Thursday, December 15, 2016
Hooker Couture to Soft Porn
With the election of a ‘pussy-grabbing’ President of the United States of America, The Sexualization of Girls and Girlhood
is a timely topic. This cultural phenomenon didn’t just begin, but it
has escalated from First Lady Michelle Obama celebrating the hooker
couture of Beyonce, to the soft porn of former nude pin-up model Melania
Trump.
As
Melissa Farley of Prostitution Research and Education observes, “Media
literacy resource material must include resources on sex stereotyping
and also specific education on the damaging effects of the media’s
sexualization of children, with recommendations for ways to discuss
these issues with children of different ages.”
“These
resources,” she says, “can decrease the toxic media sexualization of
girls, encouraging them to grow up with a sexuality that is not imposed
on them by pimp and pornography-dominated cultures.”
