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Human Nature
I would have to say that the fashion industry has taken it beyond what it used to be. The word pre-teen first started in the 60s...but it seems that the fashion industry and the media have hyperbolized that stage of life so much
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While it may be true that skimpy fashion has existed for young girls in the past
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Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
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October 14, 2009
Sexual Hypocrisy, Law Enforcement & the InterNET
Thanks for a very interesting and thoughtful article that addressed current events, came up with new approaches, and put it all together neatly in one, entertaining article. My view on those folks who would employ our law enforcement authorities to charge and convict individual InterNET users, is somewhat different. I see these forceful, legal ...
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MichaelBernard1
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July 8, 2008
Are we overreacting?
Puberty being activated is not an indication that girls are ready to look for mates. The girls bodies and minds are not ready to reproduce and they are not prepared to make adult decisions about the risks of sex. False advertising about sexuality is risky. Women who are taught at a young age that men are the whole reason for being are hardly ...
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June 17, 2008
Agreed
While it may be true that skimpy fashion has existed for young girls in the past, I would have to say that the fashion industry has taken it beyond what it used to be. The word pre-teen first started in the 60s...but it seems that the fashion industry and the media have hyperbolized that stage of life so much, that people in that age group begin ...
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June 9, 2008
Preadolescence and society
I've read alot of the comments on teens and fashion and realizing there is one common thing involved that most don't realize. The mental state. If I person reads or looks at something that is to be taken as sexually explict or provocative then that's what it becomes. If one looks at the same thing as cute then that too is what it becomes. This ...
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Politically Correct
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August 29, 2007