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The Sexualization of Childhood
Sharna Olfman
Book Code: C9985
ISBN: 0-275-99985-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99985-8
224 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2008
List Price: $44.95 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Childhood in America
  • Endorsement From Joel Bakan,
    Professor of Law, University of British Columbia:     This outstanding collection of essays, written by an eminent group of scholars and experts, reveals an alarming new danger to children--routine exposure to frighteningly toxic ideas about sex and sexuality. What harm does this cause to children, the adults they become, and society? That is the central question addressed by this book, and the answers it provides, always through rigorous research and cogent analyses, suggest we should be very concerned. The book is essential reading for anyone who cares about the fate of children--and of society as a whole.
  • Endorsement From Stuart Shanker,
    Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, York University,
    Director of the Council of Human Development:     Every one of us needs to read The Sexualization of Childhood and then ask ourselves the following questions: How did we allow such a harrowing state-of-affairs to arise? What can we do to correct it? And until this has been achieved, how can we best protect our children from the toxic experiences and influences that are so powerfully depicted in this book?
  • Endorsement From Laura E. Berk,
    Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emerita, Illinois State University:     An articulate, compelling exposé of the numerous ways in which the psychosexual and gender development of U.S. children has been derailed by an overly sexualized culture negligent in safeguarding its youngest members. Professor Olfman's exceptionally fine editing is again apparent. She has assembled a set of first-rate contributions by leading authorities who lay out the evidence with clarity and conviction and who also help us move toward solutions--by detailing ways that parents, mental health professionals, educators, and policy makers can intervene effectively.
Description: Only a generation or two ago, childhood in the United States was understood to be a unique and vulnerable stage of development; a time for play and protection from adult preoccupations and responsibilities. In recent decades however, we appear to have jettisoned these norms, and the lines that separate the lifestyles of even very young children from adults are blurring. As widely known experts on the team that created this book explain, children begin formal education now in preschool, dress like adults, listen to the same music, play the same video games, explore the same Internet sites, and watch explicit depictions of sex and violence on TV and in movies. What is the impact of immersing children in a sexualized world? The Sexualization of Childhood first explains the nature of healthy sexual development. It then explores the ways in which children are being sexualized, and the physical and psychological consequences. It then looks at the lower and lower age at which girls are experiencing puberty, that reduction being fueled by the pseudoestrogens in so many of our foods and products, as well as obesity. Finally, it examines what we can do legally, politically, and as caregivers to protect children from developmentally inappropriate sexual experiences.
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents
  • The Sexualization of Childhood
  • Pornography, Lad Mags, Video Games and Boys
  • A Royal Juggernaut
  • Girls Gone Grown-Up
  • Somethings Happening Here
  • So Sexy So Soon
  • Still on the Auction Block
  • Sexualization and Child Sexual Abuse
  • The Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth
  • Childified Women
  • Prostitution and the Sexualization of Children
  • About the Editor and the Contributors
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LC Card Number: 2008028205
LCC Class: HQ777
Dewey Class: 305
PDF Catalogs:
Psychology Catalog 2008.pdf
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