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Sunday, May 5, 2013

From Teenyboppers To Croptoppers

Ke$ha preforming live.
    And the Junior Theme blogs continues. I am still attempting to discover why prostitution still exists. A prediction I had, that ended up being a dead end was that children, specifically girls, are becoming sexualized at younger ages.
     I have heard about the olden times like the 50s. Girls wore skirts down to their ankles and couples who held hands were scandalous. So how have we gone from that, to a generation full of girls who like to wear minimal clothing and call each other "sluts" and "whores" regularly? One of the reasons I see for our sexualized generations is the role models these girls have to look up to.
     Young girls find role models in a lot of famous actresses and singers such as Ke$ha. The picture to the right is of Ke$ha preforming in minimal clothing and grinding with one of her dancers. This problem along with prostitution are both feeding gender stereotypes. When women where less clothing they are giving into the idea that we are only sex objects. Why are these possible role models pushing the sexual boundary? If we continue to sexualize children at younger ages what does this mean for women in the future?

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