{"id":34388,"date":"2011-03-19T10:32:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T15:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=34388"},"modified":"2013-11-14T04:18:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T09:18:44","slug":"push-up-bikini-tops-at-abercrombie-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/03\/19\/push-up-bikini-tops-at-abercrombie-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Push Up Bikini Tops at Abercrombie Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allison K. sent in another example of the sexualization of young girls. \u00a0Abercrombie Kids<\/a> is selling bikinis with “push-up” tops. \u00a0According to Wikipedia<\/a>, the company markets its products at kids age 7-14. The average age of puberty is 12. \u00a0 So, at what age should girls start trying to enhance their cleavage? \u00a0How old is too young?<\/a><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: <\/strong><\/span>In the last week this post was shared and tweeted by many of you. \u00a0News outlets took up the issue and, in response to the public pressure, Abercrombie first changed the language (taking out the phrase “push up” and just leaving “triangle”), then took the product off the site altogether. \u00a0On their Facebook page<\/a>, they wrote that “We agree with those who say it is best ‘suited’ for girls age 12 and older.”<\/p>\n

For more on the sexualization of young girls, see our posts on\u00a0sexually suggestive teen brands<\/a>,\u00a0adultifying children of color<\/a>, \u201ctrucker girl\u201d\u00a0baby booties<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cfuture trophy wife\u201d kids\u2019 tee<\/a>, House of Dere\u00f3n\u2019s\u00a0girls\u2019 collection<\/a>, 6-year-olds in French Vogue<\/em><\/a>, \u201cis modesty making a comeback?<\/a>\u201c, more\u00a0sexualized clothes and toys<\/a>,\u00a0sexist kids\u2019 tees<\/a>, a\u00a0trifecta of sexualizing girls<\/a>, a zebra-striped\u00a0string bikini for infants<\/a>, a\u00a0nipple tassle t-shirt for girls<\/a>, even more\u00a0icky kids\u2019 t-shirts<\/a>, \u201care you tighter than a 5th grader?<\/a>\u201d t-shirt, the totally gross \u201cI\u2019m tight like spandex<\/a>\u201d girls\u2019 t-shirt, a\u00a0Halloween costume post<\/a>, Toddlers and Tiaras<\/a>, and\u00a0girls in the World of Dance tour<\/a>.<\/p>\nLisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em>American Hookup<\/a>, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em>Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a>.\u00a0You can follow her on Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allison K. sent in another example of the sexualization of young girls. \u00a0Abercrombie Kids is selling bikinis with “push-up” tops. \u00a0According to Wikipedia, the company markets its products at kids age 7-14. The average age of puberty is 12. \u00a0 So, at what age should girls start trying to enhance their cleavage? \u00a0How old is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[223,225,55,2099,120],"class_list":["post-34388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-childrenyouth","tag-clothesfashion","tag-gender","tag-gender-childrenyouth","tag-sex"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34388"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59016,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34388\/revisions\/59016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}