This story wasn’t a shocker, but just added more evidence to the argument that the media, as a collective, may want to consider cleaning up it’s collective act, as their current barrage of “beautiful babies” is probably causing serious harm to girls.
Here are the first two paragraphs:
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“Inescapable media images of sexed-up girls and women posing as adolescents can cause psychological and even physical harm to adolescents and young women, a study in the US has warned.
The pressure of what experts call “sexualization” can lead to depression, eating disorders, and poor academic performance, said the report, released Sunday by the American Psychological Association.”
-And here’s the bit that put the hook in me:
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“School performance can also suffer. In one experiment cited, college-aged women were asked to try on and evaluate either a swim suit or a sweater. While they waited for 10 minutes while wearing the garment, they completed a math test.
“The results revealed that young women in swimsuits performed significantly worse … than those wearing sweaters. No difference were found for young men.”"
Read the rest of the story here.
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