Meta Analysis finds Sexualized Ads, TV, Music Videos, Billboards, Harm Girls’ Mental Health

WASHINGTON, DC, February 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A report of the American Psychological Association (APA) released today found evidence that the proliferation of sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls’ self-image and healthy development.

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Most Christians are more caught up in being angry saying we should not address this issue in our culture today. Well, it needs to be addressed. There is a problem. It needs to be dealt with. We as women and mothers need to be a living example and teach our young daughters how to handle peer pressure to be like the world.

http://www.naturalnews.com/023445.html

As a mother of seven, I am continually confused as to why so many moms allow their “Christian” daughters so much liberty in the way they dress. I personally have my own past to contend with dealing with my own immodesty.  God has graciously revealed this to me over a period of years and I am very sad at the choices I have made in the name of “liberty” because looking back it was at the expense of others…..others husbands and other wives. When someone tried to talk to me about my appearance, I would say that is their problem or they must be jealous when in fact, I was probably coming off very “secure” when in my heart that was a lie. The Lord does reveal to us our hearts and I am so thankful for that.

My family that still is with us, five of our seven children because the other two are married now :-), were running today in Peter’s Canyon. We run about 12 miles a week as a family……I noticed this very young lady walking past me up hill who was wearing boy shorts for running pants and pretty much a sports bra. I was a little frustrated because she could barely walk up the hill but she looked good. I asked the older woman walking with her if she was the mom and she responded proudly with “yes, I am” and asked her, “is that your daughter?” she responded proudly again, “yes.” I said “you should be ashamed of yourself, she looks like she is wearing underwear.” I then find out according to her mother that she is a very virtuous young lady who wants to share with the world her body. WHERE ARE THE MOMS and WHERE are the DADS? These are supposedly Christian women. Women exploit their young daughters constantly. Where have all the little girls gone and  Christian Publisher calls off Parenting book by Spears It is a shame. There is a very good book written by Nancy LeVant called “The Cultural Devastation of American Women”. She states so well, although harsh, that the women are so caught up in their nails and hair that the children have no love, no good food, no good role models. Now this woman is not necessarily godly but she makes a wonderful point.

Today there was an article called Super Model’s death suicide: Super Model’s Death a Suicide.

This young woman was far away from home, with her boyfriend until all hours of the night….just the sad outcome of women who aren’t connected with their families. I am not saying that you can control all things, you can’t. Your children have to grow up, but can we train our children better? When we say we are Christians, can we possibly live our lives as a reflection of Christ? Is it possible for Christian moms to really influence their daughters to remain pure or is it a figment of my imagination?

The Sexualization of America

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2176315/Father’s-Day-cards-banned-in-Scottish-schools.html

http://cjonline.com/stories/061708/bre_wheat.shtml

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/couples-marriage-sex-2069226-state-county

New Anxieties over the food chain and crops

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The Slide Show of “A Few Good Women”

THE Marines are looking for a few good women.

Actually, they will take as many as they can get. Faced with the difficulty of recruiting during a long and unpopular war, the United States Marine Corps has started marketing itself to women in a concerted way for the first time. It is running ads in magazines like Shape, Self and Fitness, which appeal mainly to female readers, as well as through more mainstream outlets like “American Idol,” where the message is a unisex one of patriotism rather than macho swagger.

Women in Battle