Out of curiousity; because it just sort of occured to me. Why exactly is these kids dancing in a sexualised way bad? I mean, ovbiously actually having sex with them is unacceptable, but pretending to be all sexy and grown up is bad for precisely what reason?
Just curious; i'm trying to work out what angle you're coming from here, although i suspect i already know.
I think it's important to realize that these girls did not choose to wear these red skimpy outfits of their own volition, nor did they choose the choreography or, possibly, even the song. My point here is that
to the girls, they are having fun. This is good.
Adults, however, are twisting their desire to have fun and dance around and be popular into something that
can be construed as sexually charged.
Dance contests are not inherently sexually charged. I mean, just look at Dancing With the Stars. Sometimes it's sexy, but other times you've got some really weird stuff going on. Other times you have dances that
mean something, like interpretative dance.
I am not saying that these little girls have decided to be sexually charged, nor that the adults that put them up to this have
necessarily decided to make this sexually charged. You cannot deny, however, that the result is inherently sexual. The girls, as Pathos has stated, are thrusting their hips and shaking their undeveloped chests around. They are also dressed far more skimpy than Beyonce in the original Single Ladies video, which has already been referred to as sexy.
The point I'm attempting to make is that
the girls are having fun,
but the
source material is inherently sexual and, when coupled with the
outfits and the
choreography it results in a performance that,
to the public at large can be construed as sexual.
Whether or not
you see the problem is moot. You do not represent all of society. None of us do. The fact is that people
do perceive this as sexual, which is a negative thing when involved with children. While I do not personally think it is bad for kids to learn about anatomy and how stuff works (all stuff and not just naughty stuff, mind you) I also think that allowing, or even endorsing young children (boys included!) to dance around to a sexual, adult song dressed in sexual, adult clothes and being choreographed by sexual adults... That is wrong. It is not wrong because children shouldn't be allowed to dance, no.
It is wrong because it is imbuing what, to these girls, is just simple, fun dancing with something they do not realize to exist. Do they know that older women shake their chests when dancing to make their breasts jiggle to seem alluring? No. They do not. Yet they are performing that move in the video. Actions like these and pelvic thrusting are
not construable as something else. They are moves made to be sexual.
This last bit I do not feel is applicable to the problems with this video. I don't think the little girls are
intending or even
aware that people can view them in a sexual way. They might not even be aware of what sexuality
is. With that said, I've spoilered it so it, hopefully, doesn't derail us too much.
So as far as the question of, "Why is it wrong for children to be sexual?" Well, I suppose it isn't inherently wrong, it's simply too early. Biologically speaking, you shouldn't be thinking about sex until your sex drive kicks in, and then you just sort of think about it. Then, when you eventually have sex, you realize it feels good and you want to do it more. It's all to aid in our reproductive efforts, really. Girls this age are not physically "ready" enough to carry a child to term and boys this age are not physically "ready" enough to impregnate them. Hence their age is deemed to be "too young" for sexualization.