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	<title>Comments on: America&#8217;s Tweenophelia And Why It Has To Stop</title>
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		<title>By: Sees</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2008/08/13/americas-tweenophelia-and-why-it-has-to-stop/#comment-34440</link>
		<dc:creator>Sees</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree and disagree with you on some things.

I am very, very tired of the low-cut shirts, the skin-tight jeans, the Ugg boots, and the makeup. But When I wear my makeup, I try to be modest. I don&#039;t want or need anyone to look at me as an object of lust- I want someone to look at me for my mind, for our similar interests- that sort of thing.

However, your comment about lolita...

Lolita fashion is about being modest, and while that may not seem to make sense right now, let me explain. A lolita outfit typically consists of these articles of clothing: knee-length skirt, bloomers, blouse, over-the-knee socks, and mary janes. The most skin you can see on her (or him) is on their face and hands. Their legs are covered, arms are covered, and the blouse is collared.
There are many different styles of lolita as well. There is Sweet (and I assume you meant this particular style by saying Disney), which commonly uses motifs such as cakes and hearts and such. Gothic moves more towards dark colors and less cute things, like mini top hats. There is even a sub-style known as Ero or Erotic Lolita, but it is more of a tongue-in-cheek kind of erotic- things like a collar and all of an arm showing. Their skirts are still at their knees, and you can&#039;t see into their blouses.

As a lolita, I feel like wearing it actually dissuades people from seeing me as a sex object. Also, close-minded people don&#039;t talk to me as much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree and disagree with you on some things.</p>
<p>I am very, very tired of the low-cut shirts, the skin-tight jeans, the Ugg boots, and the makeup. But When I wear my makeup, I try to be modest. I don&#8217;t want or need anyone to look at me as an object of lust- I want someone to look at me for my mind, for our similar interests- that sort of thing.</p>
<p>However, your comment about lolita&#8230;</p>
<p>Lolita fashion is about being modest, and while that may not seem to make sense right now, let me explain. A lolita outfit typically consists of these articles of clothing: knee-length skirt, bloomers, blouse, over-the-knee socks, and mary janes. The most skin you can see on her (or him) is on their face and hands. Their legs are covered, arms are covered, and the blouse is collared.<br />
There are many different styles of lolita as well. There is Sweet (and I assume you meant this particular style by saying Disney), which commonly uses motifs such as cakes and hearts and such. Gothic moves more towards dark colors and less cute things, like mini top hats. There is even a sub-style known as Ero or Erotic Lolita, but it is more of a tongue-in-cheek kind of erotic- things like a collar and all of an arm showing. Their skirts are still at their knees, and you can&#8217;t see into their blouses.</p>
<p>As a lolita, I feel like wearing it actually dissuades people from seeing me as a sex object. Also, close-minded people don&#8217;t talk to me as much.</p>
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		<title>By: Well</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2008/08/13/americas-tweenophelia-and-why-it-has-to-stop/#comment-7611</link>
		<dc:creator>Well</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is it weird that I got to this article because I watched the Grinch today and was wondering if she was hot now? (I&#039;m only 18, so a few creepiness points can be taken off)



