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Old 07-23-2006, 10:16 AM   #1
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calling baby sexy?????

i just saw this on an english forum and it got lots of responses i just wondered what your views are . it was saying a young girl on their board referred to her dd as sexy
i personally think this term is way inappropriate and i would keep ds away from anyone who called him sexy. i do not believe children should be sexualised at all , calling a baby sexy little girl/boy i feel is wrong. people were trying to say it is ok to call there baby sexy what do you all think?????
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Re: calling baby sexy?????

Weepy...have you ever had a bad experience growin up? Just a thought? Or maybe you saw something inapropriate? I myself say it all the time innocently though...No biggie sometimes children mimick something too cute and it pops out. Maybe sexy isnt a good word to use but most of the time its innocent. Just have to look out for the pervs is all. Why dont you start a dialog over on that board and ask them why they feel its ok to say this..... Or is it just innocent folk that use the word as an endearment and nothing else. We use the words pretty, stinky, poopoo girl/boy, scooter, duckie, does that make those children any less of a person? Maybe if you use it in the deragatory sense but if it is mixed with love whats the problem. Everyone has a hangup when it comes to their kids and thats not a bad thing unless it crosses a line that causes the child to have issues in life that prevent them from becoming a whole person in their own right. Jess my humble opinion!

 
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Re: calling baby sexy?????

I have to agree with cheynne on this.

A man may look at a woman and say she's beautiful or gorgeous. He may say she's sexy.

That same man may look at his daughter and say she's beautiful, gorgeous or sexy. This doesn't mean he has the same thoughts with regards to the use of the words.

And besides some people may use these words in a different context. For example what one person sees as gorgeous the other person may see it as pretty.

if we are saying it's inappropriate to say a child is sexy, our child by the way, then what else is inappropriate??? To say they are pretty? gorgeous? cute? handsome? attractive? where would we draw the line?

For example...............my daughter is stunning!!! She is gorgeous, unbelievable pretty and has a cute sexy bum in her little summer shorts!!!! Just because i have said this doesn't mean i am a perv in any way shape or form. It shows that i realise how attractive she is and how her little features contribute to this.

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Re: calling baby sexy?????

thanks for your replies i was not being hostile just i saw the thread and was shocked if my parents called me sexy i would think it wierd . no i never had any bad experiences i grew up in a loving home but was never called sexy, if my dad called me sexy i would think it stange. just because i think it weird that people call their children sexy does not mean i have had a bad experience, i could ask do those who call their baby sexy have they had bad experiences, i just presume this is not the case just that they want to use an adult term for a child. sexy is a sexual connotation in my book, perhaps strangely people use this word differently to me . i see adults everyday in my job who were abused as children if that matters. but i still think sexy is an inappropriate word to call a child itis a sexual reference. i don't really care what people call their children as long as no one calls my baby sexy - i think it is way wierd to call a child that just like i don't think children should be dressed in short skirts like adults, i think children lose their innocence way too early because adults treat them like adults as oppossed to children. words like pooppy are not sexual so i think that is the big difference. i want my ds to have a good self esteem and have a positive body image i just don't feel he needs to be sexualised as a child to get that. just my opinion thanks for sharing yoursoh and i asked this here because i wondered if people in the u.s called their children sexy because people are too liberal in the uk sometimes and i wondered if this sexy businesss was just done here but no people obviously do it there too, maybe i am old fashioned, i don't know
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Re: calling baby sexy?????

Weepy one. I too think that is weird. How can a baby be sexy? The word sexy as I know it is referring to someone in a lustful way. I would be freaked out if my parents told me I was sexy. I mean maybe if you were joking about it in a sarcastic way or something. But the other day I was at old navy and saw some infant swim suits. I am talking 3-6 months old. They were the triangle top bikinis. I thought that is kind of weird for a little baby to be wearing that is if her parents are trying to make her look sexy. I don't know. I am only 23 so I don't think I am that old fashioned. So I totally agree with you that is just sort of tacky.

 
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