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Same can be said about child beauty contest.

by NotACop182 4y ago

bcrosby95 4y ago
My wife and I watched a season of this stuff just to gawk at how terrible/creepy it was. Then we felt bad about contributing towards its popularity and stopped.
mschuster91 4y ago
Child pageants are creepy AF. They are perfect targets for creeps - former President Trump, for example, got alleged by five women to have walked in on girls as young as 15 while they were changing [1] -, but even without that level of creepiness, the sexualization of young girls has been closely linked to mental health issues down the road [2]. And this legalized pedophilia industry makes 5 billion dollars a year[3]. Unbelievable. [1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kendalltaggart/teen-beauty-queens-say-trump-walked-in-on-them-changing https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kendalltaggart/teen-bea... [2] https://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report https://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report [3] https://truthout.org/articles/child-beauty-pageants-a-scene-from-the-other-america/ https://truthout.org/articles/child-beauty-pageants-a-scene-...
ouid 4y ago
Yes it can...
mc32 4y ago
Wholly agree and people do recognize it as such. Also child actors (though they don't have all things in common, one thing they often have in common is exploitation by their parents/guardians as well as industry).
stametseater 4y ago
And the movie and music industries. Humorous video about this serious topic, which outlines the problem of parents selling their kids to these industries in a palatable manner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJh6jgnqn_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJh6jgnqn_s There should be a general blanket ban on parents monetizing their kids. We don't need child actors in movies, most stories can be written to avoid their necessity. And maybe very soon, it should be feasible to replace child actors with CGI.

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Same can be said about child beauty contest.

by NotACop182 4y ago

Same can be said about child beauty contest.

bcrosby95 4y ago
My wife and I watched a season of this stuff just to gawk at how terrible/creepy it was. Then we felt bad about contributing towards its popularity and stopped.
mschuster91 4y ago
Child pageants are creepy AF. They are perfect targets for creeps - former President Trump, for example, got alleged by five women to have walked in on girls as young as 15 while they were changing [1] -, but even without that level of creepiness, the sexualization of young girls has been closely linked to mental health issues down the road [2]. And this legalized pedophilia industry makes 5 billion dollars a year[3]. Unbelievable. [1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kendalltaggart/teen-beauty-queens-say-trump-walked-in-on-them-changing https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kendalltaggart/teen-bea... [2] https://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report https://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report [3] https://truthout.org/articles/child-beauty-pageants-a-scene-from-the-other-america/ https://truthout.org/articles/child-beauty-pageants-a-scene-...
ouid 4y ago
Yes it can...
mc32 4y ago
Wholly agree and people do recognize it as such. Also child actors (though they don't have all things in common, one thing they often have in common is exploitation by their parents/guardians as well as industry).
stametseater 4y ago
And the movie and music industries. Humorous video about this serious topic, which outlines the problem of parents selling their kids to these industries in a palatable manner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJh6jgnqn_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJh6jgnqn_s There should be a general blanket ban on parents monetizing their kids. We don't need child actors in movies, most stories can be written to avoid their necessity. And maybe very soon, it should be feasible to replace child actors with CGI.