amen sistah!

i know five year olds who won't leave the house unless mommy gives them a 'hair do'. by that i mean a styled grown up blow dried product infused hair do. a five year old should have her hair brushed or pulled back in a ponytail (if long enough). period. a five year old doesn't need PRODUCT in their hair. they don't need mommy enforcing the thought they're not fit to be seen out in public UNLESS they are all gussied up. a five year old doesn't need a spaghetti strapped sparkle infused top. they need a top they can play in. a five year old doesn't need to see commercials on tv for dolls that look like hookers.

what are we teaching our daughters and our sons about women?

Sexpot Virgins: The Media's Sexualization of Young Girls
By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet.

In 2006, the retail chain Tesco launched the Peekaboo Pole Dancing Kit, a play set designed to help young girls "unleash the sex kitten inside."

Perturbed parents, voicing concern that their 5-year-olds might be too young to engage in sex work, lobbied to have the product pulled. Tesco removed the play set from the toy section but kept it on the market.

As M. Gigi Durham points out in The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It, Tesco's attempt to sell stripper gear to kids is just one instance of the sexual objectification of young girls in the media and marketplace. Some of the many other examples include a push-up bra for preteens, thongs for 10-year-olds bearing slogans like "eye candy," and underwear geared toward teens with "Who needs credit cards ... ?" written across the crotch.

Targeted by marketers at increasingly younger ages, girls are now being exposed to the kind of unhealthy messages about sexuality that have long dogged grown women. Girls are told that their worth hinges on being "hot," which in mainstream media parlance translates into thin, white, makeupped and scantily clad. Meanwhile, acting on their sexual impulses earns them the epithet "slut." Teen magazines advise girls on how to tailor their look and personality to please boys (in order to entrap them in relationships). Advertisements present violence toward women as sexy.

According to Durham, the regressive messages about sexuality that circulate in mainstream media hamper the healthy sexual development of kids and teens..........