Ok, I'm going to go against the grain here and say I don't really see it as a big issue.

From where I sit it is just another form of teenage experimentation. It is one way that these girls are learning about and exploring their own sexuality, they are curious to see the effect that they can and do have on the opposite sex (and probably old fuddy duddies like us) and learning how to use it. Now, I'm not saying that it's a good thing, but in my eyes it just another way they are learning about the world and the way it works.

If I have an issue with anything related to this topic, it is grown men who outwardly drool over these young girls - in my opinion that is inappropriate and what we as a society should focus on. We should be teaching young boys about respect for women etc and condemning the men who believe it is ok to objectify young girls and women rather than telling girls to dress differently.

And as one poster said, even if as parents you don't let them out of the house wearing those clothes, you can't stop them changing into them once they leave. And if you refuse to buy them those sort of clothes, there's nothing to stop them cutting their jeans or borrowing their friends clothes. Ultimately, if a teenage girl decides she wants to experiment in this way, you're not going to stop her. And if she's anything like I was as a teenager, the more you try to stop her, the further she will push the boundaries. What you can do is empower her. Help her to see that the sort of attention it creates isn't necessarily the attention you want to be getting from men. But let her reach that conclusion herself.

JMO