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hey jl~ Well, you can probably tell from my earlier post that, indeed, I do see a difference between a young girl wearing certain “vanity shirts” and older girls wearing the type of clothes that you mentioned. My older girls do not wear those types of shirts because 1.) The don’t like tiny, tight shirts (see my Tommy Hilfiger thread), and 2.) They would consider them more b-o-a-s-t-f-u-l than “objectifying.”</p>
<p>All that said, those types of shirts are definitely not a buzz issue with me (though I will admit to getting kind of grossed out when I see women MY age wearing them, which I have from time to time) :eek: That is simply because I do not read into them what some others do…for example, I think it is perfectly plausible that a girl might be wearing something like that and STILL be an essentially empowered girl who is wearing it because it is faddish. Basically, again, what I am trying to say is that I don’t read too much into clothing selection (unless it is TERRBILY inappropriate to a given occasion). I think that the objectification of women comes from many other more critical sources than vanity shirts, most crucially, the treatment of women/girls in the home where the girl is being raised. There is NO WAY on earth, vanity shirts or NO vanity shirts, that my girls will take guff from ANY guy, but THAT is because they have a family that has both modeled AND taught that girls/women should both DEMAND and EXPECT respect from men…and everyone else. :D</p>
<p>~berurah, who is still your favorite, I hope! ;)</p>