Do you want to high-five this mum? Or tell her to relax? If you’ve ever rankled at the sight of racy clothes being marketed to kids, she may just be your new hero.
Judy Cox was shopping with her 18-year-old son at a local mall in Orem, Utah, when a display of T-shirts in a shop window caught her eye. The “visuals by Van Styles” shirts were on sale at PacSun, a clothes store largely marketed to teens and young adults, and featured images of lingerie models in raunchy poses.
“The bottom of one woman is completely exposed, uncovered and it’s a very provocative pose that she’s in,” Cox said in an interview with 4Utah.com. “Clearly it was offensive and I was most concerned about the youth and the children that would be viewing this.”
Cox was so appalled by the "indecent and pornographic" shirts she lodged a complaint with the store's manager, who informed her she needed permission from the store's corporate office to take down the display - a process that could take days. When Cox offered to buy the t-shirts in the window, she was informed they would just be replaced by others in stock.
At this point, most mothers would probably just roll their eyes and walk out of the store, clutching onto the last dregs of hope for their children - or perhaps start a Change.org petition if they could find the time.