To think 6 year olds should not be wearing this

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Merchandise from a major dance show at the excel centre in London next month. They sell these, and tshirts from age 6 up.

I’m going to have to explain to a 10 year old why she can’t have a jumper...

why cant she have it, who is it hurting if she has it, i dont get it

Are we running out of things to be offended by?

Yes, let's just gloss over the sexualisation of young children, concentrate on more important things eh?

Mumsnetters do it all night long!

I’m with you OP. I wouldn’t put my child in it. I would also be all if one of the 4 year olds in my DDs ballet class turned up in one.

I am with you OP; it is meant to be a double entendre. And all the posters on here pretending they dont 'get it', doesnt change that. I wouldnt have my 6 year old in it. Or my 13 year old

Wow. People have seen pantos in which a child character says a line meaning 'I like to have sex standing up' and thought 'ah, normal panto double entendre there'. Have they? Really?

Call me old-fashioned but I wouldn't be happy about that.

Smutty double entendre spoken by adult character, about adults, going over the head of a child = ok.

Crude sex joke double entendre, spoken / displayed by a child, with child as subject = not ok.

Just my silly old-fashioned opinion of course!

Really fascinated that many posters insist on turning 'this is not suitable' into 'I am offended'. As if 'personal offence' has supplanted expressing opinion and become the only means of expressing disagreement. Only in their heads!

It appears to me that OP's reasoning is sound. She thinks the item is unsuitable for children. She would do a double-take if she saw a child wearing it and probably be rather surprised at the parents' naivete.

This is as bad as "you've got another thing coming"...

Ahh, the overnight voices of reason!

Eh?

I think Blue mirror and Dreamy should get some sort of award for their performance on this thread. Their dogged defence of an untenable position is just awe-inspiring.

goldenbowl

First and second in the Professionally Unoffended category

@Pluckedpencil I think you've maybe explained why I didn't get it at the start. And I really couldn't understand why I didn't see it because all the other XXX do it YYY jokes are very obvious to me.

I'm quite embarrassed that I didn't get it tbh

I once saw a little girl walking along with her mum and she was wearing a t shirt that said 'this t shirt would look better on your bedroom floor'. I judged. Oh, I judged.

YANBU, OP. Of course it's a double entendre, and it's absolutely inappropriate for a child.

Where you are being a bit U is in pearl-clutching about 'explaining to a 10yo'. I would just say 'no, darling, it's making a silly joke about sex and it's not appropriate for you'. No real biggie. Of course it would be nicer if this sort of stuff weren't around, but it is. And I find that as brief and factual as possible is the way to go.

Making a wider point, however, the clothing industry as a whole has really lost its way in terms of appropriate clothing for children, particularly girls. The mind boggles, quite frankly, at what designers and buyers must be thinking. I do find it worrying.

'This is as bad as "you've got another thing coming"...'

A whole new and rather baffling world opened up to me when I realised, courtesy of MN, that there are really sizeable numbers of people who actually think it's 'thing'.

How old are you OP 13/14?
"It" = "sex"
Grow up. And stop being offended by nothing.
"It could mean anything"

Rtft

What an articulate contribution to the debate, Frusso.

I'm like totally convinced OP is 14 now.

'fess up, OP.

Their dogged defence of an untenable position is just awe-inspiring.

No, I just disagree with you. It is still allowed, even though frowned upon nowadays. I'm not trying to keep up a "dogged defence against an untenable position at all.

Rtft

Yet again, just because people don't agree, doesn't mean they automatically haven't "RTFT."

So the burning question is dreamy are you going to go and buy one as you seem to feel so strongly about it?

Trombonists do it in 7 positions.

I wouldn't put my kid in that top op.

@welliments

I'm like you, I can read what your seeing. But I on this occasion don't think a six year old would understand it. You can decide for your daughter not to wear but others will allow.
I would allow it myself. It's not that bad. To a child it's just a slogan.

But orangeman kids might not realise the innuendo but you can be damn sure a lot of adults and older kids will. I am very uncomfortable with the idea of the male gaze alighting on a clearly risquè message.

@HoofWankingSpangleCunt

I'm a woman, my name is just a name but I am female. And I'll say it again, I'd let my child wear it.