This is going to come out cranky. (Forgive me, I'm trying to quit smoking, and I don't like it. Nicotine reinforces my naturally weak filters so I'm not a curmudgeon. Usually.) Manufacturers wouldn't sell it if there wasn't a large percentage of so-called "women" who think this crap is cute and buy it. Seriously. When was the last time you saw dear ol' dad taking his girl clothes shopping? Shopping for toys? Hell, how many dads even know what the hell a Bratz doll IS? No. This trend is coming from mothers who are trying to relive their sadly disappointing teen years vicariously through their tween daughters, thinking that if they start them early enough trying to sell their looks rather than intellect, young Susie will have the happy, happy adolescence that Mom was denied because HER mother wouldn't spring for the botox and plastic surgery. I mean, seriously, look at t.v. programming like "Real Housewives of BFE" and tell me that those aren't the kind of females that are instilling these values into their daughters. Except for the stripper pole. I pray to God that's a gag gift.
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Date: 2011-07-06 04:21 am (UTC)Manufacturers wouldn't sell it if there wasn't a large percentage of so-called "women" who think this crap is cute and buy it.
Seriously. When was the last time you saw dear ol' dad taking his girl clothes shopping? Shopping for toys? Hell, how many dads even know what the hell a Bratz doll IS?
No. This trend is coming from mothers who are trying to relive their sadly disappointing teen years vicariously through their tween daughters, thinking that if they start them early enough trying to sell their looks rather than intellect, young Susie will have the happy, happy adolescence that Mom was denied because HER mother wouldn't spring for the botox and plastic surgery. I mean, seriously, look at t.v. programming like "Real Housewives of BFE" and tell me that those aren't the kind of females that are instilling these values into their daughters.
Except for the stripper pole. I pray to God that's a gag gift.