A Study of Teen Female Sexualization on Primetime TV

[geauxtohell]

What should be done? Nothing.

What can be done? Parents can police the television.

 

[chanel]

Really? I have two kids - 17 and 20 and I work in a high school.

When I was a kid, I started babysitting at 12, working at 14, and drinking at 18. Bought our first house at 25. I'm just praying my own kid is out of college by then. Lol

 

[Truthmatters]

It works fine.

If you want to be flattered by shit that is designed to demean you then that is your problem

She chooses to take it as a compliment from someone who's beneath her.

You choose to be a victim.

She chooses to coopperate with assholes and I choose not to.

Listen to your stupid self telling me I should LIKE being screamed at in public about my girl parts.


Its like telling a rape victim to just lie back and enjoy the fucking.

 

[chanel]

Oh for Gods sakes! Stop your babbling. Cat calls have been around
forever and are not rape. And that is not the subject of this thread. You sound even more prudish than the authors of this report. Get help. Seriously.

 

[Truthmatters]

Why do you defend the harrassment of 14 year old girls on the street?

 

[Bill O'Olberman]

Really? I have two kids - 17 and 20 and I work in a high school.

When I was a kid, I started babysitting at 12, working at 14, and drinking at 18. Bought our first house at 25. I'm just praying my own kid is out of college by then. Lol

I have no doubt that you have a good understanding of kids today but I still think you possibly overevaluate your maturity at 16. Or you well be right. I started working at 17 when I got my car and drinking at 18 when I got to college (never drank in high school because the football coach made us pledge not to drink or do drugs... and I actually didnt) However, a little over a year after I graduated college at 23, recently turned 24, I had to move back in with my parents for a bit in order to pay off all my students loans this winter and I work 2 pretty much dead end jobs. So in that respect you were way beyond me at this point.

 

[chanel]

Oh Bill - I was terribly stupid at 16 as well. I think the difference is that I was smart enough to know I was stupid. Engaging in risky sexual behavior was not something I was mature enough to handle. We were taught to do things in a certain order. And marriage and house came before baby. I may be old fashioned - but I'd give you the same advice. Good luck to you. In some ways, its way more difficult for young people today.

 

[Shadow]

Not sure how this got to cat calls.
I haven't made a cat call for probably 30 years.

How is it not a compliment for a woman to be admired by a man?
As a guy on the occasion a woman made a flirtatious gesture...that is a good day...a real good day. Especially if she looks to be in her 30's...freakin awesome day. I imagine that is exactly how most women feel.

having said this...I have been married since 1989. I have not cheated, nor will i cheat on my wife.

There is nothing wrong with admiring a pretty woman that you see on the street/Mall etc. Many women actually do work hard at "looking good" and like being admired...probably even strive for that. I think it is a little silly to just blame the man...when women play these little sexually flirty (usually harmless) games right along with them.

Which is just the point bub, The "woman" you are talking about may be a 14 year old girl.

Men think it is harmless and it is distrubing for many women and NOT HEALTHY for girls to be treated this way.

Now you may have some attetion starved women like the some who have posted in this thread PLAYING along with the game and you can blame them.

When I was 13 I looked 20. It runs in my family. OUR women are VERY curvey and have everything in the right place. I was ushered into womanhood by realizing I had to dress like a man if I didnt want to be treated like shit all day long. Luckily I was a tom boy anyway and liked the jeans and big tees I still wear. The only thing that would have covered all my lady lumps was a burka. Some feel women have so little offer the world they like the attention. I on the other hand wanted to be treated like I had a brain and a sense of humor. Some Men get this scary assed look in their eyes when they want to fuck you. I dont imagine you have ever been looked at like that by a man. The eyes go blank and you can see the brain go on hold. As a woman I realized I could take them for every dime they had when they displayed that look and that there was this other side to this coin. Their brains are on hold and they are in an animalistic state, some guys are not real nice people and you can not control which ones go brain dead when they look at you. I wear no makeup and have not since I was a early teen( tomboy so was a double plus for me) and have NEVER been into clothes.


Now you tell me how I deserved to be treated like this?

I wish for one week every time you went into public some guy started screaming at you that he wanted to fuck you becuase your ass looked so hot in your jeans.

You may change your mind as to wether it is harmless or not.

This sounds like over reacting to me. You take a few cat calling men that hooted at you once, and then paint the whole gender as "potiential rapists". I think you need to get a grip.

Most men know their boundaries. And do NOT act the way you describe.

How often does this really happen?? Seriously?? I have a very good looking 14 year old...who...believe it or not, I CAN take out in public once in awhile without her being drooled over or molested by older men....shocking...I know

As it relates to the OP...

I agree that the entertainment industry does try to sexualize young kids (especially girls) way to soon,and that society does try to make them grow up a lot faster sexually today. I'm not sure what can be done about it other than parent involvement.

