Personally I've always resented the idea that being a "lady" should have anything to do with one's fashion taste. Intelligence, kindness of heart, and a beautiful spirit within needs little adornment to prove itself.

The very people who promote these sexually provocative clothes for little girls are shocked when perverts are attracted to their children and somehow surprised when young "ladies" they know end up behaving like adults when they are nine.

It's sad that women's fashion often carries with it the deep and troubling suggestion that being hampered from free movement and comfort is "cute". Skirts too tight to be able to walk in or sit in without exposing parts that everyone would prefer not to see and wired bras that cut deep into skin, these too are seen as sexy. So why don't guys wear stuff like this? Surely they want to appear sexy too?

What's next? A special Victoria Secret department for cute and sexy "babes" in the making? I can see teenage mothers buying this product, but grown women?

I hate to inform you, but my sense of humor is notoriously riotous, and I'd be the last person to be called prudish, but I can't for the life of me understand why any mother would want to start a beautiful healthy little girl down a path of fashion like this one.

While this may not be of the same caliber, there is a connection here. You do know I suppose that the bandaged and broken feet of young girls in China was once considered lovely. Mothers broke the toes themselves and curled them under to create the fashionable "petals".

Sorry, but these booties seem perverted to me. And strongly misogynstic.

Should you wonder where I get this wacky kind of perspective, here's a list of a couple of books that might be informative. The way fashion affects women's health has always been an interest of mine. From whalebone corsets to infant high heels...

Wow! You've really come a long way baby.

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