ailbhe | Sep. 8th, 2008

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Sep. 8th, 2008

Thoughts:

Little girls and young teenage girls wear clothes which adult women can't without "trying to look young."

Adult women dress in these for advertising purposes with an explicit sexual message.

Ew.

Things which come immediately to mind are very short skirts with white ankle socks, school uniforms, babydoll dresses, etc. There are more but I haven't thought properly about it yet. But I know I've seen other instances of women, mainly in sex-sells-products type adverts, dressing like little girls in order to appear more alluring, presumably through vulnerability, but ew. I think it's to do with the virgin-whore thing. Ew ew ew.

Also: do little boys wear things which adult men don't usually wear? Or do boys and men wear basically the same clothing, so there isn't the same message-sending ability? I can't think clearly about it, right now.

Opticians' special offers change bloody hourly. Anyway, today I tried a new optician and got much cheaper glasses than my previous n pairs. These ones are gain a flexible frame with light-sensitive lenses and anti-glare and scratch-resistant coating. So what's different? Ladies' frames are all too big for my face and these are CHILD frames. HELLO I AM GOING MAD HERE.

I am not a child. I seem to be a fairly normal sized person, when I look around me. But I wear child sized clothes and eyeglasses, can't cycle most adult ladies' size bikes, need child kit for hiking, camping, etc - it's getting irritating.

I know plenty of people smaller than I am, too, in every direction.