As an avid watcher of pubescent girls’ underwear, this story troubled me. Disney released a pair of underwear for young girls in the UK with the phrase “Dive In” on the front of them.

Disney has sparked outrage by producing High School Musical pants for young girls with the suggestive words ‘Dive In’ emblazoned across them.

The underwear, part of the hugely successful movie’s range of merchandise, has also been criticised by the NSPCC.

The packs of knickers are on sale in Asda, where Sue Ralph unwittingly bought some for her seven-year-old granddaughter in the Broadstairs, Kent, store.

Mrs Ralph added: ”I think it is inappropriate because you just never know who could be out and about and see that and just think it was a bit too enticing for a young child to be wearing.”

Um, I don’t know that I’d call it enticing. I’m pretty susceptible to ads (you should have seen all the violent homicides I committed for Klondike bars) but listening to what a pair of girls’ panties tells me to do is a bit far fetched. It’s like being a pedophilic Son of Sam.

I seriously doubt the kids are seeing the reference as one about hopping into a warm glass of cooch though. It’s really only parents that see this, make a big deal out of it, spread it to the media, and then continue to make the kids see themselves in a sexualized way. So while they’re trying to keep the kids safe, all they’re doing is further pressing the issue and exposing more kids to how “sexual” they can be in certain circumstances. It’s so easy to keep passing the buck to media and society when some of the problems lie within.

Taylor Momsen is of course the exception. That right thurr is womanly.