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A dad is being criticised for apparently ‘sexualising’ his daughter

Published 08:56 24 Apr 2018 BST

Jade Hayden
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A dad is being criticised for apparently "sexualising" his three-month-old daughter. A photo was uploaded by Twitter user Harley showing her daughter, Alanis, lying on a bed with her feet up in the air smiling. In the next photo, Alanis's legs are being closed by her dad. The caption reads: "Daddy was not having it lmfao" and some crying laughing faces. https://twitter.com/htee_/status/985633488589205504 The tweet was clearly meant to be a joke about overbearing dads who want their daughters to 'keep their legs' shut when they get older. However, a good few people didn't see it that way and started accusing the dad of "sexualising" his three-month-old. "What the fuck is wrong with your baby daddy?!?! It’s a baby stop sexualizing your child," wrote one person. "This is perversive, wrong and disturbing. What a way to see a small baby," said another. "Anybody that sees anything a baby does has sexual should be closely monitored." "Imagine actually thinking this is funny. Wow," said somebody else. Mum Harley, however, wasn't all fazed by the criticism. She said: And there were, of course, others who didn't see anything wrong with the photos at all. One person said: Another said: It's clear that this dad is not at all sexualising his daughter. He's just not. Though, on the other hand, you could maybe understand why people would get into a bit of a tizzy about overbearing dads controlling their daughter's lives. This, however, is not at all what's happening here. She's a three-month-old baby. It's a tweet. That's it.

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