I was reading an article in the NY Times about a mother who went shopping with her fourteen year old daughter and her circle of friends. Apparently, the girls dragged the mother in Victoria's Secret to browse at some underwear. The girls began going through tables of thongs, collecting multiple pairs, deciding which ones they could coordinate with their low rise jeans. The mother was baffled. She was wondering what in the world would possess these girls to want to purchase what is the equivilant of butt floss.
Like the mother, I do not understand this. First off, what would possess fourteen year olds to go shopping for underwear at Victoria's Secret? As a former VS employee, I have seen the prices of the underwear and know their expense. Since when is a teenager able to afford $20 underwear?
Secondly, why would a teenager have any business shopping at Victoria's Secret?? Who in their right mind would approve of their teenage daughter wearing sexy lingerie?? Who in the world are they trying to impress?
The sexualization of society has heightened to new levels and I am becoming more and more afraid to have children.