Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The way our daughters dress for school

Why Do We Let Them Dress Like That?  "But it's easy for parents to slip into denial. We wouldn't dream of dropping our daughters off at college and saying: "Study hard and floss every night, honey—and for heaven's sake, get laid!" But that's essentially what we're saying by allowing them to dress the way they do while they're still living under our own roofs." Jennifer Moses

Clueless counterpoint: "I want them to value themselves and their peers -- to not judge other girls as skanks, to not view boys as those creatures whom they have to guard against at all times. I want them to believe that their sexuality isn't something to be afraid of, to be doled out stingily and grudgingly. I want them to know it's not the length of your skirt that matters; it's what's going on between your ears."   Mary Elizabeth Williams , Salon

Feminazis Worry Their Daughters Will Dress for Sex Like They Did   "As for the girls themselves, if you ask them why they dress the way they do, they'll say (roughly) the same things I said to my mother: 'What's the big deal?' 'But it's the style.' 'Could you be any more out of it?' What teenage girl doesn't want to be attractive, sought-after and popular? And what mom doesn't want to help that cause?"

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