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Organisations / groups
About-Face
(USA) promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women using media education and activism. www.about-face.org New Moon Girls An online community and magazine aimed at young women, to support building self-esteem and positive body image. www.newmoon.com Completely Gorgeous Information about size, shape and self-esteem along with interactive activities to help young people make friends with their body. www.completelygorgeous.com.au Links and blogs
Padded Bikinis for Tweens
An article by Crystal Smith from here blog: Gender stereo typing in clothes. Link to article Boys’ Clothing Part 1: Valuing Toughness & Aggression. An article by Crystal Smith from here blog. Gender stereo typing in clothes. Link to article |
Videos
Miss Representation
A documentary film aimed at raising awareness of how narrow ideas about women and their value are played out through the mainstream media. missrepresentation.org Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence. Excellent 35-minute Canadian documentary analyisng the hyper-sexualisation of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Link: SEXY INC Pleasure Vs. Profit 10 minute film aimed at parents and workers, which features professionals and young people in Scotland, talking about sexualisation and sexual exploitation in Scotland. Link: Pleasure Vs. Profit Books, PDFs and downloads
Sexualisation Review 2010
A review, by Dr. Linda Papadopoulos, undertaken on behalf of the UK Government, looking at the issues around sexualisation, and its impact on children and young people. Link to PDF Letting Children Be Children: The Report of an Independent Review of the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood, published on 6 June 2011, calling on businesses and broadcasters to play their part and protect children from the increasingly sexualised ‘wallpaper’ that surrounds them. Link to report Link to Update of the report The American Psychology Association Task Force on the Sexualisation of Girls, conducted this review of the impact of sexualisaton on children and young people. Link to article Corporate Paedophilia & “Letting Children Be Children” Two articles, by Dr Emma Rush and A. La Nauze, looking at the impact of commercialisation on children and young people. Link to pdf: Letting Children be Children |