There is nothing sexy about...

...a 15 year old with visible under ass cleavage.

Here in Townsville, we see this a lot. It's warm almost all year round, so shorts are always on the cards. We also have a lot of bogans, so put two and two together and it makes four.

But why are they that short? I should not be able to see your under ass lines, especially if you're under 18. It's an invitation for sexual assault. If you're at the beach, fair enough, if you're in the bedroom, fair enough, otherwise keep your butt to yourself!

What is worse is that these styles are being aimed at younger and younger age groups. Why are we over sexualising our kids? When I was 16, yes I rocked Daisy Dukes like it was nobody's business. I had great legs and and buns of steel, but said buns were always covered - even if it was just by an inch, they were covered. My parents wouldn't let me leave the house otherwise. But that was 7 years ago, and the shorts are now even shorter, the parent's apparently don't give a damn, and the pressure to fit the media's ideal is greater than ever.

No wonder young girls are feeling the need to dress this way. Make themselves sexier because that's what the magazine tells them they should do. Wear the ridiculously short shorts because that's what the shop window is pushing. What's worse is that our boys are thinking that their women should look this way, and that this objectified version of 'sexy' is what they should want. They don't want to be seen asking out the 'fat girl' even if they get along great and he really likes her, because she's not the ideal of 'hot', and he'll be teased by his peers.

Nobody tells these kids that this notion of bags of bones and silicone being sexy is new, and that for centuries plump women were the ideal, perfect symbols of femininity, fertility, and sensuality. What happened to the days of Marylin Monroe, Jane Mansfield, and Bettie Page? Ask a grown man what he wants his lady to be wearing on a daily basis and I can guarantee you it's not denim underpants and a bra top, with half unlaced Docs.

These products, these images, and this lack of care and education on the part of parents is sending our young men and women the wrong message and it needs to stop.