I don&#039;t like it because I&#039;m not the kind of guy to go out and do whatever I can for sex. In fact, I&#039;m the kind of guy who doesn&#039;t socialize much at all- still a virgin, never went to a high school party, never had a girlfriend or been kissed. I didn&#039;t realize people were having sex or how many people smoke pot until junior year of high school. It&#039;s sad, and my point was that I&#039;d rather have other people at the same stage of development as me.. and I guess I can add that I&#039;d rather have an intelligent, pretty girl instead of a girl who only gets by on looks alone and the sooner that starts the more ingrained it will be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it weird that I got to this article because I watched the Grinch today and was wondering if she was hot now? (I&#8217;m only 18, so a few creepiness points can be taken off)</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t like it because I&#8217;m not the kind of guy to go out and do whatever I can for sex. In fact, I&#8217;m the kind of guy who doesn&#8217;t socialize much at all- still a virgin, never went to a high school party, never had a girlfriend or been kissed. I didn&#8217;t realize people were having sex or how many people smoke pot until junior year of high school. It&#8217;s sad, and my point was that I&#8217;d rather have other people at the same stage of development as me.. and I guess I can add that I&#8217;d rather have an intelligent, pretty girl instead of a girl who only gets by on looks alone and the sooner that starts the more ingrained it will be.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How can you sexualize a 15 year old girl, when 15 year old girls are already sexual?  We&#039;re not talking about 8 year olds.  Do you people not remember what is was like to be 15?  And I mean REALLY remember - no revisionist history allowed.  15 year olds are the most sexually driven people on the planet.  Besides, even if that wasn&#039;t true, no one has to buy anything or do anything that they don&#039;t want to, so what exactly is the threat here?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can you sexualize a 15 year old girl, when 15 year old girls are already sexual?  We&#8217;re not talking about 8 year olds.  Do you people not remember what is was like to be 15?  And I mean REALLY remember &#8211; no revisionist history allowed.  15 year olds are the most sexually driven people on the planet.  Besides, even if that wasn&#8217;t true, no one has to buy anything or do anything that they don&#8217;t want to, so what exactly is the threat here?</p>
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		<title>By: ellekate</title>
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		<dc:creator>ellekate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FINALLY!!!! i thought i was the only one who thought this. my friends &amp; i (i&#039;m 16 btw) all agree that the media is oversexualizing people our age. making them look beyonod our years by putting to much makeup on them, dressing them in barely there outfits, &amp; talking to them like thier 18 or something. my friends &amp; i read that interview &amp; we kept thinking, &quot;isn&#039;t that girl our age? their talking 2 her like she&#039;s 18 or something! i&#039;d feel totally uncomfortable if someone said i&#039;m being lusted after by men in their 20s &amp; beyond. DISGUSTING!!! also, i honestly think parents r 2 blame for this. shouldn&#039;t they just step up &amp; say no? i hope i don&#039;t sound old fashioned but where are the parents in this?! i don&#039;t even like Gossip Girl all that much. or The Hills. *shudder* there is much better stuff out there 4 us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FINALLY!!!! i thought i was the only one who thought this. my friends &amp; i (i&#8217;m 16 btw) all agree that the media is oversexualizing people our age. making them look beyonod our years by putting to much makeup on them, dressing them in barely there outfits, &amp; talking to them like thier 18 or something. my friends &amp; i read that interview &amp; we kept thinking, &#8220;isn&#8217;t that girl our age? their talking 2 her like she&#8217;s 18 or something! i&#8217;d feel totally uncomfortable if someone said i&#8217;m being lusted after by men in their 20s &amp; beyond. DISGUSTING!!! also, i honestly think parents r 2 blame for this. shouldn&#8217;t they just step up &amp; say no? i hope i don&#8217;t sound old fashioned but where are the parents in this?! i don&#8217;t even like Gossip Girl all that much. or The Hills. *shudder* there is much better stuff out there 4 us.</p>
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		<title>By: gina</title>
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		<dc:creator>gina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ok, did i miss something, or am i the only person who wanted to try sex at 15?  i&#039;m pretty sure EVERYONE had some sexual impulses.  puberty is pubic hair and zits and becoming sexual, that&#039;s what it IS.  it might feel awkward, it migh feel uncomfortable, but it is your body priming you for sex.  that&#039;s WHY it is weird.  that&#039;s WHY it&#039;s a popular topic - everyone has to go tru it.  and how you are for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE is determined by how you handle the fact that your body can now undertake the task of making more bodies.  they say you can&#039;t vote until you&#039;re 18, but i know plenty of young people who know more about politics than me.  it&#039;s just a number, but we, as a society, gave it connotation.  if a 15 year old tried to vote we&#039;d be equally appalled, and how rediculous would that be!?  the point is, when you call a person reaching sexual maturity a child, you&#039;re only kidding yourself.  nature will keep on making &quot;tweens&quot; fertile.  until we can stop that, there will be hot girls under 20.  that&#039;s life.  or maybe i&#039;m just a &quot;slut&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ok, did i miss something, or am i the only person who wanted to try sex at 15?  i&#8217;m pretty sure EVERYONE had some sexual impulses.  puberty is pubic hair and zits and becoming sexual, that&#8217;s what it IS.  it might feel awkward, it migh feel uncomfortable, but it is your body priming you for sex.  that&#8217;s WHY it is weird.  that&#8217;s WHY it&#8217;s a popular topic &#8211; everyone has to go tru it.  and how you are for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE is determined by how you handle the fact that your body can now undertake the task of making more bodies.  they say you can&#8217;t vote until you&#8217;re 18, but i know plenty of young people who know more about politics than me.  it&#8217;s just a number, but we, as a society, gave it connotation.  if a 15 year old tried to vote we&#8217;d be equally appalled, and how rediculous would that be!?  the point is, when you call a person reaching sexual maturity a child, you&#8217;re only kidding yourself.  nature will keep on making &#8220;tweens&#8221; fertile.  until we can stop that, there will be hot girls under 20.  that&#8217;s life.  or maybe i&#8217;m just a &#8220;slut&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry so many woman are upset, but you are trying to change 3 million years of human evolution with 20 years of political correctness. Was everybody a pervert when most people were married as teenagers only a 100 or more years ago?



