Abstinence Pants!!!

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Abstinence Pants

Hey kids, how would you like to have "True Love Waits" plastered across your ass just like some women plater "juicy" across their ass????

Now you can with K-Mart's abstinence pants!

Whether she is lounging around the house, going to practice, or doing her chores. These soft athletic style crop pants will keep her comfy. Perfect for wearing with her favorite sweatshirt or tee. These athletic pants boldly proclaim just where she stands by pointing out that "True Love Waits" in a large screen print on the front and back of these pants.

* Drawstring waist
* Bold abstinence screen print
* Elastic cuffs. Cotton/Polyester blend
* Machine washable
* Imported

(Bonus! Can you spot the grammatical errors?)

From http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/TheBuzz/25024 :

"A spokeswoman for Sears Holdings Corp., which owns Kmart, told The Buzz the pants have absolutely nothing to do with taking any kind of position, either way, on abstinence. 'It was not associated with any group or any cause,' said Amy Dimond. 'It was just a graphic put on the pants.'

"Piper & Blue, Kmart's private label brand, designed the sweatpants as part of its summer collection that hit stores in late April.

"Although the pants were not designed to make a statement, Dimond admitted that 'there may be some (customers) who made the (abstinence association), but it was not the intention.'

Oh yeah, it's not about taking a position regarding abstinence, it was just some graphic they had lying around....No, I don't believe that one needs to wait til marriage to have sex. I think it's a personal choice. If you want to do that, by all means, don't let me stop you, and I support your choice. But not everyone chooses to go that way. I don't think that teenagers should be encouraged to go out and have sex, but I think that abstinence-only education is wildly irresponsible. The numbers speak for themselves. And I really don't think that one's sexual choices should be worn on one's ass. At any age, by anyone. That's tacky.

Kinda ironic that they're putting an abstinence message on the ass and right by the crotch of these pants, eh? Perhaps it is meant to divert prurient eyes away...but it seems to me that having any kind of writing there only attracts more attention?

Oh yeah...and of course they didn't create any similar garment for guys.

So just so you know... I think it looks trashy to have writing on one's ass at all. (All-over prints notwithstanding. Because it would look really stupid to have printed material...and then a big blank spot where one's ass goes.)

Somewhere in this world exists a woman with a twisted sense of humor who would go and buy a pair of those pants, just so she could have prematial sex with those pants down around her ankles. (Actually, I would be tempted to do it myself, were it not for the fact that I don't think they come in adult sizes. So it would need to be a rather small woman.)

Comments

[blaisepascal]

The first sentence is a subordinate clause with no main clause to suborn to. The third sentence would make a perfectly good noun phrase and "direct object" to the subject and predicate "they are" (I know that, technically, to be doesn't take a direct object, but I forget the specialized term I was taught for what it does take). The last sentence is too long to not have a comma, but I can't see where one is required. Did I miss any?

[fuego.livejournal.com]

hehe...I think you found more than I did.

[dragonprince72.livejournal.com]

It's an ad! They go under different grammatical rules than essays, stories, plays, and the like :-P I think the idea of the pants are silly as those pants with Juicy, Naughty, and shit on the back ... make me want to scream something mean to them but I behave myself O:-)

[theophania.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with your ideas on sex before marriage and especially on abstinence education. I don't know what these people are thinking! Like you, I certainly don't advocate that teens run and have sex, but come on. Condoms and common sense people. lol I liked the idea of the woman having premarrital sex with the pants. Why not use them by putting them on the bed and lying ontop of them while having the sex, since they're too small to wear? lol As for choices on the ass, it would be funny to see a statement about anal on there. As for the statement made by KMart. Ok, yeah. And I don't carry a cane cause I'm blind and need it for mobility. I just think it's a cool thing to do.

[ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com]

I've been picturing a domme being a cocktease while wearing such sweatpants.

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

They should also get the pajamas of god and hte secret mormon undies while they're at it.

[stellthebell.livejournal.com]

...

There are no words. Oy.

[sharkycharming.livejournal.com]

Here is the perfect reading material (http://www.humanlife.org/publications/J4G_2008.pdf) to enjoy whilst one is sporting the abstinence pants.