How young is too young?

Recently as I was perusing my regular fashion blogs, i came across a photo of Taylor Momsen. Taylor Momsen is a 16-year old actress who is a regular in Gossip girl in case you didn't know. And this photo sparked a debate in my mind:

Should a girl of 16 be wearing this?!

Now while I'm not one to criticise Taylor Momsen as a person because I don't know what she's like, I have to ask what she was thinking. Either she was trying to play this rebellious teenager who was performing with her new rebellious band or she was trying to appeal to her audience. But by wearing something like this, the only people I think she could have possibly attracted is pervy men.

As a 19 year old girl, I have been on a few nights out and I know that even when I'm wearing a perfectly normal length dress and opaque tights, i still have pervy men trying to get close to me. So it begs the question why is Taylor Momsen trying to wear the least amount of clothes you can, does she really want the attention from these sorts of guys? I know for a fact that if my mum saw me wearing or even considering wearing something like this, she wouldn't let me out.

It continually confuses me as to why women and girls feel the need to wear tiny clothes in order to attract men. Taylor Momsen is pretty and could look great wearing a lot of things that actually were decent. So why is she parading around in pants and suspenders? It just worries me that young girls who are fans of Gossip Girl will see her wearing things like this when she's not on the show and think this is what they should wear, and this is a very scary thought indeed.