fredag 19 juli 2013

To bra or not to bra-that is the question

Swedish people always have had a quite natural approach to their bodies. When I grew up nobody with small tits wore bras. Only girls with large breasts or maybe those who did a lot of sports wore bras.

To swim in the nude has never been anything spectacular. Families used saunas together nude and not as you often see now with swim wear on. When we went to the beach all young (even some old women) sun bathed top less. Maybe that is how the famous, or infamous, Swedish sin was born. To look upon your body naturally.

Today you rarely see anybody top less on the beach. The last 10 years or so I have noticed a different attitude towards nudity. We seem to move in the wrong direction. We cover up  but are more sexualized than ever.

Famous Swedish sin?

 This is something I have thought about a lot since my daughter went to 5th grade and wanted nickers with g-string and I said no. .She was very upset and said that nearly all the other girls had them. When living in USA you could buy training bras for your small girls. I didn´t even know what it was. A training bra? Apparently not for exercising but the big question is. To train what?

A week or so ago a journalist wrote an article in one of our newspapers about her daughter in 3rd grade wanting a bra. Her daughter had claimed that nearly all girls had them. This woman was very upset and started a debate about what we are doing to our young girls. That debate is now spreading to Norway as well.
http://m.expressen.se/gt/kronikorer/frida-boisen/varfor-det-finns-ju-inga-brost-att-halla-i/


In Usa they has taking this bra-business a bit further. There you can buy a padded bra for your toddler. It is really sick.

Bratz bras for three- to four-year-olds


I really hope we can keep this debate going, at home, in the press and in schools. What is this sexualization doing to our girls? Is it strange that more girls than ever diet and get breast implants? Please let the girls be girls. Soon enough they will meet the hard life and the judging. Please let them be girls as long as they can.

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