Questions
2. In your book you talk about how over the past 50 years female sex symbols have gotten a lot younger. In the 1950s you had people like Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, who reached the peak of their popularity in their mid- to late 20s. Now there are 12-year-old models. What accounts for this shift?

3. One of the marketing messages geared toward young girls is the idea that being "hot" and "eye candy" for boys is of paramount importance. How does this emphasis on "hotness" hinder girls' development of healthy ideas about sexuality?

4. Can you talk about the idea that girls have to be "hot" but not "sluts"? Why do you think that this is such a deeply ingrained, pervasive cons...

Questions
2. In your book you talk about how over the past 50 years female sex symbols have gotten a lot younger. In the 1950s you had people like Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, who reached the peak of their popularity in their mid- to late 20s. Now there are 12-year-old models. What accounts for this shift?

3. One of the marketing messages geared toward young girls is the idea that being "hot" and "eye candy" for boys is of paramount importance. How does this emphasis on "hotness" hinder girls' development of healthy ideas about sexuality?

4. Can you talk about the idea that girls have to be "hot" but not "sluts"? Why do you think that this is such a deeply ingrained, pervasive construct?

5. Is there a comparable set of messages about sexuality aimed at boys?

6. You emphasize throughout the book that girls are not zombified, unthinking consumers of media but tend to be very critical of media representations. So to a certain extent, these offensive images and messages must resonate with the desires of many girls. How do we deal with the fact that sometimes sexuality isn't very P.C.?

7. In the book you describe yourself as a pro-sex feminist. How did this perspective inform your approach to the topic?

8. You discuss how conservatives as well as progressives often talk about the wrong things and jump to faulty conclusions about young people's sexuality. What are some of the things that both sides get wrong, and what's a good middle ground?

9. In terms of the pro-abstinence crowd, there seems to be a lot more outrage over things connected to sexual health, like the HPV vaccine, sex-ed, and condoms in schools, than there is about sexual media images.

Question ...
10. Why do you think that is? Do people just not realize how influential media are?

11. Do you think that these media images are consonant with regressive attitudes about sexuality?

12. What do you think about the controversy over the new “Grand Theft Auto” game

13. Can you talk a little more about the profit motive in media that in part drives these regressive representations of sexuality and sexiness?

14. You also make the point that we can't blame everything on the media. What do you think of the tactics of conservative watchdog groups like the Parents Television Council?

15. But there's probably about as much funding for that as there is for sex-ed.

16. Is that ...

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10. Why do you think that is? Do people just not realize how influential media are?

11. Do you think that these media images are consonant with regressive attitudes about sexuality?

12. What do you think about the controversy over the new “Grand Theft Auto” game

13. Can you talk a little more about the profit motive in media that in part drives these regressive representations of sexuality and sexiness?

14. You also make the point that we can't blame everything on the media. What do you think of the tactics of conservative watchdog groups like the Parents Television Council?

15. But there's probably about as much funding for that as there is for sex-ed.

16. Is that basically what you would tell a parent who is concerned about overly sexualized media images but doesn't want to send the message to their kid that sexuality is bad?

17. Should we be trying to change the media, or is it best to stick to informing people and kids about it so they become more critical consumers?

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I WORK IN TV, AND CERTAIN TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRLS BECOME MODELS BEFORE THEY REALIZE THAT THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. THE PROBLEM IS BAD PARENTING AND THAT CERTAIN POP ICONS LIKE BRITTNEY SPEARS, THE OLSEN TWINS, AND MANY MORE..... RUN AROUND HALF NAKED, STEALING THINGS, DOING DRUGS, HAVING SEX ETC..... POP ICONS IN OUR CULTURE HAVE BEHAVED IN AN IMMORAL AND DISGUSTING MANNER. THEY HAVE SET A VERY POOR EXAMPLE OF THE WAY YOUNG GIRLS SHOULD ACT AND DRESS.
THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE WORLD ON A SILVER PLATTER, AND YET NOT TAKEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THANK THE WORLD, BY SETTING A STRONG MORAL EXAMPLE FOR THE FANS THAT MADE THEM FAMOUS.
I FIND SUCH ACTIONS OF...

I WORK IN TV, AND CERTAIN TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRLS BECOME MODELS BEFORE THEY REALIZE THAT THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. THE PROBLEM IS BAD PARENTING AND THAT CERTAIN POP ICONS LIKE BRITTNEY SPEARS, THE OLSEN TWINS, AND MANY MORE..... RUN AROUND HALF NAKED, STEALING THINGS, DOING DRUGS, HAVING SEX ETC..... POP ICONS IN OUR CULTURE HAVE BEHAVED IN AN IMMORAL AND DISGUSTING MANNER. THEY HAVE SET A VERY POOR EXAMPLE OF THE WAY YOUNG GIRLS SHOULD ACT AND DRESS.
THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE WORLD ON A SILVER PLATTER, AND YET NOT TAKEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THANK THE WORLD, BY SETTING A STRONG MORAL EXAMPLE FOR THE FANS THAT MADE THEM FAMOUS.
I FIND SUCH ACTIONS OF THE PARENTS AND OF THE CELEBRITY, TO BE VERY EVIL.. STEALING, GOING TO JAIL ETC. WHAT HAPPENED TO CARING ABOUT HOW WE RAISE OUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, SO THAT THEY MAY BE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS, AND GOOD PARENTS THEMSELVES ? YOUR CORRECT SIR !!!!!!!!