website promotes extreme diets and surgery to 9-year-olds
The internet game, aimed at girls aged 9 to 16, gives users ‘bimbo dollars’ to buy lingerie, diet pills and nightclub outfits. It has attracted 200,000 UK members
A website that encourages girls as young as 9 to embrace plastic surgery and extreme dieting in the search for the perfect figure was condemned as lethal by parents’ groups and healthcare experts yesterday.
The Miss Bimbo internet game has attracted prepubescent girls who are told to buy their virtual characters breast enlargement surgery and to keep them “waif thin” with diet pills.
Healthcare professionals, a parents’ group and an organisation representing people suffering anorexia and bulimia criticised the website for sending a dangerous message to impressionable children.
It looks like since I first came across this article a couple of days ago that the Miss Bimbo website has been blocked. What do you think? Too much ‘nannying’ or does a website like this pose a serious threat to the young girls who visit it?
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If a website poses a serious threat to your child, then there are already bigger problems that need to addressed.
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it sounds atrocious
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torn… it’s insane, sends all the wrong messages, and appears to reinforce all that is wrong with the perception of beauty. on the other hand, it was probably intended to skewer these folks, and may be the ultimate in sarcasm…
not a fan of censorship. but i do recommend that parents figure out what their 9 year olds are doing on line…
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What I don’t understand is how 9-16 year olds can even pay the £1.50 per text message charge.
I also can’t imagine letting children ‘roam free’ on the internet.
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Not a fan of censorship, but would I let my kids play on a highway or get involved with paedophiles on the net (or in real life)? It seems to me that this website is a combination of the two! It grooms them for some horrific lifestyle choices and it doesn’t warn them of the speeding trucks about to run over them!
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sick.
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Hey, is there a mr. bimbo site?
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Well said, Archie.
The only other bimbo website I could find was this one, Bb.
Very popular bread here in Spain and the name never ceases to amuse visitors from English speaking countries.
Bimbo Bread
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Are we sure this didn’t launch a few days early? To catch the All Fool’s Day rush?
No censorship. Humans need to be responsible for themselves, their pets, and their kids.
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“Parents who are allowing their children to go online without supervision and support… need to recognise that their children are potentially at risk.”
No shit. It’s still amazing to me that parents don’t realise this.
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Hello,
I’m currently researching various weight loss programs and courses.
So, if you don’t mind please answer in this topic: What’s your single most important question about weight loss?
Cheers, JD
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