Why is it important to eradicate sexual content in girls lives?
1. Increased self- objectification.
2. The definition of "girl" is changing. "The girl is 'defined by a conception of her body as sexualized territory': the girl becomes sex," (Renold 2013).
3. Girls are beginning to think of themselves more narrowly:
"As Girls begin to think and act according to the images they have seen and the messages they have received on a daily basis that promote the sexualization of women and girls, they begin to participate in their own objectification: they begin to monitor their own bodes according to narrow societal standards of feminine physical attractiveness,"(Goodin 2011).
4. The increase of self-objectification “has been associated with increased body shame and dieting behaviors as well with anxiety, disordered eating and depression,”(Goodin 2011).
5. Girls who self-objectified have constrained physical movements and impaired motor performance. In a study done by Frederickson and Harrison, “girls who scored higher on measure of self-objectification threw a softball less effectively and with a more restricted range of motion,” (Frederickson 2005).
6. There is lower cognitive function is girls who spend a great deal of time focusing on their physical attention, “as chronic attention to physical appearance reduces cognitive resources for other tasks,” (Goodin 2011).
7. Normalization of a newly "pornified" sexuality.
8. Sexual innocence has been fetishized to the point that it is lost and cannot be retrieved, (Renold 2013).
9. Our girls are being used for profit. Corporations use of age inappropriate commercialization of girls bodies for profit is considered, Corporate Pedophilia.
10. Puberty generally marks the end of childhood, but as the age of puberty becomes ever younger girls are not able to deal with the new societal expectations for them. A new definition of childhood needs to be drafted.
11. Girls who adopt a sexualized self image are more likely to be judged as being less competent.
12. By allowing gendered play, especially among girls, we could possibly be grooming your children for pedophiles and make them susceptible to sexual violence (Egan and Hawkes 2008)
2. The definition of "girl" is changing. "The girl is 'defined by a conception of her body as sexualized territory': the girl becomes sex," (Renold 2013).
3. Girls are beginning to think of themselves more narrowly:
"As Girls begin to think and act according to the images they have seen and the messages they have received on a daily basis that promote the sexualization of women and girls, they begin to participate in their own objectification: they begin to monitor their own bodes according to narrow societal standards of feminine physical attractiveness,"(Goodin 2011).
4. The increase of self-objectification “has been associated with increased body shame and dieting behaviors as well with anxiety, disordered eating and depression,”(Goodin 2011).
5. Girls who self-objectified have constrained physical movements and impaired motor performance. In a study done by Frederickson and Harrison, “girls who scored higher on measure of self-objectification threw a softball less effectively and with a more restricted range of motion,” (Frederickson 2005).
6. There is lower cognitive function is girls who spend a great deal of time focusing on their physical attention, “as chronic attention to physical appearance reduces cognitive resources for other tasks,” (Goodin 2011).
7. Normalization of a newly "pornified" sexuality.
8. Sexual innocence has been fetishized to the point that it is lost and cannot be retrieved, (Renold 2013).
9. Our girls are being used for profit. Corporations use of age inappropriate commercialization of girls bodies for profit is considered, Corporate Pedophilia.
10. Puberty generally marks the end of childhood, but as the age of puberty becomes ever younger girls are not able to deal with the new societal expectations for them. A new definition of childhood needs to be drafted.
11. Girls who adopt a sexualized self image are more likely to be judged as being less competent.
12. By allowing gendered play, especially among girls, we could possibly be grooming your children for pedophiles and make them susceptible to sexual violence (Egan and Hawkes 2008)