Troubles with Sexifying Toddlers

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This article contains sensitive subjects of child sexulization and can be offensive to some viewers. We apologize in advance that your "precious" feelings were hurt and if you actually enjoy turning your daughter into a sexual object, that we are sorry that you are so low as to do this to your daughter.

Yeah! Its degrading and causes trouble for the girls later in life.

We seem to have a problem these days, don't we?

We have a lot of them but which one are you talking about now?

Toddlers and Tiaras.

That stupid show? With toddler beauty pageants?

Exactly. I find it as the most degrading show ever.

I bet.

Do you have anything like that in the UK?

I can't think off the top of my head of any specific examples but I guess so.

I hate it with a burning passion. It's one of the most degrading things since I heard about bestiality.

It must be bad.

Yea.

What goes through these women's heads?

I have no clue but all I know is that they aren't in their right minds, or any minds at all.

How can they put their babies through that?

I don't know. For those of you who don't know what we are talking about, here's a brief rundown.

And we'll keep it brief.

Toddlers and Tiaras is a show where mothers and their usually single child daughters, dress the daughter up in sexual clothing and put on a pound of make up on her, and enter her into a pageant where they are made into little sex objects.

They start at 3 or so as well.

Yea, and that's what I have issue with. It's not that these girls are bratty because I've been around those types often when I worked in the mall trying to sell products. They are very nose-up and, for lack of a better term, b*tchy. My problem is that these girls are forced to be this way at an early age.

Yeah and they're made to look like dolls which causes SO much to go wrong.

It kinda reminds me of an episode of an anime called "Hell Girl", where a woman is so obsessed with perfection and dolls(puppets), that she tries to make her son's wife into a doll(puppet) by abusing her to the point of her calling Ai, the Hell Girl, to send her to Hell for making her life Hell. The same concept is in the show Toddles and Tiaras. These women are forcing their children to grow up like a Barbie Doll.

And they're all blonde and stuck up?

The vast majority are. And it sickens me. It makes the child think that this is an appropriate culture to live in. It forces the child to look for perfection where perfection can never be achieved.

And teenage girls have enough to go through without brainwashing them at such a young, impressionable age.

 And this is a nation wide problem here in America, believe it or not. Wanna know how I know?

Sure.

It will shock you I think. I was in Walmart once, and they had switched around the isles. So as I was going to the toys section in the back of the store, I passed the young girls' clothing section, particularly, the area for 10 year olds. And I almost ran into this woman so I got out of the way by sliding past on the right shoulder and what caught my eye was a pair of pink panties with words on them. They were kinda feint because they were white and were against hot pink, so I stopped and looked at them closer and the words I read were these...
Who Needs A Credit Card?
Now mind you, that text was on the FRONT of these undergarments. I was, to put it as mildly as I possibly can, flabbergasted. That was the most shocking thing I saw since when I found out that I was a fan of a "girly" show. This article of clothing is encouraging little girls to objectify themselves for men and boys to lust over.

Yeah. There was something in the news about that over here too!

It was shameful. And I looked at the woman, who by that time was looking at me off, and I said, "This is the most disgusting thing in the universe... Ever." She took a look at it and agreed with me. It really is something horrible that these type of ideals are out there, ready to be snatched by anyone in the world, espicially young children.

Yeah, and over here it made the national news about how clothes sexualise young girls. A baby or toddler size belly top with matching 'hooker' shorts, they were that short you could see their underwear! Come on! I know we don't get much sun over here but still!

Right. This type of culture is disgusting and it has far reaching consequences. How? Well, Evaluator, have you ever felt like you had to meet a certain standard to be beautiful(Which I know that you already are gorgeous)?

Yes. I don't look like the girls in adverts - no one does - but we are bombarded with media that says "you're female you have to look like this"

And how did it make you feel?

Honestly? Ugly.

And what did you do to fix it, or did you just leave yourself alone?

I tried make-up but foundation makes my face itch and I was at the age where I knew the girls on adverts were fake so I just didn't bother, if people don't like me for me then they're probably shallow.

But yet they really hurt you, correct?

Yeah.

And the other girls? How'd it effect your friends?

We were lucky, if we had issues it didn't show. On the outside we seemed happy but we probably were putting on an act.

Put it really hurt and you felt like you had to prove yourself right?

Yeah duh. So I just studied more and kept to my non-judgemental friends.

Good. And I imagine that you'll never forget it right?

Nope, because I'm not skinny and have boobs and a butt - natural I might add - I'll always be judged.

And I know that I have been treated that way sometimes.

Society and the media need to see how they affect us.

Oh, they see it. And the like exploiting the hell it.

There's nothing wrong with make up though.

No. Not at all. It's not even wrong for little girls to wear it.

It makes us feel good and more confident.

Right. My sister wears the stuff sometimes and it makes her very proud for being pretty.

Exactly.

But when you force a young girl to live in an environment where she has to be perfectly pretty all the time, it can easily scar her for life.

Yeah, the show is introducing toddlers and young girls into a world that they're too young for.

And it's all over the world too!

I know.

I hate it. And as the world continues to objectify women, the problem only gets worse as more women get implants, botox, and the like. And more women are trying to prevent aging and failing. Like I saw an elderly woman in New Hampshire once and she had GOBS of make up on her face and I couldn't stop staring. Not because she was attractive, but that she looked so UGLY!

Damn!

Exactly what I was thinking. And I was fourteen then.

I see something like that and I think its sad.

Very. And do you know what, it's getting worse.The advent of this show proves it.

Damn, but at least shows like Miss Universe and the like aren't shown on British TV.

But you have fashion magazines right?

Yeah.

Then that adds to the problem.

Yeah but we're more aware that the models are airbrushed and the make-up is done professionally and the like.

But the little girls growing up like divas won't know that.

Yeah stupid parents trying to live out their teenage dreams through their poor innocent kids who try to please their parents without knowing what they're doing.

It's wrong and will cause that child to try and become something that they can't be.

Yeah.

This is the Cuban Commentator...

And the English Evaluator...

Saying stay frosty and don't try to be perfect when you already are just the way you are.