Posted on 02/20/2007 5:27:13 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
Sexy imagery 'harms young girls' From correspondents in Washington February 21, 2007 04:48am
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 has found.
The pressure of what experts call "sexualisation" can lead to depression, eating disorders, and poor academic performance, said the report, released by the American Psychological Association.
"Sexualisation of girls is a broad and increasing problem and is harmful to girls," it said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
A total no-brainer. Parents that allow this stuff are complete imbeciles.
I can remember when Adults (parents) where in charge!
Really....what on earth happened?
susie
We became a society that didn’t want to “harm” our little darlings by disciplining them.
And we wanted to be their friends. *sigh*
The really amazing thing is that anyone would be surprised.
susie
We are never called to be friends to our children. We are to be examples, disciplinarians and educators of our children, not friends. Friendship comes later, when we have raised good kids …
If only most parents were clued in to that.
susie
Sadly, this will not happen and the children will pay, not the parents.
This is just what the Feminazis wanted, young girls to be sluts.
The "if it feels good do it" logic is more important than having virtures.
I totally agree with this. When I was little, I recall feeling threatened by 'Saturday Night Fever' values and hated having them constantly shoved in front of me when I was trying to assert my own values. I recall really detesting that kind of sleaziness.
Gee. I took a study for them to figure out what most Parents needed less than 5 minutes to understand perfectly...
You're right there. My generation hasn't done a very good job of raising kids. We were spoiled, and it shows in our childrearing. I will be curious to see if this upcoming generation will be even worse, or if the pendulum will swing back. God help us.
susie
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