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Re: Marketers Push Sex Appeal

Byrdie — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0000

Well, actually the sale of bras to young girls is rational, give that the bra is not padded, of course an undershirt does perfectly well too. You know that there are just some clothes that, even if the girl may not have "tits", they still show the nipples through, and with a bra (or undershirt) decency remains for the kid and can set them up for decency when they're older.
On a side note, I agree with "Ryan". But thirteen year olds were subject to sex at so young an age because people died younger. There is no doubt that young teens today have sexuality, but there are just things that are, in fact, too mature for them. The porn star image some imitate is just not appropriate, really for anyone. Sexuality is within everyone, we need to accept that, but all things are a matter of class and sophistication, keeping meaning and intimacy in things like sex and sexuality. The problem here is, is it appropriate and tasteful? I am not some 40 year old conservative, rambling Christian, in fact I am 15 year old atheist living in Sin City (jr.), NV. The prostitutes hang around 4th street and there's a strip club behind my school; all the taxis have adds for the strip clubs and we occasionally drive by "bunny- ranches"; I know where to find drugs and raves and just about every other taboo you can imagine. I understand my sexuality but also the fact that some things are just inappropriate. This wasn't the result of good parenting, hell, I'm being raised by the internet while my parents lounge around indifferent, this is the result of morals.

Re: Marketers Push Sex Appeal

Ryan Nay — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:41:09 -0000

I'm actually not an idiot, but a genius. I do understand the big difference between healthy sexuality and over-sexualization. Healthy sexuality is being sex-positive, recognizing that sex is a healthy and positive and pleasurable and extremely natural thing. "Over-sexualization" is mostly a term made up by people who are afraid of sex: mostly religionists and other irrationalists, to try and demonize something that they don't understand or have been brainwashed into regarding with disdain or disgust. So I agree, there's a huge difference, and unlike yourself I am intelligent enough to understand what the difference is.

Re: Marketers Push Sex Appeal

Guest — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:43:01 -0000

Ryan, you are an idiot. Do you even remotely understand the difference between healthy sexuality and over-sexualization? Newsflash: it's a big one!

Re: Marketers Push Sex Appeal

Ryan — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:07:14 -0000

You know what's really creepy? So many people trying so desperately to deny the sexuality of
young people that have physically reached sexual maturity. 13 years old,
not more than 100 years ago in the western world, was a common age for a
girl to be married and start having children. In many places around the
world, it is still legal for a girl to get married at this age. In many
countries, including very developed countries like The Netherlands and
Japan, 13 year olds can legally consent to sexual activity. What's
really odd and creepy is this trend in the United States of the past 50
years or so to try and force a prolonged and dragged out adolescence,
and to dress up out children like they are little dolls or babies well
past their entry into adulthood, ignoring things like breasts and
menstruation and the fact that, at 13, most of them have already engaged
in some sort of sexual activity whether we want them to or not. The
creepy people put it out of their minds and engage in this preposterous
fantasy that nobody has sex or sexual feelings until they reach the age
of 22, and to find someone under that age attractive (or to even
acknowledge their inherent sexuality) makes one a pervert. Now THAT is
creepy! And a form of sex-aversion that borders on insanity.

Re: Marketers Push Sex Appeal

Claire Thompson — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:52:19 -0000

For a blog as blatantly into gorgeous women in small clothing as this one, I'm very pleased to see this post - kudos. And it's not just the marketers - parents need to take a lot of blame too - they're the ones doling out the cash for the clothing. Marketers will only make clothing that sells. Parents could make this stop in three weeks using their wallets.