Thread: Can you say "Pretty Baby"?

Before we get too preachy here, this kid is on her way to a multimillion dollar career as a supermodel, that's a little different than child porn.

Originally Posted by goober

Before we get too preachy here, this kid is on her way to a multimillion dollar career as a supermodel, that's a little different than child porn.

So you'd sell your daughter? I don't care how much money my daughter would have made, she would NOT have been dressed and posing in such an adult manner.

That's just plain wrong. Children should never be sexualised in that way. I also feel the same way about beauty pageants for children. Seriously?! Dressing up small girls aged 3-14 to look like a 21 year old leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Once we make it a point to celebrate one form of deviant behavior it is pretty much inevitable that we well quickly begin to celebrate other forms of deviance.

Originally Posted by goober

Before we get too preachy here, this kid is on her way to a multimillion dollar career as a supermodel, that's a little different than child porn.

Are you saying it's okay for children to pose in a sexualised manner as long as they are getting paid properly?

Originally Posted by Mrs. M

So you'd sell your daughter? I don't care how much money my daughter would have made, she would NOT have been dressed and posing in such an adult manner.

You'd shitcan this kids career as a supermodel?

It's the high fashion world, they look at things different, this isn't a skin mag.
And she's dressing up, just like thousands of little girls do in the US for beauty pageants, who will never make a dime from it.
I'm just saying I can see why the mother would go along with this.

Originally Posted by dorian

That's just plain wrong. Children should never be sexualised in that way. I also feel the same way about beauty pageants for children. Seriously?! Dressing up small girls aged 3-14 to look like a 21 year old leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I agree...my oldest granddaughter, 4 yrs. old at the time, was enter in a local pageant at the request of some business friends who were sponsoring it. The girls were not to wear makeup, have their hair professionally done and were suppose to wear casual clothes. Some of the mothers dolled their children up to look like little hookers though!
Both of my granddaughters take dance lessons (jazz, tap, ballet and hip-hop) and I'm hoping that they quit before they get to the "big girl" classes because it's embarrassing enough to watch someone else's 12 year old on stage turning her ass to the audience, looking over her shoulder with pouty lips and then spanking herself. I'll come unglued if my granddaughters ever do that!

Who buys such rubbish anyway?

Vogue seemed to work out pretty well for young Brooke Shields.

I dunno, I don't really see anything 'sexualized' about this kid, at least not anymore than those creepy beauty pageant kids. She sort of reminds me of Gozer from Ghostbusters.

Originally Posted by Speakeasy

Vogue seemed to work out pretty well for young Brooke Shields.

I dunno, I don't really see anything 'sexualized' about this kid, at least not anymore than those creepy beauty pageant kids. She sort of reminds me of Gozer from Ghostbusters.

Brooke was one of the very few lucky ones though. But whether it's modeling, acting or beauty pageants, I don't like to see little girls dressed provocatively and blame very bad parenting for it.

Originally Posted by Mrs. M

Brooke was one of the very few lucky ones though.

Well, Brooke is the only other kid who's been on the cover of Vogue that I know of. So, in that respect, the success rate is pretty much 100%.

Really, though, as they always say, it's what's on the inside that counts. If this Thylane girl has a good head on her shoulders, I'm sure she'll be fine. I mean, it's not like she's posing in a string bikini, it's more like she spent a crap ton of money at Glamor Shots.

But whether it's modeling, acting or beauty pageants, I don't like to see little girls dressed provocatively and blame very bad parenting for it.

It certainly is creepy, no doubt, and I wouldn't ever do such a thing if I had a daughter (or son). But 'provocative' is really in the eye of the beholder, I think. I find many easily available Halloween costumes for kids and early teens far more 'provocative' than this.

Originally Posted by Speakeasy

Well, Brooke is the only other kid who's been on the cover of Vogue that I know of. So, in that respect, the success rate is pretty much 100%.

Really, though, as they always say, it's what's on the inside that counts. If this Thylane girl has a good head on her shoulders, I'm sure she'll be fine. I mean, it's not like she's posing in a string bikini, it's more like she spent a crap ton of money at Glamor Shots.

It certainly is creepy, no doubt, and I wouldn't ever do such a thing if I had a daughter (or son). But 'provocative' is really in the eye of the beholder, I think. I find many easily available Halloween costumes for kids and early teens far more 'provocative' than this.

But, Speak, look at the shirt she's wearing! It's cut almost to her navel and while she may not have developed breast yet, she's already learning how to show them! Maybe it's because I'm a mother and grandmother...I don't know...but I do know for sure that I'd kill my daughter if she ever dressed my grandbabies that way!!!

Okay... so the rules are these:

We can tease, taunt, tantalize men with these underage Lolitas in the media, and dress our kids the same way and have them walk around teaching them that there highest calling is to use their sexuality and looks to get whatever it is that they want.

But should someone actually touch one... he is to be thrown into prison, to be sodomized for the next 30 years, and marked a child abuser and sexual predator for the rest of his natural life.

Got it...