{"id":5297,"date":"2010-12-18T13:29:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T21:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=5297"},"modified":"2010-12-18T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T21:29:49","slug":"new-report-prime-time-tv-trend-of-sexualizing-underage-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/new-report-prime-time-tv-trend-of-sexualizing-underage-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report: Prime-Time TV Trend of Sexualizing Underage Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n12\/18\/2010 – CNA –<\/p>\n

A new study showing that teen girls are depicted sexually on prime-time TV more than adults has critics condemning the trend as a sinister fixation on underage young women.<\/p>\n

The Parents Television Council issued a report on Dec. 15 which found that in popular TV series, underage female characters appearing on screen increases the amount of sexual content in a given show.<\/p>\n

The council also found that teen girls demonstrate almost no negative response to being sexualized and that the vast majority of sexual incidents are depicted as occurring outside of a committed relationship. <\/p>\n

The study, called \u201cNew Target: A Study of Teen Female Sexualization on Primetime TV,\u201d used Nielson data and was based on content analysis of the most popular prime-time broadcast shows among 12 to 17 year-olds during the 2009-2010 TV season. <\/p>\n

While only 29 percent of adult characters were viewed in sexual incidents in these shows, 47 percent of the characters involved were underage females. Of the young girls that were depicted sexually, only five percent communicated any dislike or opposition to the situations they were in. Additionally, a whopping 98 percent of the time, sexual encounters involving the girls were shown as taking place outside of any form of a committed relationship.<\/p>\n

The report compiled video clips with examples, showing a high school girl in bed with a young man in the hit show \u201cGossip Girl,\u201d a female character from \u201c90210\u201d drinking alcohol while disrobing, a kiss between two female cheerleaders on \u201cGlee\u201d and young characters in shows such as \u201cThe Vampire Diaries\u201d in violent, hyper-sexual encounters.<\/p>\n

\u201cStorylines on the most popular shows among teens are sending the message to our daughters that being sexualized isn\u2019t just acceptable, it should be sought after,\u201d Parents Television Council president Tim Warner said.<\/p>\n

Aside from being disturbed by the sexual depiction of female minors, Warner said that the affects of these TV shows prove most harmful to young American women because they reduce their perceived worth as people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe results from this report show Tinseltown\u2019s eagerness to not only objectify and fetishize young girls, but to sexualize them in such a way that real teens are led to believe their sole value comes from their sexuality,\u201d Warner said.<\/p>\n

He noted that the report is less about the \u201cshocking\u201d numbers that detail \u201cthe sickness of early sexualization in our entertainment culture.\u201d Rather, Warner said he’s concerned more about the generation of young girls \u201cwho are being told how society expects them to behave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Terry Polakovic, founder and director of national Catholic women’s group ENDOW, echoed Warner’s assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is another instance where Hollywood has shown the most callous disregard for the psyches of impressionable girls who will be most adversely affected,\u201d Polakovic said in a Dec. 17 e-mail.<\/p>\n

She emphasized the need for parental involvement in counteracting the societal message to young women as depicted in the prime-time shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy advice for parents is to re-teach yourself what God\u2019s plan is for authentic relationships between men and women and share that truth with your children,\u201d Polakovic added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we leave this piece of their education to Hollywood, we will surely be disappointed but we shouldn\u2019t be surprised.\u201d <\/p>\n

HT: Catholic News Agency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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