PROSTI-TOTS?

Last Spring my youngest brother headed off to his senior prom. He was dressed in formal wear, which is expected when one is going to a prom. The girls, however did not seem to understand that. One girl in particular was wearing such a short dress that I have never been more grateful that underwear was invented. I cannot help but wonder why; why do teenage girls insist on dressing like sluts?
Let’s face it, it is harder to decipher between a 13 year old and a 22 year old than ever before. So, is fashion to blame? Do designers deliberately market older clothes to young girls? Or, do young girls buy clothes meant for older women? I must say the answer will take more research than I have time for. But, I must admit that some junior sections in certain stores are filled with, well to be honest street-walker clothes.
I remember as a young teen I would sneak off to the clubs wearing some-what revealing clothes, but just enough that most was left to the imagination. Are teen girls today afraid that guys will not bother using their imagination? Clothes speak for us when there is no time to verbally define us. Today’s teens look up to women whose claim to fame is a sex tape. It makes me physically ill that women who have fought (and are still fighting) for equality now have to deal with a generation of girls that look like they belong on a corner with the rest of the prostitutes.
Do not take what I am saying wrong, I am all for self-expression and dressing how one feels. However, I think there is a line that gets crossed when a 12 year old prosti-tot looks like 28 year old whore.
To think of the amount of people that live in America and than to think of the amount that want to be famous is counting a large part of the population. The problem is that no one wants to work for it. It’s easier to be famous for being a whore than for being intelligent or talented. Fame is no longer earned but stumbled into.
It makes me really sad that the society we live in prevents young girls from seeing truly famous women in mainstream society. Those “feminist” that fought for intellectual freedom now have their prodigies put to the side as the males idea of a perfect slut has come into the lime light.
Does anyone else see something wrong with that? What should we do? Have stores card customers when they buy revealing clothes to make sure they are the correct age? That’s a ridiculous option but what else is there? It’s pretty obvious that parents do not seem to care the impression their teens clothing gives to the rest of the world. The parents that do care tend to have inventive teens who wear one thing out of the house and carry their real outfit in their bag. The teen girls that wear them care more about the attention they are getting from guys than the backlash such a reputation will have.
The truth is that sex sells, but I have always considered that selling the sex appeal of a minor will only bring creepers.
~Stephanie~