Girls as young as nine described their ideal woman as a “pretty” blonde who dresses provocatively to attract men, according to shocking new research. A group of 13-14 year-olds revealed that she would wear “tight” tops, expose her bra straps to get attention from men and have expensive clothes. Asked to describe her, they used words such as a “whore” and “slutty” and said she would be promiscuous. The findings came as researchers studied body image issues among young girls. Professor Niva Piran of the University of Toronto asked two groups of girls aged nine to 11 and 13-14 to draw “the ideal woman.”
The cause of this porno-ization? First, the breakdown of the family; including the disappearance and decrease in power of the extended family. In past eras, girls would often be instructed, and scolded, by older female family members on a host of topics: appearance, behavior, choices in men. Rebel-author Camille Paglia wrote: “Male homosexuality is increasing, because masculinity is in crisis and because material consciousness, severed from the support network of the extended family, has become a psychotic system, forcing the young to struggle for life against clinging parental fantasy.” Currently, I think the same can be said about femininity: which has created fetishistic lesbian icons out of female media celebrities. Secondly, children who grew up dressing like Madonna, now – have their own kids. For example: a host of celebrities have embraced the Madonna retro-trend style of lingerie as outer-wear, including: Kim Kardashian, Ellie Goulding, Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, Daisy Lowe, Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora. Department stores have seen an increase in sales in boudoir inspired lingerie and sleepwear compared to sales last year, and a spokesperson says the trend to wear underwear as outerwear is this summer’s “must-have high street style.” One retailer has seen an uplift of 132% in the sales of printed chemises since spring with the floral garden print chemise proving most popular. In addition, the infamous high-cut Baywatch-style bathing suit - made famous by Pamela Anderson in the 1990s - is back with a vengeance this season. In the last month alone, one e-tailer has seen sales of the poolside apparel soar by 329% - and most of the credit goes to Miley Cyrus; namely because of her semi-pornographic costumes featured in the Bangerz Tour. Consequently, American culture is always in a perpetual state of descent through dissemination: in other words, as the public becomes more debased, they require sleazier idols, who, in turn, influence the same adoring public to mimic them.