Is girls clothing sexualized

I had to listen to my sister-in-law rant about how girl's clothing is "too tight" and "too small " for girls now, and all designed to sexualize females from basically, infancy. Then she went on about how girl's clothing shouldn't be centered all around pink, frilly, ruffles, and glitter, and from there, was all butthurt that she couldn't find a "one piece bathing suit" for her toddler.

I think her entire point is counterproductive to the original problem with sexualization of females from a young age. She is doing the exact opposite of her intention, and is still creating standards and "rules" for females in society to have to follow, or they "have it coming." Now, instead of saying a girl should be able to wear what she wants, we're back to telling her to cover it all up?

I think this is making a big deal out of nothing. It's just clothing, and of course girl's clothes are going to be smaller than boy's clothes. They aren't the same size as my SIL try to insist. That's why there is different sizes for men and women, because our bodies are different. A woman's Large, is much different than a Men's Large. If a man puts on a Woman's Large shirt, it is going to be tight on him, if a woman put on a Men's Large shirt, it is going to be baggy on her, in most cases, and she will be swimming in it. That "same size" thing is a false argument.

Also, the reason women's clothing is form fitting is because women demand it be that way! When it comes to women's business attire, they go for slacks that are form fitting, instead of hanging off them like bags. Women usually opt to buy "women's tee's" when given that chance, simply because they feel better in it and prefer the way it looks on their female form. Even women's scrubs have been made to be form fitting the past several years, because women got tired of wearing green and blue trash bags all day, trying to work around how cumbersome and bulky scrubs can be in a medical setting. I've worked in healthcare for over twenty years, and much prefer to find at least scrub pants designed especially for women's bodies. They fit better around the hips, and I am not constantly pulling them up, feeling them slip, retying them, stepping on them, throughout my entire shift on a hospital floor when I shouldn't have to focus on my pants falling off, or wear a heavy shirt under my scrub tops, because my boobs fall out of the V-beck top, that was originally NOT designed for a female body.

It isn't about sexualization, or anything else. It is just that men and women's bodies are different. Like it is or not, that's the truth. Saying that clothing shouldn't be "gendered" is far off the mark, and still isn't going to change the fact that women's physique doesn't look right in men's clothing, and it generally isn't very comfortable either, because they don't wear correctly on women's different bodies. I understand there is a whole new "gender neutral" and "non-binary" movement in this country, and that young people are exploring the spectrum of sex, gender, and sexuality, and that's all fine. People should live how they like, and if they feel like they are not the biology gender they were born as, I can see why that might be true for them, but nonetheless, there are still male bodies, and female bodies, and clothes weren't designed to be "sexist", they were designed to be an easy and comfortable fit, that didn't make someone look like they were uncomfortable and either being squeezed to death, or trying not to suffocate in the baggy-ass clothes they were dragging along with them!

Now, of course, it is a choice if a man wants to dress as a woman, or a woman dress as a man. They should be able to, However, they shouldn't become upset when those clothes are ill-fitting on them. It should be expected.

Personally, I am thoroughly against allowing girl's to wear boy's clothing, it looks awful, gets her picked on, and affects her confidence. Girls, in my opinion SHOULD be feminine, and there's a lot of ways that a girl can do that, without wearing boy's clothing, or looking like a boy, OR, having to totally doll it up, wear full makeup, or spends hours in front of the mirror.

Like I said, I work in a hospital, and I certainly don't wake up, do my hair, put on all my make-up, and make sure I look like I am ready to go dancing for the evening. I do however still look feminine, and don't need to look like a guy all day at work!


You are all the same people who talk constantly about how important it is to accept our bodies how they are, and not to shame, but then you are shaming girls for wearing clothing that is designed to fit their bodies because it "shows it off?" That seems very archaic to me! I thought it didn't matter how a girl dresses, because matter what, she didn't "ask for it", and it shouldn't matter if a bra is showing, or a skirt is too high, or a pair of jeans is too tight, because it is up to men to not be gross, creepy predators and stare at girls, but now...that changed? Now, it's up to girls to make sure they aren't showing off their bodies too much, or else they cause their own "sexualization?"

You people need to make up your minds, and you also need to realize that you're still setting standards and expectations on girls to look, dress, behave, talk , and act a certain way to appease how you think young women should exist in the world, and what you think their place should be, when you start getting all big mad over clothing being too tight, too small, form fitting, or too pink.

Don't act like you're doing anything less, or that you're woke somehow. I tried to explain this to SIL, but it went right over her head. I told her just let her daughter do what is comfortable, and that might not be what she (my SIL) thinks is comfortable. Maybe her daughter doesn't want to be a Tomboy, and trying to force her to be, it just as bad as trying to force her to be a beauty queen.

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Valerie Body July 24, 2021 at 1:28 pm 0 0