Scared for my Daughter
I’ve been watching, So You Think You Can Dance, this season. I think the way people can move their bodies is amazing. However, last week during the results show they had a performance from an evidently well known musical group, the Pussy Cat Dolls.
Just upon hearing that name, I knew I would be disgusted with them but disgust doesn’t adequately describe my opinion of that raunchy group of women.
So many women, liberated by the feminist rights movement, have chosen to become sex objects, figuring that the fact that they could choose it, makes it ok. It’s sick, it’s frustrating and I am so afraid my daughter will adopt role models like that. Blatant sexualization of women is everywhere, and even mothers seem to be encouraging it. Do you think the skanky high selling Bratz dolls would still be on the market if mothers weren’t buying them?
What about the example they see every day? When your daughter sees you looking in the mirror does she hear comments about your weight, your figure, your boobs? They learn from the earliest days that appearance is what matters. Even I am guilty of it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s important to be clean and presentable and to keep our bodies healthy but somehow we’ve got to get the message through to our girls, that being fit or skinny or pretty, while fine, is not where true value lies.
Recipe For A Beautiful Woman
Kindness in the eyes
Modesty of tongue
An empathetic heart
A smile for everyone
These small but beautiful things you do
Will radiate in your appearance tooBy Summer Owens
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I was watching “America’s Got Talent” tonight and watched the Burlesque dancers that wanted to show that it was a classy way to dance. They talked about bringing their kids into the practices and I thought it was horrid! I can’t imagine dancing like that in front of my kids. I turned it off….
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I love that poem! Being a mom to a daughter is scary sometimes in this evironment . . .
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Summer, I have no doubt you will teach your daughter well. It can be done. I tried to teach my boys to be genetlemen and no always means no even if you are just tickling or something innocent.
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My daughter is not allowed to own any Bratz items. I don’t understand why the makers feel these dolls are appropriate for young children.
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I totally agree that our young children are being subjected to too much these days. It is so scary!!
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So true! My husband and I turned the channel after about thirty seconds. My response was the same as yours, I even brought up the Bratz dolls! Ugh! Seriously, this is what we want our daughters to think of themselves? I was repulsed, and yea, it’s scary for our daughters. Then again, we managed somehow amidst the Madonna’s and Britney’s of the world (who are still around…) So yea, I guess it’s up to us mothers!
I agree wholeheartedly with all that you said. It is so sad when I go to pick up my daughter from elementary school (and she goes to a pretty respectable one where there is a ton of parental involvement) and I see the way the girls are so scantily dressed.
I love the poem you created!
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I was thinking something very similar when I watched that performance. Ugh! And I can’t get over the ‘fashion’ out there for girls, even toddlers… I love your poem - so very true! :)
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So with you on this (and what a beautiful poem!). I worry for my daughters so much!
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Amen Summer. I fear both for my daughter and my son who will grow up watching women behave this way. Thank you for your insightful poem and wonderful wisdom!
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At my kids’ elementary school talent show last month the concluding act was a trio of hip hop dancers. They were like Bratz dolls incarnate with mini-er than mini mini skirts, hooded fur-lined puffy vests with their nicknames on the back and these fingerless arm length gloves. The music and their dance moves were very suggestive and it made a lot of people very uncomfortable. I wondered why the school didn’t have some kind of guidelines that would have prevented this kind of act, and how these girls’ parents could possibly think this was appropriate for their daughters and a grade school audience. It turns out the faculty member who was running the talent show was the mother of one of these girls. Oy vey!
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This is a great recipe and a great post, Summer! I’ve often wondered how I did this right, as I feel that my children have very little negative feelings about their bodies. Maybe because I never had many magazines in my house - I don’t know - but I am glad.
Thanks for your comment tonight and your support. You are a good friend. See you soon - Kellan
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Amen to everything everyone has said. I, too, was disgusted with their dance routine and all the sleaze that has sadly become a part of our society.
I LOVE what you wrote! Keep writing and inspiring. I think that if you are a parent who is aware of these issues definitely puts you in a good place for raising healthy children.
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