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Showing Original Post only (View all)Must Read -the sexualisation of girls [View all]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/11/sexualisation-of-girls-peoples-panel<snip>
I was first scouted at the age of 14 by one of the world's most prestigious model agencies. I was told that my life had now changed and had to be perfect: bikini waxes, leg waxes, lots of water, perfect skin and having to stay slim were all on the agenda. I had just about started my period by then. When I put on seven pounds to become a whopping seven and a half stone, it was commented on before I'd made it halfway through the office.
I did my first topless shoot a year later for a well-known photographer, and they were photographs that oozed sex. They will tell you that it wouldn't happen in the UK, that it's illegal; I would ask you not to be naive. My father shuddered and wept when he saw them in my model book by accident. He wanted nothing to do with it ever again. I quit modelling at 18 and went to university, tired of seeing my 15 and 16-year-old colleagues on Vogue front pages looking like they were all about sex, while overhearing men saying things I couldn't repeat about girls I knew to be still awkward about kissing boys.
As far as I'm concerned we drape paedophilic images from every billboard and expensive magazine. Quite simply a lot of these girls are under 18 and they're made to look "sexy", "hot". These pictures are usually celebrated as high-end culture and something for young girls and women to aspire to. The sexualisation of girls in our culture is rampant and violently damaging, as well as a massive waste of energy and time for girls and women. Isn't it about time that we stopped focusing so much on girls' bodies and outfits and started celebrating their minds and skills?
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.When mainstream porn is more inclusive than fashion modeling, the world has definitely
Mopar151
Mar 2012
#23
You have hit the nail directly on it's head. Girls are very much exploited for their youth
Farmer-Rick
Mar 2012
#14
too bad those young girls must have totally powerless, uninvolved fathers, eh? n/t
Scout
Mar 2012
#31
We live a culture that loves innocence and sex, no surprise that some would exploit children
HereSince1628
Mar 2012
#10
wait, lol. this is what you applaud... you know, burkas or this. nothing in the middle. nt
seabeyond
Mar 2012
#21
A Blondeau photo shoot was at the center of a 2011 uproar in France about this issue
HereSince1628
Mar 2012
#34
our society is creating an environment of women/girls all being w*****. it is that simple
seabeyond
Mar 2012
#24
Reality check. There was a recent story about a woman complaining her daughter was being...
HopeHoops
Mar 2012
#26