THE KIDDIE CONFLICT

I think we can all agree that pedophilia is an illness, and the people that act on pedophilic impulses are crazy.

We can also agree that on some level, most of us think the raping children should be punished with any of the lovely tortures humanity has created during the more vulgar periods of our history.

I am in no way sympathetic to these disgraces to humanity.

I don’t buy into the opinion of groups like The Association of Man-Boy Love (NAMBLA) that make rape and molestation seem like a great honor to the child. I won’t listen to the argument of a Quebec preacher now trying to bail himself out of becoming an anal puppet in prison because he “married” a ten year old girl without her parents’ consent. According to this festering mound of maggot infested pig shit, he has the right to rape her since he’s her “husband” (someone should point out to this asshole that the age of marriage in Quebec is 16, and that’s only with parental consent).

I think all existing legal systems, even the ones with beheadings, are too soft on ALL sex offenders (meaning rapists and molesters, not women who “dare” speak to men without a chaperone) let alone pedophiles.

Despite the widespread belief in the evils of pedophilia, society is feeding pedophiles a very confusing and contradictory message.

On the one hand the developed world has made a big point of stating, in every which way, that sexual attraction to children and acting on said attraction is evil. The papers are filled with reports of men arrested because they were caught with kiddie porn, or molesting kids, or simply stalking with possibility of rape or molestation. In the worst cases, the perpetrators don’t get caught, or they get a slap on the wrist. In the best cases, they spend years in prison bleeding from the anus, or dead.

On the other hand, our culture is doing little to stem the sexualizing of children.

Take child beauty pageants.

It’s essentially taking a little girl and brainwashing her into thinking that posing and strutting is more important than school, play, and family life, the standard elements of a normal childhood. I’d understand if it was strictly talent and personality that rated the winner, but it’s not. These contests include a swimsuit portion, where little girls wear revealing outfits, show off their bodies, and take coquettish and suggestive poses. Unlike adult pageants, where the women know the difference between choice and exploitation, these kids have no idea. The Oscar winning film, Little Miss Sunshine subtly pointed out the conundrum these contests present for society’s predators, but I’m going to come right out and say it.

Society is telling us we shouldn’t think of kids as sex objects, and yet we permit this kind of sickening display that presents little girls as sexy.

And it doesn’t stop at Beauty Pageants.

Beyonce, a role model for many little girls, has now come out with a clothing line for her young fans. The said clothing line features skin tight jeans, high heels, and form fitting tops. The ads feature models from ages three and up, with obscene amounts of makeup, their hair done up as though they were going out to a club to hook up with a walking penis.

Beyonce isn’t the only one sexualizing children to sell clothing. The people who came up with thongs for little girls are perfect examples.

I’m not saying we should dress kids in tons of fabric the way religious fundamentalists do.
I’m just wondering what the hell happened to t-shirts, shorts, and Little Mermaid and Spiderman underwear?

Kids aged 0 to 14 should not be worrying about visible panty lines or whether they look fat in a certain outfit. Their biggest fashion concern should be whether the item fits well enough not to tear while they play tag.

You know society has a real fucking problem when we let Paris Hilton write a book directed at little girls. We say kids shouldn’t be thought of as sex objects, and yet we tolerated the world’s biggest walking STD, famous for her lack of intelligence, exhibitionism, and promiscuity, writing a book of advice for little girls.

We need to make up our minds here.

Are kids sex objects or aren’t they?

It’s pretty obvious which side I’m on.

I envy kids because they don’t have the emotional baggage that comes with being a sexually driven adult.

I think our society is slowly depriving them of the freedom that comes with sexual immaturity.

At the same time, we’re giving predators a very confusing message.

We’re telling them that desiring kids is evil and will be punished, but we’re also putting kids in sexy clothing, testing the limits of the self control their insanity has made pathetically fragile.

There is NO EXCUSE for hurting a child in this way, but sexualizing kids is providing temptation and depriving them of a normal childhood.

It’s enough already.

-Samantha R. Gold

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