Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls

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dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:52Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:52Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThere are many examples of the sexualization of girls and girlhood in U.S. culture.Toy manufacturers produce dolls wearing black leather miniskirts, feather boas, and thigh-high boots and market them to 8- to 12- year-old girls (LaFerla, 2003). Clothing stores sell thongs sized for 7– to 10-year-old girls (R. Brooks, 2006; Cook & Kaiser, 2004), some printed with slogans such as “eye candy” or “wink wink” (Cook & Kaiser, 2004; Haynes, 2005; Levy, 2005a; Merskin, 2004); other thongs sized for women and late adolescent girls are imprinted with characters from Dr. Seuss and the Muppets (e.g., see www.princesscassie.com/ children/cat.shtml) (Levy, 2005a; Pollett & Hurwitz, 2004). In the world of child beauty pageants, 5-year-old girls wear fake teeth, hair extensions, and makeup and are encouraged to “flirt” onstage by batting their long, false eyelashes (Cookson, 2001).
dc.description.urihttp://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report.aspx
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/wx83-z9ag
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Psychological Association Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (2007) Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Project Report. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C..
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 623
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22665
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association
dc.subjectPractice
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectsexualization
dc.subjectsexuality
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectgirls
dc.subjectobjectified
dc.subjectadolescense
dc.subjectexploitation
dc.titleReport of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls
dc.typeTechnical Report

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