The Sexualization Of Childhood

Author : Sharna Olfman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780275999865

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The Sexualization of Childhood by Sharna Olfman Pdf

Only a generation or two ago, childhood in the United States was understood to be a unique and vulnerable stage of development; a time for play and protection from adult preoccupations and responsibilities. In recent decades however, we appear to have jettisoned these norms, and the lines that separate the lifestyles of even very young children from adults are blurring. As widely known experts on the team that created this book explain, children begin formal education now in preschool, dress like adults, listen to the same music, play the same video games, explore the same Internet sites, and watch explicit depictions of sex and violence on TV and in movies. What is the impact of immersing children in a sexualized world? The Sexualization of Childhood first explains the nature of healthy sexual development. It then describes the ways in which children are being sexualized, and the physical and psychological consequences. It then looks at the lower and lower age at which girls are experiencing puberty, that reduction being fueled by the pseudoestrogens in so many of our foods and products, as well as obesity. Finally, it examines what we can do legally, politically, and as caregivers to protect children from developmentally inappropriate sexual experiences.

Author : Barrie Gunter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317684022

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Media and the Sexualization of Childhood by Barrie Gunter Pdf

Media and the Sexualization of Childhood examines the on-going debates surrounding the prominence of sexual themes in children’s lives, from clothes and accessories, toys and games, to music, entertainment media, advertising, and new media platforms. Parents, educators and politicians around the developed world have raised concerns about the effects all these experiences can have on the socialisation and psychological development of children and the extent to which the premature introduction of sexuality into their lives can place them at risk of unwanted attention. This book explores these issues using an evidence based approach that draws on research findings from around the world, representing the most comprehensive single account of the field. The book will be invaluable to students studying topics surrounding children and the media and childhood studies, as well as students of communication, media, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and health science.

Author : Jessica Ringrose
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137353399

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Children, Sexuality and Sexualization by Jessica Ringrose Pdf

This volume presents a ground-breaking collection of interdisciplinary chapters from international scholars which complicate, and offers new ways to make sense of, children's sexual cultures across complex political, social and cultural terrains.

Author : Eileen L. Zurbriggen,Tomi-Ann Roberts
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199731659

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The Sexualization of Girls and Girlhood by Eileen L. Zurbriggen,Tomi-Ann Roberts Pdf

The Sexualization of Girls and Girlhood includes the best empirical research, theory, and practice stemming from the report of the American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Contributors discuss evidence for this phenomenon from media and marketing, to interpersonal interaction, to girls' own efforts to fashion themselves after sexualized role models around them.

Author : R. Danielle Egan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745669588

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Becoming Sexual by R. Danielle Egan Pdf

The sexualization of girls has captured the attention of the media, advocacy groups and politicians in recent years. This prolific discourse sets alarm bells ringing: sexualization is said to lead to depression, promiscuity and compassion deficit disorder, and rob young girls of their childhood. However, measuring such claims against a wide range of data sources reveals a far more complicated picture. Becoming Sexual begins with a simple question: why does this discourse feel so natural? Analyzing potent cultural and historical assumptions, and subjecting them to measured investigation, R. Danielle Egan illuminates the implications of dominant thinking on sexualization. The sexualized girl functions as a metaphor for cultural decay and as a common enemy through which adult rage, discontent and anxiety regarding class, gender, sexuality, race and the future can be expressed. Egan argues that, ultimately, the popular literature on sexualization is more reflective of adult disquiet than it is about the lives and practices of girls. Becoming Sexual will be a welcome intervention into these fraught polemics for anyone interested in engaging with a high-profile contemporary debate, and will be particularly useful for students of sociology, cultural studies, childhood studies, gender studies and media studies.

Author : Eliana Gil,Toni Cavanagh Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015031803003

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Sexualized Children by Eliana Gil,Toni Cavanagh Johnson Pdf

Author : Diane E. Levin, Ph.D.,Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D.
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780345505071

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So Sexy So Soon by Diane E. Levin, Ph.D.,Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D. Pdf

Risqué Halloween costumes for young girls. T-shirts that boast “Chick Magnet” for toddler boys. Sexy content on almost every television channel, as well as in movies and video games. Popular culture and technology inundate our boys and girls with an onslaught of graphic sexual messages at earlier ages than ever before. Without the emotional sophistication to understand what they are doing and seeing, kids are getting into increasing trouble emotionally and socially. Parents are left shaking their heads, wondering: How did this happen? What can we do? Diane E. Levin, Ph.D., and Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., internationally recognized experts in, respectively, early childhood development and the impact of the media on children and teens, offer parents essential, age-appropriate strategies to counter the assault. Filled with savvy suggestions, helpful sample dialogues, and poignant stories from families dealing with these issues, So Sexy So Soon provides parents with the information, skills, and confidence they need to discuss sensitive topics openly and effectively–so their kids can just be kids.

Author : Jennifer W. Shewmaker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9798216144298

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Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children by Jennifer W. Shewmaker Pdf

This provocative book takes a look at children's consumption of sexualized media messages while providing parents, teachers, and professionals with strategies for abating their influence. In this eye-opening book, experienced child psychologist Jennifer W. Shewmaker contends that the manner in which a child is raised influences how they respond to media messages, particularly those shaded by sexual overtones. This text takes a hard look at the impact of advertisements, products, and entertainment on a child's psyche and offers strategies for helping kids become critical, active media consumers. Drawing from research in a wide variety of disciplines, this book explores the interpersonal factors within children's lives that impact how they learn to process sexualized media messages. The book argues that an increase in marketing to children along with media-based fabrications of beauty, masculinity, and femininity impact the confidence and character of young children who are often greatly affected by what they see and hear. The author shares invaluable tips for promoting strengths in children and adolescents of both genders and presents the protective influence of communities to help children dismiss distorted media images.

