The Sexualization of Childhood

by Olfman, Sharna

• ISBN13: 9780275999858
• ISBN10: 0275999858
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: PRAEGER AGENCY ACCOUNT

Summary

This volume spotlights how children are, at younger and younger ages, being sexualized, and what the psychological and physical consequences are, as well as what adults can do politically and legally to protect children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Sexualization of Childhood: Growing Older Younger/Growing Younger Older	p. 1
Growing Up in a Sexualized Culture
Pornography, Lad Mags, Video Games, and Boys: Reviving the Canary in the Cultural Coal Mine	p. 7
A Royal Juggernaut: The Disney Princesses and Other Commercialized Threats to Creative Play and the Path to Self-Realization for Young Girls	p. 33
Girls Gone Grown-Up: Why Are U.S. Girls Reaching Puberty Earlier and Earlier?	p. 51
Something's Happening Here: Sexual Objectification, Body Image Distress, and Eating Disorders	p. 63
So Sexy, So Soon: The Sexualization of Childhood	p. 75
Still on the Auction Block: The (S)exploitation of Black Adolescent Girls in Rap(e) Music and Hip-Hop Culture	p. 89
Sexualization and Child Sexual Abuse
The Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth: Redefining Victimization	p. 105
Childified Women: How the Mainstream Porn Industry Sells Child Pornography to Men	p. 121
Prostitution and the Sexualization of Children	p. 143
Series Afterword	p. 165
Notes	p. 167
Index	p. 203
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 211
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