This annoys me for a number of reasons. Abstinence is a perfectly acceptable and responsible decision if it is right for you. But why hyper-sexualize girls and then insist they don't have sex? How is this effective? Where is my shirt, "I bought this shirt and a box of condoms, and safe sex is sexy."
"Sexy enough to keep you waiting" shirts are some how supposed to promote abstinence. Keep in mind that abstinence only education has been so wildly effective. The Candies corporation is pushing these shirts in an advertising deal with Seventeen Magazine. I remember the Candies ads in Seventeen when I was young, and there was nothing sex about Jenny McCarthy on a bathroom floor in stilettos or in a bathtub. Apparently, Bristol Palin is going to be the spokesperson for this campaign. I'm going to leave Bristol Palin alone, and hope the rest of the world will too so this family finally exits stage left. Every family has issues, but most of us deal with them in private...Palin family take a hint.
It is truly obnoxious that women and girls are expected to carry the responsibility and the burden alone when discussing sex. There are no males wearing this shirt, and why the hell not? I know a few men waiting for marriage, but men aren't expected to wait, and are definitely not responsible for being sexy at all times are risk failing as men. Nope this fails squarely on women. Girls have sex, get pregnant, and it is all over for you. But in consumer America, this shirt will protect you from all that.
