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Wed, 01-6-10 - 2:35pm by j_ernst
Your 2-year-old is stealing pants from her boyfriend.
Apparently that gap sells "Boyfriend Jeans" for little girls, toddlers actually.
http://www.feministing.com/archives/019519.html
This is almost as bad as selling thongs to 8-year-olds.
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Mon, 01-11-10 - 05:16 pm by Zakman
And what's so bad about this?
While at first glance, this might look stereotypical because these jeans are called "boyfriend jeans" because lots of guys are lazy and baggy pants are a lot comfier than tight pants for lazy people, it's just as easy to say that these jeans defy gender roles.
For instance, these jeans aren't "sexy" as we know it, nor are they supposed to be. They're not supposed to feel tight on one's body. In fact, calling them "Boyfriend Jeans" might actually make the girls wearing them feel like they're almost "one of the guys." Or it could make them feel that boys' jeans aren't just for boys. And since the Gap is advertising themselves as a "get these jeans and you're cool" company (perhaps more accurately, a "get these jeans and you're not uncool" company), it's almost like they're saying "Go on. Be a tomboy. If you're not the COOLEST kid, at least you'll still fit in with our jeans."
Regarding the note above about thongs, these jeans are only thongs for 8-year-olds in the sense that both these jeans and those thongs are clothes.
So moms and dads, if you didn't get all that, feel free to buy your kid the Boyfriend Jeans but not the thongs.
Wed, 01-06-10 - 07:29 pm by Benji17
That's the Gap for you! They
That's the Gap for you! They probably sell toddler bras too! Any parent who thinks their toddler or little kid needs any of this stuff is an idiot. Whatever just happened to being a little snotnosed kid?
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