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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh. I don't have daughters but I have a son who is a competitive gymnast at gym with multiple dance and cheer teams. That means I have been to several dance and cheer competitions.

You know what I see? Dance and cheer is, hands down, the most diverse youth sport I've ever seen. They have more racial, body type, location, and socioeconomic diversity than any other sport my kids have ever done or that I have ever seen. The families are really nice, welcoming, and generally positive. The kids seem to be having a ball.

Yes there is a lot of sparkle and glitter and makeup. But these kids are having fun, in a positive environment.

Lighten up.[/quote]

Well said.[/quote]

I disagree with both of your flawed logic. Just because a sport is diverse and accepting, just because the young children themselves are having fun (because they're too young to realize how they look to the world), we should allow these kids to present themselves in a suggestive or sexual way, or at least in away that's not age-appropriate? Pardon me? You think that moral ambiguity can be compensated by other things?

No. That line of reasoning is flat out wrong, and it leads to unfortunate cases of abuse, like in Olympic gymnastics. "My child doesn't like her doctor but she's an Olympic gymnast so it's all good" kind of reasoning.

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