Kids N Teens store selling crotchless panties to teens

[IDrinkaRum]

Woman finds crotchless panties in a store that sells mainly kids clothing, but some teen clothing too

She videotaped finding the crotchless panties. Took her story to the local news channel. She even lets her 7-year-old niece be interviewed on her view of finding the panties.

The store has said about 25% of its merchandise is for/bought by teens. The store has also said it's only been open 2 weeks, and is trying to find what kind of merchandise to sell. It should also be noted that after a complaint to mall management, who in turn talked to the store, the panties have been removed.

But still ... crotchless panties for pre-teens and teens? I don't even wear them, and I'm umm ... older than that!

But this is no laughing matter.

[Duelist925]

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What is this I dont even.....ahg. This hurts my brain on a deep level. Ow.

[Sarah Valentine]

I'm almost 30 and I don't wear crap like that, what the hell were those idiots thinking?! I've been to a LOT of stores, and the only stores they sell those at also sell DVDs and "toys", MAJOR screw up on their part. They REALLY should have known better.

[Canarr]

I'm gonna go with... umm... shocked and disgusted! Is that the right answer?

I mean, if teenagers can buy sexy lingerie anywhere, they might actually have sex next! Somewhere, out there, teenagers might be having sex right this minute, while we just sit here in this forum and talk about it!

Won't somebody think of the children? What's next, porn on the internet????

[Andara Bledin]

I honestly can't find it in me to be particular shocked or even upset about this one.

Although, to be honest, I've never understood the attraction of this particular bit of lingerie.

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[Eisa]

Yeah, I just...don't really care either. Sounds like just a bad marketing decision, they removed the panties when asked, whatever.

[tropicsgoddess]

Epic marketing fail. That is all.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

While the whole "Teenagers having sex" thing doesn't shock or bother me that much, after all the joke is that the strongest aphrodisiac is a mother's "no", I do find it offensive that they keep selling sex to an increasingly younger audience.

It may be my 40 year morals talking but I don't think that pushing "sexy" clothes to young teens (and as I've seen recently...tweens) is the wisest course of action. To me it sends the mixed signal "We don't want you to have sex but we're going to tart you up a bit so when boys look at you they're going to think 'I'd hit that'".

And it really pisses me off. If a teenaged boy gets laid, the trend is to pat him on the back and call him a manly man for giving his end away. On the other hand if a teenaged girl has sex she is likely to be yelled at for being a slut.

YET at the same time we are selling "slutwear" to the girls.

And this? Seriously? Crotchless panties? There is only one function that they have in the grand scheme of the universe. They are for having sex. Either by wearing them while shagging or as a "peekaboo" accessory to entice your partner into the bedroom.

It's not like women want to have air conditioned nethers. Rare is woman who looks at the heat of the summer and think "My pantsuit is too hot down there. I'll rip out the center of my knickers and let my hoo-hah hang out to keep it cool."

So why in the name of Zeus's butthole are they pushing shagging-wear to teenagers that are going to be yelled at if they do become sexually active?

[Andara Bledin]

They weren't pushing anything, really. They bought a bunch of things to sell (obviously without much forethought about some of it), and when a stink was made, they removed the items.

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[Mongo Skruddgemire]

They weren't pushing anything, really. They bought a bunch of things to sell (obviously without much forethought about some of it), and when a stink was made, they removed the items.

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Granted. But consider the following. I merchant in the SCA which is a medieval recreationist organization. When I evaluate a product to be sold at my table I am looking to make sure that it fits my target consumer.

Meaning that I am not going to carry a modern item when they are looking for ones that are pass for period construction. I am not even going to look at fabric trim that is modern patterned when they are looking for something that resembles and passes for something that could have been made in the period that the SCA covers.

I do this because I want to sell this product. I do this because I want the product to make me money. I am going to purchase that which the consumer wants.

In this case, the store had the "brilliant" (note "sneer" quotes) notion to bring in crotchless panties. Something that was created for the purpose of enticing or facilitating sexual activities. They do this in a store for whom the target demographic is children to teens. Since they got the product with the intent to make money off of the product, they are looking for the product to sell.

Let me clarify my stance. I have no objection to a teenager going into a hot topic and buying crotchless knickers. That's a store that is more age appropriate for older teens to the under 30 crowd. I've no problems with that.

But to sell lingerie like that in a store that is targeted to children, tweens, and young teenagers, well that is an age inappropriate decision and you wonder who in their right mind thought that this was acceptable in a society that confused the living fuck out of young girls by tarting them up and then yelling at them for being tarted up.

And let's face it. What real-life application does the crotchless panty have besides sexual activity? And if there is none, why are they selling it in a store catering to children?

[Racket_Man]

I honestly can't find it in me to be particular shocked or even upset about this one.

Although, to be honest, I've never understood the attraction of this particular bit of lingerie.

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this does NOT surprise me at all

sounds like a post I made 18 months ago about some store selling fully padded tops for 7 year olds and other links that havbe been posted over and over again.
http://www.fratching.com/showthread.php?t=2629

as for the attraction I would assume that it is a matter of personal "turn ons" just like any other "package" of bedroom or "somewhere in the vicinity of a bedroom" wear. yes some like to go out and be "daring" either for their SO or in hopes of something else with a casual hookup or the thrill of knowing what your SO has under their outterwear to enhance to evenings anticipated "ending" (kinda fun in the end so to speak when combined with other "apperal") OR just to "know" what you have on that no one else knows about and this in and of itself turns you on for whatever reason

[draggar]

I see little girls (and I mean pre-teens) with "little bitch" and "slut" on the ass of their pants, shirts attempting cleavage with lights and arrows pointing to them, "mid drift" shirts, and the mother is making a big stink over this?

Yes, bad item to have and the mother didn't need to do the knee-jerk reaction that she had. She should have talked to management first. Yes, an item like that is in very poor taste and the store shouldn't have had them.

[fireheart17]

I really don't get the appeal of crotchless panties.

It's like someone basically decided "Hey, let's tie two hankies together, but not bother to put the material between the legs!"

When I see them, I think that George Of the Jungle (or Tarzan) has decided to crossdress.