Lianne George Why Are We Dressing Our Daughters Like This

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Lianne George wrote an article “Why Are We Dressing Our Daughters Like This?” it’s about how todays trends are including sexualization in 5 and up little girls clothing. The article addresses sex in American culture and how it effects the youth. How parents, television, music, and fashion are leading the way how kids are dressing. It tells how adults are dressing like little kids and kids are dressing like adults in order to meet today’s social norm. George claims it’s not the fashion companies fault because they are just trying to keep up with demands and it is the parents fault for leading by example.
George uses an expository and descriptive essay in order to tell the reader the facts about when trends happened and then he states what he

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