<p>I made myself an I dream of Jeannie costume when I was in grade school.
Handstiched I believe. I know that her outfit was deemed " sexy" on television ( wasn’t there a todoo about her navel?), but I can’t imagine my version was sexual in any way.</p>
<p>I understand Dmds point, however weirdos( using this term loosely), take whatever material that fuels their agenda, it could be a newspaper article, a picture on someones blog or a snapshot- it doesn’t really matter & I don’t think we have to go out of our way to worry about them. I don’t think we should * court them, but I think we should live our lives knowing they exist but keep them on the periphery.</p>
<p>Now I don’t know what sort of magazines they are running the ad in.
I saw the shot in a catalog & I noted it, but didn’t have an issue with it.
( When D1 was in preschool, one of her friends wore girls pj tops to school & clippies in his hair- one of D2s friends loved pretend & would wear high heels, hats & earrings while carrying a purse. He is currently in the US Marine Corps)</p>
<p>Imitation of others is something children pick up young. Babies imitate faces, little boys put on their moms lipstick ( hopefully not on the wall), little girls wash the car ( but with gravel from the driveway?)
The shot I saw in the catalog was a nice photo of a mother & son sharing a fun moment. I don’t notice most ads- maybe that was the point- I remember that, but I don’t remember any of the other poses.</p>
<p>I have a suggestion for next months photo. Taken from real life when my youngest was about three or four. We were fishing on the dock using smelt. She was very curious about the fish & started using her fingers to probe them- she began by scraping their skin off & got down to looking at the bones & organs. But the money shot was when she put their heads on the ends of her fingers & wiggled them around like olives at Thanksgiving dinner. ( she has always been a marine biologist) :)</p>
<p>JCrew does have very lanky women( & men) modeling their clothes- but don’t they all? At least the women in JCrew look like adults, unlike some who appear to be 14 in other fashion/beauty ads/catalogs.
*Thats *what we should be concerned about IMO.</p>