American Apparel 'Teenagers Do It Better' Tee: Out Of Line Or Totally Tame? (PHOTOS, POLL)

The savvy shoppers over at SheFinds brought this lovely product to our attention: American Apparel's "Teenagers Do It Better" tee shirt.

Oy.

You'd think American Apparel CEO Dov Charney has had enough controversies, from sexual exploitation of employees and suggestive billboards to some of the skeeviest ads we've ever seen.

But this may be his first foray into sartorial pedophilia, creating a shirt that glorifies teens engaging in sex.

If the shirt's slogan seems arguably innocuous to some, it may help to read up a little more about its roots. The shirt was made in collaboration with a publication called Ey! Magateen (potentially NSFW or LIFE at the link), a mag that celebrates "the magnificent vitality, energy and power of young male adulthood" and features sexy pics of boys ages 16-21.

The magazine features the tee on its Tumblr, modeled by a young teen boy in his underwear. As part of the collab, you can receive the shirt as a free gift when ordering the 124-page (plus "18 sexy stickers!") Spring-Summer 2011 issue of Ey!

Or, for those who aren't into scantily clad little boys, you can order the "Teenagers Do It Better" Fine Jersey Short Sleeve Tee online for $24.

And just when we thought Dov Charney couldn't get any grosser.

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Comments

[exile]

10:06 AM on 08/23/2011

teenagers barely make it to skol

[exile]

10:06 AM on 08/23/2011

orange pants
lol

[Notsurprisedanymore]

10:30 AM on 08/15/2011

I've seen worse statements on shirts just setting at the mall watching kids go by. Truth is...Teenagers don't do anything best, they just don't so the shirt is more of a "comical" statement than a "truth" statement. Lighten up as a mother its worth a laugh.

[avery t]

01:37 PM on 08/12/2011

teenagers do it bieber? huh? middle-aged men do it beaver? wha?

[vivemente]

10:45 AM on 08/12/2011

This is such a stupid article. The shirt does not say anything sexual, and that definitely would not have been my first thought (or maybe even my last thought) when seeing it.

[Vimala Nowlis]

02:32 PM on 08/11/2011

Depends on what they do, do they? They are certainly better than most people of all ages at playing computer games.

[di36ken]

02:09 PM on 08/11/2011

WHAT do they do better is the question? They cannot do simple math without a calculator and spelling is difficult for them, they have no idea what the word "common sense" means, and as far as fashion goes... jeans and tennis shoes is what they call fashion. There are oodles of other things but you get my drift.

[ArchieBunker II]

03:10 PM on 08/11/2011

and have no clue what a belt is for

[bill kill]

02:05 PM on 08/11/2011

People need to chill out and stop letting biased media articles control how they feel about things. It doesn't say "children do it better" it says "teenagers" which includes 16-19 year olds who are legally allowed to have sex. Teenagers usually have a higher sex drive than older people, so the statement does make sense. But even if you doubt that, the point is, this is free speech and it's not advocating underage sex, since 4 our of 7 of your teenage years are legally able to have sex.

-Billy, an 18 year old teenager who will buy this shirt.

[petersjlynn]

01:52 PM on 08/11/2011

"DO IT" is simply a phrase which r own mind can conjure up whatever. An intellectual might think Teenagers "Study" better. An outdoors-man might think Teenagers "Fish" Better. A mother might think her Teenager "Shops" better, and so on and so forth. 'Tis the beauty of the First Amendment. Methinks most of those who take the phrase as "sensual" or "sexual" are the perverts we should worry about. Those perverts would, in my opinion, include only the school systems which prohibit the shirts, but also the press who presented this article.

[cvanbroc]

01:51 PM on 08/11/2011

I think that is a claim that has no basis in fact. And if nothing else, it's extremely stupid!

[daffyduck142]

01:31 PM on 08/11/2011

well from what i've seen they can't even count

[BamaRainbow]

03:03 PM on 08/11/2011

From what I've seen, neither can GOP Congressmen. (They're all at least 30 years old--most are even older--but act more like children.)

[ZMP]

01:28 PM on 08/11/2011

How about...

Teenagers do it with 1/2 a brain!

Since the brain is not fully grown until the age of 25 years old.

[trefoil]

01:26 PM on 08/11/2011

"....out of the mouths of babes!"....from those who gave up on learning how to spell their last name.

[quickchick]

01:10 PM on 08/11/2011

Our local mamby pamby high school said no suggestive messages on clothing but something like would go ignored because who wants to waste time sending the kid to the office only to have him return with a warning not to wear it again?

[bmitche]

12:48 PM on 08/11/2011

No. It is right in line with this sick world !!!