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Is This The New 'Big Thing' In Advertising?

Nina Bahadur | Posted 05.22.2013 | Women
Read More: Sexualization, Josh Button, Sex in Advertising, Video, Men in Advertising, Shirtless Men in Advertising, Women in Advertising, Advertising, Diet Dr Pepper, Shirtless Men, Women News
Nina Bahadur

Has advertisers' preoccupation with half-naked women shifted to half-naked men? Unclear. I think that bikini-clad girls will be used to sell products until probably the end of time, but it's interesting to see more chest-bearing men being thrown into the mix.

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Gender Progress in Popular Film? Paltry Numbers Suggest Problems Persist

Stacy Smith | Posted 05.14.2013 | Media
Read More: USC Annenberg, Sexualization, Hollywood, Female Directors, Female Actors, Female Writers, Women in Film, Media News
Stacy Smith

Given the advocacy and activism we've seen since then, the host of books, documentaries, articles, and speeches designed to push girls and women forward, things should be getting better for females across the board. Right?

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Victoria's Secret Lingerie Line Targeting Teens

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics
Read More: Sexualization, Obama Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris, Sexualization of Women, Sexualization of Young Girls, Sexualization of Girls, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Surely logic would dictate that however misguided the President's comments about Kamala Harris, they are utterly insignificant compared to the ongoing campaign to make our girls into sexually active women well before it is healthy or appropriate for them to be so.

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What Should Be Printed On Victoria's Secret Underwear

Jennifer Severns | Posted 03.28.2013 | Parents
Read More: Sexualization, Victoria's Secret Bright Young Things, Video, Inappropriate Clothing, Girls and Body Image, Girls and the Media, Raising Girls, Marketing, Parents News, Parents News
Jennifer Severns

In an effort to explain why I'm so frustrated about this latest round Victoria's Secret gaffe, I made alternate versions of the "Bright Young Things" underwear, with messages that convey what goes on in a young girl's mind when she is made to feel like an object and not a person.

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Victoria's Secret: My Daughter Does Not Need a Thong That Says 'Call Me' On the Crotch

Carrie Goldman | Posted 03.26.2013 | Parents
Read More: Star Wars, Sexualization, Inappropriate Clothing, Victoria's Secret, Peggy Orenstein, Marketing, Kids Growing Older Younger, Tweens, Lingerie, Justin Bieber, Bright Young Things, Victoria's Secret Bright Young Things, Parents News
Carrie Goldman

I have spent months trying to find Star Wars underpants featuring strong female characters for my tween. I'm still looking. If she were in the market for, oh, say, highly inappropriate sexy thongs, she would be awash in options, such as Victoria's Secret's "Bright Young Things."

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Where's the Feminism in the Awareness?

Nancy Stordahl | Posted 12.25.2012 | Impact
Read More: Sexualization, Pink Ribbon, Feminism, Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer, Pinkwashing Breast Cancer, Pinkwashing, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Impact News
Nancy Stordahl

It's wrong to trivialize women. It's wrong to trivialize a deadly disease. And I have to ask would this be acceptable if we were dealing with male body parts or a man's disease? Where is the feminism in breast cancer awareness?

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Breastfeeding In Public: Can Women be Spiritual in a Male Fantasy World?

Jennifer Danielle Crumpton | Posted 12.10.2012 | Religion
Read More: Sexualization, Women's Empowerment, American University, Women's Issues, Breastfeeding, American University Breastfeeding, Breast Feeding, Adrienne Pine, Sexualization of Women, Feminism, Faith, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Women's Spirituality, Religion News
Jennifer Danielle Crumpton

Given the mind-spirit-body connection, how can women have a truly healthy spiritual life when our bodies are riddled with doubt, self-consciousness, fear, judgment, disappointment, and demoralizing references?

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Are Political Women Being 'Pornified?'

Salon | Posted 09.18.2012 | Women
Read More: Sexualization, Pornification, Mika Brzezinski, Salon, Female Politicians, Magazines, Vanity Fair, Women News

"Vanity Fair"’s short profile of MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough ostensibly depicts them as a dynamic duo reminisc...

