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Most statistics on pornography use say the average age of a child's first exposure is 11 years old.
Despite controversy surrounding #CutiesMovie this is a conversation that must be had immediately.
Children are already acting out what they see in hypersexualized media.
#Cuties
Despite controversy surrounding #CutiesMovie this is a conversation that must be had immediately.
Children are already acting out what they see in hypersexualized media.
#Cuties
Children emulate behaviors of adults. It's impossible to separate the sexualization of women in media from its impact on girls. A culture steeped in female objectification grooms girls to be victims of sexual abuse.
This isn't one movie; it's systematic.
#CutiesFilm #CutiesMovie
This isn't one movie; it's systematic.
#CutiesFilm #CutiesMovie
Would be nice if we could use some of the outrage surrounding #CutiesMovie to talk about how hyper-sexualized media and porn is motivating young boys to rape girls. https://twitter.com/WomenReadWomen/status/1150061258856525824
Does extreme sexualization become acceptable the moment a girl turns 18? Do women consent to it when they turn a "legal" age? Girls are taught that being a woman means revelling in self-objectification. Adults are complicit in this: the sex industry, music industry, advertisers.
Here is a thread about the grooming of girls taking place online and through social media.
The problem doesn't end if you cancel #CutiesFilm.
Did it go too far? Yes. But we need to have a broader conversation about how media is used to groom children. https://twitter.com/terfalicious/status/1299863533182689280?s=19
The problem doesn't end if you cancel #CutiesFilm.
Did it go too far? Yes. But we need to have a broader conversation about how media is used to groom children. https://twitter.com/terfalicious/status/1299863533182689280?s=19
In this scene the girls use a random chat, similar to Omegle.
On TikTok women have been relating how they were groomed as children this way.
This is the first generation to grow up with such easy access to media. An entire generation of girls is at risk of grooming and abuse.
On TikTok women have been relating how they were groomed as children this way.
This is the first generation to grow up with such easy access to media. An entire generation of girls is at risk of grooming and abuse.
Men use social media to groom, abduct, rape, and kill girls. What are we going to do about it? How can we tell girls that objectification is their destiny, then act alarmed when they believe what they see all around them?
This culture is complicit. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-07/men-used-social-media-to-contact-teen-who-was-kidnapped-and-sexually-assaulted-police-say
This culture is complicit. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-07/men-used-social-media-to-contact-teen-who-was-kidnapped-and-sexually-assaulted-police-say
A disturbing investigation by a woman who posed as an 11 year-old girl on social media. Within one hour, she was contacted by 7 men. After 9 days, 92 men, requesting explicit photos or video.
Here is a resource listing some apps that are known to be hunting grounds for children. Unfortunately they are still available, and in reality children are never totally safe on social media. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/investigations/11-lesser-known-apps-that-experts-say-could-expose-your-child-to-sex-trafficking/2382725/
Social media has amplified pressures for girls to conform to sexualized narratives.
The objectification of girls in the media is linked to violence against women and girls: nearly one in five girls is sexually abused at least once in her life. https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/not-object-sexualization-and-exploitation-women-and-girls/30366
The objectification of girls in the media is linked to violence against women and girls: nearly one in five girls is sexually abused at least once in her life. https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/not-object-sexualization-and-exploitation-women-and-girls/30366
Objectification *is* grooming:
"Media’s vast reach ensures that women and girls of all ages, backgrounds, and geographical locations are affected by these images.
The sexual objectification of women extends into all corners of culture and society."
https://wp.nyu.edu/steinhardt-appsych_opus/the-effects-of-sexual-objectification-on-womens-mental-health/
"Media’s vast reach ensures that women and girls of all ages, backgrounds, and geographical locations are affected by these images.
The sexual objectification of women extends into all corners of culture and society."
https://wp.nyu.edu/steinhardt-appsych_opus/the-effects-of-sexual-objectification-on-womens-mental-health/
In addition to grooming and abusing girls through social media, men are also using it to traffic children. The overwhelming majority of victims of sex trafficking are girls, the overwhelming majority of buyers, about 99%, are men. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8629193/Miami-boy-17-arrested-using-social-media-pimp-girl-14-sex-250-hour.html
