It’s only a bathing suit!

/ SheelaR

By SheelaR

The topic of discussion today… The appropriateness of a child’s bikini bathing suit. Although, I’m generally conservative in some of my views, I find nothing inappropriate in childs bikini. I can’t even begin to verbalize my surprise at the number of people that drew a coralation between pedophila and a child wearing a bikini bathing suit. I can’t wrap my mind around that level of ignorance. Rape and pedophilia are acts of power and aggression…not at all spurned by how a woman or child is dressed. It is hard to believe that we live in a time and place where this school thought is so prevalent. My mind is boggled. It’s borderline victim blaming. Even more disturbing…the very idea that innocent children are being viewed as sexual beings because they are wearing a bikini bathing suit. 

“Let’s regulate how girls dress, because boys are not in control of their urges” and “Boys will be boys.” Those schools of thought are detrimental to women everywhere. I certainly agree that every parent has a right to dress their child as they see fit, but I don’t agree with them disseminating this kind of misinformation to provide reason for their choices. Let’s stop perpetuating a culture of willful ignorance when it comes to women and their bodies Most importantly, let’s stop laying the blame for it on antire. No one is asking for it based on what they choose to wear.
Let’s stay educated and aware!

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