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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is sexualizing children which is obviously disgusting but then there is being aware that a lot of clothing made for women and girls is made smaller and tighter then men’s/boys clothes. Women’s fashion is heavily focused around showing off the female figure and girls clothes are often cut to mimic the style of women’s clothing. This is really unfair to girls who want to be fashionable but live in a world where women’s fashion is so often revealing and intended to have sex appeal.

If a little girl is playing at the playground and her shirt comes up while she is swinging on the monkey bars it is creepy and horrible for an adult to shame her or sexualize her body.

I do feel differently about clothing that is designed for women to show off skin being marketed to kids. It is a is a parents responsibility to recognize that “sexy” trends for adult women are not appropriate for kids. Imo it’s not about policing girls’ bodies, it’s about policing the trends that insist fashion=tight, low cut, short. Parents would do well to explore fashion with their kids that isn’t reliant on showing skin and body to look good. [/quote]

+1. I have a teen girl with profound special needs. We have to dress her. I shop in the boys department to get clothing loose enough to easily get her arms into, have shorts that cover her diaper, etc. The way girls clothes are designed is just nuts to me. I feel pretty sure that if women had ruled the world for the last two thousand years, we would not have thought “let’s do this stiletto thing and destroy our feet.”

For my typical tween, I don’t particularly police what she wears, but I will point out what might show if she does a cartwheel, etc. she pretty quickly pivots on what to wear. She definitely isn’t trying to be sexy and that doesn’t even occur to her when she points out a cropped shirt.[/quote]

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