Girls gone skank : the sexualization of girls in American culture

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Title:

Girls gone skank : the sexualization of girls in American culture

Author:

Oppliger, Patrice A.

ISBN:

9780786435227

Personal Author:

Oppliger, Patrice A.

Publication Information:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, c2008.

Physical Description:

ix, 258 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Fashion -- Sexuality -- Pornography -- Strippers -- Plastic surgery -- Beauty pageants -- Bad behavior -- Music -- Print -- Radio -- Television -- Film -- The Internet -- Sports -- Fantasy -- Empowerment or exploitation? -- Conclusions.

Abstract:

"This work argues that instead of advancing women's social and professional empowerment, popular culture trends in the U.S. appear to be backsliding into the blatant sexual exploitation of women at younger and younger ages. The author describes many ways in which young girls are increasingly taught to go to outrageous lengths in seeking male attention"--Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Young women -- United States.

Teenage girls -- United States.

Girls -- United States.

Mass media and girls.

Girls in popular culture.

Self-esteem in adolescence.

Self-perception in adolescence.

Exploitation.

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Instead of advancing women's social and professional empowerment, popular culture trends appear to be backsliding into the blatant sexual exploitation of women and girls at younger and younger ages. This study investigates the effects of mass marketed sexual images and cultural trends on the behaviors and attitudes of young girls and describes many ways in which young girls are increasingly taught to go to outrageous lengths in seeking male attention.

Topics include the powerful effects of cultural phenomena such as revealing fashions, plastic surgery, and beauty pageants in influencing teen and preteen girls to willingly participate in and promote their own sexualization. These chapters also explore other cultural factors contributing to this early sexualization of young girls, including absentee parenting and material overindulgence. Later chapters focus on the sexual representations of females in the mass entertainment media, focusing specifically on how popular magazines, television programs, films, and the Internet prey upon, promote, and reinforce young girls' physical and sexual insecurities.