These girls are in grammar school and yet they are participating in a dance competition where they are dancing in ways I don't find appropriate. I wondered what everyone else's opinions were. As a dancer with 14 years of professional training, I started at the age of 4. I am not naive to the skimpy spandex costumes and intense competitiveness. But, I never was taught to dance like THIS at that age. We did wear some costumes similar to this, But they don't become sexualized without the moves that accompany them.

In my opinion these girls are extremely talented but they are being extorted in a similar way that little girls are for winning beauty competitions. I find it irresponsible and inappropriate. I felt like a pedo watching it and it made me a bit uncomfortable lol.

What do you think?


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LMAO I was going to make that reference but I was unsure how many people would get it.

I don't think it is prudish AT ALL. I agree, they should be doing dances appropriate for their age. What ever happened to tap dancing!? That was my favorite growing up. Singing In the Rain? That is so entertaining! It's a lost art really . less

I would argue that they look like they are having fun because, being seven, they ARE having fun and have no idea what the moves actually simulate or represent. I highly doubt they know enough about sex to actively be sexy, instead adults are telling them to do things that ARE sexy-- and normalizing that kind of behavior for a 7 year old, who DOESN'T know what they are doing, isn't right for the kids.

They are having fun. But my standard here is: if you wouldn't show a child a video of an adult woman (say, a stripper) doing the exact same thing, you probably shouldn't let your kid do it. I think these kids are too young for MTV and so never should have even seen the single ladies videos...we aren't letting kids be kids anymore. less

Well, but...

I mean, honestly, how many of those girls and parents thought, "One of these parents in this crowd will put this recital on the internet, and millions of strangers will see my 7yo dancing in a sexual manner."? How many of them thought, "A pedophile might see this on the web and view my daughter in a sexual light."?

The sad truth is that, even with the rise in media coverage of sex crimes committed against adults and children alike, probably none of them even considered the possibility. Chances are most of those parents are no where near as active on the web as, say, us sex bloggers and sex toy reviewers. And most people base their internet activities on the assumption that the only people watching are their friends and family.

I know I sometimes lose sight of the fact that it's not just my friends reading Insatiable Desire.

In today's world, they probably should have assumed someone who filmed the recital would put it online, if only on their personal YouTube account to share with family members. But even then, they might not have seen that as a threat. Because of online social networking, we've become increasingly lax in our wariness of the web. We treat it more like our living room than a public forum accessed by billions of strangers. less

These girls are in grammar school and yet they are participating in a dance competition where they are dancing in ways I don't find appropriate. I wondered what everyone else's opinions were. As a dancer with 14 years of professional training, I started at the age of 4. I am not naive to the skimpy spandex costumes and intense competitiveness. But, I never was taught to dance like THIS at that age. We did wear some costumes similar to this, But they don't become sexualized without the moves that accompany them.

In my opinion these girls are extremely talented but they are being extorted in a similar way that little girls are for winning beauty competitions. I find it irresponsible and inappropriate. I felt like a pedo watching it and it made me a bit uncomfortable lol.

What do you think?


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