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I agree completely.

posted by Amanda__ on February 24, 2009 at 8:44 AM | link to this | reply

Re: You might also be interested in these links...
Thanks for the info and the links. I'll check them out. When my daughter was in college she participated in the presentation of the Vagina Monologues. It sounds like maybe both you and I have had an impact on our daughters. LOL That's a very good thing, don't you think?

posted by BetsyLewis on February 15, 2009 at 5:42 AM | link to this | reply

You might also be interested in these links...
V-Day, an organization working to end violence against women worldwide (my oldest daughter is hosting an event on 3/6/09 at our local university campus), and The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler on the same topic.

posted by womeninthegap on February 15, 2009 at 4:55 AM | link to this | reply

This is such a relevant issue, and I couldn't agree with you more. There's a time and place for everything. It's a pity teenagers everywhere are getting the wrong messages from the media, and also buckling under peer pressure. Thanks for commenting on my post. Have a great day! Nita.

posted by Nita09 on February 14, 2009 at 11:01 PM | link to this | reply

Betsy Lewis
A great post and I totally agree with you my friend...................

posted by WileyJohn on February 14, 2009 at 9:12 PM | link to this | reply

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I think I've heard of some of these things. I think we just have to continue to encourage positive role modeling and mentoring.

posted by BetsyLewis on February 14, 2009 at 12:43 PM | link to this | reply

Very interesting observations! The bad examples are everywhere. Programming is hitting kids from all directions. They are being deliberately targeted, as are their parents. Only a thinking person can see the flaws in the media presentations. In my original place of abode, teenage girls are using cellphones to record their sex sessions and selling the videos for as little as $5. Often, recording sessions take place in schools! In some Latin American cities, party- girls are encouraged to have as many sex partners as possible, in one night. The winner is the one who had the most partners. I think it is called Ponsi or something. Its not just the clothing, its the crazy people who spread sexual practices. Latino girls are brought here and kept in basements as sex slaves and can get their freedom only after paying their way out. There is a flourishing flesh trade going on everywhere...even in India and south Asia. Children and others simply disappear!

posted by Soul_Builder101 on February 14, 2009 at 12:15 PM | link to this | reply

Re: I'm with Talion on this one.
Thanks, hazel st cricket! It's nice to know that my blog hit a chord. I think that is important.

posted by BetsyLewis on February 14, 2009 at 10:35 AM | link to this | reply

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Well said. Check out the Hardy Girls Healthy Women Web site (see reply below). Maybe some things are changing. That would be great, wouldn't it?

posted by BetsyLewis on February 14, 2009 at 10:34 AM | link to this | reply

Re: One more time...
Excellent post and I checked out the Hardy Girls web site and it looks like a phenomenal program. I have sent the link into work and will see if it's okay to distribute it to the school counselors at the elementary schools and the middle school as well as the three high school counselors. Maybe one or some of the high school girls might want to take on something like this - organizing and such, with guidance. It's a really neat idea that it takes on the environmental, social, cultural influences and those issues as opposed to the girls' issues. It's about time, don't you think? I'm so saddened by some of the things I hear in our office that kids are going through.

posted by BetsyLewis on February 14, 2009 at 10:24 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Personally, I think Hollywood is a horrible teacher but unfortunately,
I agree, Ariala, and I'm afraid it's not going to change much. I suppose generations of kids have had idols growing up.

posted by BetsyLewis on February 14, 2009 at 10:02 AM | link to this | reply

I'm with Talion on this one.

posted by hazel_st_cricket on February 14, 2009 at 6:25 AM | link to this | reply

BetsyLewis
In the early days of television, there was such an aversion to anything remotely associated with sex that married couples slept in seperate beds. Now the airwaves are inundated with both subtle and blatant sexual references. Though there are rules and codes of conduct broadcast channels must abide by, it's still almost impossible to escape provacative imagery. Our culture can't find a happy medium, if one actually exists. Programmers, producers, the network powers-that-be are always attempting to push the envelope, get as close to breaking the rules as possible without getting into trouble. For the most part, they are successful. The line has been pushed back so far that a lingerie show on Entertainment Tonight sounds completely harmless when compared to other programs and images that are out there.

posted by Talion_ on February 14, 2009 at 6:21 AM | link to this | reply

One more time...
Hardy Girls, Healthy Women

posted by womeninthegap on February 14, 2009 at 6:12 AM | link to this | reply

My link doesn't work; here it is again.
Hardy Girls, Healthy Women

posted by womeninthegap on February 14, 2009 at 6:12 AM | link to this | reply

The media is absolutely saturated...
with these kinds of images, everything from magazines, to television, to movies, to book covers. The tabloids make sex, drugs, and alcohol appear glamorous to teen girls. However, a key idea is never conveyed: this is the kind of woman men like to f***, not have a relationship with. And, teen girls' self-image suffers a little more everyday; they either don't "measure up" to the media hype and are ashamed of themselves, or they fit the image all too well and are preyed upon. Meanwhile, boys wear t-shirts with highly offensive slogans...promoting violence against women, for instance...and are just chuckled at or patted on the head in a boys-will-be-boys fashion.

Locally, we have a chapter of Hardy Girls, Healthy Women and they have been fighting against this very thing.

posted by womeninthegap on February 14, 2009 at 6:10 AM | link to this | reply

Personally, I think Hollywood is a horrible teacher but unfortunately,
kids today really follow what is show on screen and their favorite idols...

posted by Ariala on February 14, 2009 at 4:46 AM | link to this | reply