"The underwear for young girls was created with the intent to be lighthearted and cute. Any misrepresentation of that is purely in the eye of the beholder."
This was the reply of an Abercrombie and Fitch representative on a CNN broadcast. The underwear in question is marketed and made for small girls ranging from the age of seven to fourteen. And guess what type of "chonies" they are selling to are very impressionable children? THONGS!!! Can you believe it? Not only are they selling the thongs, but they are planting sexually suggestive wording on the crotches, like "wink wink" and "eye candy".
When I saw the cast of "The View" talking about this subject this morning, I was shocked. Barbra Walters said it best, "They are dressing these little girls like whores." The show made me do a little more research and as I was reading some of the news articles about the subject my jaw dropped lower and lower to the ground.
Abercrombie and Fitch is nothing more than a product line and manufacture of border line child pornography. Their campaign ads disgust me, portraying almost nude teenagers and very young girls. Marketing mostly to preteens and teenagers. Blatantly telling them, that being sexy and sexual is the only thing that matters and it is what we want as a society, very young and very naked children.
Now don't get me wrong. I understand that it is completely up to the parent to sensore or children as we see fit. That it is up to us as adults to tell our little girls that these ads do not depict real beauty, and that they do not need to look like this, buy this, or dress like this to be considered beautiful. Self adoration comes from with in and not with what you wear, or how you look. Shame on those parents that don't teach their little ones self confidence and what realistic beauty is. But there has to be some responsibility placed on these companies. They are attacking our children's sexuality and innocence, and we as mothers and fathers must be on the front line defending them.
Are panty line really an issue on our children's play grounds? I mean come on!
Anyways, I could never really afford their overpriced and cheaply made clothing in the first place and their stores smell like terrible crappy incense that always leaves my head pounding, but now I absolutely refuse to even walk into their stores. BOYCOTT A&F!!!
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This was the reply of an Abercrombie and Fitch representative on a CNN broadcast. The underwear in question is marketed and made for small girls ranging from the age of seven to fourteen. And guess what type of "chonies" they are selling to are very impressionable children? THONGS!!! Can you believe it? Not only are they selling the thongs, but they are planting sexually suggestive wording on the crotches, like "wink wink" and "eye candy".
When I saw the cast of "The View" talking about this subject this morning, I was shocked. Barbra Walters said it best, "They are dressing these little girls like whores." The show made me do a little more research and as I was reading some of the news articles about the subject my jaw dropped lower and lower to the ground.
Abercrombie and Fitch is nothing more than a product line and manufacture of border line child pornography. Their campaign ads disgust me, portraying almost nude teenagers and very young girls. Marketing mostly to preteens and teenagers. Blatantly telling them, that being sexy and sexual is the only thing that matters and it is what we want as a society, very young and very naked children.
Now don't get me wrong. I understand that it is completely up to the parent to sensore or children as we see fit. That it is up to us as adults to tell our little girls that these ads do not depict real beauty, and that they do not need to look like this, buy this, or dress like this to be considered beautiful. Self adoration comes from with in and not with what you wear, or how you look. Shame on those parents that don't teach their little ones self confidence and what realistic beauty is. But there has to be some responsibility placed on these companies. They are attacking our children's sexuality and innocence, and we as mothers and fathers must be on the front line defending them.
Are panty line really an issue on our children's play grounds? I mean come on!
Anyways, I could never really afford their overpriced and cheaply made clothing in the first place and their stores smell like terrible crappy incense that always leaves my head pounding, but now I absolutely refuse to even walk into their stores. BOYCOTT A&F!!!
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Wow... -jaw on the floor.- I cant freakin believe that!!! (I'll save the bad words for my blog.) Its disgusting. Parents should be in a rage because of this crap.. Did ANYONE think about one more reason for petafiles to harm kids? I agree CaCa BOYCOT A&F!!!
ReplyDeleteOh enraged I am!! they are also marketing padded bra's and padded bikini's to girls of the same age group. Makes me wonder how bad it will be when violet is seven. I know that All I can do is teach my daughter where self confidence really comes from and let her know that she is beautiful with out these things. But it does help when this stuff is being forced into her face on a daily basis. These people are sick and should be fighting for their freedom in court.
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