http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/24/more-on-the-medias-sexualization-of-young-girls/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:42:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/24/more-on-the-medias-sexualization-of-young-girls/#comment-18867 Erika Price Wed, 28 May 2008 18:41:50 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2640#comment-18867 Whether it's a child's pole dancing kit or a box of cereal featuring cartoon characters, it seems pretty clear that parents have to inoculate their children against shrewd marketing tactics beginning at a very young age. Children pick up on commercial messages and parrot them back, and learn to adopt the messages as their own ideals if they don't quickly learn otherwise. While most parents probably just respond to this stripper pole business by reminding their children of how <i>terrible</i> sex is, a smarter response would be to teach children to question <i>all</i> advertising ploys. It sounds like Durham's answer is exactly that. Whether it’s a child’s pole dancing kit or a box of cereal featuring cartoon characters, it seems pretty clear that parents have to inoculate their children against shrewd marketing tactics beginning at a very young age. Children pick up on commercial messages and parrot them back, and learn to adopt the messages as their own ideals if they don’t quickly learn otherwise. While most parents probably just respond to this stripper pole business by reminding their children of how terrible sex is, a smarter response would be to teach children to question all advertising ploys. It sounds like Durham’s answer is exactly that.

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