Posted by
Brother-bloviate on Saturday, December 16, 2006 2:08:00 PM
Remember Bratz? (Forget my providing a link -- you know how to work Google, and I'm no accomplice to that filth) There's nothing to forget, actually. They remain wildly popular. I don't get it. It's easy to understand why a conservative would find them offensive, but come on, feminists! Why the heck are you so blithe to this objectification of women, especially for girls of such an impressionable age? These things used to matter to mainstream feminism -- but that's back when feminism had to confront it's many conflicts (autonomy versus community, rights of the weakest versus the right to kill the unborn, the value and dignity of every woman versus free sex, and so forth) As always, the pagan (might trumps egalitarianism) values won.
Well, via
Michelle Malkin, we have another reminder that we've pushed the envelope a tad more, helping to make
street-walking vocations respectable once again. Our family has long banned Bratz from our house, from day one. The occasional well-meaning gift finds its way to our house. We've discussed with our kids what the rub is, and they mostly get it. Of course, come puberty, they'll fully understand. In educating our little ones on human sexuality, it is a train to get in front of, not to merely marvel at its potentially destructive and consuming power, through up hands and say, "let the little devils frolic."
"But, Figgles, you're so judgemental!" That's for another day.
(Here's an interesting view on the subject from across the pond.)