stormdog: (Kira)
MeghanIsMe ([personal profile] stormdog) wrote2015-12-12 02:52 pm
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Scary Baby Clothing

I'm horrified by the idea of a baby boy wearing a shirt that has one of those "Parental Advisory" warning boxes with the text "Lock up your daughters." For so many reasons.

I understand the attempt at cuteness. But recontextualizing rape culture into a place where it's 'safe' doesn't make it ok, and I don't think it's funny. Plus there's the issue of paternalistic ownership of female sexuality (it's something that must be 'locked up' rather than made the object of female agency). And the heteronormativity too.

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