about personal choices and the ability to deal with whatever attention (negative or positive) that comes about as a result.
Kids don’t have that wiring.
Don’t make me take out my feminist stick and beat anyone with it.
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regna
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Date: 2011-07-05 07:05 pm (UTC)Even in households where there is no TV (I have friends who are strictly anti-television, largely because of the amount of crap that comes across the airwaves and into their kids brains) there is unavoidable exposure that filters in via friends, relatives and school.
Sure, kids are going to see this stuff; they’re going to have to live in a world full of it. To some extent you want them to have awareness while being forewarned of the sort of issues this environment/behavior can bring about.* But knowing that thongs exist and that adults choose to wear them on occasion is totally different than strapping a pair on your seven year old and then sending her out to play with the neighbor kids.
*Yes, yes; I know that we’re all supposed to be so evolved that what someone wears doesn’t affect the way they are perceived by the people around them. Before someone jumps on me and starts trying to claim that I am attempting to relegate women to some sort of Madonna/Whore complex where they are non-sexual until their husband asks for it I’d like to point out - these are not women, these are children and YES there is a difference.
If a woman wants to wear a mini-skirt, spiked heels and a thong with their tramp stamp flying proud while they straddle a stripper pole; be my guest. One would hope that the age of consent brings a modicum of wisdom about personal choices and the ability to deal with whatever attention (negative or positive) that comes about as a result.
Kids don’t have that wiring.
Don’t make me take out my feminist stick and beat anyone with it.