Thursday, September 3, 2009

In love with a stripper: When corporations target young girls


I would like to say this has gone too far, or this crowns the end of civilization, or this marks the decline of society, but I'm afraid that would be too tepid in the face of such sense-suspending stupidity.

In what can only be seen as the specific targeting of little girls under the age of 6, a toy is being sold by an unconfirmed company which features a female doll moving around a plastic stripper poll. Those who've seen it in action describe it this way: "The doll begins dancing when the music is turned on, and she goes 'up and down' and 'round and round'."
This "doll" is being marketed to innocent kids--kids without the wherewithal to decipher the insidious suggestions being transmitted. These kids are being sold an idea, early on, of the stripper lifestyle as fun and chic--the thing to be. (Talk to 'em, T-Pain.)

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