Playing to Pedophiles: Is Society saying No when they Really mean Yes?

11 May
2010


2009 Teen Choice Awards Pre-PartyThe increas­ing amount of activ­ity relat­ing to sex­ual preda­tors has been a major con­cern to par­ents as well as the gen­eral pub­lic. It seems no place is safe for chil­dren any­more. Regardless of eco­nomic or social class preda­tors are mak­ing con­tact with their intended vic­tims whether it be directly or via the inter­net.

Watchdog pro­grams have put peo­ple on high alert to the dan­gers of preda­tors, but are all these pre­ven­tives really a dou­ble stan­dard? We are more con­cerned as a soci­ety than ever of the threat of pedophiles, but the media and fash­ion are seem­ingly cater­ing to this group. Underage girls are con­sis­tently por­trayed in a provoca­tive light. Young celebri­ties push the enve­lope with their cloth­ing and lyrics while their adult pro­mot­ers spur them on.Dream Halloween 16th Annual Fundraiser

The game of dress up that many lit­tle girls played where they don their moth­ers cloth­ing and high heels has seem­ingly spurred a rev­o­lu­tion in the fash­ion indus­try. During the inves­ti­ga­tion into the mur­der of Jon Benet Ramsey much press was given to the world of child pageants, but the uproar has died as lit­tle girls dress­ing more mature seems to be the new norm.

This is not new news. This is the age old Lolita argu­ment. Young girls should not be por­trayed in such a way and we the adults have the power to change it. But, will soci­ety allow it? Don’t get me wrong with­out any type of provo­ca­tion I believe pedophiles will always exist, but why feed the fire?

South Korean Prostitutes Driven To Demand Government RecognitionChild pornog­ra­phy as well as sex traf­fick­ing are bil­lion dol­lar indus­tries and its par­tic­i­pants are sub­ject to pros­e­cu­tion to the fullest extent of the law. But what part does soci­ety play in sub­con­sciously advo­cat­ing such acts? Society as a whole should be deter­mined to make sure that peo­ple who engage in such acts are pros­e­cuted, but they need to take respon­si­bil­ity for their own actions.

Where do you stand on this issue?

Thanks for read­ing,

Literary Nobody

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Toya Bryant aka Literary Nobody is a Freelance Writer/Blogger who promotes positive thinking and actions within the community and the family. She also writes about the positives and negatives of technology, internet security and social media.

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  • http://bluesodacake.com md20737

    We as par­ents have to arm our chil­dren to be aware of their sur­round­ings. We have to teach them to say no. We have to teach them their body parts and what they are for. And most impor­tantly we have to teach them right from wrong, and stop hid­ing sex from them. My son is four and I taught him what his penis was and what it was used for, and who was allowed to see it. And I prac­tice with him say­ing no, and I encour­age him to tell me what he likes and what he dont like, who he like, and who dont like and why. I keep an open dia­logue between us because I want him to always trust me and know that I love him and will pro­tect him.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    That is absolutely the key MD is hav­ing open com­mu­ni­ca­tion with our chil­dren and mak­ing them aware that these peo­ple are out there and they prey on lit­tle ones. Only by edu­cat­ing them can we help to pro­tect them so I com­mend you for start­ing early with your son.

  • ocbenji

    I think that one of the major dri­ving forces behind these chil­dren dress­ing the way that they do is money. From the fash­ion designer to the young singer dress­ing the way they do for higher sales, one les­son is rein­forced con­stantly: sex sales. Now I am in no way against our cap­i­tal­is­tic econ­omy but I do think that we should vote with our money. Things that don’t sale, dis­ap­pear. And MD is 110% right about edu­ca­tion and talk­ing to our chil­dren about this stuff. I did the same thing he did with my 5 year old. We need more like ya!

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    I agree with you Benji and sadly the idea that sex sales is begin­ning younger and younger. Thanks for the com­ment!

  • http://bigsole.blogspot.com VParlant aka Nordette

    Isn’t it the par­ents’ job to say, “No, I won’t buy you the hooker out­fit?” Do we have too many par­ents afraid to say “No”?

  • http://yesterdayspoem.blogspot.com vizion­heiry

    The truth is that moth­ers are dress­ing their daugh­ters in these fash­ions. There are women, moth­ers, who think it’s cute to dress their chil­dren as mini-​adults.

    There are also moth­ers who are stretched to the max (sin­gle moth­ers) and allow peo­ple to have access to their chil­dren that they shouldn’t.

    I’ve never been a fan of the child-​bride phe­nom­e­non. It reminds me of Ahasuerus send­ing out folks to find lil girls and keep them cap­tive, then marry them b/​c they’re adult wives were too ‘wom­an­ish’. ala Esther

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    That must be the case Nordette. But even in the pic­ture above the woman is smil­ing while these lit­tle girls are stand­ing by this pole like that is cute. I do blame the adults.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    I watched a spe­cial on Nightline recently and a man in Japan I believe was pay­ing this girls fam­ily to basi­cally sleep with her. They were going right along with the process. The par­ents who allow their chil­dren to parade around like this really make me won­der. Especially know­ing that pedophiles are very active in most com­mu­ni­ties.

  • http://Twitter.com/USASLUMDOG Da Slumdog

    ever won­der how strip­pers get started? http://​bit​.ly/​b​I​5​43I … this kind of thing excites pedophiles .…

  • http://Twitter.com/USASLUMDOG Da Slumdog

    ever won­der how strip­pers get started? http://​bit​.ly/​b​I​5​43I … these kind of things excite pedophiles …

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    Yeah it is very dis­gust­ing

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    Thanks for the com­ment :) I agree with you and sadly, as long as we have peo­ple bent on pro­mot­ing such things with out any regards to how they affect pedophiles it is going to be a huge issue.

  • http://Twitter.com/USASLUMDOG Da Slumdog

    ever won­der how strip­pers get started? http://​bit​.ly/​b​I​5​43I … these kind of things excite pedophiles …

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    Thanks for the com­ment :) I agree with you and sadly, as long as we have peo­ple bent on pro­mot­ing such things with out any regards to how they affect pedophiles it is going to be a huge issue.

  • http://www.hosbakd.com/ Bottomless

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    Bottomless

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    Bottomless

  • Mrcloud

    A sex­ual preda­tor is a sex­ual preda­tor, you don’t intice peo­ple not inter­ested in that sort of thing by the way you dress your child or your­self for that mat­ter.

    Your child may be cov­ered head to toe, or dressed in some­thing you feel is less than accept­able, it doesn’t mat­ter, being there with your child and pass­ing on your val­ues is what mat­ters.

    We all have dif­fer­ent opin­ions on what is and is not accept­able cloth­ing, but regard­less of how our opin­ions dif­fer I think we can all agree that our chil­dren shouldn’t be preyed on by sex­ual preda­tors.



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