Family Circle has just published a lengthy article ("Girls Growing Up Too Fast") on the growing pressure put on young girls -from 7 to 16 - to "look and act hot." Deborah Swaney examines the disturbing trend, from skimpily dressed Bratz dolls to the personal slip-ups of teen idols to sex-tinged television shows. Swaney also quotes M.Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What we Can Do About It: "So why are girls today more precocious than just five years ago? Because a whole other pop culture avalanche has hit. experts say. For starters, we've got tons of teen idols now, including Miley Cyrus (the real-life Hannah Montana) and Demi Lovato, star of the Disney TV movie Camp Rock. Even little kids look up to them,"says M. Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect."
Thursday, November 06, 2008
M. Gigi Durham's THE LOLITA EFFECT in Family Circle
Family Circle has just published a lengthy article ("Girls Growing Up Too Fast") on the growing pressure put on young girls -from 7 to 16 - to "look and act hot." Deborah Swaney examines the disturbing trend, from skimpily dressed Bratz dolls to the personal slip-ups of teen idols to sex-tinged television shows. Swaney also quotes M.Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What we Can Do About It: "So why are girls today more precocious than just five years ago? Because a whole other pop culture avalanche has hit. experts say. For starters, we've got tons of teen idols now, including Miley Cyrus (the real-life Hannah Montana) and Demi Lovato, star of the Disney TV movie Camp Rock. Even little kids look up to them,"says M. Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect."
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