Comments on: Gallery of Offenders: “A pageant girl is someone who gets on stage, smiles, and when they get off stage, they don’t [smile].” —Brooklyn, 10-year-old pageant contestant http://www.about-face.org/gallery-of-offenders-a-pageant-girl-is-someone-who-gets-on-stage-smiles-and-when-they-get-off-stage-they-dont-smile-%e2%80%94brooklyn-10-year-old-pageant-contestant/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:54:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Holly http://www.about-face.org/gallery-of-offenders-a-pageant-girl-is-someone-who-gets-on-stage-smiles-and-when-they-get-off-stage-they-dont-smile-%e2%80%94brooklyn-10-year-old-pageant-contestant/#comment-1268 Holly Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:28:40 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3857#comment-1268 Toddlers and Tiaras is just plain creepy. I do not understand parents who would allow their young child (always female) to be objectified and in the spotlight of a child molester's wet dream! There is something wrong, wrong, wrong with this! Toddlers and Tiaras is just plain creepy. I do not understand parents who would allow their young child (always female) to be objectified and in the spotlight of a child molester’s wet dream! There is something wrong, wrong, wrong with this!

]]> By: Jackie http://www.about-face.org/gallery-of-offenders-a-pageant-girl-is-someone-who-gets-on-stage-smiles-and-when-they-get-off-stage-they-dont-smile-%e2%80%94brooklyn-10-year-old-pageant-contestant/#comment-1267 Jackie Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:51:28 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3857#comment-1267 Why is there such a sugary approach to this show? What about that the show essentially, is TV for pedophiles, and by sexually objectifying children we're just sending the message that it's not sick to see children as sexual objects? It's much worse than, these girls not being prized for their brains. This show, and their station has no qualms that they're putting on a show that is a pedophile's dream. The parents don't seem to care, that they're sending the message to their girls that being sexy is something to aim for. When I was these girls age I didn't even know what sexy meant. When I went to grade school, when the teacher used gender instead of sex, and then mentioned if he didn't use gender he'd have to use sex we all giggled in a innocent "I don't get why people are so worked up about this word!" sort of way. This show is sending the message that it's alright to see 8 year old girls as sexual objects, that is beyond wrong. Please, next time you consider this show don't hold back because their kids. In fact, you should be more outraged because these are kids being regarded this way. Why is there such a sugary approach to this show? What about that the show essentially, is TV for pedophiles, and by sexually objectifying children we’re just sending the message that it’s not sick to see children as sexual objects?

It’s much worse than, these girls not being prized for their brains. This show, and their station has no qualms that they’re putting on a show that is a pedophile’s dream. The parents don’t seem to care, that they’re sending the message to their girls that being sexy is something to aim for.

When I was these girls age I didn’t even know what sexy meant. When I went to grade school, when the teacher used gender instead of sex, and then mentioned if he didn’t use gender he’d have to use sex we all giggled in a innocent “I don’t get why people are so worked up about this word!” sort of way.

This show is sending the message that it’s alright to see 8 year old girls as sexual objects, that is beyond wrong. Please, next time you consider this show don’t hold back because their kids. In fact, you should be more outraged because these are kids being regarded this way.

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