I wrote a post 2 hours ago and you guys have said it better.
I just have seen too many little girls wearing and doing things (4th graders doing the butterfly and hip thrusts on the playground -- a GROUP of little girls, and I put a stop to that) that are too, too mature for their age. I am ok with teens wanting to express themselves, within limits (and I am *highly* pro-body and pro-sexuality, so my limits are sensible) but many of the clothes marketed to 6-10 years olds, dance recitals, etc. are ridic and not at all appropo.
I get what Trudy was saying about the hugely cultural aspects of lots of dance, and I get it...but on the playground? No.
I let a lot slide monitoring hs dances, cause my kids were Latino, and I could tell the diff between sexy dancing-dancing and grinding, booty popping, thrusting for display and too overtness.
But those little 8 yo's on the playground butterflying -- sticks with me. A couple of those girls -- the lascivious looks, the porn star poses. They knew it was sexual behavior, they knew it would get attention from boys.
I am far from a prude, but...No. Way.