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The Perils of Peekaboo
America's teen peep show: Has 'slutware' gone too far?
SF Chronicle ^
| Sunday, July 27, 2003
| J.A. Getzlaff
Posted on 07/29/2003 9:57:54 AM PDT by presidio9
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:43:06 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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posted on
07/29/2003 9:57:55 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
I have 3 grand-daughters, the oldest is 11. I pray for her daily to stand against friends that would make her want to be one of the gang.
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:00:31 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(please let my post be on an even number... small even/odd phobia here)
To: presidio9
Well it hasn't stopped at teens, just look at the clothes for elementary kids that are out there. It's very hard to dress a 6 year old in "normal" clothes anymore.
To: presidio9; bedolido; All
I have a four year old daughter. Does anyone know the minimum age for joining a convent?
Owl_Eagle
" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:03:13 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
("Europeans lost the will to live the moral life long ago." - Ben Shapiro)
To: presidio9
Has sexy morphed into sleazy? I think they are about 20 years too late for that question. Maybe 30 or more.
To: presidio9
"slutware" had gone to far about 10 years ago!
Tatoos, orifice piercing used to be the territory of the lowlife, now its mainstream
Just another indictation of the lack of a moral compass in the US
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:04:51 AM PDT
by
apackof2
To: presidio9
"Slutware" has gone waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far, and these little girls are wearing it to school. Either Mom let's her, or she brings a bag and changes clothes at school in the restroom. It's sad.
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:05:20 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
To: presidio9
"Slutware" is accurate enough, I suppose, but I think the writer really means "slutwear."
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:07:56 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: Petronski
I corrected the spelling in my keyword.
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:10:02 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: Owl_Eagle
I have a four year old daughter too - does anyone know if there's some sort of "Little Women" ready-to-wear catalog we can order from? Crushed velvet dresses, bonnets, high-button shoes, 40 pounds of undergarments....
C'mon folks - all we have to do is persuade the kids that it's "cool", or "da bomb", or whatever, and we'll have them dressing like the Amish in no time ;)
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:10:50 AM PDT
by
general_re
(Trust is a trick that dogs play. They don't want you to know how delicious they are.)
To: presidio9
Maybe its just me, but I prefer apprearing alluring and respectful rather than looking like a skanky slut-whore. Dressing (?) with your ass hanging out and your pubic area exposed just makes you look desperate. I almost gagged when I went to a department store recently and saw belly-shirts and low-rise LEATHER pants for 5 yr. olds! And skanky looking moms were happily purchasing these items! I shake my head in dismay...
To: Petronski
Slutware sounds like a new Linux distribution.
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:11:07 AM PDT
by
krb
(the statement on the other side of this tagline is false)
To: presidio9
Underneath the grinning beast, scrawled in a cheery holiday font, were the words "Getty Up."
Cuz nothing is as sexy as good ole JP:
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:12:38 AM PDT
by
lelio
To: presidio9
The site boasted that Little Crackers are favored by such celebrities as Renee Zellweger and Winona Ryder.So did Winona steal these, too?
To: general_re; Owl_Eagle
Intersting that this editorial appeared in the SF Chronicle.
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:15:24 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: Ed Straker
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:17:12 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: presidio9
Helen Fisher, a research associate in anthropology at Rutgers University and author of several books, including "The Sex Contract: The Evolution of Human Behavior," isn't surprised by this fashion trend. She calls it "display behavior" and stresses that it is "completely natural." It's called "exhibitionism" and it is a sexual kink.
"From a Darwinian perspective," she says, "the mating process is extremely important, and both sexes are advertising a great many things."
And we are talking about early teens here. I was unaware that early teens should be mating. Their breasts are too small to provide nurishment for a newborn and they are undergoing the hormonal changes to ready their bodies for childbearing. Just because they are "capable" of bringing a child into this world they are not ready to bring a child into the world. This is the purpose of mating and displays for mating.
Put whatever face you want on it lady, it is still the sexualizing of children.
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:17:12 AM PDT
by
weegee
To: presidio9
My wife and I sell her handmade jewelry at craft shows in the Southeast as a side job. Let me tell you, I see teenage girls walking around craft fairs wearing this A&F and American Eagle stuff and I'm just stunned--thirteen years old and they're walking around flaunting their nascent assets like they want some Kobe action "right damn now"!
When I was that age 20 years ago (slams some more Geritol) girls might wear a skintight pair of Calvins or Jordache jeans, but NOTHING like this stuff that's out here now. (If they had worn this slut gear back then, I'd have never gotten A's in high school. Would've been too hormonally distracted, y'know.) And these are girls in more conservative rural Southern towns, not big cities. I can only imagine how bad things are in the big-city suburbs.
Of course, Belly Girl (from the days of the live Iraq War threads) should be allowed to wear belly shirts and low-risers anytime she pleases...but she's an adult!
}:-)4
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:17:37 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(I'm the moose, bring on the cheese...)
To: apackof2
care to revise that statement about low-lifes? I'd show you a picture of my leg, but it's not finished yet:
from my ankle to my knee, a rattle snake wrapped around justice scales. One side of the scales is a scroll for the Constitution with 2 severed shaking hands, the other side are 2 exploding pistols. A giant eagle sits on top of my knee with it's wings wrapped around the back of my leg. The banner reads "LIBERTY OR DEATH - DON'T TREAD ON ME"
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:18:57 AM PDT
by
bc2
To: Owl_Eagle
My daughter is also 4. My wife picked up a little pair of jeans at the store that were on sale. Tried them on her when she got home, and we were shocked because they were actually hip-huggers... for a 4 year old. We couldn't believe it. They went back pretty quick, but every time she goes up a size, it gets harder to find clothes that aren't slutty-looking. Unbelievable...
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posted on
07/29/2003 10:18:58 AM PDT
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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