I thought I had seen it all until last night when I happened to catch a local news broadcast. One of the features caught my attention. The reporter says that there is a certain boutique..which will remain nameless..uh humm..(FOREVER 21), that has introduced a clothing line that is specifically marketed to pregnant girls! Call me crazy, but I think this is ridiculous.
Sure pregnant teens want to dress stylishly. I know that...but what kind of a message are we sending? Is it ok to be 13, 15, 17 and pregnant? No, it is not. I can't believe that the American public will stand still and allow a major retail chain to exploit and condone the tradgedy of teenaged pregnancy.
I say bring back the old days when being teenaged and pregnant was not so cool! If a girl got "caught" she sometimes disappeared for 6 or 7 months.."down South" She would come back a little plumper, and most often..a lot wiser. Girls did not have the option of being able to go to a fancy, smantzy boutique and purchase clothing that glorified their teenaged belly.
When Forever 21 responded to allegations of targeting teenaged pregnant girls...they said "absolutely not...we market to a wide segment of the population". BALONEY!!! TELL ME THEN WHY THIS PARTICULAR LINE OF CLOTHING WAS ONLY INTRODUCED AT STORES LOCATED IN AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST TEENAGED PREGNANCY STATISTICS??? I think Forever 21 should be ashamed of trying to take advantage of an American tradgedy.
Teenaged pregnancy should not be glorified and exploited.
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