Yesterday I took the kids to the mall to put a dent in Christmas shopping for my wife. We had a great time, and I saw a few other dads doing the same thing with their kids. It's easy to spot them in the crowd - they'll have the wide, darting eyes looking for any tell-tale signs of trouble, with beads of perspiration on their foreheads... or they'll just have the glazed over eyes with the pleading looks on their faces that screams "HELP - Get me out of here already!"

But inevitably the moment of truth came as we passed the Victoria Secret store. I saw a few dads in front of me take the "sideways glance while keeping the head pointed straight ahead" at the mostly-naked mannequins. And as I looked to see what they could possibly be looking at () I noticed that Victoria's Secret sadly was not much of a secret anymore.

How can they get away with displaying soft porn in full public view??! And what affect will that have on my children when they start to notice?

Fortunately, they're still pretty young and at least my two youngest seem fairly oblivious. That could be simply because I point out the Disney store on the opposite side of the mall walkway as I rush them by, hoping to redirect their attention to something much less provocative. But my nine-year old definitely knows that there's something sacred about certain body parts, and that there's a reason we cover them up in public. In fact, she was even embarrassed as we walked into the lingerie department at Nordstrom looking for some slippers for my wife.