I’ve been in a funk all week and now I’m even funkier after watching prostitots dance at Madeline’s dance competition this past Saturday. I’m realizing what a bubble I live in here in my conservative area of our city. I’ve heard about children dressing provocatively but I haven’t seen it where I live. I’ve read on other blogs that Target sells padded bras for six year old girls but I’ve never seen it at my Target store. I’m guessing they don’t offer it because they would not sell in the area I live in. My point is that I’ve been sheltered by how much our girls are being sexualized.

This past weekend I left my little bubble to attend my daughter’s dance competition in another state. To my horror and the horror of the other moms from our dancing school we had the unfortunate privilege to watch the little prostitots from the Stripper School Of Dance strut their stuff. These girls wore costumes that resembled lingerie from Frederick’s Of Hollywood. In many of their costumes their butt cheeks peeked out of the bottom and often the girls did not wear tights. I can only imagine what kind of view the judges were getting in the front row. Their song choices and dance moves were very seductive. Their props included a red door that they danced around and in and out of like it was a stripper pole. Another prop was plexiglass that resembled a shower door. Water ran down the glass as the girls danced behind it and pressed their body against it. It was sleazy with a capital S.

The moms from our school sat there in complete disbelief with our jaws on the floor. After the first couple of numbers it became clear that all their numbers would have some sleaze factor. They even took the beautiful art of lyrical dance and sexed it up. Instead of a long flowing costume they wore corsets and short skirts. Their hair was halfway pulled up so they could flip it around rather than pulled back in a classic ballet bun. Even their little five and six year old girls were pumping and grinding like hoochie mamas. The sad thing is these girls were great dancers. Their dance numbers did not need to be so erotic. In fact it was distracting.

Only one mom in our group disagreed with us. She viewed it as an art form and not at all inappropriate. Grown women dancing on a Broadway stage for musicals such as Chicago is an art form but young girls dancing like strippers is disgusting. And believe me I’m no prude. I have no problem with erotic dance or sexy clothing but it’s only for adults at an appropriate time and place. I even take a striptease fitness class but I’m a GROWN-UP. I just want to preserve my daughter’s innocence for as long as I can. So this mom can march herself and her daughter right down to the Stripper School Of Dance because the other moms at our school won’t stand for it.

I felt so sleazy and dirty watching these girls. It has left me with such an icky feeling. I’m so disappointed that there are parents that allow this sort of thing. My husband would never be okay with our daughter dancing or dressing like that but these girl’s fathers proudly walked around the convention center with their half dressed daughters. What bothers me the most is that dressing our daughters like prostitots is becoming acceptable. The Stripper School took the majority of the top awards. We beat them in only one category. My fear is that dance teachers will sex up their routines in order to win. My hope is that the judges judged these girls primarily on their skill because their skills were excellent. I also hope it was political because the stripper school had the most dance numbers in the competition which meant they were the top financial contributor to the production company hosting the competition. It’s a business and unfortunately that is how the world works.

How sad that we live in a country that gets their panties bunched up if a mother breastfeeds in public but condones dressing our children like prostitots. I just don’t get it.

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