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Sex Expert Responds To That Cover

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 07.11.2012 | Parents
Read More: Sexualization, Time Magazine Controversial Cover, Breasts, Parenting, Breastfeeding, Parenting Time Magazine Story, Sexualizing Breastfeeding, Attachment Parenting, Sex and Motherhood, Are You Mom Enough, Parents News
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.

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SPARKing Change: Not Just One Girl At a Time

Deborah L. Tolman | Posted 07.10.2012 | Impact
Read More: Sexualization, Sexualization of Young Girls, Spark, Sexualization of Girls, Impact News
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.

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Hope and Self-Loathing on the Blog Train

Lori Day | Posted 01.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Culture News, Sexualization, Mommy Bloggers, Advertising, Bloggers, Blogging, Home News
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?

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

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 12.07.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: Elaine Donnelly, Social Conservatives, Rightwing, Arabic Translators, Gay, Don't Tell, Anti-Gay Agenda, Michele Bachmann, Don't Ask, Ann Coulter, Sexualization, Rick Santorum, Supreme Court, LGBT Rights, Republican Debate, Equality, Gay Voices News
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?

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

Lori Day | Posted 12.04.2011 | Women
Read More: Pink, Erotic Capital, Princess Culture, Relationships, Children, Princess Free Zone, Jean Kilbourne, Gender and Sexuality, Halloween, Gender, Sexualization, Gender Equality, Education, Gender Roles, Stereotypes, Respect, The End of Gender, Gender Issues, International Boys' School Coalition, Women News
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.

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Commercialized Sexualization and the Option to Opt Out

Susan Linn | Posted 10.25.2011 | Parents
Read More: Sexualization, Commercialism, Children, Gender, Parents News
Susan Linn

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

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Girls and Jersey Shore: An Unparalleled Mismatch

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.22.2011 | Parents
Read More: Sexualization, Girls, Ronnie, Snooki, The Situation, Jersey Shore, Jwoww, Sexualization of Girls, Parents News
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.

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

Lori Day | Posted 10.15.2011 | Impact
Read More: Women, Wives, Thylane Loubry Blondeau, Gender Stereotypes, Mental Health, Corporate Responsibility, Comics, Peggy Orenstein, Daughters, Summer's Eve, Men, Eating Disorders, Boys, Media, Parenting, Girls, Sexualization, Stephen Colbert, Impact News, Peggy Drexler, Rolling Stone Magazine, Marketing, American Medical Association, Good Men Project, Fathers, Activism, Impact News
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 ...

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

David Kleeman | Posted 08.21.2011 | Media
Read More: Sexualization, Internet, Television, TV Ratings, Research, Children, V-Chip, Profanity, Violence, Common Sense Media, Fred Rogers Center, Children's Television, Media, Video Games, Parents Television Council, Movies, Media News
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...

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Can We Stop Using the Word "Tramp"?

Jennifer Cowie King | Posted 07.06.2011 | Style
Read More: Sexualization, Juicy Couture, Abercrombie & Fitch, Sexualization of Girls, Good Parenting, Parenting Tips, Daughters, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Mothers and Daughters, Style News
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.

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Interview with a Philosopher: A Class on Porn

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sexualization, Pornography, Education, Philosophy, Socrates, Sex, Taboos, War, Violence, Jenna Jameson, Jacob Held, Tom Morris, Porn, The Unexamined Life, Cultural Taboos, Torture, Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Feminism, Obscenity, Freedom of Speech, Healthy Living News
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...

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Media and the Sexualization of Children

Cory Silverberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sexualization, Sexual Attitudes, Human Sexuality, Sex, Sexual Behavior, Children Sexuality, Sex Education, Parenting, Family, Health, Wellness, Healthy Living News
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.

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Countering The Sexualization Of Your Youth

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sexualization, Attractiveness, Youth, Research, Media, Apa, Sex Educator, Objectification, Parents, Bratz, Relationships, Healthy Living News
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.

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