WTF Sainsburys

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Who the hell are their buyers. Who in their right mind things faux leather shorts are suitable clothes for 4 year old girls. Can we stop with the sexualised clothing for little girls. its just fucking awful
What 4 year old girls need are hard wearin,g comfortable shorts in a decent length, with pockets for their toys not hooker pants.

@GoodnightGrandma

I don’t think they any more sexualised than denim. I’ve seen some kids walking round in very short denim shorts, but that seems to be ok.

I agree that denim short shorts are equally weird on little girls. They're up there with the playboy logo to my mind.

There is far worse than these particular shots!
Leggings & crop top anyone??

They’re just shorts, clothes don’t sexualise children, peadophiles do, I’m fairly sure peadophiles aren’t too fussy about their victims outfit.

Hooker, so you think girls who wear shorts look like hookers, why do you so heavily associate children in shorts with sex?

Shorts not Sots!!

I agree with pp - I found the tiny length of girl’s shorts annoying.

@Newyearnewme2022

I don’t see it as sexualising girls I see it as fashion, you can buy equally short shorts for girls in denim, there’s no difference to me. My dd is an adult now but I would have put her in these with thick tights, Chelsea boots and a jumper. I don’t like the hooker reference either.

I agree.

Faux leather is really fashionable at the moment. I don’t know why people have to see certain materials as “hooker” material. Just weird.

I can't get especially worked up about this
It's clearly a party outfit not everyday wear.
My DD had quite a few party shorts to be worn with thick tights at that age; velvet ones, sparkly ones etc
She preferred them to skirts and party dresses as she could jump and play more daily in them
I guess it's the association of leather that makes people feel they are sexualised but that's a very adult thought not something a child knows.
They have a bow and pleats they are hardly fetish club gear.
Meh

@Simonjt

They’re just shorts, clothes don’t sexualise children, peadophiles do, I’m fairly sure peadophiles aren’t too fussy about their victims outfit.

Hooker, so you think girls who wear shorts look like hookers, why do you so heavily associate children in shorts with sex?

Exactly.

Or are we going to start saying teenage girls wearing super short shorts are “asking for it” because it’s not a far step away from that.

The shorts don't become sexual just because they are made of faux leather.

I wouldn't have batted an eyelid at those if I'd seen them in the shop.

Also, are adult women who wear leather shorts "hookers"? Interesting take. I think we've all learned a lot about you from your OP.

@Simonjt

They’re just shorts, clothes don’t sexualise children, peadophiles do, I’m fairly sure peadophiles aren’t too fussy about their victims outfit.

Hooker, so you think girls who wear shorts look like hookers, why do you so heavily associate children in shorts with sex?

Well said.

The issue isn't the clothing sexualising people - but people seeing sexualised children.

Since I was young girls have worn shorts like this over tights and with boots and sparkly tops for discos etc.

And I'm 40 something!

Nothing wrong with them as previous posters have commented. It's a fashionable material at the moment. I didn't realise my leather legging make me a hooker or that my child wanting to match me was making her a hooker either. What awful language to be describing women.

@popples19

Nothing wrong with them as previous posters have commented. It's a fashionable material at the moment. I didn't realise my leather legging make me a hooker or that my child wanting to match me was making her a hooker either. What awful language to be describing women.

Surprisingly very often, the most sexist and derogatory language comes from women, not men.

Wouldn’t get worked up about this.....saw the same in RI yesterday.....think they will be party wear.....you have the choice to buy them or not buy them....live and let live

If they sell out they’ll keep producing them, if they don’t then they won’t. They will sell what people will buy.

I agree, OP. They're not 'just shorts' because I've never seen a pair of shorts for little boys that were that length. I remember having to buy shorts from the boys' section because all the ones for girls were tight and super short. To those who don't see an element of sexualisation there - what other explanation is there?

They’re disgusting, I hope they’re recalled.

I hate sexualisation in children’s clothes but I don’t think they are. Could be practical and the style isn’t tight or overly short. Worn with tights they’re not so bad. Though I wouldn’t have bought them. My 2 are 21&17 now and I hated how the clothes changed at around age 9.

