So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood

By J. Kilbourne. 2012

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Sexy Dolls, Sexy Grade-Schoolers? Media & Maternal Influences on Young Girls’ Self-Sexualization (2012, background): “On the heels of 20th century criticism of the anatomically questionable Barbie doll came the 21st century Bratz doll—an adolescent-figured doll modeling sexy clothing and make-up on huge eyes and plump lips (Levin and Kilbourne 2008).”
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful (2010, background): “Recent discussions of popular culture and media content suggest that beauty ideals provide narrow definitions of what is attractive, often emphasizing sexualized imagery (Durham, 2008; Lamb & Brown, 2006; Levin & Kilbourne, 2008; Oppliger, 2008).”
Body Size Stereotyping and Internalization of the Thin Ideal in Preschool Girls (2010, background): “…the increased sexualization of very young girls—such as the dressing of preschool girls in t-shirts that read “Porn Star,” in high-heeled shoes, or in make-up (American Psychological Association Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls 2007; Levin and Kilbourne 2008; Smolak and Murnen 2010).”