 Besides, the very woman&#039;s lib movement and &#039;female power&#039; you love has caused much of the problem. The same women who decry teenage sex think teens should be able to get an abortion without thier parent&#039;s permission. Well...are they kids or adults?



 We send kids mixed messages. The liberals have told us all morals positions are relative, so is it really a surprise what is happening.



 And let me ask you. Did all you shocked women not wear makeup until you were 20?



 It&#039;s funny how it&#039;s perfectly normal for woman to go for a rich, tall, good-looking older man. But if men go for what biology tells them to; young, healthly, fertile girls, they are criminals.



 Truth be told, we are all apes for another 10,000 years anyway. But these discussions are a good way to stimulate the....mind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry so many woman are upset, but you are trying to change 3 million years of human evolution with 20 years of political correctness. Was everybody a pervert when most people were married as teenagers only a 100 or more years ago?</p>
<p> Besides, the very woman&#8217;s lib movement and &#8216;female power&#8217; you love has caused much of the problem. The same women who decry teenage sex think teens should be able to get an abortion without thier parent&#8217;s permission. Well&#8230;are they kids or adults?</p>
<p> We send kids mixed messages. The liberals have told us all morals positions are relative, so is it really a surprise what is happening.</p>
<p> And let me ask you. Did all you shocked women not wear makeup until you were 20?</p>
<p> It&#8217;s funny how it&#8217;s perfectly normal for woman to go for a rich, tall, good-looking older man. But if men go for what biology tells them to; young, healthly, fertile girls, they are criminals.</p>
<p> Truth be told, we are all apes for another 10,000 years anyway. But these discussions are a good way to stimulate the&#8230;.mind.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right on!! Keep saying this. Their are a lot of us who are behind you. Let&#039;s tell the media to stop fugging with the male animal brain, we have logic and conscience as well!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right on!! Keep saying this. Their are a lot of us who are behind you. Let&#8217;s tell the media to stop fugging with the male animal brain, we have logic and conscience as well!</p>
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		<title>By: Allen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Allen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Marco this isn&#039;t a question of our nation growing more perverted it is simply a fact that we are responding to biological impulses. However, there are other factors at play the human psyche is drawn to the forbidden and as we cross barriers in areas such as sex we have to create new forbidden ranges which we will eventually approach and pass into. The sexualization of 15 year-olds may be biological but what we must be afraid of is the sexualization of true children those who are twelve or younger, that is the true beginning of pedophilia. Also I must note that for those wanting a higher legal age you better check your state laws because you may be lucky if it is 18. In many states 16 is the start of the legal age.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Marco this isn&#8217;t a question of our nation growing more perverted it is simply a fact that we are responding to biological impulses. However, there are other factors at play the human psyche is drawn to the forbidden and as we cross barriers in areas such as sex we have to create new forbidden ranges which we will eventually approach and pass into. The sexualization of 15 year-olds may be biological but what we must be afraid of is the sexualization of true children those who are twelve or younger, that is the true beginning of pedophilia. Also I must note that for those wanting a higher legal age you better check your state laws because you may be lucky if it is 18. In many states 16 is the start of the legal age.</p>
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		<title>By: lee</title>
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		<dc:creator>lee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So why are we all still watching Gossip Girl, The Hills......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So why are we all still watching Gossip Girl, The Hills&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: chela</title>
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		<dc:creator>chela</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THANK YOU for this breath of fresh air.

I myself am a 16 year old girl-- and I think I know what I&#039;m talking about here, okay?



To the people who commented on this article saying it&#039;s &#039;not a big deal&#039;: wake up.  I am in the heart of high school right now, and it really IS impossible to escape pressures to &#039;try everything&#039;.  It&#039;s always the &#039;popular kids&#039; who set social standards, and they learn the rules of the game from our oversexed media.



There&#039;s a fine line between &#039;flirty/cute/sexy&#039; and &#039;skanky&#039;, but no one really know where that is anymore.



Thanks for shedding some light on this issue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THANK YOU for this breath of fresh air.</p>
<p>I myself am a 16 year old girl&#8211; and I think I know what I&#8217;m talking about here, okay?</p>
<p>To the people who commented on this article saying it&#8217;s &#8216;not a big deal&#8217;: wake up.  I am in the heart of high school right now, and it really IS impossible to escape pressures to &#8216;try everything&#8217;.  It&#8217;s always the &#8216;popular kids&#8217; who set social standards, and they learn the rules of the game from our oversexed media.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a fine line between &#8216;flirty/cute/sexy&#8217; and &#8217;skanky&#8217;, but no one really know where that is anymore.</p>
<p>Thanks for shedding some light on this issue.</p>
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