Unfortunately, 'gender roles' are established early in childhood. Girls are taught to be 'ladylike' and 'pretty', and boys are taught to be 'tough' and 'manly' .. there is a big emphasis on how girls should look, very early on.
as for the stores, marketing is marketing. They will sell whatever they feel WILL sell, and that unfortunately includes ridiculous clothes for young girls.
Unfortunately, 'gender roles' are established early in childhood. Girls are taught to be 'ladylike' and 'pretty', and boys are taught to be 'tough' and 'manly' .. there is a big emphasis on how girls should look, very early on.
Yes yes, gender roles and dress regulations we always there but it used to be dresses for girls, pants for boy. Now it's mini-skirt for girls, pants for boys. That's what I meant.
1. Little kids dress trashy but don't always continue on with the skimpy clothing, becoming progressively more risque as they age. That's not how it works. Some girls who dressed properly as kids end up the queens of hooker-wear
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Not being allowed to be brand conscious and dress well as a child would genuinely have upset me and affected my relationship with my parents. As for the clothing being sexual-it is not the children who are seeing it as "sexual" they are seeing it as "attractive" it is the adults who are using adult standards of sexual v modest who interpret it in that way-children just look at a garmant at face value, as something that their friends have, that a celeb has, and that is considered by society to be attractive. There is nothing wrong with kids being consumers, or with them growing up faster.
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as for the stores, marketing is marketing. They will sell whatever they feel WILL sell, and that unfortunately includes ridiculous clothes for young girls.
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Yes yes, gender roles and dress regulations we always there but it used to be dresses for girls, pants for boy. Now it's mini-skirt for girls, pants for boys. That's what I meant.
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