Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls
by Melinda Tankard Reist (Editor)
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Assembling writers, advocates, and academics, this volume spotlights the sexualization and objectification of girls and women in the media, popular culture, and society. From clothing and music to magazines and toys, this collection explores today's advertising and merchandising techniques and the effects they have on the premature portrayal of girls as sexual beings. Arguing that the sexualization of girls leads to self-destructive behaviors such as eating disorders and self-harm as well as show more to increased anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem, this account bl show lessTags
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This book is tackling the issue from the Australian perspective. They rely on a lot of the books and research that comes from American feminists.
So far I've found myself fascinated at how the authors seem to be part liberal feminist and part conservative feminist.
So far I've found myself fascinated at how the authors seem to be part liberal feminist and part conservative feminist.
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- Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 306.40820994 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Specific aspects of culture
- LCC
- HQ777 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Children. Child development
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
