If you saw an 11/12 year old boy with a t-shirt saying...

[NewJeffCT]

"Tell your boobs to stop staring at my eyes"



what would you think? Now, if an adult had that shirt on, I'd think it was a bit obnoxious, but not really care. But, I saw the shirt on a boy that couldn't have been more than 11/12 years old yesterday at the airport. And, he was with what appeared to be a family. I can't imagine letting a young boy wear something like that in public?

[tyedyeto]

1. Did they allow that boy on the plane with that shirt?

But the guy who wore this shirt



was hassled and told to turn the shirt inside out or get off the plane

[NewJeffCT]

3. I don't know, it was in the security line

before the metal detectors, so he could have been going just about anywhere...

[BikeWriter]

2. That is just wrong.

[Strong Atheist]

4. Agreed. nt.

[Heidi]

5. It's tacky, but I guess I'd ignore it.

Tacky, and says more about the kid's parents than about the kid himself. :shrug:

(Edited)

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I think that is all kinds of inappropriate.

Although, I did buy a shirt for my daughter that reads, "I am up HERE"...because I got sick of men/boys staring at her (unfortunately big for her age) chest.

[NewJeffCT]

37. Sorry about your daughter

A girl I went to high school with was so obsessed by boys/men staring at her chest that she refused to go on anything but blind dates... of course, her obsession was caused by those men/boys being obsessed with her chest.

Heck, my ex-wife said that one of the reasons she first liked me so much was that I was the first guy that didn't just stare at her chest - though it did take some willpower (her dad used to joke that she was really Dolly Parton's adopted daughter...)

[kick-ass-bob]

43. Sorry, we just can't help ourselves.

Seriously. :blush:

It takes willpower to not glance down that-a-way.

But the shirt(eyes/boobs shirt) is just fucking stupid.

[Crazy Dave]

7. Tasteless yes, any of my business, no

Parents, and I'm one of them seem to get all upset over any type of brief nudity or references to sex on TV more than violence. Take the 1/4 second, Janet Jackson, fun-bag flash in the middle of big guys trying to injure eachother or a nude scene in you could see by hacking in "Grand Theft Auto" yet nobody protests the violence in the game itself, running over and shooting people, just the nudity. I've lived in Germany where nudity, the natural human body is taught or by just common sense, that a woman's breast is not a bad thing and everybody (women) have them. At public pools and beaches, families go nude. No big deal to them.
Back to the point, it's nobody's business, in my opinion what the parents let the kids wear, it's their right to.

[NewJeffCT]

14. No, it's not my business... but

But, in a few years when my almost 3 year old daughter gets old enough to read... she'll be seeing t-shirts like that.

[Crazy Dave]

33. Hi NewJeffCT

It's like when my kids were teens. I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard, "Other kids my age are (fill in blank) so why can't I?"
The main thing I've always stressed was tolerance, acceptance, worry more about themselves as far as morals, and to be very careful about taking somebody else's rights away from them only for the reason that it offends you. I didn't mind the extra efforts that went into being a parent, explaining right from wrong but a lot of people want the easy road, "make the government ban everything offensive so that I won't have to do my job as a parent and teach my kids right from wrong myself." To make it everybody else's job instead of theirs.

Just my opinion :)

[bbernardini]

8. Why can't they just wear Rush shirts like the other cool kids?

Okay, actually just like my one student. I have an 8th grade boy who, whenever the kids don't have to be in uniform (drama rehearsals, dress-down days), always has a different Rush (the band) t-shirt on. He also has one of my favorites, which says "I do all my own stunts."

[DanCa]

9. I have a shirt that say on it's chest.

I am a guy, nothing to see here.

[NewJeffCT]

36. yes, but how old are you?

I said in my op that if it was an adult, I'd think it was obnoxious, but not give it another thought. Heck, I might even smile remembering that a few boobs have glanced in the general direction of my eyes in the past (especially now that cleavage is in style...) But, I don't think it's a good idea to be teaching an 11/12 year old that it's ok to stare at a woman's boobs.

[Midlodemocrat]

10. I have a 13 year old son and there is no way he would be allowed

to wear that. Incredibly inappropriate and sexist.

[LostinVA]

12. My sister would throttle my 15-year-old nephew

If he wanted to wear something like that... and he wouldn't. Trust me, he's teenage boy, so all he thinks about is sex... however, he has a sister, and is very close to me and my mother, and has enlightened views concerning women....

[AngryAmish]

20. What's wrong with being sexy?

[Midlodemocrat]

23. What does that shirt have to do with being sexy?

I said it was sexist, not sexy.

[AngryAmish]

26. Have you ever seen the movie "Spinal Tap"?

[Midlodemocrat]

28. Yes. ? Still not getting it, here.

[AngryAmish]

29. The record company executive complainng about the cover

of "Smell the Glove" scene.

[kick-ass-bob]

45. Would you care to explain a little more rather than

making obscure references that do not have an apparent parallel to the situation?

[Shine]

11. I have a 12 yr old son, and I can't IMAGINE letting him wear a shirt

like that! Pretty outrageous and not very responsible of the parents, if you ask me. :thumbsdown:

[Misunderestimator]

13. I would tell the kid that he was wearing a very insulting t-shirt.

Same as I would say to an adult. I wouldn't even pay attention to his parents.

[NewJeffCT]

15. I didn't say a thing

But, maybe I would have if my daughter was older.

[jobycom]

16. It sounds hillarious to me. Maybe the kid's got an early perspective

on irony and sexism. Both will make him a better person.

[Misunderestimator]

17. Huh? Hilarious?

[jobycom]

18. You don't see the irony?

Maybe I'm giving him too much credit, but it sounds ironic to me. The kid's picking on other guys.

