It's a sad, sad, sick world...

This morning I deleted a photo that I had posted yesterday evening. It had received seven comments, and three of them pointed out the fact that the child's chest was exposed in the photo.

How sad it is that a photo of a six year old child doing a headstand would be considered a sexual turn on to any human on the planet. I'm far from innocent, but I never viewed the photo as erotic or thought of it being so to anyone else. If the shorts the child were wearing had been denim, the t-shirt white, and the hair short, no one would have been able to even tell that the subject was a girl!! However, with the purple shorts, tye dyed top, and long hair, one's best guess would be that the child was indeed a girl. (I will mention here that the little chest was as flat as a pancake!)

Our world is in a sorry shape when three out of seven people point out that others may see this as erotic!! Don't get me wrong, I'm not condemning the commenters. I believe each of them honestly meant well! The safety of the child was their only concern. However; isn't it sad that our world, our country, is so full of sick people that the normal ones have to watch everything they do, in order to not "set off" the sickos??

How do you feel about this? What, if anything, do you think can be done to change our world so that children are not viewed as sex objects?

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flit . Oct 6, 2007, 11:12am EDT

honestly I don't think it is any sadder, sicker, or more dangerous than it has ever been - I think the difference is that now, given the mass media & the Internet, it is far easier to find out about things that are going on in parts of the world other than our own. ...which leads to the perception that things are far worse.

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Bridget ♥ Oct 6, 2007, 11:14am EDT

That's exactly why I have chosen not to posy any more pics of my kids here, ones that show their faces. I wrote an article a few days ago about it!

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Connie C. Oct 6, 2007, 11:15am EDT

Our society is quickly fazing into darkness! I think it is just too late to do anything to save society now. It has gone on for too long. Nobody is safe any more. I am sorry that you had to delete your photo.

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Lori Cee Oct 6, 2007, 1:35pm EDT

its so much easier to put an end to something thats pure and innocent than to put an extra effort in trying to end what is harmful to our children.

(did that make sense?)

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Victoria H. Oct 6, 2007, 5:36pm EDT

Hmmmm. Scary thought. Now I'm wondering if I should take all the pictures of my kids off Gather..............

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Sue * Oct 6, 2007, 6:54pm EDT

I think it is sad that the world is this way...but, I fear there is no going back.

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Marsha F. Oct 7, 2007, 3:06pm EDT

I'm afraid there's no going back to "safer" times, either! That's what is so sad. Many of us can recall when we, or our children were safe when playing outside in the neighborhood. Now kids have to have play dates to insure that an adult will be present at all times.
I DO believe that our world is getting much worse. The internet may make things more readily available to more people, but I don't think it is the cause of the problem. People's degenerate minds are where the sick behavours come from!!
Thanks for commenting!

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Katie Scarlett (Site Bouncer Wanna Be) O. Oct 7, 2007, 3:49pm EDT

I agree that I think this world is getting worse and definitely on it's downward spiral. Guess I'm still a bit naive, but I don't think I would have looked at an image such as you describe and think anything of it. Shameful that there is so much ill-mindedness and political correctness that we can't see innocence anymore.

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penni d. Oct 7, 2007, 7:46pm EDT

ohh, you don't wanna know what i THINK we outta do, at BIRTH>...to keep our
kids SAFE..........use your imagination........

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Marsha F. Oct 8, 2007, 11:53am EDT

Katie, that's it exactly!! Our children are not allowed innocence anymore. Sex is on family time TV, even referred to in some cartoons, and everyone thinks they are "dating" by second or third grade.
No, the photo would not have seemed erotic to any NORMAL person, but now we have to live for the psychos of the world. It seems they increase daily.

Penni, that may work if it were only the males we had to worry about!! LOL

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Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. Dec 8, 2007, 10:05am EST

On a mission, can't talk now, Trying to give fifty points (at least) to all my connections for Christmas, or whatever:

Ten unsolicited points from the world's worst connection. Merry whatever you celebrate!

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