Something I witnessed in the street this afternoon:
A little girl, maybe three or four years old, running a short distance in front of her mother. Nothing wrong with that, it was a pedestrianised area, so the only danger was from people not looking where they were going.
However ... the mother was calling to the child "Shake your a*se! Go on! Shake it!" and wolf-whistling.
What on earth was she thinking of? Possibly the child was too young to understand what the words meant, but if she is now she won't be soon. Certainly she won't understand the possible consequences of such an action.
I suppose the mother thought it was "cute" for her daughter to waggle her backside in public, though I can't for the life of me think why. What will she do when some dirty old man decides it is more than "cute" and takes the girl up on her unspoken and unknowing offer?
I worry about what her home life is like. Do "ar*e-shaking" parties go on? At whom are they shaken? In any case, it should be many years before the child goes to any.
She may not realise it, but this woman is in danger of setting her daughter up to become a victim.
It made my blood curdle.
A little girl, maybe three or four years old, running a short distance in front of her mother. Nothing wrong with that, it was a pedestrianised area, so the only danger was from people not looking where they were going.
However ... the mother was calling to the child "Shake your a*se! Go on! Shake it!" and wolf-whistling.
What on earth was she thinking of? Possibly the child was too young to understand what the words meant, but if she is now she won't be soon. Certainly she won't understand the possible consequences of such an action.
I suppose the mother thought it was "cute" for her daughter to waggle her backside in public, though I can't for the life of me think why. What will she do when some dirty old man decides it is more than "cute" and takes the girl up on her unspoken and unknowing offer?
I worry about what her home life is like. Do "ar*e-shaking" parties go on? At whom are they shaken? In any case, it should be many years before the child goes to any.
She may not realise it, but this woman is in danger of setting her daughter up to become a victim.
It made my blood curdle.
