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i saw this article too. imo it's way horrifying. little girls should have a chance to find out for themselves who they are before the world starts telling them who they are expected to be.

but, the last time i argued against sexualizing little girls through marketing padded bras to juniors, a bunch of folks on the ORG told me that padded bras for juniors are ok.

so i didn't have the nerve to start this thread. but i'm posting on it!

What does a 7 year old have to push up anyway?

I think marketing a push-up bikini top for 7 year olds is very different than marketing a padded bra for “juniors” which is generally considered for an age range of teenagers through early 20’s. They are not one and the same.

the problem is that PARENTS are buying them for thier 7 year olds.

if parents did not buy them they would be a fail in the marketing dept, not make any money and we'd never see them again....but NOOOOOO

I was talking about this with some friends who all have daughters. We were all disgusted.

it really is disgusting... its padded to look like you have more "stuff".

like someone else said...not many 7 yr olds have anything to push up.

I can see a pagent mom buying this shit....pathetic.

I need to see the suit to see what all the uproar is about before I say yay or nay. If it's really a suit with breast padding then I would say that's completely idiotic. Big nay.

But I don't know who this writer is, whether or not their exaggerating to make water cooler gossip for readers, so I'm not going to come down on A&F just yet-- as obnoxious as I normally find their brand marketing to be.

CuddlyBear said:

What does a 7 year old have to push up anyway?

Exactly...what the hell?!

KidaDynamite said:

CuddlyBear said:

What does a 7 year old have to push up anyway?

Exactly...what the hell?!

I really would not want to be the pervert who thought up this idea.

the whole thing just freaks me out. since when is it acceptable for a young child to flaunt her (lack of) boobies? who or what is she trying to attract, at the ripe old age of under ten years old? sexual predators? since when is it okay for the fashion industry to encourage little girls to promote themselves as sexual beings, either through a padded bra or a pushup bra? no, i am not asking for an answer. just expressing my dismay. this is just my 2c. and, i know my old fart perspective colors my opinions

kids these days

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XxAxX said:

the whole thing just freaks me out. since when is it acceptable for a young child to flaunt her (lack of) boobies? who or what is she trying to attract, at the ripe old age of under ten years old? sexual predators? since when is it okay for the fashion industry to encourage little girls to promote themselves as sexual beings, either through a padded bra or a pushup bra? no, i am not asking for an answer. just expressing my dismay. this is just my 2c. and, i know my old fart perspective colors my opinions

kids these days

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im glad that we don't watch the little princess beauty pageant reality shows

Abercrombie & Fitch. If the name alone doesn't reveal their pervy side then I don't know what else does- save for the racy ads.

I went into one of their stores once and the sales clerks looked like they were all on crack/meth. Never saw such scrawny, overly made up, jewel less teens before. Bones sticking out and everything. I wanted to throw cheese filled croissants, enzyme tablets and silver bracelets at them.

I was in there about 5 minutes. Nothing in a womans' size 6.

BlackAdder7 said:

XxAxX said:

the whole thing just freaks me out. since when is it acceptable for a young child to flaunt her (lack of) boobies? who or what is she trying to attract, at the ripe old age of under ten years old? sexual predators? since when is it okay for the fashion industry to encourage little girls to promote themselves as sexual beings, either through a padded bra or a pushup bra? no, i am not asking for an answer. just expressing my dismay. this is just my 2c. and, i know my old fart perspective colors my opinions

kids these days

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im glad that we don't watch the little princess beauty pageant reality shows

dang right. i disapprove of people who dress young girls up like little hookers and brainwash them into obsessing on their looks at that age. i'd be doing an MST3K right along with the show

XxAxX said:

BlackAdder7 said:

im glad that we don't watch the little princess beauty pageant reality shows

dang right. i disapprove of people who dress young girls up like little hookers and brainwash them into obsessing on their looks at that age. i'd be doing an MST3K right along with the show

you know...when you put the tiny tom servo arms on....it just arouses me.

BlackAdder7 said:

XxAxX said:

dang right. i disapprove of people who dress young girls up like little hookers and brainwash them into obsessing on their looks at that age. i'd be doing an MST3K right along with the show

you know...when you put the tiny tom servo arms on....it just arouses me.

maybe later you could dress up like crow t. robot and we could forget this whole business of pimping little kids for profit :eyebrowwaggle: