Back off Mexico...Sex sells, but not on my daughter!
Wednesday evening, I did the unthinkable; I decided to help my wife with laundry, without being asked. It is a boring, monotonous chore which gave me insight as to why so many wives complain. Soon after I began the prewash routine of sorting I found myself entering a drone-like state which was then accompanied by pondering. How does a family of five go through nineteen towels in two days? How did my two sons use seven pairs of boxers and why do I have thirteen socks, but only four pairs; did five socks disappear or did a new five without pair magicially appear?

I was feeling rather proud of myself until I came across a beautiful lightly padded baby pink pushup bra and matching thong panties. I admit, under normal circumstances I may have been excited, but given the small detail that I was sorting dirty laundry combined with the fact that I had never seen this sexy get up on my wife filled me with rage. I quickly grabbed the evidence for my impending divorce, screamed for my wife, and then was stopped in my tracks. The soft hint of the colors white and lavender on the thong panties caught my attention; imagine my suprise when upon further inspection I realised these colors helped make up the toothy image of Hannah Montana and the pretty bra was a size 30 AA.

It turns out this lingerie belongs to a friend of my daughter. During Tuesday's down pour both girls were soaked to the bone; my wife fearing sickness, sent each girl to a shower, laid out fresh, dry clothes, and without another thought threw the wet ones in the hamper for washing. This friend has been in my home almost daily for years. She calls me Uncle Oscar and still sleeps with a worn stuffed frog in fuzzy zip up jammies with bunny head slippers. This baby girl is six months younger than my daughter, my Isa is ten.
I was blindsided and furious. For two days I have been obsessed and can not believe my ignorant blindness. I now see it is everywhere. In the taco stand there was a little girl, at most six years of age, wearing a t-shirt blazened with "So many boys, so little time." At the bus stop was a young girl, perhaps eight, in a short, fuschia, leather miniskirt, platform sandals and tank top clutching the hand of her sweatpants and tennis shoes attired young mother. They all wear lipgloss, big earrings, bright nail polish and sticky sweet perfume as their Mother's smile proudly and flaunt their sexed up protege'.

After some extensive internt research, I have found the United States has been wreaked by this nightmare for various years. Retailers claim it's what little girls want and is needed for them to feel good about themselves. I was under the impression little girls needed love, puppies, bubblegum, and outdoor fun. No nine year old needs leather, heels, push-ups and thongs.
These days, young boys and girls are hungry for something else: padded bras and flirting tips, video games with bikini-clad babes and music videos that feature plenty of sexual innuendo.Sex has always sold, but now it’s children that are buying. Tweens, kids aged eight to 14, are a hot target for companies. And now more than ever, sex is being used to get their dollars.
When did dolls become created to look like made up putas preparing the start of their shift on a seedy downtown corner? What ever happened to baby dolls? When did secret coded diaries and gypsy fortune telling enter electronic games targeted at girls aged four to ten and requesting them to choose four boys, four careers, and four styles of living. They shouldn't even be thinking of one boy yet, much less four, careers and lifestyles; they sure the hell don't need to make it a coded entry in their secret diary.

I live in a God fearing, family valued, conservative country. How is it abortion is protested, but sexualizing baby girls is not? What happened to protecting the innocence of our children, why are they now exploited by their very own country and parents? It should be criminalized as child exploitation and wreckless endangerment.
Mexico may find the American sensation of retail prostituting attractive; sex sells, but be warned: Stay clear of my daughter! I have made it my mission to bring awareness to this horrifying exploitation and will haunt every retailer, parent and government agency until I do.





