The evils of sexualizing our youth

Dorothea · #1 6th February 2013, 02:01 PM

I got this article from Fr. Peter Preble's wall just a little while ago, and finished reading it just a bit ago as well. It both saddened me and really bothered me. I HATE pornography and what this and the media, advertising companies, etc. are doing to our children. There's got to be a way to take action on this. Here's the link.

Children and the culture of pornography: 'Boys will ask you every day until you say yes' - Telegraph

ArmyMatt · #2 7th February 2013, 12:02 AM

yeah it is pretty bad. I remember how much my parents thought my generation was bombarded by sex all over the place. if only they coulda seen what was coming.....

Gxg (G²) · #3 7th February 2013, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Dorothea

I got this article from Fr. Peter Preble's wall just a little while ago, and finished reading it just a bit ago as well. It both saddened me and really bothered me. I HATE pornography and what this and the media, advertising companies, etc. are doing to our children. There's got to be a way to take action on this. Here's the link.

Children and the culture of pornography: 'Boys will ask you every day until you say yes' - Telegraph

Dang...

What happened to Chevonea was tragic - and even more alarming in light of how common it has become for many girls/boys exposed at early ages to sexualization.

Excellent article and glad he took the time to mention what he did since it needed to be said. I think what he noted on sexualization starts young is so true - as the "pencil cases that carry the Playboy bunny logo and Bratz dolls that look like they have just finished a shift at a strip joint" is so true.

I have never been for the ways girls are given high-heeled shoes and clothing you'd expect to be on a music diva. And the same with the make-up given to girls as young as 6yrs old and making them look like they're already young ladies needing to look attractive and get guys to stare at them. It's not necessary....and it creates a false imagery of what beauty is like, to the point that lookng modest and not having a certain size or figure is demonized.

On the issue of the article you noted, I think you'd enjoy the ministry of Boundless.org, as they've done many stellar articles on the subject of how little girls are actually being sexually exploited ...and trained to be attractive at a far earlier age than warranted....

For some good articles on the issue:

Outside of that, another one to consider is on the subject of. I don't like it when my little sister watches shows such as "Hannah Montana" or sees the dolls in stores that have sexy clothing on. Parents won't let her buy them

Some of what the article mentioned that you gave reminded me of some of the discussions we had when it came to things like Babie - if recalling where the issue of Pregnant Barbie was discussed ( #32 #33 #49 ) and the way girls are trained early on to have a low image of themselves because of how the figures they play with as kids give the message that being pretty means being a certain size/having a certain look (as shared in #6 ). And this also goes for what is seen in Disney films, as you'll always see attractive women as the princesses but never someone who looks average. The amount of women who are overlooked because they don't have an "hour-glass" body or look like a Barbie model when they dress is amazing....even if they're the most beautiful people ever, regardless of their size or look.

Seems many want girls to not be kids and go straight to being women..

Dorothea · #4 7th February 2013, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Gxg (G²)

Dang...

What happened to Chevonea was tragic - and even more alarming in light of how common it has become for many girls/boys exposed at early ages to sexualization.

Excellent article and glad he took the time to mention what he did since it needed to be said. I think what he noted on sexualization starts young is so true - as the "pencil cases that carry the Playboy bunny logo and Bratz dolls that look like they have just finished a shift at a strip joint" is so true.

I have never been for the ways girls are given high-heeled shoes and clothing you'd expect to be on a music diva. And the same with the make-up given to girls as young as 6yrs old and making them look like they're already young ladies needing to look attractive and get guys to stare at them. It's not necessary....and it creates a false imagery of what beauty is like, to the point that lookng modest and not having a certain size or figure is demonized.

On the issue of the article you noted, I think you'd enjoy the ministry of Boundless.org, as they've done many stellar articles on the subject of how little girls are actually being sexually exploited ...and trained to be attractive at a far earlier age than warranted....

