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In reply to the discussion: Must Read -the sexualisation of girls [View all]Whisp
(24,096 posts)must wear beards. Fairly certain this is Amish but could be mistaken.
It's not really a personal choice to wear that beard, but what society expects of you. You adhere to fit in and be part of the tribe and not a misfit outcast - if this is the way you were brought up it's pretty well ingrained in your beliefs.
I think this is very much like women who 'choose' to dress the way the media tells them to and what men expect them to look like. The message is that the first role of a woman is to be sexy and to attract a man in that way - all else is secondary. There are still men today that are insulted and hurt if their wives make more money than they do or have more interesting jobs. This is still out there and real. So maybe some men long for the good ole days where Daddy wore the pants and makes the rules.
This could possible shed some light on the obsession with making young girls look like adults and ready for sex, I think it's because some men want to be the Daddy and take care of his little helpless stupid girl. All she has to do is 'be nice' and sit on Daddy's lap once in a while.
It's sick and also really sad.
I'm thinking about a what if here - what if a young boy was sexualized like that in the media - would that be meant to arouse older women? When you reverse some situations it sometimes defines the absurdity of it all.