I made the mistake of walking down the toy aisles of a store recently. I went in search of a "Barbie dancing princesses" dance tape for a young cousin of mine (she loves ballet). While walking up and down the aisles my heart began to break. I looked at doll after doll. All marketed to the female youth of today and the woman of tomorrow and it made me sad. Every toy was worse than the one preceding it. Why you ask? The toys girls play with today are little more than miniature gold digging prostitutes. I looked at these dolls marketed to elementary age girls, and I wanted to cry. They play with Bratz big baby dolls that literally wear hooker boots, crop tops, lipstick, belly rings, and eye shadow to beat the band. BABY DOLLS! They have the little pudgy baby tummies but also a designer purse. And the "adult" Bratz dolls (which are supposed to be teenagers) wear sparkle hot pants, bra tops, beauty marks, they carry cell phones and diamonds. They drive tricked out cars and go to ski lodges with their accompanying boyfriend. Mind you the dolls are teens but they are for your 5 year old to play with.
What exactly are we trying to do to our daughters? People have the nerve to wonder why our girls get pregnant at thirteen, why they flaunt their sex parts, why the rest of the world thinks American girls are slutty and without morals but will buy their daughter a "Diamond Diva" toy the next day. What is going on?!
What happened to the pogs, a care bear, a pound puppy, kid sister Skipper? In my youth the most controversial/risqué doll was Malibu Barbie because she wore a bathing suit. And it was a one piece. Now they wear panties, mini skirts, and 5 inch heels. Our little girls don't stand a chance. As teenagers they see Pussycat dolls dancing in their drawers wanting to be "a freak" like them, they hear smack that ass on the radio, they see the booty shaking video vixens on t.v. But even in their youth, when they are most impressionable, when they should be playing hopscotch, and hulahooping, they are bombarded with the "if you've got it flaunt it" mentality. It is so ingrained by the time they're 16 there's no hope. Where are the parents? Where is the system who's job is protecting our youth? Everyone was up in arms about video game violence, but who speaks up about the dehumanization of American girls. They are dying. They commit suicide by becoming no more than body parts. Walking talking vaginas. Breasts who buy pants with “juicy” written on them. Curves who want nothing more than to be playboy bunnies.
Why, why, why would our girls engage in oral sex at school? Why would they "go wild" at spring beak? Why would they sleep with partner after partner trying to feel desirable, popular, pretty? It doesn't happen over night. It starts ... with a Bratz doll. Now someone will say "why are you picking on Bratz? Lots of toys are inappropriate". I use Bratz as the quintessential example because they have had unparalleled success. The company has made record profits. A few years ago no one had heard of Bratz but today you'd be hard pressed to find a little girls sleep over with out one present. They are this eras Barbie. Remember the controversy over whether or not Barbie was atomically correct or whether she gave girls an unrealistic body image? Well look at a Bratz doll. Nothing but lips, eyes, and high heel shoe. There isn't even any real room for a nose. But we don't need noses who finds noses sexy anyway right?I'm just heavy hearted. The industry won’t regulate itself. Why would toy companies care whether or not your daughter grows up to be a materialistic whore? Their only concern is whether or not you paid for their product. The only real option is to be a responsible parent! Don’t let your daughter watch, listen to, read, or play with inappropriate things.
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