TY - BOOK AU - Olfman,Sharna TI - The sexualization of childhood T2 - Childhood in America SN - 0275999858 AV - HQ777 .S435 2009 U1 - 305.230820973 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger KW - Girls in popular culture KW - United States KW - Sexually abused teenagers KW - Children KW - Social conditions KW - 21st century KW - Health and hygiene KW - Human body KW - Exploitation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-201) and index; The sexualization of childhood: growing older younger/growing younger older / Sharna Olfman -- Growing up in a sexualized culture -- Pornography, lad mags, video games, and boys: reviving the canary in the cultural coal mine / Matthew B. Ezzell -- A royal juggernaut: the Disney princesses and other commercialized threats to creative play and the path to self-realization for young girls / Susan Linn -- Girls gone grown-up: why are U.S. girls reaching puberty earlier and earlier? / Sandra Steingraber -- Something's happening here: sexual objectification, body image distress, and eating disorders / Margo Maine -- So sexy, so soon: the sexualization of childhood / Diane E. Levin -- Still on the auction block: the (s)exploitation of black adolescent girls in rap(e) music and hip-hop culture / Carolyn M. West -- Sexualization and child sexual abuse -- The sexual exploitation of children and youth: redefining victimization / Sharon W. Cooper -- Childified women: how the mainstream porn industry sells child pornography to men / Gail Dines -- Prostitution and the sexualization of children / Melissa Farley ER -