Creepy Onesies: When Did It Become OK To Sexualize Infants?

ElleSays
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 12:51 pm: [report]

Did Jon Gosselin create these?

Simcha Whitehill
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 12:58 pm: [report]

Ew.

PFG-SCR
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 01:01 pm: [report]

I don’t like these at all - the only cute things that should be written on a baby’s onsie are “Spit Happens” or “Tax Deduction”.

Riley
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 01:06 pm: [report]

The ones in the Buzzfeed comments are much better.  I don’t know if I’d call this sexualizing infants. 

Most onesies with “clever” writing just lets me know how stupid and trashy the parents are.  These do a great job of that.

Kiki T
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 01:08 pm: [report]

I admit I bought a onesie for my uber cute nephew that said, “Nice tits, can I try one?”
He wore it to a pool party memorial service for a friend of the family’s funeral pool party. He was the hit of the party.
I had never met the deceased, but from the reaction of everyone and the fun time I had, I think he would of really laughed his ass of if he were there.

DFTCTB's
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 01:15 pm: [report]

These are perfect for Babies of Wallmart!

DFTCTB's
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 01:16 pm: [report]

Walmart, rather..ahem.

cattgirl813
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 01:38 pm: [report]

Ladies & gentlemen, this clothing nightmare is the rarely discussed eighth sign of the apocalypse.

Lilypie
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 01:39 pm: [report]

I’m pretty much against all clothing with bumper sticker-esque sayings, babies or grown ups.

CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 01:51 pm: [report]

“Bring on the whiskey tits”

I Go To 11
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 02:20 pm: [report]

Onesies like these have been sold in Spencer Gifts for years…then again, it IS Spencer Gifts. ‘Nuff said.

PFG-SCR
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 02:30 pm: [report]

Don’t get me started on the breastfeeding comments on onsies - I don’t want to have to throw my La Leche League card at someone.

missmolly
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 05:19 pm: [report]

The “Juicy” onesie just makes me think of a full juicy diaper. Yuck.

secretstevie
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 06:26 pm: [report]

@Riley, i agree.  these are pretty douchey but calling it “sexualizing infants” is definitely sensationalizing the story.  yawn, move on.

BlueVibe
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 03:34 pm: [report]

How is “hung like a six-year old” not sexualizing??  Why would anyone want that on their kid’s clothes?

OK, so I think the ones with the old-school tattoo design that says “Mom” are cute, but that’s where I draw the line at mixing small children and the faintly-risqué.

secretstevie
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 06:57 pm: [report]

@BlueVibe i dont really consider it sexualizng because 1)the way a six year old is ‘hung’ is not sexual (as in there is nothing actually sexual about a 6 year olds penis); 2) the kid wearing the onesies has no understanding of whats on them.

i agree, i dont see why anyone would want their kid wearing one of these, but i still dont think its sexualizing.  i think parents putting miniskirts and tube tops on their 5 year olds falls under the category of sexualizing.  although in any case sexualizing is a fairly relative term.

Frederica Bimble
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 10:26 am: [report]

secretstevie:  Of course it is sexualising.  One only has to look to the word:  “hung” - regardless of if one if saying “hung like a mosquito” or “hung like a horse” most adults know what the word means. 
The onesies look like the sort of lame jokes men make when they are nervous and don’t know how to behave in certain social situations so instead of keeping their traps shut, they make an inappropriate “joke” about it.  I’d say that about covers it.

titsmagee
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 07:14 am: [report]

Aw I kind of think the “hung like a 6 year old” one is funny…but I also kind of have a boy sense of humor.

Riley
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 07:33 am: [report]

@Secretstevie - I agree.  The word sexualizing seems to be getting a lot of use here lately; kind of a catch-all term that gets people up-in-arms.

@Frederica Bimble - You’re over-thinking it.

PinkRanger
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 10:20 am: [report]

Trashy=yes
inappropriate=yes
eyeroll-worthy=yes
sexualizing=not so much

HappyDude
wrote on December 16 2009 @ 01:18 am: [report]

I’ll admit it; I LOLed.

Hipsters love ironic t-shirts, and hipsters are now having babies. It follows.

HateNWhater
wrote on January 16 2010 @ 02:56 am: [report]

I’m just going to break down this onesie slogan : “hung like a six year old”

The Urban Dictionary is a resource that gives a look at a general consensus on the definitions of words used today. The word “Hung” in the Urban Dictionary has 20 entries. 15 are referencing the size of the male penis and 5 are other. Of the 15 the entries are highly sexual in content. When people use the word “hung” it’s conjures up a certain sexual overtone.. so it is sexualizing to use the word “hung” in reference to the size of anyone’s penis because the common use of the slang comes with strong sexual overtones.
Finally, do we really need to do this to our children for the sake of laughs? Do you want to call attention to your child’s genitals in public like that. Grant it, people know your child has genitals, but do you really want people standing there pondering your child’s penis size? Do you want your child drawing that kind of attention?
It’s funny…but not appropriate for them to wear on their clothing.