"I wonder if we can continue to ignore these things though? As pop culture takes hold of more and more young minds how many people will grow up thinking that this is the norm. There are already too many young women making themselves ill or dying trying to look like the latest fasion trend. As the media hold more and more sway over the masses should we not be looking towards laying down some guidelines? Or does that smack too much of either elitism or controling censorship? I, for one, would hate to be the one to say what our youngsters can and cannot watch on TV. But just where should those lines be drawn and by whom?
" - Dave P

I think there are always people swayed by sex or other things as gimmicks for selling something, and there will always be enough foolish people, young or old, to harm themselves for fashion or health or 'spiritual' ideas.

I have rather more confidence in the common sense of the majority of young (and old) people, knowing lots of teenaged kids who take the media for what it is, enjoy the show, but live their lives cheerfully and sensibly.

Not long ago, I watched a young male band play on TV, and I was struck by how very sexy and beautiful they were, with their youthful scraggy beards and flying locks and smooth biceps. Then I was struck by the fact that I might not have found them near as attractive when I myself was a young thing - youth is wasted on the young, eh?

Which is to say, I'm not sure how accurate one generation's judgement of another can be. And that perhaps the blatant sexual display of critters like the Pussycat Girls is not so influential on the young as we might think.

As for sexualised dress for kiddies - their parents are responsible and should be whacked upside the heads.