The 'little tramp' paradox: don't blame the kids

By Vince Chadwick and Rachel Wells
Updated October 4 2012 - 12:18pm, first published 11:49am
Society teaches teenage girls dress a certain way - then calls them tramps.
Society teaches teenage girls dress a certain way - then calls them tramps.

Young girls should not be shamed for dressing like "tarts" and "hookers" because this is how society is teaching them to dress, a Melbourne academic will argue today.

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