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Potty-Mouthed Princesses Drop F-Bombs for Feminism by FCKH8.com from FCKH8.com on Vimeo.

I’m always for a good cause. And particularly, when it comes to women’s issues, I’m truly down for almost anything. Like FCKH8.com, I want to bring awareness to pay inequality, rape, and other things holding women back. But I always put my mother hat on before anything else, and as a mother, I think the use of children in a viral video crosses the line when they are “droppin the F-bomb for Feminims.”

FCKH8.com is promoting a 2 ½ minute video featuring little girls delivering a written message, albeit an important one, that is riddled with the f word and other offensive words. F**k, penis, motherf**ker are all words used by little girls to get the point across. (Yeah, you might want to clear the kids out of the room before you watch.)

“What’s more offensive? A little girl saying f**k or the sexist way society treats girls and women?” the company said in the press release.

Personally, I think both are very offensive, and in this particular case, I’m gonna have to abide by the rule that two wrongs don’t make a right.

In the video, the girls are dressed in princess dresses and crowns as they rant on everything from how women make 23 percent less than men for the same work, and how one in five women will be sexually assaulted or raped by a man. The statistics are sad, but is it okay to let young girls sacrifice their innocence for a cause they are too young to understand? Though I believe in every cause they fight against, hearing a child use filth floreign filth (as Bill Cosby would say) in an online video is a tactic I can’t get with as a mom.

Some of the girls in the video are as young as six years old, and it almost feels as though their good cause is wiped out. In the statement, Marcus Kohn says “Some adults may be uncomfortable with how these little girls are using a bad word for a good cause.” Ya think? Instead, he justifies with this:

“It is showing what they are saying, but the real shock is that women are still paid less than men for the same work in 2014, not the use of the F-word. “Instead of washing these girls’ mouth out with soap, maybe society needs to club up its act,” he said.

No doubt, society can get with the times, but please explain how these children using this language is supposed to change things? I’m sorry, the idea that people will see this because it’s so shocking and then, as a result, decide to change the injustices that women face doesn’t seem likely. Yes, because the video is shocking, people will take notice. But the majority of the people who are shocked and offended by the video will most likely be parents (I’m sure they are already very aware of the situation).

In 2014, the face of feminism has progressed, but this ain’t it. There are women out there fighting the good cause who have to be looking at these videos shaking their heads. Little girls are boasting “Stop focusing on the way I f*cking look and give me a book.” How about your mom give you a spanking? While an F word here and there from a kid doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, what are we really teaching these girls about fighting the good fight? They’ve got a long road ahead of them, and we’re arming them with the F word? We’re teaching them that this is the best way to communicate their views and expressions? I don’t think so. The message is a strong one, but ultimately in this video, it gets lost in translation.

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