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Bishop: Dolls, magazines turn girls into sex objects
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| 06.17.07
Posted on 07/04/2007 5:19:51 PM PDT by Coleus
With popular childrens doll lines featuring sexy clothing and gossip magazines aimed at preteens, society is turning girls into sexual objects earlier and earlier. This was the lament of a senior Catholic bishop, who said such premature sexualizing of girls at a tender age should be one of the most serious issues confronting Philippine society.
The messages they receive through popular culture is that to be attractive, to be accepted by society, you have to dress and behave in a sexual manner. There are now lingerie clothing lines for preteen girls, and bras for girls under 10, T-shirts with sexual slogans, and even a pole dancing kit complete with a DVD that features sexy dance tracks for 6-year-olds," Tagbilaran, Bohol archbishop Leonardo Medroso said in his web log
medroso.blogspot.com .
Medroso noted that some popular lines of dolls for girls feature sexy clothing, while gossip magazines aimed at preteens encourage girls to behave in a sexual manner." Some of these magazines even feature sections devoted to grooming and relationships even with older men," he said. In many cases, he added, some mothers even dress up and apply makeup on their six-year-old daughters to make them look like sexy and beautiful" young women just so they can win school beauty contests.
On the other hand, some advertising catalogues featured children dressed up, made-up and posed in the same way that adults are," suggesting the children are interested in, and perhaps open to, approaches for sex." With such premature sexualizing, Medroso warned, girls are being turned into sexual objects earlier and earlier." Yes, the attack against the dignity of women is persistent and relentless," he said. Medroso said pornography remains one of the most devilish attacks on the dignity of women, a pathetic result of mans effort of splitting sexuality and love, which he has wittingly or unwittingly acquired along with his contraceptive mentality."
Worse, he said pornography is becoming more and more socially acceptable. What was considered pornographic years ago is now shown on billboards, rental movie cases, internets, etc. This trend has made it virtually impossible to avoid at least some exposure to some pornography," he said. Yes, the dignity of the woman has to be upheld. Its protection is the protection of the human race," he added.
- GMANews.TV
TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: archbishopmedroso; catholic; catholiclist; culture; dolls; filipina; filipino; moralabsolutes; philippines; pornography; preteens; promiscuity; promiscuous
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posted on
07/04/2007 5:19:51 PM PDT
by
Coleus
To: Coleus
Shush, Bishop. Don't you know that girls are for fornication?
- Post 60's America
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posted on
07/04/2007 5:28:03 PM PDT
by
unspun
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To: Coleus
Not to mention the media glorifies hoons like Hilton, Spears, the Simpsons (not the Homer variety), Madonna, Aguilerra, et al.
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posted on
07/04/2007 5:31:03 PM PDT
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posted on
07/06/2007 10:29:52 PM PDT
by
Coleus
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To: Coleus
Barbie and Tiger Beat were around the ‘60s. They must be what doomed us all. /sarc
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posted on
07/07/2007 1:14:35 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
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To: Coleus
Dolls, magazines normal male brains turn girls women into sex objects
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posted on
07/07/2007 7:57:49 PM PDT
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posted on
07/08/2007 8:35:53 AM PDT
by
narses
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
69ConvertibleFirebird says:
...normal male brains turn girls into sex objects...
No, malformed and disordered brains do that. Male brains, properly taught, recognize women as human beings and treat them with the respect and dignity they deserve.
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posted on
07/08/2007 8:40:23 AM PDT
by
narses
("Freedom is about authority." - Rudolph Giuliani)
To: narses
LOL!!! Lets see how many marriages last the first few months if the woman isn't having sex!
Yes, normal men's brains want to have sex with women. And, of course, the opposite is true as well. Normal women's brains want to have sex with men.
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posted on
07/08/2007 8:59:46 AM PDT
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Having an appetite for sex is normal, using that appetite to objectify women is disordered. Like binge eating or bulimia is to a normal appetite, the objectification the good Bishop refers to is the disordered abuse of a natural function.
You say “Lets {sic} see how many marriages last the first few months if the woman isn’t having sex!” — I ask how many would last long if the male reveled in pornography?
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posted on
07/08/2007 9:07:56 AM PDT
by
narses
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