Aside from anything else, it's fast fashion. I'm not sure what the quality is like, it doesn't look particularly durable, probably quite sweaty in hot weather. In my opinion they're heading straight for landfill when the fad is over as I can't see them flying off the shelves in a charity shop.

I hate them but you can’t compare them with clothes for playing in the park as they are party clothes. Yesterday my 8 year old put on a party dress (took herself off and got changed) for New Years days dinner - no pockets and not hard wearing but it has a place In her wardrobe alongside practice clothes and school uniform.

I personally think most stuff in River Island kids is awful but my cousin buys loads for her daughters there although they are a bit older.

girls leather dress from age 9 months

RI faux leather skirt from age 5

That’s hideous. Just like how some shops sell bikinis for toddlers, WTF

It’s party/occasion clothes, thick tights or leggings underneath with boots. Same as denim shorts or skirts tbh. Nothing cool wife about it. Lots of women wear leather. Nothing to do with ‘hookers’ ffs. Children like to wear clothes like grown ups it’s nothing new and it doesn’t automatically sexualise them. Fine if you don’t like it don’t buy them but chill.

The clothes aren’t sexualised. Peoples opinions as seen on this thread do.
People who abuse or sexualise children don’t only do so with the ones dressed in more revealing clothes. It’s not about the clothes.

There are loads of horrible children’s clothes out there. Stuff for girls is horrendous in one way, stuff for boys in another.

But it sells. People must like it or they wouldn’t buy it. Given that pleather shorts are available for little girls in several places, I’m guessing there’s a market for it.

Tbh, I wander around women’s clothing shops and think most of it is utterly hideous too. I’ve just concluded that most of the public have different taste to me. Certainly in this region. 🤷🏻‍♀️

As I said, I would imagine her mother has a pair of similar shorts for SD to wear with all the sequinned, sloganed and otherwise unappealing to me clothing she always chooses. It’s her choice how she dresses her children. It makes no difference what I think.

I’m sure she would be unimpressed with how I dress my children. (Although the older ones choose their own stuff these days, as they’re not little).

I hate the pushing of fashion onto girls. The boys clothes barely change year on year whereas the girls clothes just reflect what's fashionable in women's clothes - and it is never practical.

I was looking for a hoody for dd a few weeks ago. Found a plain navy one in Asda, but as the sizes went up, the hoody got shorter - the age 11/12 was the same length as the age 5/6 - what the hell is that all about? Doesn't an 11 year old need a hoody that reaches past their hips? Guess what - no such cropping on the boys hoody, so that's the one I bought.

Non-uniform day at primary school is little girls in cold-shoulder or cropped tops, or whatever is deemed 'fashionable' at the time while the boys are all in t shirts and jeans or joggers.

Girls clothes departments send out the message that part of being a girl is to care very much about fashion and the way you look whereas the boys get the message that clothes are clothes. Totally winds me up!!

@EishetChayil As another poster said, clothes do not stop a child being groomed or harmed. I agree that men will look at girls and young women in a sexual light based on the clothes they wear unfortunately.

On a separate note, I really hope that all the parents on here who have boys are going to be addressing this as their boys grow up. Not to look at what a woman is wearing and assume her value based on it. It starts young. And teaching our girls that their appearance does not completely define them!

There's 3 issues:

1: Do they sexual children
2: Is the item in itself impractical or uncomfortable
3: Specifically compared to boys clothes, does this item highlight a broader problem with girls clothing being impractical or uncomfortable.

1: So obvs they don't sexualise children and I'm a bit that people think they do.

2: I don't consider them impractical: shorts and wooly tights were a really practical for dd. They allowed her to easily wear boots, they were warm. I guess different things for different children. My dd hated jeans til she was a teenager and preferred synthetic sweaty leggings to cotton ones which I never understood. My niece would only wear loose cotton trousers type things from Gap for a long time. However for younger kids, maybe the waist fastening plus tights underneath would make them impractical going to the loo. Certainly many people would see these are smartwear and so the practically of them should be compared to other smart wear: flimsy flat shoes for girls, button up shirts for boys,

3: Finally, yes obvs there is a huge problem about the practicallity and comfort of clothes are available for girls, especially when compared with boys. To my mind though, this is an extension of the same problem that women have with clothes.