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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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Sexualized media representation damages young girls’ development, health

Allison Kim November 16, 2020
An overwhelming percentage of media that minors see presents sexualized characters, especially girls, even in content specifically targeted toward children. Visual media sends ideas to girls from a young age, and as they get older, this constant exposure to the objectification of female bodies can cause girls to internalize the sexualizing messages in the cultural environment they exist in, impacting them during identity formation.
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