Personally, I despise the whole child beauty pageant mania in the US, maybe if I had a little girl who wanted the pageant life I would understand it. It always seems more for the mothers than for the children. So, it is interesting that the French, in their current feminist mode post-DSK, would consider banning these pageants. Also interesting given how we puritanical Americans view French society as all about sex, sensuality, romance, and dreams, that this would become a "hot" topic. But apparently, thanks to a 10 year old girl in a Vogue photo shoot, it has become just that:
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/06/10596518-french-report-ban-child-beauty-pageants-padded-bras-for-little-girls
Like many cultural differences, we would never do this in the USA, but it will be interesting to see if France actually acts on this proposal.
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