Posted on 02/20/2007 7:58:23 AM PST by SmoothTalker
"WASHINGTON (AFP) - Inescapable media images of sexed-up girls and women posing as adolescents can cause psychological and even physical harm to adolescents and young women, a study in the US has warned.
The pressure of what experts call "sexualization" can lead to depression, eating disorders, and poor academic performance, said the report, released Sunday by the American Psychological Association.
"Sexualization of girls is a broad and increasing problem and is harmful to girls," it concluded.
"Adult women dressed as school girls in music videos, bikini-clad dolls in hot tubs, and sexually-charged advertisements featuring teenagers were among the many examples cited.
"Sunday's study said sexualization occurs when "a person's value comes only from his or her sexual appeal or behavior," when sexuality is inappropriately imposed, or when a person is sexually "objectified."
Looking at popular music videos, the authors quoted songs by the Pussycat Dolls, Kid Rock, and 50 Cent, emphasizing lyrics that they suggested sexually objectified women.
The report said that "sexualization of women is particularly prominent in advertising," and singled out beer commercials as a major offender.
Also cited was a Skechers shoe ad that features pop singer Christina Aguilera dressed as a school girl in pigtails, with her shirt unbuttoned while licking a lollipop.
The popular Bratz dolls, the study noted, depict "girls marketed in bikinis, sitting in a hot tub, mixing drinks, and standing around, while the 'Boyz' play guitar and stand with their surf boards," it said. The dolls come dressed in miniskirts, fishnet stockings, and feather boas.
The report called on parents to take a more active roll in helping to shape the sexual self-image of their children, and to exert consumer pressure on manufacturers and advertisers."
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The media and Hollyweird make me sick. Young girls heed this warning. If you follow in the footsteps of bimbos you will follow them into the grave.
Not nearly as harming as this image.
Right. It's the irresponsible newsentertentainment media which is responsible for this. They want girls to be promiscuous. They want marriage to go away (except for their most vocal constituency)
But can't we just have them vaccinated with Gardasil and make it all better?
You mean those parents with the breast implants, wearing shirts with "Baby Doll" on the front and pants with "Juicy" on the butt? They ARE helping to shape the sexual self-image of their children.
Where does he think the money is coming from, anyway?
duh.
but its starting to get better. i got excited this weekend, as my wife and i were at old navy and we actually found a whole line of MODEST bathing suits. full t-shirt style top with full cut bathing suit bottoms.
Oh really? I thought females embracing their sexuality was all part of their "empowerment" and freedom from the "Evil Phallo-Centric Patriarchy."
Have you seen these? They all look like hookers.
Mrs. CD and I simply REFUSE to allow our daughter to have them.
The pressure of trying to live up to these idealized almost unreachable levels of beauty puts too much pressure on young ladies.
I wonder how many broads shaved their heads because of her. I call them broads because, well, if they want to do something like THAT, then they have no self-opinion.
I've seen them in the stores. We don't have any, or anything with "Bratz" on it. But obviously lots of adults are buying these for their children, just like they're buying the skimpy clothes with lewd messages.
And all the pro-homo stuff messes with their heads as well. Oh but no one will admit that while tolerating perversity in every public way, we are corrupting the minds of our own children. So spread that guilt net much wider.
Don't get me wrong, I am not making my daughter wear bonnets and ankle-length dresses.
However, even the way some of her friends dress (in the FIRST GRADE!) seems a bit much to me.
LOL! I would, but my mother would drive me crazy over it. (The girls had better hope OldTax-lady lasts until they leave home :-).
But seriously, I agree with you 100%. Elementary-school girls are walking around (in this weather, too!) in what looks like street-walker outfits.
My husband bought our girls some shorts at Target last spring, and didn't realize until they put them on that they showed *everything*. We'll have to try on every single piece of clothing in advance this year. I don't know where we'll find ordinary shorts for the girls; the ones I get at J.C. Penney don't come in children's sizes.
Forgive me if this was posted but searching on here turned nothing up.
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Thank you for posting it, whether or not it had been posted already. (First time I have seen it, but I don't have the time to monitor FR 24/7.) Actually, I wish this was posted at least once a day. Parents really need to stand up and do something about this epidemic.
*snort* My VERY first thought!!
...we actually found a whole line of MODEST bathing suits. full t-shirt style top with full cut bathing suit bottoms.
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