Friday, December 02, 2005
BONDAGE PANTS
Of all the odd fads that teenagers get themselves caught up in, this one is the weirdest. I suspect they don't know what this represents. Heck, before the web, I didn't know what this was about! Perhaps Heather Thompson's father isn't familiar with computers and thus just naive. In any case, according to the Winona Daily News, Winona Senior High School has banned the wearing of bondage pants.
So what are they, anyway? Check out the images provided by Google.
Straps. In places that impair walking. But no big deal--just a dumb fashion statement, right?
Well, not necessarily. If you want the real thing and not just the prettied up fashion statement, Google "bondage pants" and you will get a hit for Temptations Direct. They sell the real thing, not the prettied up stylish version. Why would a parent want to introduce his daughter to sado-masochism? Why should a high school allow its students to promote it?
Yet in Winona we have a father who indulges his daughter's foolishness by stating "If I felt the pants were unsafe, my daughter wouldn't be wearing them...This is all because these kids are dressing different than everybody else." No, pops, it's not; and either you are displaying your naivety or you are telling us something about yourself that you ought to be ashamed to have us know.
