This week I watched TLC's Toddlers in Tiaras and found many signs of what some may call feminism. This show is absolutely crazy, I have no idea why you would make a three year old model in a pageant! The littler girls are becoming "feminine" by spray tanning, wearing "flippers" (basically false teeth), having more makeup on then most adult women, and wearing fake hair. I realize that fairy tales show girls as beautiful, but there's a fine line between beautiful and creepy. These mothers have reached utter weirdness. There are even some boys in these pageants. Are we turning these boys into preppy little girls? I don't think that it's right to make little boys or girls do these things, and that it does not give them a good self conscious. These kids are going to grow up to feel that all you need in life is to be beautiful, and that being beautiful will win you trophies, money, and sashes. I'd love to see these kids in about fifteen years and see where they ended up.
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