Tinseltown is on a Mission to Sexualize Young Girls

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By Marsha West

There are some disturbing things going on right under parents’ noses. Their daughters are  being sexualized by Hollywood elites who would sell their soul to the devil (perhaps they have) to make a buck and/or to win a coveted Oscar, Emmy, or Golden Globe award. Life is so about them!

This will come as no surprise to anyone: The Parents TV Council (PTC) report entitled "Sexualized Teen Girls: Tinsel Town's New Target" provides proof that many in the media have their sights set on young girls for the purpose of sexualizing them.

Have these people completely lost their moral compass? Have they no shame? Yes and no. They are immoral, shameless, child exploiters who could care less who they hurt as long as the ratings remain high and they receive that big paycheck. And, quite honestly, in our wicked, depraved, immoral culture, sex sells.

These are the major findings in the PTC’s report:

• Underage female characters are shown participating in a higher percentage of sexual depictions compared to adults (47% and 29% respectively).
• Only 5% of the underage female characters communicated any form of dislike for being sexualized (excluding scenes depicting healthy sexuality).
• Out of all the sexualized female characters depicted in the underage and young adult category for the entire database, 86% were presented as only being of high school age.
• Seventy-five percent of shows that included sexualized underage female characters were shows that did not have an “S” descriptor to warn parents about the sexual content.
• Based upon a definition established by the American Psychological Association of “healthy” vs. “unhealthy” sexuality, the study findings show that 93% of the sexual incidents involving underage female characters occurred within a context that qualified as “unhealthy.”
• The data revealed that 98% of the sexual incidents involving underage female characters occurred outside of any form of a committed relationship.
• The data show that 73% of the underage sexualized incidents were presented in a humorous manner or as a punch line to a joke.

(Read the entire report here )

Here’s what struck me: 93% of the sexual incidents involving underage female characters occurred within a context that the APA would qualify as unhealthy. What is wrong with film makers? Oh I remember -- they have no souls.

“The results from this report show Tinseltown’s eagerness to not only objectify and fetishize young girls, but to sexualize them in such a way that real teens are led to believe their sole value comes from their sexuality. This report is less about the shocking numbers that detail the sickness of early sexualization in our entertainment culture, and more about the generation of young girls who are being told how society expects them to behave.” [Bold mine.]

I’m reminded of Miley Cyrus’ appalling behavior. Young Miley went from a teeny bopper role model to teen vixen overnight. Recently we saw Miss Cyrus on a YouTube.com video inhaling Silvia from a bong. Silvia is a legal mild hallucinogenic drug that can produce visions.

This is not about Miley, though. It’s about all young girls. According to PTC:

“Storylines on the most popular shows among teens are sending the message to our daughters that being sexualized isn’t just acceptable, it should be sought after. It is outrageous that TV executives have made it their business to profit off of programs that depict teen girls blissfully being sexualized by casual partners and only showing disapproval for being sexualized five percent of the time.”