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Alright, WDYT: little girls and bathing suit tops
Saw this in my FB feed this morning: http://www.hollybaby.com/2011/08/15/heidi-klum-leni-topless/
Basically, the writer thinks it's awesome that Heidi Klum's 7 year old goes topless on the beach and that more young girls should feel free to do so because it encourages good body image and confidence.
I can see both sides of the argument but am I the only one who thinks it's totally wrong to have the uncensored photo of the topless little girl on the web like this?
Re: Alright, WDYT: little girls and bathing suit tops
I can see both sides of the argument, too, and it may just be me b/c I teach personal body safety every year to 5-year-olds, but my mind automatically jumps to those w/ unhealthy interests in children. We work so hard in the schools (and of course most parents do, too) to teach children how to keep themselves safe from such situations, and part of what we teach in the classroom is that the body parts covered by a bathing suit are their personal body parts. This kinda defeats that whole idea...
And yes, while I completely agree that it is disgusting to sexualize children at a young age, the sad fact of the matter is that there will always be those out there preying on children. There are plenty of ways to encourage good body image and boost confidence in young girls w/o them running around topless in public, IMO.
ETA - meant to say that I agree w/ you on the picture - a commenter below that article mentions something about it being "added to collections" and yeah, I can see that even though it grosses me out to think about it. Probably not the best choice of the website to have that up, and certainly not something I'd want posted on the internet of my 7-year-old daughter if it was my child.
... every single day of forever.
TBH I really couldn't care less about whether a little girl is or is not wearing a bathing suit top on a beach, though I might have stronger feelings on the subject if I had one of my own.
What jumps out at me more is the fact that the author completely overlooks the fact that they appear to be on a topless beach where mama isn't covering up either. This isn't some effort to de-sexualize little girls (and the comments about letting her run around as "unencumbered" as her brothers made be pull one of these
). It's just a locale where nobody appears to take a particularly Victorian stance when it comes to the human body.
lovelylittleworld
BFP#2 1/12/12 ~ Missed M/C 8w2d
This- 70+% of the other female beach goers are probably topless as well.
There always have been and always will be people w/ unhealthy interests in children, the risk isn't any greater now than it was 20 years ago, etc. The greatest threat to your child is someone you probably already know, not some random person on a beach.
I know Heidi and Seal are used to dealing w/ paparazzi, but I would be really pissed by this picture for more than one reason- the photog had to be someone w/ a long lens from a boat.
I honestly thought that this post was going to be about little girls wearing bikinis. Frankly I would rather see a little girl go topless than wear a string (or other skimpy) bikini style top because I think a little girl going topless is actually less sexual than a little girl wearing a mini version of something "sexy."
lovelylittleworld
BFP#2 1/12/12 ~ Missed M/C 8w2d
I don't see the problem with it considering where they are (Europe). Here, people are so puritanical about nudity it would cause a huge uproar. There its just common practice and there is nothing sexual about it.
Now I agree, taking the photo and posting it on the web is questionable. Although, I am not quite sure what you would censor on the little girl.....she doesn't have breasts yet. Its like a baby in a diaper....they don't get censored, KWIM? So in effect, censoring the picture would actually be further sexualizing it. Does that even make sense? I am in a carb coma right now.
Meh - they are on a topless beach in Europe, so I guess it makes sense, it would be weirder for her to be wearing one there than not.
I don't have a problem w/ little kids being topless at the beach here, but I think I'd give the side-eye to a girl her age w/o a top on.