Your Thoughts On the Values of Women These Days

I am so glad there is someone who agrees I had posted something similar on yahoo answers and I got alot of negitive responses saying I was a prud and I just needed to get with the times , it is sad my 6 yr old is a little overweight but still beautiful yet she says to me mommy I need to go on a diet I am not gonna be popular cuz I am fat so at 6 yrs old I now have to talk to her about something moms usually dont have to talk to thier girs about until they are teens .

I don't see it everywhere, but if you're so offended by this kind of thing then why do you have a girl "slutting" herself out in your user icon? :/

Yes, there are a lot of images of women that are illogical and do not represent real women; but at the same time we are making strong strides towards our own freedoms. When it comes down to it, a woman has the right to bear her breasts on TV whether YOU like it or not.

i like brittany spears and im not anything like her
AT ALL
:/

Some girls on tv no are not he best role models but some are. I just make sure my 7 year old watches ones that I agree are ok for her to watch. The disney channel has some great ones. You just have to make sure she knows how YOU are and you should be the ultimate role model!

Again I am being proteryed as a prude but I am just concerned about how <real> not animated or airbrushed women are being prortreyed and yes I have a icon but this is not real life and that is not a real woman and you and everyone knows that if I had a real woman bearing herself then you could have something to say and if you would have read my first post you would have understood that and YES it is everywhere and Yes they do have a right to bare their breasts the same as smokers have a right to smoke but when does common courtesy kick in and the need to be able to do something stop ? yes they can smoke but it is a choice to do it so why cant they smoke in designated areas after all they want to do it I dont ,
the same with nudity if it is a choice then why do kids, and ppl who do not like it have to see it exspecially if it is all over like tv I can not watch it but is that fair ? that is like saying ok smokers go ahead and smoke I will hold my breath .
I am not against it all together but I just think it is ones own right to be subjected to it and if there were more positive women out there shown as much as the negitive it would be better

so its not a real person?

kids these days look up to figures in cartoons
yor being hypocritcle to say that you can havea pic of a woman being slutty like that if shes "not real"
but if it was a "real" woman it would be different?

no
its the same thing
if not even worse

I was just debating the issue of dress codes in school and at work; maybe it will make you feel better to know that I am strongly FOR dress codes at colleges, high/middle/elementary schools and in the work place.

However, on your own private time, you have the right to wear whatever you want.

Dress codes for college? Ick!
I NEED my sweat pants!

Sweat pants are fine lol, as long as they're covering your flesh!!

So the bikini top I wore to class yesterday is a no...?

JK, I rarely ever see women wearing offensive stuff on campus or at work. Most of the jobs I work have a pretty strict dress code though and it's pretty cold up here too so thats probably why I never see it. You'd have to be nine kinds of crazy to wear something skimpy when you have to walk to class in the cold! I have to wear layers!

Pepsigurl, I know what you are trying to say, but I have to disagree with cartoons not having an affect on what your child thinks. Have you seen bratz? Sheesh, my family put a stop to that the second my little sister wanted to watch it. Six year olds should be watching Dora the Explorer, Disney shows, or cartoons... Not mtv and well, whatever else there is.

Just pay attention to what your kid watches. Simple as that. Another thing that helps is saying she's beautiful the way she is. I tell my little sister she's beautiful whenever I come home, just as I tell my little brother he's looking good too. It always seems to help with any self confidence issues those two go through.

Thanks Maddie yep I do tell her often how she is beautiful just the way she is and I also say well mommy isnt skinny am I pretty to you ? and she says yes and I say see it dont matter what you look like cuz I will always love you too and she smiles. She is really into Hannah Montanna and so far she is a pretty good girl to look up to for a 6 yr old so wish me luck lol
So thanks everyone for your input on this I just wondered what others thought .

haha Hannah montanna is fine. I'm ok with my little sister watching her. Although I wouldn't let her go to any concerts. I worked one for volunteer work in the concessions (barf) for my swim team.

I've never seen so many little girls with cheap hair extentension, high boots, and body glitter in my life!