Had I not seen a Gilmore Girls episode in the last few years that had Lorelai giving a bunch of young girls old-school, slumber party makeovers, I’d feel like I was completely out of touch with reality, and the biggest grandma in grandmadom. Or, that the world had finally gone batshit insane.
Some mothers are making their 8-year-old girls get bikini waxes.
Now the article goes on to discuss manicures, zits, and the like, but forget about that. Some girls are just getting to do what I tried to do with Wet and Wild. (Oh, for love of $.99 cosmetics!) Anyway…
I can’t even begin to list all of the ways that these women should be beaten, and all the ways that they’re injuring their daughters — and not just physically. I would be horrified if my mom sent me off to a stranger to wax me now, let alone when I was only in second or third grade — and privates no less! Not to mention the emotional scarring, the impending, overwhelming obsession with a body that will never be there, no matter how much botchulism is injected, or hairs ripped out. There is just nothing positive about this practice.
However, to be fair: When I was a kid, I was truly pissed when I started growing hair. It sucks. But hey, it’s a part of a woman’s life — just like periods, boobs, and all that other crappy stuff. We need to learn to deal with it, and how to become comfortable enough in our own bodies that we can handle what life throws at us. I foresee a future of stiff girls who fall over when life throws them something, rather than them catching it, and chucking it back. The next thing you know, young girls will get the pill daily just to ward off the crimson wave. (I am having flashbacks to the most recent SNL now…)
This is just what the world needs — more Paris Hiltons of the world who have no hair, and say that girls don’t fart. You rich, idiotic women out there, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Filed under: Musing | Tagged: idiocy, kid torture, waxing, women
