Sexualisation Of Girls Essay
Good morning class,
The topic I have chosen for my PIP is the impact of sexualisation on girls. This means I’m looking at how the media and society sexualises young girls and by association, women, and how this affects girls. This topic interested me because I’ve begun to notice how quickly girls are growing up and whether it’s detrimental to their GROWTH(?).
My topic question is if the sexualisation of young girls affects their socialisation. I’m also interested in looking at the sexualisation in dance and reality tv shows.
After watching a dance recital for children, it shocked me how sexualised the dance moves and outfits were, even though the girls were in a under eight years old group. Being involved in dance, on and off, since I was five until …show more content…
I’ve also looked at many studies about general sexualisation of women and girls but I have been particularly focused on a 2010 report by the American Psychological Association on the Sexualisation of Girls. This study is extremely useful because it proved me with lots of stats and is valid as it is from a VALID organisation and fairly new information.
I’ve also looked at various advertisements, tv shows, music videos and other forms of media, as well as looking at studies by Universities looking into sexualisation. The university study which was really useful was one by a 2011 study at University at Buffalo, looking at how the portrayal of women in the media has changed over time. This source is not biased and is valid but not related to my whole PIP topic, only a sub section, so it is not as useful as other studies.
I also looked at Erving Goffman’s novel Gender Advertisements which studied the ways the media constructs masculinity and femininity. The book is fairly useful and not bias, but it isn’t as valid as other studies as it was written in
The topic I have chosen for my PIP is the impact of sexualisation on girls. This means I’m looking at how the media and society sexualises young girls and by association, women, and how this affects girls. This topic interested me because I’ve begun to notice how quickly girls are growing up and whether it’s detrimental to their GROWTH(?).
My topic question is if the sexualisation of young girls affects their socialisation. I’m also interested in looking at the sexualisation in dance and reality tv shows.
After watching a dance recital for children, it shocked me how sexualised the dance moves and outfits were, even though the girls were in a under eight years old group. Being involved in dance, on and off, since I was five until …show more content…
I’ve also looked at many studies about general sexualisation of women and girls but I have been particularly focused on a 2010 report by the American Psychological Association on the Sexualisation of Girls. This study is extremely useful because it proved me with lots of stats and is valid as it is from a VALID organisation and fairly new information.
I’ve also looked at various advertisements, tv shows, music videos and other forms of media, as well as looking at studies by Universities looking into sexualisation. The university study which was really useful was one by a 2011 study at University at Buffalo, looking at how the portrayal of women in the media has changed over time. This source is not biased and is valid but not related to my whole PIP topic, only a sub section, so it is not as useful as other studies.
I also looked at Erving Goffman’s novel Gender Advertisements which studied the ways the media constructs masculinity and femininity. The book is fairly useful and not bias, but it isn’t as valid as other studies as it was written in