Sexualization

Sex Expert Responds To That Cover

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 05.11.2012

Dr. Logan Levkoff

I've given lots of thought to why this image bothers me. Sure, I want to desexualize the breast (especially in the context of breastfeeding), but does TIME's representation of extended nursing help us get past the anxiety we feel about women's breasts or breastfeeding? I think not.

SPARKing Change: Not Just One Girl At a Time

Deborah L. Tolman | Posted 05.10.2012

Deborah L. Tolman

The real story -- the disruptive story -- about women and girls joining together to demand a better, safer, more joyful world is being lived, and it needs also to be told.

Hope and Self-Loathing on the Blog Train

Lori Day | Posted 01.04.2012

Lori Day

How many more posts do we need railing against the greed and immorality of corporate America and its sociopathic degradation of women and girls to make a buck? Sex sells, right?

What Part of 'Equality' Doesn't the Right Wing Understand?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 12.07.2011

Nathaniel Frank

Why do social conservatives have so much trouble seeing equality as equality, insisting every time a besieged minority finally gains equal treatment that they're getting an unfair privilege?

The Gender Pendulum: How the Free Market Economy Creates Gender Polarization

Lori Day | Posted 12.04.2011

Lori Day

What we are witnessing is the triumph of the free market economy over any iota of concern for the emotional and physical wellbeing of the most vulnerable members of society.

Commercialized Sexualization and the Option to Opt Out

Susan Linn | Posted 10.25.2011

Susan Linn

The commercialized sexualization that normalizes turning toddlers into teenagers harms children's health and well-being.

Girls and Jersey Shore: An Unparalleled Mismatch

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.22.2011

Joel Schwartzberg

Cynopsis Kids, the childrens' media news site, notes that, for the week of August 8th, MTV's Jersey Shore was the #1 show for teens 12-17. To impressionable young minds, there's a message in all of that.

Turning 'Little Princesses' Into Empowered Women, With The Help Of Men

Lori Day | Posted 10.15.2011

Lori Day

This article has been co-written with Michele Sinisgalli-Yulo of Princess Free Zone. It's hard to admit it, but we need you. We need you to join the ...

Parents and Media Ratings: Context Isn't a New Concept

David Kleeman | Posted 08.21.2011

David Kleeman

In the July issue of "Pediatrics," a research team headed by Iowa State's Douglas Gentile found that parents are not satisfied with age-based rating s...

Can We Stop Using the Word "Tramp"?

Jennifer Cowie King | Posted 07.06.2011

Jennifer Cowie King

"Tramp" is a provocative 5 letter word. We must be careful how we use it. Whether in slander or owning it, the meaning is the same. A woman is either being devalued or is devaluing herself. And, that is a message that we don't want to give our daughters.

Interview with a Philosopher: A Class on Porn

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Tom Morris

Hugh Hefner long ago shocked people nationally and sought to make them think in new ways by personally philosophizing about sex, love, and pornography...

Media and the Sexualization of Children

Cory Silverberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Cory Silverberg

I worry about the slippery slope of social science research that too often treats gender and sexuality as static phenomenon, and young people as doomed to a fate only an adult can devise for them, or save them from.

Countering The Sexualization Of Your Youth

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Miniskirts, fishnet stockings, feather boas. It all sounds sexy - 'til you realize it's being sported by that every-girl-wants-one Bratz doll.