Hell...even the school system perpetuates this...My kids were learning about sex ed in grade school. Long before their bodies were even starting puberty.

 

[chanel]

Interesting Shadow. I get really sad when I see 9 year olds with "Juicy" written across their shorts and sexually provocative t - shirts. Our public school went with a uniform several years ago because parents could no longer be trusted to dress their kids appropriately. What kind of parent allows their daughter to wear "porn star" t-shirts? They are very popular BTW.

 

[AVG-JOE]

how long were you female in this culture?

Who, me?!?


The whole time.

 

[AVG-JOE]

We live in a world of rape you fool.

Cat calls are not designed to make you feel pretty, they are designed to make the caller feel manly.

You do realize women are raped every day right?

Sure, things are bad, but things are better, eh?

Compare your life to the statistical average Jane born in France in 1660: She most likely has barely enough to eat and her father thanks his god if she ugly and curses the devil for her beauty.

The king and his noblemen LIKED the pretty ones and since they controlled the military payroll, they called the shots.

Does Humanity draw no for the progress toward a passing grade in "Plays well with others"??

Written history is ONLY 10,000 years old!

 

[Shadow]

Interesting Shadow. I get really sad when I see 9 year olds with "Juicy" written across their shorts and sexually provocative t - shirts. Our public school went with a uniform several years ago because parents could no longer be trusted to dress their kids appropriately. What kind of parent allows their daughter to wear "porn star" t-shirts? They are very popular BTW.

I remember taking my kids shopping at the mall when they were 6/7 looking for shorts...Most of the shorts in the stores for kids their age rode up their ass (a lot of the skorts as well...hasn't really gotten much better now that they are older either). Ended up buying Jeans and cutting them off instead. Not sure why the designers want to dress little kids as hoochies...but some of them seem to.

The schools in our district don't have a dress code. They probably should though. I agree...some of the kids do come to school dressed inappropriately (both boys and girls).

 

[AVG-JOE]

Interesting Shadow. I get really sad when I see 9 year olds with "Juicy" written across their shorts and sexually provocative t - shirts. Our public school went with a uniform several years ago because parents could no longer be trusted to dress their kids appropriately. What kind of parent allows their daughter to wear "porn star" t-shirts? They are very popular BTW.

I remember taking my kids shopping at the mall when they were 6/7 looking for shorts...Most of the shorts in the stores for kids their age rode up their ass (a lot of the skorts as well...hasn't really gotten much better now that they are older either). Ended up buying Jeans and cutting them off instead. Not sure why the designers want to dress little kids as hoochies...but some of them seem to.

The schools in our district don't have a dress code. They probably should though. I agree...some of the kids do come to school dressed inappropriately (both boys and girls).

Is our market place so clogged with favoritism that designers are dictating what children wear and not the government?

I don't get it... are clothes produced and distributed cheaper that way? Is that the marketplace compromise? Super low prices with selection?

Y'all should switch back to capitalism. At least for the garment industry.

 

[random3434]

Interesting Shadow. I get really sad when I see 9 year olds with "Juicy" written across their shorts and sexually provocative t - shirts. Our public school went with a uniform several years ago because parents could no longer be trusted to dress their kids appropriately. What kind of parent allows their daughter to wear "porn star" t-shirts? They are very popular BTW.

I remember taking my kids shopping at the mall when they were 6/7 looking for shorts...Most of the shorts in the stores for kids their age rode up their ass (a lot of the skorts as well...hasn't really gotten much better now that they are older either). Ended up buying Jeans and cutting them off instead. Not sure why the designers want to dress little kids as hoochies...but some of them seem to.

The schools in our district don't have a dress code. They probably should though. I agree...some of the kids do come to school dressed inappropriately (both boys and girls).

And who is at fault for buying those clothes for their children? Uh, the parents.

If there wasn't a market for it, then they'd stop making that crap.

When Mini EZ was younger I would buy her clothes at Kohls and Target, they had cute things that were age appropriate.

Now she just wears jeans, her track sweats, T-Shirts and Hoodies.

 

[Samson]

Interesting Shadow. I get really sad when I see 9 year olds with "Juicy" written across their shorts and sexually provocative t - shirts. Our public school went with a uniform several years ago because parents could no longer be trusted to dress their kids appropriately. What kind of parent allows their daughter to wear "porn star" t-shirts? They are very popular BTW.

I remember taking my kids shopping at the mall when they were 6/7 looking for shorts...Most of the shorts in the stores for kids their age rode up their ass (a lot of the skorts as well...hasn't really gotten much better now that they are older either). Ended up buying Jeans and cutting them off instead. Not sure why the designers want to dress little kids as hoochies...but some of them seem to.

The schools in our district don't have a dress code. They probably should though. I agree...some of the kids do come to school dressed inappropriately (both boys and girls).

And who is at fault for buying those clothes for their children? Uh, the parents.

If there wasn't a market for it, then they'd stop making that crap.

