Sexualisation


That icky little thing called sex

Oh no, our children are wearing “shag bands”?! Further proof of child sexualisation. Except… those bands have been popular for generations. Rachel Hills writes on teenage sex hysteria.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Crikey readers get fiesty about The Chaser (a week and counting…), child sexualisation and Australia’s relationship with Israel.

Duncan Fine: No evidence media images cause child abuse

If Hamilton and Gale are against David Jones then I’m going there on a spending spree, writes co-author of Why TV is Good for Kids Duncan Fine.

You don’t have to be Humbert Humbert to see child sexualisation

The uncovering of hard evidence that David Jones set out to sexualise children in its advertising makes monkeys out of the small band of media academics who leapt to the defence of the retailer.

Disney’s favourite daughter is a normal teenager shock

Like Britney Spears before her, Miley Cyrus has been deliberately marketed as a Lolita: both innocent and knowing, sexy but not s-xual. Which has now led to inevitable controversy, writes Jeff Sparrow.