And again, drawing from my own experience, I would have had no idea in middle school that “tyte” could be referring to my vagina, as opposed to the fit of my jeans.

Let’s clear this up right now — the kids are highly *unlikely* to be unaware of the sexual overtones. The idea that somehow the young girls who buy this sexualized clothing are somehow unaware of their sexuality is a big big myth. Kids are not innocent and ignorant cupid angels. They may not understand all the intimate specific details, but the general gist of things is pretty obvious to them (aka, us when we were younger).

Looking back on these sorts of clothing as a more mature, though still young woman, I get so angry at how early girls are sexualized. Female sexuality becomes a thing that we can literally be dressed with. It is put on girls so early that we understand that we are sexual objects before we understand our own sexuality. I just really think these forms of commodified female sexuality for young girls should be taken off the shelves.