Sexual Images of Children in the Media: Promoting Pedophilia?

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Originally Posted by Enchantress

A relevant read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/ma...WT.mc_ev=click

Great article--thanks, Enchantress.


I found this part really interesting (and sad):

In his book, “The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls From Today’s Pressures,” Stephen Hinshaw, chairman of the psychology department at the University of California, Berkeley, explains that sexualizing little girls — whether through images, music or play — actually undermines healthy sexuality rather than promoting it. Those bootylicious grade-schoolers in the dance troupe presumably don’t understand the meaning of their motions (and thank goodness for it), but, precisely because of that, they don’t connect — and may never learn to connect — sexy attitude to erotic feelings.