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What is sexualization anyway?
Since this blog has attracted a lot of new readers lately, I thought it was important to go back and revisit the idea of sexualization. I talk about it a lot, but new readers may be wondering, “Exactly what is … Continue reading →
Sexy Horses and Trolls and Fairies, Oh My: Toys all Tarted Up
Hot-to-trot ponies? Dolls that wax? Toys get tarted up – Parenting – TODAYshow.com. In a story on the Today Show website, they show several examples of toys that are crazily sexualized, with even horses wearing high heels, make-up, and coy … Continue reading →
Pressure and power: What’s a girl to do?
I was teaching a class not long ago on the sexualization of women in the media and how it impacts children and adolescents. While discussing how media’s pressure on girls to focus on their sexuality as a source of power, … Continue reading →
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Tagged distortion of beauty, media and children, media and girls, media harms girls, media messages and children, parenting, sexualization of children, sexualization of females in the media, what can parents do, what makes a woman powerful, women and beauty, women and power
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Are Princesses Really so Bad?!
If you read the review or information about the book Cinderella Ate my Daughter, you may be wondering, are princesses really that bad? Are they evil? Is it wrong to let my child play with anything princess related? People also … Continue reading →
Glamour-vs-Greatness: What’s a girl to do?
From the Archives: A post examining the gender stereotypes that are often presented to children. Girls are promoted glamour while boys are sold on greatness. So I was shopping with my daughters today at a large store. We ended up … Continue reading →
Positive Pick: Redefine Girly
I’ve written lately about some not so great products and messages, about how media aimed at children tends to do some heavy-duty gender stereotyping. Boys are shown as being aggressive and loud while girls are passive or shopaholic drama queens. … Continue reading →
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Tagged media and children, media and gender, media and girls, media harms girls, media messages and children, parenting advice, parents and children, sexualization of children, what can parents do, what makes a woman powerful, women and power
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The beauty myth… and madness — New Internationalist
Click the link below to read an interesting examination of the beauty myth and it’s implications for societies world wide. The author makes a claim that when the female body becomes a product and females are encouraged to look at … Continue reading →
Porn & Pop Culture: A Deadly Combination
The following article is cross-posted with permission from Beauty Redefined and was written by Lexie Kite. Lexie argues that pop culture has adopted the features of pornography to such a great extent that they have become the norm. As I … Continue reading →
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Photoshopping: Altering Images and Our Minds | BEAUTY REDEFINED
Check out the article linked below by Beauty Redefined. Photoshopping: Altering Images and Our Minds | BEAUTY REDEFINED. It talks about how women are being photoshopped out of reality. This article reminded me of a friend in high school who … Continue reading →
Speaking Truth to…Target?!
My friend, Marcia, was recently in her local Target store and saw a t-shirt above in the toy aisle. Being the mom of three young girls, she was disturbed by this image and the slogan depicting females as frivolous beings … Continue reading →
