Sexualized Fashion Essay
The teeny-tiny belly tops and tight low-cut jeans, the tube tops, and miniskirts, isn’t sad that we have become used to seeing little girls wear such clothing? I don’t even think twice about seeing little nine year olds and middle schoolers at stores like H&M, Forever21, and PacSun. It has just now become “normal” seeing little kids dress up in clothes that are not age appropriate. Sex is an uprising problem we have within the youth today, and how can it not be if it is literally all they are exposed to. It is all over the media, on T.V, in movies, music, magazines, ads, etc. We live in a hypersexualized society that is forcing kids to become older at a younger age. The media is play a crucial role in kid’s mental development causing them to have negative thoughts towards themselves, and to have distorted image of what beauty really is.
When I was little it was all about playing in my own little world, where everything was great and a I was a princess. If you were to ask most little girl of what she wants to be she grows up she would say a Princess without hesitation. Peggy Orenstein author of “Cinderella ate my daughter” says, “When it comes to playing princess for the first three years of their lives …show more content…
According to their study as girls get older and into their teens years, the damage from the media continues to grow. Dr. Deborah Tolman (Sexulization Task Force, American Psych Association) has found that there are very strong associations with negative health outcomes like mental health, depression, self-esteem, risky behaviors, and lack of condom use. As girls being to get older and closer to puberty girls begin to see themselves as objects of someone else’s needs and desires. Dr Tolman says, “we learn how to sexualize ourselves, and it makes us very self conscious all the time because we are worries of how we look all the time (Sext Up
When I was little it was all about playing in my own little world, where everything was great and a I was a princess. If you were to ask most little girl of what she wants to be she grows up she would say a Princess without hesitation. Peggy Orenstein author of “Cinderella ate my daughter” says, “When it comes to playing princess for the first three years of their lives …show more content…
According to their study as girls get older and into their teens years, the damage from the media continues to grow. Dr. Deborah Tolman (Sexulization Task Force, American Psych Association) has found that there are very strong associations with negative health outcomes like mental health, depression, self-esteem, risky behaviors, and lack of condom use. As girls being to get older and closer to puberty girls begin to see themselves as objects of someone else’s needs and desires. Dr Tolman says, “we learn how to sexualize ourselves, and it makes us very self conscious all the time because we are worries of how we look all the time (Sext Up