Well today I had to run some errands, while waiting for the bus I seen an advertisement(not going to name the store it was for, that doesn`t matter) on the bus shelter of three women hugging each other with hardly any clothes. One of the women was actually grabbing her breast under her shirt. then off to the left there is a man watching the three women in his glory. As being disgusted I turned away. Then i saw it, I saw a little girl, maybe 7, running up to the bus shelter screaming `mommy, mommy see this is the outfit I want`. It was then that it hit me what we are doing to these girls. She stared at the picture as if it was God. She was staring at that then looking down at herself as if she was disgusted at what she saw. Let me explain to you that she was a very beautiful child. Long blonde hair, bright blue eyes, she was just like a child star. But how she looked at herself was just sad. I cant get over that she, a seven year old innocent child, wants to be a size zero, bony, wearing hardly any clothing. Now I haven't actually seen this personally at home, due to having a boy. To see that this is actually going on makes me sick. I am kicking myself in the butt now, but I was just so stunned, i wanted to tell her that she is perfect in so many ways the way she is. But I just stood there speechless.
If at seven she wishes she was `model material` how is she going to look at herself in a few years when she starts going through puberty? When her hips start to expand, or when her skin starts to change. She is going to look at herself as a monster. When are the designers, photographers and everyone else screwing up our youth going to stop? Why cant we have models who resemble the average women? Someone who has some curves, wearing some clothes, and by god may even have a pimple...
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