It’s not children who are sexualised … it’s us

I tottered around in my stiletto heels, lips pouting in blood red lipstick, dangling earnings, plunging silk blouse over lacy bra.

Was I about to join the Slutwalk demo? No, I was seven and dressed up in my mummy’s clothes. Which just goes to show trying to look grown-up is something little girls have done long before contemporary outrage over retailers selling T-shirts bearing Playboy bunny logos and lacy lingerie for kids.