Oh My Sweet Baby Je-bus... (*Attempting To Suppress Rage And Poke Out Inner Eye Simultaneously*)

[hsifeng]

You know, sometimes you read something and you can’t decide if you should laugh or cry…

…or possibly shoot the first marketing executive you run across.

This article is crazy making. However, I am glad I read it, because when I stand in front of the judge after mowing down the entire Abercrombie and Fitch product development team with an AK-47 I will have a clear and reasonable defense at my disposal.

And sure, we can go after the parents who buy these things for their daughters next. That sounds like a completely justifiable plan to me.

Comments

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

I would be delighted to share in your fury if I wasn't in a constant stage of it already. We bombard ourselves and our kids with sex and violence as entertainment from day one and wonder why we're all so fucked up.

Seriously.

[corsetrasewing.livejournal.com]

This stuff isn't just at young girls, it goes all the way down to the baby outfits! and it isn't always just on the girl's clothes either.
I have personally seen infant shifts with slogans like "Who's your daddy," Pimp, and "sorry girls, I only date supper models"

[sstormwatch.livejournal.com]

I don't know what to say... as I'm sure you've said or thought it already.

Parents have to keep their eyes open for this crap, and teach their kids, both sexes, what is appropriate and what isn't and why.

[evil-fionn.livejournal.com]

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.

[jukeboxhound.livejournal.com]

..."Virgin waxing." Virgin waxing. Maybe it's because it's actual body modification that that's the one that seriously got to me, but omgwtf. I've had Brazilians before, but it kind of makes you feel like a little kid again and it's all sorts of creepy. I know some people prefer it on women, but I know just as many men (and women) who prefer at least some hair on their partner so they don't feel like they're fucking a little girl.

Oh wait.