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Enlightened Sexism: Why power through sexuality is bad for girls and women
Girls are getting some very contradictory messages about where their value lies and what they can do to gain power. We say, “You can do it all” and media and marketers add, “As long as you’re sexy while doing it!” Continue reading
Posted in Acting, For Teens and Tweens
Tagged identity, media and children, Sexual objectification, Sexualization, women and power
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A Very Sexy Halloween to You
Halloween has become a very sexy holiday. The costumes have become reminiscent of the adult entertainment industry, promoting girls and women as sexual objects. Let me tell you a few stories. A friend of mine took her high school aged … Continue reading
Does Media Matter?
This week-end, I was at the soccer fields watching my 7-year-old play. As I watched girls of all different ages running, kicking, jumping, competing with ferocity, and cooperating with one another, I was struck by the difference between the girls … Continue reading
Posted in Does Media Matter, For Teens and Tweens, Recognizing
Tagged Adolescence, child development, Children Youth and Family, Developmental psychology, Mass media, media and children, Psychology, Sexual objectification, sexualization of children, sexualization of females in the media, Social Sciences, women and power
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Protect this House: Who Will? Females as Objects vs Agents
Are females primarily agents in their own lives or objects to fulfill the needs in the lives of others? This question was brought forward very strongly to me recently when my nine-year-old daughter, after having silently observed several billboards and … Continue reading
