<p>DonnaL (how nice to see you! You haven’t been around in a while, or at least I haven’t seen you): yes, I’m just as old-fogey-ish about nail polish and makeup on little girls. I think the sexualization of children starts way too early. Maybe it’s because I was the target of several older men that my mother thought of as family friends (they always hugged me just a bit too hard and too long, and my mother told me I had to kiss them hello, and I hated it). There’s an Ursula LeGuin novel where children don’t find out what sex they are until puberty, and I <em>love</em> the concept.</p>