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HopeHoops

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26. Reality check. There was a recent story about a woman complaining her daughter was being...
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:41 AM
Mar 2012

... "overly provocative" in photos taken of her as part of a "kid's beauty pageant". If you're going to subject a pre-teen girl to something based on sexual appeal, how the hell do you have the right to complain that it is based on sexual appeal? That's just wrong. I sympathize with you on that issue. I have three daughters and a wife. None of them wear makeup on a regular basis (if at all) and they're all quite beautiful. They don't have to be provocative to be beautiful, but I did make my father take down a picture of my youngest from Facebook. He's a long-time and talented photographer, but I felt it was "pervert bait" if you will. He agreed. It was a stunning picture, but not one for a public forum with private information on it. And no, it didn't involve nudity. She just had "the look" in the picture.

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This is a problem, yes... Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #1
yes young women and girls unionworks Mar 2012 #2
There is a huge Dorian Gray Mar 2012 #3
the op starts out unionworks Mar 2012 #5
It is a waste of time get the red out Mar 2012 #11
+1 Adsos Letter Mar 2012 #53
Get a grip lunatica Mar 2012 #4
I'm a man and I get it. unionworks Mar 2012 #7
OK. I believe you but lunatica Mar 2012 #13
As far as minor girls go unionworks Mar 2012 #16
It isn't dads who drag their daughters to beauty pageants. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #18
True in this case, but quite often both parents see the child model malaise Mar 2012 #20
Yeah, but teenage girls are sold on promises of fortune and fame. Jennicut Mar 2012 #15
.When mainstream porn is more inclusive than fashion modeling, the world has definitely Mopar151 Mar 2012 #23
Heck--I have seen a heavily made up and sexualized 10-year-old tblue37 Mar 2012 #41
You have hit the nail directly on it's head. Girls are very much exploited for their youth Farmer-Rick Mar 2012 #14
another man here... you are exactly right fascisthunter Mar 2012 #29
Huh? n/t malaise Mar 2012 #12
You missed the point of the article. chrisa Mar 2012 #22
Make up and heels are just a western kind of burka. intheflow Mar 2012 #28
That is actually pretty profound. DevonRex Mar 2012 #32
The woman on the left chooses to dress like that Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #43
is it choice? Whisp Mar 2012 #46
It is definitely a personal choice for the woman on the left Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #47
Okay, take for example some cultures where men who are married Whisp Mar 2012 #50
Precisely. nt DevonRex Mar 2012 #49
+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #36
+1 Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #42
OMG!!! Odin2005 Mar 2012 #6
Girls and women these days are under a huge pressure... ananda Mar 2012 #8
Actually, porn has lower standards (nt) jeff47 Mar 2012 #40
It starts with the parents Gman Mar 2012 #9
By "parent" you mean "mom". lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #19
too bad those young girls must have totally powerless, uninvolved fathers, eh? n/t Scout Mar 2012 #31
Yes. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #35
actually, i'm not. were you? n/t Scout Mar 2012 #39
Dr. Phil had a pageant dad on his show. DevonRex Mar 2012 #33
We live a culture that loves innocence and sex, no surprise that some would exploit children HereSince1628 Mar 2012 #10
It might be wise unionworks Mar 2012 #17
wait, lol. this is what you applaud... you know, burkas or this. nothing in the middle. nt seabeyond Mar 2012 #21
A Blondeau photo shoot was at the center of a 2011 uproar in France about this issue HereSince1628 Mar 2012 #34
That is the 10-year-old girl I was referring to above. nt tblue37 Mar 2012 #44
our society is creating an environment of women/girls all being w*****. it is that simple seabeyond Mar 2012 #24
Children should be allowed to be children. DLevine Mar 2012 #25
for sure. It's really sad for them to be forced to grow up fast Whisp Mar 2012 #51
Reality check. There was a recent story about a woman complaining her daughter was being... HopeHoops Mar 2012 #26
This is a sickening and deeply disturbing trend GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #27
Yes. Have you ever watched Toddlers and Tiaras? polly7 Mar 2012 #38
I just don't get it... fascisthunter Mar 2012 #30
violently damaging BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #37
Meanwhile while ReTHUGS are taking away women's rights in malaise Mar 2012 #45
oh yeah BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #52
Pubescent children (especially girls) are a commodity SoCalDem Mar 2012 #48
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