When Mini EZ was younger I would buy her clothes at Kohls and Target, they had cute things that were age appropriate.

Now she just wears jeans, her track sweats, T-Shirts and Hoodies.

And you wear the shorts with "Juicy" embroidried across the butt?

 

[thereisnospoon]

According to a new study conducted by the Parents Television Council (PTC), Hollywood is shockingly obsessed with sexualizing teen girls, to the point where underage female characters are shown participating in an even higher percentage of sexual situations than their adult counterparts: 47 percent to 29 percent respectively.

PTC’s report, entitled “New Target: A Study of Teen Female Sexualization on Primetime TV” is based on a content analysis drawn from the 25 most popular shows in the 12-17 demographic throughout the 2009-2010 television season.

“The results from this report show Tinseltown’s eagerness to not only objectify and fetishize young girls, but to sexualize them in such a way that real teens are led to believe their sole value comes from their sexuality," said PTC President Tim Winter. "This report is less about the shocking numbers that detail the sickness of early sexualization in our entertainment culture and more about the generation of young girls who are being told how society expects them to behave."


Read more: Prime Time TV 'Objectifies and Fetishizes' Underage Girls, Study Says - FoxNews.com

Is this true? And if so, what can be done?

Umm. The PTC is just one group.
However. I think it is the hyper-liberalism of the Hollywood elite that sends a message of "anything goes" that creates this issue.
What to do about it? Simple. Refuse to watch the shows one finds to have objectionable content and refuse to patronize the sponsors of said shows. Done.
End of thread.

 

[Kat]

It works fine.

If you want to be flattered by shit that is designed to demean you then that is your problem

She chooses to take it as a compliment from someone who's beneath her.

You choose to be a victim.

She chooses to coopperate with assholes and I choose not to.

Listen to your stupid self telling me I should LIKE being screamed at in public about my girl parts.


Its like telling a rape victim to just lie back and enjoy the fucking.

Good grief you are one vulgar woman. How do you even think of this trash you post?

 

[Shadow]

Interesting Shadow. I get really sad when I see 9 year olds with "Juicy" written across their shorts and sexually provocative t - shirts. Our public school went with a uniform several years ago because parents could no longer be trusted to dress their kids appropriately. What kind of parent allows their daughter to wear "porn star" t-shirts? They are very popular BTW.

I remember taking my kids shopping at the mall when they were 6/7 looking for shorts...Most of the shorts in the stores for kids their age rode up their ass (a lot of the skorts as well...hasn't really gotten much better now that they are older either). Ended up buying Jeans and cutting them off instead. Not sure why the designers want to dress little kids as hoochies...but some of them seem to.

The schools in our district don't have a dress code. They probably should though. I agree...some of the kids do come to school dressed inappropriately (both boys and girls).

And who is at fault for buying those clothes for their children? Uh, the parents.

If there wasn't a market for it, then they'd stop making that crap.

When Mini EZ was younger I would buy her clothes at Kohls and Target, they had cute things that were age appropriate.

Now she just wears jeans, her track sweats, T-Shirts and Hoodies.

Of course the parents are at fault for buying the inappropriate clothing. But...the designers and entertainment industry do make it trendy... and the kids all want to wear the things that are in style with their peers. I fought this battle many times with my girls...over too short shorts,skin tight skinny jeans and halter tops. The same kind of things they see the actors,singers,models wearing on TV and in print.

 

[Samson]

She chooses to take it as a compliment from someone who's beneath her.

You choose to be a victim.

She chooses to coopperate with assholes and I choose not to.

Listen to your stupid self telling me I should LIKE being screamed at in public about my girl parts.


Its like telling a rape victim to just lie back and enjoy the fucking.

Good grief you are one vulgar woman. How do you even think of this trash you post?

It's difficult to believe she doesn't get the respect she believes she deserves, isn't it!

 

[random3434]

I remember taking my kids shopping at the mall when they were 6/7 looking for shorts...Most of the shorts in the stores for kids their age rode up their ass (a lot of the skorts as well...hasn't really gotten much better now that they are older either). Ended up buying Jeans and cutting them off instead. Not sure why the designers want to dress little kids as hoochies...but some of them seem to.

The schools in our district don't have a dress code. They probably should though. I agree...some of the kids do come to school dressed inappropriately (both boys and girls).

And who is at fault for buying those clothes for their children? Uh, the parents.

If there wasn't a market for it, then they'd stop making that crap.

When Mini EZ was younger I would buy her clothes at Kohls and Target, they had cute things that were age appropriate.

Now she just wears jeans, her track sweats, T-Shirts and Hoodies.

And you wear the shorts with "Juicy" embroidried across the butt?

hahahahahahahahahahha, not quite!

I don't own one 'designer' label piece of clothing, unless you count Levis designer!

I wear yoga pants or jeans mostly.

Today was my Colts shirt and Jeans.



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