Author : Sharna Olfman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Children
ISBN : 9798216013778

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The Sexualization of Childhood by Sharna Olfman Pdf

Author : Liza Tsaliki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137033413

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Children and the Politics of Sexuality by Liza Tsaliki Pdf

This book discusses already established accounts about the sexualization of children through a theoretical and an empirical framework which bring together popular culture, consumption, sexuality, selfhood and childhood. Adopting the view that the debate about the sexualization of childhood is socially constructed, it pushes beyond the dominant preconceptions about ‘the risks of childhood’. Moral judgements about children’s welfare are perhaps nowhere more transient and controversial than when it comes to children’s sexuality, something that has deep historical roots. However, and contrary to recurrent fears and moral panics about the loss of childhood as a result of a tidal wave of a sexualizing culture, this book theorizes the notion of children’s sexualization within the social construction of myths of childhood innocence while also taking into account the extent of young people’s actual engagement with media and technology in contemporary Western societies. It is within such a contextual framework that this book unfolds, bringing together a historical contextualization of childhood, sexuality and pornography with contemporary empirical accounts regarding the ‘presentation of the self’ and self-management.

Author : James Russell Kincaid
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0822321939

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Erotic Innocence by James Russell Kincaid Pdf

Explores the current preoccupation with child molesting and children's sexuality and the ways that this degree of fascination is itself suspect.

Author : Independent Review of the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood,Reg Bailey,Great Britain. Department for Education,Great BritainDepartment for Education
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 0101807821

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Letting children be children by Independent Review of the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood,Reg Bailey,Great Britain. Department for Education,Great BritainDepartment for Education Pdf

This review by Reg Bailey, Chief Executive of Mothers' Union expresses the concerns at the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood. We are all living in an increasingly sexual and sexualised culture and many parents feel that his culture is often inappropriate for their children. This leaves many feeling that children are being encouraged to grow up too quickly and that we don't allow them to be children. This is compounded in some new media where there is limited regulation. The review makes 14 recommendations covering 4 themes. The aims of these being: i) that sexualised images used in public places and on television, the internet, music videos and other places are more in line with what parents find acceptable, and that public space becomes more family-friendly; ii) that retailers do not sell or market inappropriate products or services for children; iii) that regulations protecting children from excessive commercial pressures are comprehensive and effective; and iv) that parents find it easier to voice their concerns, are listened to more readily when they so and have their concerns visibly acted on by businesses and regulators. Ultimately of course these recommendations need to be implemented by broadcasters, advertisers, retailers, other businesses and regulators within a reasonable timescale

Author : M. Gigi Durham
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781590205945

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The Lolita Effect by M. Gigi Durham Pdf

Pop culture—and the advertising that surrounds it—teaches young girls and boys five myths about sex and sexuality: Girls don't choose boys, boys choose girls—but only sexy girls; there's only one kind of sexy—slender, curvy, white beauty; girls should work to be that type of sexy; the younger a girl is, the sexier she is; and sexual violence can be hot. Together, these five myths make up the Lolita Effect, the mass media trends that work to undermine girls’ self-confidence, that condone female objectification, and that tacitly foster sex crimes. But identifying these myths and breaking them down can help girls learn to recognize progressive and healthy sexuality and protect themselves from degrading media ideas and sexual vulnerability.

Author : Nancy Jo Sales
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804173186

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American Girls by Nancy Jo Sales Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller Award-winning Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales crisscrossed the country talking to more than two hundred girls between the ages of thirteen and nineteen about their experiences online and off. They are coming of age online in a hypersexualized culture that has normalized extreme behavior, from pornography to the casual exchange of nude photographs; a culture rife with a virulent new strain of sexism; a culture in which teenagers are spending so much time on technology and social media that they are not developing basic communication skills. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media: Instagram, Whisper, Vine, Youtube, Kik, Ask.fm, Tinder. Provocative, explosive, and urgent, American Girls will ignite much-needed conversation about how we can help our daughters and sons negotiate the new social and sexual norms that govern their lives.

Author : Melissa Wardy
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781613745526

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Redefining Girly by Melissa Wardy Pdf

“Melissa Wardy’s book reads like a conversation with a smart, wise, funny friend; one who dispenses fabulous advice on raising a strong, healthy, full-of-awesome girl.” —Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter All-pink aisles in toy stores, popular dolls that resemble pole dancers, ultrasexy Halloween costumes in tween sizes. Many parents are increasingly startled and unnerved at how today’s media, marketers, and manufacturers are sexualizing and stereotyping ever-younger girls, but feel powerless to do much about it. Mother of two Melissa Wardy channeled her feelings of isolation and frustration into activism—creating a website to sell T-shirts with girl-positive messages; blogging and swapping parenting strategies with families around the world; writing letters to corporate offenders; organizing petitions; and raising awareness through parent workshops and social media. Wardy has spearheaded campaigns against national brands and retailers that resulted in the removal of sexist, offensive ads and products. Now, in Redefining Girly, she shares her parenting and activism strategies with other families concerned about raising a confident and healthy girl in today’s climate. Wardy provides specific advice and sample conversations for getting family, friends, educators, and health care providers on your side; getting kids to think critically about sexed-up toys and clothes; talking to girls about body image; and much more. She provides tips for creating a home full of diverse, inspiring toys and media free of gender stereotypes; using your voice and consumer power to fight the companies making major missteps; and taking the reins to limit, challenge, and change harmful media and products. Melissa Wardy is the founder of Pigtail Pals & Ballcap Buddies, a website selling empowering and inspirational children’s apparel and products, and Redefine Girly, a blog surrounding the issue of the sexualization of girls. Wardy and her work have been featured