{"id":28336,"date":"2012-01-25T13:11:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T18:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/?p=28336"},"modified":"2012-01-26T09:35:33","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T14:35:33","slug":"toddlers-and-tiaras-mother-suing-sexualizing-657","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/toddlers-and-tiaras-mother-suing-sexualizing-657\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Toddlers & Tiaras’ Mother Suing Media Outlets For Sexualizing Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Susanna Barrett<\/strong>, mother to Isabella Barrett<\/strong>, filed a $30 million lawsuit<\/a> against the trio of media outlets attesting that in their coverage, these writers attributed a sexiness to the child that was not actually exhibited. NY Daily News<\/em> reports:<\/p>\n

Online articles published by the three outlets \u201dbrazenly attempt to sexualize\u201d the girl by \u201dclaiming she was gyrating in a nightclub and singing about her sex appeal\u201d the suit charges, when she was actually sitting down during the Jan. 9 taping at a Manhattan restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201dOn the contrary, it is the defendants who, through their articles, have thrust these false and vulgar characteristics on to Isabella.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dAs a result, Isabella is now perceived sexually, erotically and pornographically,\u201d and the articles \u201dhave placed Isabella in serious physical danger, attracting the attention of others who would seek to sexualize a child.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Little five-year-old Isabella was filmed “bouncing” about in a DJ booth before an eager crowd, singing along to the song “I\u2019m Sexy and I Know It<\/a>.\u201d Having seen the video myself, the little girl clad in pink pageant attire is hardly “gyrating” but is completely seated during her meek sing a long. While it’s still a valid parenting question to ask why a young girl is being egged on by grownups to sing about sex appeal, TMZ appears to have gotten carried away in their summary. [tagbox tag=”Toddlers and Tiaras”]<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, if you’re reporting on something as nebulous as the sexualization of children as I often do<\/a>, there are always those on the other side of fence who will earnestly attest that there is nothing wrong with a 10-year-old<\/a> being photographed from the ground up in a pose normally reserved for adult models. But if parents fail to recognize the subtle cultural attempts to sexualize our girls through crotchless thongs<\/a>, Lolita ads<\/a>, and even bikini waxes<\/a>,\u00a0 I don’t think media outlets should be penalized for illuminating these trends to the public.<\/p>\n

But given TMZ’s description of young Isabella, the question of who exactly is sexualizing whom clearly needs to be revisited.<\/p>\n

(photo: abcnews.go.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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