Pop Culture Gone Wild

I have been kind of behind on my reading, so I just got the chance to finish the reading on Pop Culture Gone Wild, and I really enjoyed it. I noticed that it is from Full Frontal Feminism, which is part of what we read before. The reading had some very interesting facts in it, that I would have never known if I hadn't read this book. For instance, Target was recently blasted for selling padded bras meant for six-year old girls. I was shocked when I first read this fact. I had to reread it because I didn't believe it at first. I know that as time goes on, that society seems to be aiming messages about sexuality earlier and earlier in girls, but I didn't think that they would be selling padded bras to six year old girls. When I was growing up in school, I didn't really pay much attention to my under garments as much as I do now, which still isn't a big amount. I really didn't like the normal bras, I enjoyed sports bras more. (Sorry if this is too much information.) My point is that, I don't know what six-year old girls would need a padded bra for, since they haven't even developed much yet. And how can the manufacturer think that people would buy padded bras for their young children? This reminds me of beauty pageants for young girls. These young girls are dressed up in make up, their hair are all done up nicely, and they have to be fit so they look beautiful. I personally don't mind pageants for older woman, although I don't really watch much pageants. But for small girls who still need to explore in life, I feel that these girls will be more prone to care A LOT about their bodies, and not be happy later in life. Society now, does put women in a box, which seems to always be brought up. "women seem to be confronted with too few choices and too many wagging fingers" This is true, because every thing that we do, we are being judged by society. The reading also brushes on "being a lesbian is totally acceptable -- so long as there's a man around to watch it-- and you're young and "hot" of course." As long as we please the men, it's fine for us to like women. I think it's interesting how we tend to have to do things just to make the men happy. From how the author puts it, it is almost that women can't think for themselves, and whatever men want, we will do because we want to be with a man. I am glad we are able to read this stuff, but sometimes its difficult because it seems so demoralizing to women.