calling your baby sexy?

[wannabehippyandcrazycatlover]

I was browsing Facebook last night and came across a post asking if this person was wrong as they called their child sexy all the time and friends had expressed their disgust with this. A lot of the comments were saying how they also called their children sexy, 'sexy legs', 'sexy bum' etc.

Now, I don't know whether IABU as its not my place to judge and/or whether I am getting on my feminist high horse, but I think this is entirely inappropriate to call your child sexy? Please please PLEASE for the love of God tell me IANBU with this.....

I find that stomach churningly distasteful.

But you didn't say so!

People use it as a compliment. Bit bizarre to your child if taken literally.

Sexy is a word to describe a person as sexually attractive. To say a baby is sexy is very disturbing.

""It won't be long before dictionaries add an additional meaning for sexy. (if they haven't already)""

If you look up 'sexy meaning', in online dictionaries, it will have sexually attractive and then a second meaning 'very exciting, interesting or appealing'.
So I supposed those that use it towards their children aren't factually wrong.

I don't like it directed at children.

It isn't new, I can remember it being said, very occasionally in the 70's, but then, those that said it, didn't really understand the implications.

My mum did it once to DS. Said something like "looking dead sexy in your shorts." . I told her NEVER to say that again and she hasn't. So so cringe worthy and plain wrong.

Its so wrong to use sexy when talking about a child. It means sexually attractive which is not something I want anyone to think about DS ever for at least 16 years.

I know its meaning is changing but still. I hate it when people use it to refer to things like food. Is is Jamie Olvier that keeps talking about a 'sexy little dish' etc. It just makes me think of that scene in American Pie.