From an article in the UK TimesOnline via an article on a bed for little girls called “Lolita.”
Yes, all these t-shirts come in children’s and baby sizes…
aa bb sent us two more images of t-shirts on sale at Target that get at the idea of little girls as spoiled future divas.
“Born to be spoiled.”
“Someday I’ll demand a pony.”
NEW! Natalie K. sent in some more examples of kids’ t-shirts with sexual messages, these from the clothing company Cotton on Kids (she believes it’s an Australian company).
(Found at the Herald Sun.)
(From news.com.au)
Comments 16
Gwen — February 3, 2008
ACK!
pen and paper — February 8, 2008
I find the font choice really interesting. Most of these "funny one-liner" tee shirts and apparel designs share similar typography: sans serif, kind of clunky and juvenile, as though to underscore the "yuk-yuk-yuk" appeal. Or, in this case, "yuck-yuck-yuck" appeal.
Sociological Images » BORN 2 LEARN TO FIND GENDER STEREOTYPES CUTE — September 26, 2008
[...] I hate the way we start labeling girls at a young age as high-maintenance divas who are vain, boy-crazy, and spend a lot of money. And we now start socializing infants into gendered stereotypes that portray girls in ways that, though superficially humorous, also imply that we expect girls and women to be self-centered, ridiculous people. For other examples of these types of messages, see here, here, and here. [...]
Sociological Images » ONESIES FOR TRANSNATIONALLY ADOPTED INFANTS — October 8, 2008
[...] Also in dressing your kids and meta-messages: leftish t-shirts for kids, “future M.I.L.F.” t-shirts and the like, “God Hates Fags” t-shirts, sexist t-shirts for kids, trucker girl booties, and more. [...]
Fat Angie — March 22, 2009
I dunno- I like the boob man one. It's literally true- babies do love boobs, since they have food inside them.
Sociological Images » What We’ve Been Up To Behind Your Back (July 2009) — August 1, 2009
[...] sent us links to some images of kids’ t-shirts with sexual slogans, which we added to our existing post on the [...]
Angel — August 1, 2009
OMG. These are seriously disturbing. I've never encountered such before.
Tom — August 11, 2009
ew
Sally — August 16, 2009
I agree with Fat Angie. Some of these "boob" shirts are very pro-breast feeding. It's ironic that we've lost sight of what breasts are really made for. It's the vaguely sexist double entendre that makes it so popular.
El Squidge — August 17, 2009
If I see a kid in a shirt that says "Me LUV You Long Time" I shall have to call the police.
Ken Valz — October 7, 2009
Parents who dress their kids that way probably shouldn't be parents. For what it is worth I believe it is a symptom of a lower I.Q. to find humor in this behavior.
Child’s Shirt with Nipple Tassles » Sociological Images — November 25, 2009
[...] tees, a trifecta of sexualizing girls, a zebra-striped string bikini for infants, even more icky kids’ t-shirts, “are you tighter than a 5th grader?” t-shirt, and the totally gross “I’m [...]
Corporate Babysitter » Blog Archive » Lingerie for little girls: Where does childhood sexualization start? — February 4, 2010
[...] sexist kids’ tees, a trifecta of sexualizing girls, a zebra-striped string bikini for infants, icky kids’ t-shirts, “are you tighter than a 5th grader?” t-shirt, and the “I’m tight like spandex” girls’ [...]
Krista — December 17, 2010
I agree that some shirts go a bit far (me LUV you long time), but in my mind it is all in good fun. Babies can't read and neither can the babies's friend so who does it hurt? I bought my friend a onesie for her newborn that said "Little black dress" on it. Do you think that's wrong? These are funny and cute. I don't think that shirts like this make someone a bad parent. You guys are seriously overreacting.
Amanda — March 19, 2011
I don't believe in making jokes at my childrens' expense. When they're old enough to understand what is on an obnoxious t-shirt, they can choose for themselves to wear it. I would be mortified to look back at baby pictures of myself and see that I had on any of these t-shirts.
Shannyk — September 5, 2011
A good half of those shouldn't count, as they're from the tshirthell website, which exists for the purpose of printing shirts too offensive for anyone else to make, with far more adult shirts, rather than any sort of mainstream retailer that someone might ever come across by accident. If you're browsing that site, you're not going to be expecting high fashion, and everyone is going to be offended.
Finding any of these for sale while wandering around in a mall, though...unless I was in a Hot Topic or similar, that just seems about as trashy as thongs for 10 year olds.