Time To Move Beyond Anatomy: Disney Princesses Past vs Present and Why is Hot Topic Selling GIRLS Lingerie?
The ether is all abuzz over whether or not these Japanese "Disney Princess Lingerie" items are a Dream Or Nightmare. Fairly modest lingerie visually, but intellectually, rather disconcerting. (Yes, "Belle" has been misspelled). Personally, I'm unwilling to answer: dream or nightmare? -- because that's a very childish way of asking, good or bad? Instead I'd rather ask, how did this get made and to what purpose was it made? Are these being marketed to little girls, pre-tweens, 'tweens, teenagers, young adults, fetishistic adults, furries, fangirls - to whom for purchase? Was there such a large demand necessitating supply? Frisky writer Winona Dimeo-Ediger gushes over the bras and even asks, ... "any guys reading: do you dig the sexy princess look?" I say if the dude does, keep him away from your princess crazed daughters. There's no denying that there's some weird hypersexualization...