Saturday, August 6, 2011

Too Risky for a 10 year old??????

French Vogue magazine was hit with major criticism when they put a spread of this 10 year old model in adult clothing and make up.  Some people feel like its exploiting young children, in a sexual manner. Thylane Loubry Blondeau is shown wearing heavy make-up, haute couture and heels, while showing off seductive pouts and poses for the camera, and many believe that this is going to give even younger girls a misrepresentation of how they should look



There was a feminist that was extremely upset with the pictures:
Chloe Angyal:“This isn’t edgy. It’s inappropriate, and creepy, and I never want to see a nine-year-old girl in high-heeled leopard print bedroom slippers ever again.”
According to an Associate Professor of Psychology at Arizona Sate, photos like these are easy bait for a child pornographer:“Any creepy child pornographer could plead ‘artistic license. [The photos] clearly create an image of the girl as an adult woman, both in the clothing, the postures and emotional content of the images. The message is that very young girls can be dressed and viewed as young adult women.”

My opinion: ummmm I think it is a bit risky to expose a child in an adult magazine for adults.  But their (french) culture and ethics are so much different from America.  We also have to remember that Kimora Lee started modeling at the mere age of 13 for Chanel, Tyra Banks at 15, but they had to go oversees to make a mark for themselves because we are(America) opinionated it would not be accepted her.  If their parents would not have stuck their necks out to help their daughters model with top fashion designers like Chanel, they would not be the women that they are now.....but that's just my opinion

2 comments:

  1. French people are so OTT... I heard there is French lingerie for 3-10 year olds around...

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  2. Pornographers should be jailed. End of.

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