For some good articles on the issue:

For Babies Only | Boundless Line

Modest Expectations | Boundless Line

The Sexualization of Our Daughters | Boundless Line

The Sexualization of Children and Adolescents Epidemic

You Can Be a Mom AND Look Like a Porn Star! | Boundless Line

GUEST POST: Why there are no fat Disney princesses | Moniqueblog

The "Creepiness" of Counter-Cultural Christianity | Boundless Line

Outside of that, another one to consider is on the subject of. I don't like it when my little sister watches shows such as "Hannah Montana" or sees the dolls in stores that have sexy clothing on. Parents won't let her buy them

Some of what the article mentioned that you gave reminded me of some of the discussions we had when it came to things like Babie - if recalling where the issue of Pregnant Barbie was discussed ( #32 #33 #49 ) and the way girls are trained early on to have a low image of themselves because of how the figures they play with as kids give the message that being pretty means being a certain size/having a certain look (as shared in #6 ). And this also goes for what is seen in Disney films, as you'll always see attractive women as the princesses but never someone who looks average. The amount of women who are overlooked because they don't have an "hour-glass" body or look like a Barbie model when they dress is amazing....even if they're the most beautiful people ever, regardless of their size or look.

Seems many want girls to not be kids and go straight to being women..

Yes, I so agree. And just about when I read the article in my OP was when the stupid Superbowl was going on. I was thinking to myself after hubby told me about all the complaints people were making on their FB statuses about the half-time show. Really, each year, it gets worse and worse. I don't care about football and couldn't care less about the Superbowl. It gets sleazier every year if you ask me. So, Beyonce's performance at the half-time show was another example of what we are talking about here....sexualizing everything in society.

Fr. Peter Preble wrote a blog on it, and what I have to say to it...AMEN.

The Super Bowl and Morality - AOI Observer

Trying_to_be_Orthodox · #5 7th February 2013, 11:22 PM

there are same moving to introduce sex in children life's in Russia. Bastards.

ArmyMatt · #6 8th February 2013, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by Dorothea

Yes, I so agree. And just about when I read the article in my OP was when the stupid Superbowl was going on. I was thinking to myself after hubby told me about all the complaints people were making on their FB statuses about the half-time show. Really, each year, it gets worse and worse. I don't care about football and couldn't care less about the Superbowl. It gets sleazier every year if you ask me. So, Beyonce's performance at the half-time show was another example of what we are talking about here....sexualizing everything in society.

Fr. Peter Preble wrote a blog on it, and what I have to say to it...AMEN.

The Super Bowl and Morality - AOI Observer

Fr Peter hit the nail on the head. AMEN!

Dorothea · #7 8th February 2013, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by ArmyMatt

Fr Peter hit the nail on the head. AMEN!

Yep.

Gxg (G²) · #8 8th February 2013, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Dorothea

Really, each year, it gets worse and worse. I don't care about football and couldn't care less about the Superbowl. It gets sleazier every year if you ask me. So, Beyonce's performance at the half-time show was another example of what we are talking about here....sexualizing everything in society.

Amazingly, in light of the issue of sexualizing everything in society, I was shocked to see how many Christians actually were praising the half-time show for being an awesome performance.

The issue of over-sexualization has gotten so pervasive that we don't even stop to consider certain dynamics anymore. If your husband is already aware of the issue, thank goodness - for it really seems that a lot of people focus only on the half-time show and not on the more intense things that have occurred. After the half-time show and during the time where the game was postponed for awhile because of a power -outage, some of the men at my Superbowl Party got to talk on how many will literally trip out at a game pausing where millions are hooked - but not many will pause the game to seriously think/consider on the people harmed and all the negative going on during the event and whether attention was given to it.

For not many were even aware of how all of the commercials played during the SuperBowl and throughout the week are a part of the reason why the Superbowl is the #1 time of the year where Human trafficking is highest in the U.S ., according to Texas attorney general Greg Abbott…and now police, NFL players and Christian ministries are aiming to take on the sex industry.

Had to do a presentation on it last year for Youth Work and I was blown away and how I thought it was the commercials alone that were the issue...and yet it was so much more intricate. The Super Bowl has been called the largest sex-trafficking event in the United States. Women, men, boys and girls are all sold on the underground for the sexual pleasure of fans caught up in football mania, parties and alcohol.

Because the hoopla surrounding the Super Bowl has expanded beyond Game Day to an entire week of parties and other festivities, large numbers of pimps and their workers flood into the host city each year.

