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Whisp

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46. is it choice?

Tue Mar 13, 2012, 08:09 AM

Mar 2012

or is it more societal pressures on women and girls.

I don't quite understand this reasoning. If media and expectations broadcast to girls that their only true worth is their bodies that were made to please men, (that is if those bodies are 'acceptable' in societies dictionary of what a woman is and should be), what is the real choice then?

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Must Read -the sexualisation of girls [View all] malaise Mar 2012 OP

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