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Jean Kilbourne and Diane Levin - So Sexy, So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood, and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Linda K. Paresky Conference Center
Contact:
Diane Hammer. Simmons Institute for
Leadership and Change. 617-521-2480
Hosted by the Center for New Words and Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change - Connecting Simmons to the Community and the Community to Simmons. Join us as we welcome legendary feminist and activist, Jean Kilbourne with her co-author, Diane Levin, as they discuss their new book, So Sexy So Soon! Thong panties, padded bras, and risqué Halloween costumes for young girls. T-shirts that boast "Chick Magnet" for toddler boys. Sexy content on almost every television channel, as well as in books, movies, video games, and even cartoons. Hot young female pop stars wearing provocative clothing and dancing suggestively while singing songs with sexual and sometimes violent lyrics. These products are marketed aggressively to our children; these stars are held up for our young daughters to emulate-and for our sons to see as objects of desire.
Popular culture and technology inundate our children with an onslaught of mixed messages at earlier ages than ever before. Corporations capitalize on this disturbing trend, and without the emotional sophistication to understand what they are doing and seeing, kids are getting into increasing trouble emotionally and socially; some may even to engage in precocious sexual behavior. Parents are left shaking their heads, wondering: How did this happen? What can we do?
Free and open to the public.
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For more information about upcoming events, or about organizing a program or event, contact:
Diane Hammer
617-521-2480
