Is it bad that I agree with this?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Well, damn - this conversation has progressed way too far for me to chime in with my intended snarky post. But I will toss in that, if we fear the influence of fashion on our daughters we can always take a lesson from the islamists and require our women to wear Burkas and head scarves to protect them from our irrational masculine lusts.

You men are never happy, are you? It's either hooha waxing, thong wearing, low-rise buttcrack flashing fashion, or burkas.*




*(J/K)


Personally, I really don't give a **** what people wear, but I also require that people not give a **** what I am wearing. I am not nor have I ever been a fashionista. I will say that it truly is hard to find age appropriate clothing for my kid, and all my friends with kids her age say the same.

I'm pleased to see so many self-posessed and totally non-influenced people on these boards. I cannot claim to be so myself- I very much recall feeling inferior to the skinnier, prettier girls in movies, mags and at school when I was growing up. I even had a bout with anorexia, but luckily I wised up and grew up. Looking at Keira, Nicole and the like, I think I was still on the chubby side even when I was anorexic. Thank goodness I no longer give a damn, but I do worry about my daughter going through the same thing.