My mother in law really likes this website, Sociological Images so I have started visiting it on a daily basis to jumpstart my brain before I face a big task. Today, I was totally taken aback when I saw this: Watch the video first. I'm serious.
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I think of the kids I took care of when they were young, I think of my friends who now have small children, I think of the many wonderful mothers I know... I gotta say, there are not many things that make me as happy as an all out dance party, especially with kids. Kids have a way of expressing joy through movement that CANNOT keep from putting a smile on your face. It's a side effect of being in the radius of that kind of unbridled celebration. Kids hear music and it's like they can't help themselves, the wonder of the sound and the wonder of being alive and being capable of all different kinds of movement.. they just gotta shake it out.
That's why I found this video particularly disturbing on so many levels. I cannot imagine having a daughter and purposefully putting her in an outfit even partially resembling the ones these girls are wearing, much less putting her in that outfit and leaving her in the care of other adults who teach her to hip thrust and booty shake and "drop it like it's hot." These girls should not be at an age where they even understand what the connotations of clothing like that means, much less perform a coreographed routine, put on for adults, wearing makeup and frilly panties and bustiers. I do not know any mother of my acquaintance, or any person responsible for the care of children, who would find this acceptable.
What do you think? Am I off base?
1 comment:
Consider this: "Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how you wear it, how you carry yourself, where you walk, when you walk there, with whom you walk, whom you trust, what you do, where you do it, with whom you do it, what you drink, how much you drink, whether you make eye contact, if you're alone, if you're with a stranger, if you're in a group, if you're in a group of strangers, if it's dark, if the area is unfamiliar, if you're carrying something, how you carry it, what kind of shoes you're wearing in case you have to run, what kind of purse you carry, what jewelry you wear, what time it is, what street it is, what environment it is, how many people you sleep with, what kind of people you sleep with, who your friends are, to whom you give your number, who's around when the delivery guy comes, to get an apartment where you can see who's at the door before they can see you, to check before you open the door to the delivery guy, to own a dog or a dog-sound-making machine, to get a roommate, to take self-defense, to always be alert always pay attention always watch your back always be aware of your surroundings and never let your guard down for a moment lest you be sexually assaulted and if you are and didn't follow all the rules it's your fault."
Now consider teaching your child to dress and act sexually for applause. Nuff said.
Got that quote from here:http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/10/rape-culture-101.html
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