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Do teenage girls dress too sexy?

Author: Professor Joyce Harper

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global-women-connected-sexy-teenagesIt seems that teenage girls are dressing more sexy than when I was a teenage girl.  My son went to a party recently and one girl was wearing a tiny pair of shorts and a bra, a normal bra.  She was wearing less than the girls in this photo.  Does it matter what they wear?

You can buy padded bras for 8 year old girls.  Shorts that show their bums.

But what about peer pressure?  If their friends are dressing like this, are girls under pressure to dress in the same way?  Maybe they feel powerful to dress in this way and see the effect they have on boys?  It can make them popular.

And what about their parents?  Surely a parent has a say in what a young teenager is wearing?  I have seen one parent put very revealing photos of her daughter on Facebook, so she obviously feels that it is OK.  And if parents stop their daughters going out dressed in a sexy way, there is always the chance that their daughter will change clothes when she gets to her friends house!

Are they pressurised from social media and marketing?  This has certainly stepped up in recent years to market sexy clothes to teenage girls and even younger girls.  Social media and marketing show them not just what they should wear but how they should look.  And this may give added pressure as many adverts and photos are edited to give an unrealistic look.

And female pop singers are wearing incredibly revealing clothes and their videos are bordering on pornography.  These are the role models that our children are influenced by.

We have all heard the phrase – well she was dressed that like so she was asking for it.

So do we have a problem or are we just being old fashioned?  Should we work with schools and parents to make sure boys and girls do not objectify the female body?

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