[Misunderestimator]

19. I think you're giving him too much credit. The word "boobs" alone...

is incredibly inappropriate for a kid to wear on his t-shirt.

[Midlodemocrat]

24. I agree. Very inappropriate for anyone

let alone a child.

[jobycom]

39. Maybe. My first instinct was to see it as irony, though. I guess without

asking the kid, I wouldn't really know.

[tigereye]

49. it would be pretty clever

on someone who was a good bit older. He is a little young. I agree with you that it is kind of funny, in a backasswards kind of way.

[alarcojon]

46. I think you're giving the kid way too much credit

He's a tween, for crying out loud.

[LeftyMom]

21. There's no way I'd let my kid out fo the house in that shirt.

Maybe an older boy who'd bought it himself and was going to someplace informal with kids his own age, but certainly not a younger kid going someplace with me.

[richmwill]

22. It's wrong...

But sadly, it goes both ways nowadays. Every time I go to the mall, I see 15 and 16 year old girls wearing "Whore" and "Porn Star" t-shirts. How parents allow children of that age to wear those shirts, I'll never know.

[WindRavenX]

25. Most parents I've seen think these types of things are "cute"

I've had discussions with parents on this very subject because at the school I sometimes volunteer at, I see girls wear clothing that is very revealing. I asked one woman how she allows her 13 year old daughter to wear a shirt that says "They're real"-- her comment was that "it's cute and fun!"

:wtf:

It's vile and disgusting. Children are becoming sexual objects...it's a damn shame.

[Midlodemocrat]

31. I saw a girl at a middle school dance with

a pair of low cut jeans with I (heart) boys right above the crotch. I was appalled. And, you know mom or dad had seen those pants. They either bought them, or saw them in the wash and still she had them on.

Another girl had a tee shirt on that said "Boy Toy".

[WindRavenX]

32. If I saw a parent allowing "Boy Toy" on her kid...

..I'd get in her face. That's vile and beyond sexist :nuke:

(and I have gotten in the face of a mother buying 'Bratz' dolls)

[richmwill]

35. May be "cute and fun" now...

...But at the very least, I believe even her wearing it now will cause self-esteem issues for her... let alone in the future.

(GOD- Do I sound like a freeper now? LOL)

[alarcojon]

47. I think you're right

the sexualization of younger and younger girls is being marketed widely. Here is an interesting article on the subject, which I found in the Feminists group:

http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/money/sexy/index.html

Here is a link to the post and discussion

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=341x5667

[Arugula Latte]

27. Nice parenting ...

:eyes:

[JVS]

30. Its delightfully tacky

[NewJeffCT]

34. yet unrefined?

sort of like Hooters...

[JVS]

51. Yeah

[petronius]

56. I never understood that slogan

The "yet" implies that, although tacky and refined generally go together, they have managed to avoid losing their unrefined-ness while still achieving tackiness. I can't tell if it's bad grammar or it's supposed to be a joke...

[wildhorses]

38. I saw an 11/12 yr old boy at the movies yesterday wearing a

pink T-shirt that said:

KEEP LAUGHING
THIS IS YOUR
GIRLFRIEND'S
T-SHIRT

:wtf:


edited to add smilie

[LaraMN]

40. I'd think his parents need to wear t-shirts that say:

"Because no one ever told me where babies came from."

[TheProphetess]

41. Oh. My. God.

That's damn funny!! :rofl:

:thumbsup:

[BlueIris]

44. Okay, that's is priceless. You may consider it stolen.

:-)

[TheProphetess]

42. Parents just want to be friends with their children

There is no sense of discipline anymore. Let's be friends with our kids and not teach them right from wrong because we don't want to hurt their self-esteem by saying "no" every now and again. UGH!!

I saw the horrow movie "Saw 2" yesterday at a dollar theater. There were TWO different families in the theater with young children. These kids couldn't have been older than 9 years. TWO DIFFERENT FAMILIES!! Want your child dating these kids when they grow up?

[EstimatedProphet]

48. Yes, young children!

Several of these kids were 5 or 6 years old! When I was that old, I got scared at rainstorms! I can't even picture what would have happened to those kids when they saw someone thrown into a pit of hypodermic needles! How long will that stick with them?

[tigereye]

50. ewww

I don't even want to see that. Why would people take their kids to it?

[TheProphetess]

57. My two guesses

1) Mom and Dad wanted to see it and had no babysitter so they figured they'd shell out $1 per child and "cover their eyes" at the rough spots.
or
2) The kids asked to go see it and Mom and Dad said "Ok, as long as there is no nudity or sex in it." (Not that I condone kids seeing nudity and sex, but my point is that parents react to violence completely differently than they do to nudity.)

Either way, it's bad news for the child.

[tigereye]

58. from the descriptions I have read

and those of a friend who LOVES gory movies, it sounded like an extremely sickening movie. Seriously, I worried about letting my 9 year old see Batman Begins, since it was PG13. I had to take him out of Toy Story 2 when he was 4 since Zurg was so scary.... ;)

OTOH, I an intrigued by why people love gory movies... I like psychologically scary movies, but I am a giant weenie when it comes to gore, with the exception of Shaun of the Dead. I always ask my gore-loving friend why he loves those kinds of films....

[Metta]

52. To me it speaks of bad boundaries in public.

From him and his parents.

[kwassa]

53. I saw a high school student with a T-shirt depicting oral sex

It was a homemade creation, with the outline drawing of a woman performing oral sex on a man, done in rhinestones, of all things.

I was subbing for this class, sent the kid to the office, and never heard another word about it. I told the teacher later, and she thought it no big deal, and simply would have had the kid turn the T-shirt inside out.

[RebelOne]

54. I wouldn't even allow my adult son to wear a sexist T-shirt like that.

[KitchenWitch]

55. Very inappropriate - at any age.