Padded Bikini for girls withdrawn (for girls as young as 7)

[JI7]

Clothing chain Primark has withdrawn the sale of its range of padded bikini tops for girls as young as seven following criticism.

Primark, which is well-known for its heavily discounted brands, has 138 UK stores and 38 in Ireland.

It is the latest chain to face criticism over products considered too adult for youngsters.

Asda has been singled out for a push-up bra aimed at young girls, and Tesco withdrew a pole-dancing kit from its toys section.

Last year WHSmith also withdrew its Playboy stationery, but did not say if that was because the products were sold to children.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8619329.stm

YUK

[seabeyond]

1. just keep hitting them every where they turn and by 12, 13 the girls will know their worth

is merely in their sexuality. the boys will know a girl is only about sexuality to satisfy them. the boys will be condition to objectify all girls. girls will only feel their validation of a human being in being objectified, ergo, dehumanized. then the males and females can all say.....

it is evolutionary behavior, we cant help it, is our dna, pure biology

[arcane1]

2. The phrase "WTF?" just isn't enough sometimes n/t

[gratuitous]

3. Aw jeez, what's next? Banning fast food?

It's just a choice! And if someone wants to dress his daughter up to look like some pedophile's wet dream, make the youngster feel worthless independent of her sexual characteristics, and feed a dominant culture that objectifies females from the very cradle, we shouldn't stifle the right of a clothing manufacturer to make a buck off it!

Hmmm. Nope. Still sounds stupid.

[MattBaggins]

11. I'm a gonna bust a Ayn Rand nut over that little gem you just wrote

Now if you could expand that to at least 20 pages, you could have a serious galt speech.

[superduperfarleft]

17. I c wut u did thar.

Nice played. :thumbsup:

[redqueen]

18. It's in rather poor taste to draw an analogy between eating unhealthy food

and sexualizing young children.

Just MHO, of course.

[Johonny]

19. I'm not sure it is a bad analogy

Kids want to eat fast food and young girls seem to want these clothes. I know my nieces both wanted bras way before they needed them because the teen stars of their shows all wore them and their friends were getting them. They don't really understand the sexualization part. As an adult you have to be the ones to say no to eating fast food every meal and no to wearing this type of clothing. The capitalism rational seems ok. If enough people say hell no I'm not shopping at your store with these type of brands clearly the stores listened. They clearly felt this would hit their bottom line. So much for the posters whole argument. They floated these products and the grown ups said no. The free market in action :)

[grantcart]

4. Tesco withdrew a pole-dancing kit from its toys section.

If that had been on SNL or the Onion I would have considered it to far fetched to be funny.

[seabeyond]

8. it just isnt funny anymore. but we arent doing a whole lot addressing it.

goes along with a lot of things today, we say, could be an onion, and it is a truth. hm, weird world we live in today

shrug

and go on

i hear ya though

[virgogal]

5. The parent who purchased one should be tossed into a padded cell.

[Captain Hilts]

6. This. Make-up. Diet and lo-cal crap. It's ALL about appearance for girls. Sad. Sick. nt

[chollybocker]

7. Do they also carry a Stuffed-Crotch version for boys?

Insane. ;(

[SoCalDem]

9. I saw a little girl (about 6 or 7) at the bowling alley a few weeks ago

She had on a skin tight pink spandex top and her jeans had writing on the butt..

"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"

made my skin crawl...

It was a sewn on patch, so it probably was not manufactured that way..but still :puke:

[Ter]

12. Writing on the butt is very common around here

[Quantess]

14. GROSS!!!

What it really means is my ass belongs to Daddy
At least, that's what is implied...
:puke:

[LiberalFighter]

10. I would seriously investigate the parties involved in these ideas

as to whether they are involved in illegal activities.

[Bitwit1234]

13. Maybe they will stop the stupid pageants they dress

up the kids at 20 years olds and have them strut like prostitutes showing their wares.

If they are going to have pageants let em dress like the kids they are. I think the parents should be arrested for child abuse.

[redqueen]

15. Sad... but hardly surprising.

Children pattern themselves after adults. And look how far too many adults act. Desperately clinging to youth, treating their looks as if they are of paramount importance, it's truly sad.

[Shell Beau]

16. Reminds me of Miley Cyrus's 9 year old sister having that

lingerie line. Just lovely.