You are right on the target, Tinker. I am so amazed, and feel like such a prude, when I'm in the mildest of stores (walmart!) and see the racy lingerie for little girls, and the outfits that just scream "SLUT". WHY?! What is the point? The tight shortshorts with the sassy words on the butt, worn on pre-adolescent butts. Who thinks that's OK, and what happens when the butt in question becomes the focus of everyone's eyes, lustful or disgusted? A mother of a 7th grader told me that in the crowd her daughter wanted to hang around with, the gift the girls wished for was thong underwear from Victoria's Secret.

I'm all for a shapely woman's right to dress however she likes (if I looked that good I might dress like that TOO!) but why the little ones? It's so confusing for everyone, in a culture where we don't even know how to talk with each other, let alone THEM about sex.

I'm glad to hear some of you thoughtful people I admire tackling this subject, because it really vexes me.

Dani