A bone to pick.
May 27, 2015 by freyativity
So i have to get something off my chest.
I have seen and heard plenty of people saying that we should let kids wear whatever they want. to a point, i agree. and when they reach about 16-18, fine. that’s usually when kids start to … grow into themselves.
but don’t you fucking DARE tell me that i am sexualizing a child when i say they shouldn’t dress like miniature hooker/strippers.
what i am doing, and what i am sure that most others who have been abused are doing, is protecting those children. because while it is fine to dress them like little people, don’t make them an even bigger target for those who would prey on them. No, i am not blaming the child. it is not my fault i was abused, it was not your fault you were… it was nobody’s fault except the abuser’s… unless of course there were others who were allowing it to happen instead of stopping it.
there was a debate earlier on a friend’s facebook post about how kids shouldn’t dress so provocatively, in comicons, cosplays, halloween or in everyday life…. i totally agree with her.
there are ways to do things and dress tastefully while still getting the same point across. no matter what age they are.
my point is this… me wanting to protect the children of the world does not mean i am sexualizing them, and it certainly doesn’t mean i want to do horrible, life-lasting things to them.
It means i want to make them less of a target. Yes… teach consent. By all fucking means, teach men, women and children that no means no and that when you are invading somebody’s personal space without their permission that you are doing wrong.
But also teach children to be tasteful. teach them self-defense. teach them courage and bravery and respect.
over all, you can teach them to be themselves without being half (or more) naked.
A bone to pick.
May 27, 2015 by freyativity
So i have to get something off my chest.
I have seen and heard plenty of people saying that we should let kids wear whatever they want. to a point, i agree. and when they reach about 16-18, fine. that’s usually when kids start to … grow into themselves.
but don’t you fucking DARE tell me that i am sexualizing a child when i say they shouldn’t dress like miniature hooker/strippers.
what i am doing, and what i am sure that most others who have been abused are doing, is protecting those children. because while it is fine to dress them like little people, don’t make them an even bigger target for those who would prey on them. No, i am not blaming the child. it is not my fault i was abused, it was not your fault you were… it was nobody’s fault except the abuser’s… unless of course there were others who were allowing it to happen instead of stopping it.
there was a debate earlier on a friend’s facebook post about how kids shouldn’t dress so provocatively, in comicons, cosplays, halloween or in everyday life…. i totally agree with her.
there are ways to do things and dress tastefully while still getting the same point across. no matter what age they are.
my point is this… me wanting to protect the children of the world does not mean i am sexualizing them, and it certainly doesn’t mean i want to do horrible, life-lasting things to them.
It means i want to make them less of a target. Yes… teach consent. By all fucking means, teach men, women and children that no means no and that when you are invading somebody’s personal space without their permission that you are doing wrong.
But also teach children to be tasteful. teach them self-defense. teach them courage and bravery and respect.
over all, you can teach them to be themselves without being half (or more) naked.
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