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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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that people in that age group begin to believe that they're adults already and they begin to want to dress and act like adults. Little kids are knowing about sex at younger and younger ages and the things they see marketed at them on TV (shows
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they'll think of baby-thongs...who knows? (And I'll bet people would actually buy that crap for their kids).
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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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Mary Golden
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October 14, 2009
New Poem: Lint
LintHow I love the man who cleans my lintHe sits beside me clucking as he strokes''Do you fell better now?'' he asksMy black skirt ripples in his lapI would build a boat for himSkim the seas with scarlet sailsI'd give him gold butterflies--Twine them in his beardBut I sit still, sated, stupefiedAnd that is why he does the workHe always does ...
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Johnny Berlin DVD box set
Johnny Berlin is a 55-minute documentary-comedy about a train porter who is also a struggling writer, compulsive gambler and all-around ramblin' man. Executive Producer: Michael Stipe Director: Dominic J. DeJoseph Johnny Berlin 2: Notes From the Dumpster: This documentary sequel brings the viewer back in touch with the ever-enigmatic Johnny ...
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Grow a Pair, Dude
Without seeming crude, the male worker in a female led environmental organization office needs to consider his OWN identity. If you believe in the cause and the idea of that organization, then do NOT leave that office. Rather, get in touch with your identity as a man. First, consider that God made Man. God granted man many powers and abilities ...
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January 18, 2008
Would You Deny A Man's Need to Protect Women?
Perhaps this is a most appropriate forum to raise my disliked topic given this forum's Highbrow title and my viewpoint often condescendingly framed as being Lowbrow. In any case, while pop editorialists ponder whether America needs men to protect the women in their lives, the call of human nature goes unabaded in every new generation. It is an ...
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November 20, 2007