Thousands of girls were brought into Indianapolis for this single event. Two men were arrested in 2010 for an ad on Craigslist's Miami board advertising sex with a 14-year-old girl as a "Super Bowl Special." And in 2009, Florida's Department of Children and Families reported 24 children — most of whom were runaways — as victims of sex trafficking for the Super Bowl. The 2010 Super Bowl saw an estimated 10,000 sex workers brought into Miami. Despite efforts to crack down on sex trafficking at the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas, there was still a tremendous number of women and children sexually exploited.

Other men were arrested this 2013 year as well thankfully. Specifically, eight men were previously days before the Superbowl as part of a sex trafficking ring exposed in New Orleans. This case supports advocacy agencies' claims that the Super Bowl is the "single largest human trafficking incident in the United States."

Praise God for the men who've been arrested thus far trying to run game on others during the Super Bowl Game. But it is something that is not taken seriously by many because there has been so much sexualization that it doesn't really phase people to see the consequences and ramifications of the things allowed.

Sexualization is directly tied to the desire for fun at all costs - and as long as that is not addressed, more exploitation will occur. There was a wonderful testimony I was glad for that I wish more were aware of - as it's from a former sex trafficking victim shines light on dark underworld of Super Bowl

Former sex trafficking victim shines light on dark side of the Superbowl - NOLA.com

If wanting to give your kids or others some good reviews that have aided others in more info on how to protest on the matter:

Super Bowl Trafficking

Sex-Trafficking at the Super Bowl

Gxg (G²) · #9 8th February 2013, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Dorothea

Yes, I so agree. And just about when I read the article in my OP was when the stupid Superbowl was going on. I was thinking to myself after hubby told me about all the complaints people were making on their FB statuses about the half-time show. Really, each year, it gets worse and worse. I don't care about football and couldn't care less about the Superbowl. It gets sleazier every year if you ask me. So, Beyonce's performance at the half-time show was another example of what we are talking about here....sexualizing everything in society.

I still wonder why so many have been a bit shocked over what happened at the Superbowl this year with the half-time show with Beyonce. She was a big time musical star when I was in highschool - but you knew EXACTLY what you were getting when you played her songs...be it with the music she made when she was in "Destiny's Child" group or when she went solo. I do think it's significant that she has gotten a lot more blantant in the symbolism she invokes in her music videos since so much of it is blantantly in line with FreeMasonry/Illumanit ideas - just as her husband Jay-Z has been notorious for doing ...with him claiming to be the Lord/praising Satan.

Another individual wisely noted that Beyonce’s half-time show in Sunday night’s Super Bowl game was all about trying to make Hell look cool (more at Super Bowl Show: Trying to Make Hell Look Cool - Catholic Sistas ) - and anyone familar with what Alexander Crowly or Anton Lavey taught will be aware of how none of what she did was by accident . Following some of the videos she has made over the years, it has gotten progressively worse and worse - with it seeming like she's reflecting what used to occur in the Heavy Metal culture with the rock/roll songs which were explictly dedicated to the enemy. O the other videos made by Beyonce and many others over the years that many have noted (some of which were on the "other side" and noted how you had to intentionally ignore things to support certain conclusions), I'm still amazed that it seems to go past people like she's just an entertainer..:

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Gxg (G²) · #10 8th February 2013, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by Dorothea

Fr. Peter Preble wrote a blog on it, and what I have to say to it...AMEN.

The Super Bowl and Morality - AOI Observer

Fr Peter had some very excellent points - paticularly as it concerns the issue of spectrum and the ways that it seem morality tends to evolve. The things Elvis did seem tame to what we see - and yet in his day, it was on the edge to see his dance movements....and with the Women's Rights movement, as much as they demonize men for suppressing women/treating them in dehumanizing ways, it is interesting that very little is said on the ways that women play a big role in it - and yet it seems like there's a willingness to talk more on higher wages/pay or gender roles and feminism rather than on how women sell their bodies for power.

It seems that anything goes so long as a woman has influence - and I'm thankful Fr Peter pointed out that it makes no sense for Beyonce to do as she did if the goal is to really have women empowered.