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Media and sexualization of young girls
May. 26th, 2008 03:48 amRan across this article linked at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
angry_biscuit's journal, and it reminded me of a short conversation a few days ago in this journal in one of my comment threads, about this very topic. It does address both sides - both the "the media controls everything, we should be very aware of its effects at all times" and the "media isn't that important, it can be ignored" extremes, and in between. I'm not going to copy and paste the article below a cut; you really just need to go to the URL, and read some of the comments in addition to the Q&A article itself.
(I just want to note for the record, that if you want to talk about flimsy or sexually provocative clothing for girls - nothing beats the tube top of the 70s. If you were a young undeveloped girl, it was pretty innocuous - but if you were 12 and had any chest whatsoever, that thing was not designed to be either thick or lengthy (often showing midriff as well as having no straps), and it was not designed for a bra. And it was very popular and widely worn. And not at all for fat girls. Just in case, you know, you thought this all started only five years ago. *G*)
angry_biscuit's journal, and it reminded me of a short conversation a few days ago in this journal in one of my comment threads, about this very topic. It does address both sides - both the "the media controls everything, we should be very aware of its effects at all times" and the "media isn't that important, it can be ignored" extremes, and in between. I'm not going to copy and paste the article below a cut; you really just need to go to the URL, and read some of the comments in addition to the Q&A article itself.(I just want to note for the record, that if you want to talk about flimsy or sexually provocative clothing for girls - nothing beats the tube top of the 70s. If you were a young undeveloped girl, it was pretty innocuous - but if you were 12 and had any chest whatsoever, that thing was not designed to be either thick or lengthy (often showing midriff as well as having no straps), and it was not designed for a bra. And it was very popular and widely worn. And not at all for fat girls. Just in case, you know, you thought this all started only five years ago. *G*)
