Posted in Beauty Industry, Body Image, Plastic Surgery on Mar 11th, 2009 11 Comments »
Recently I spent the most wonderful fortnight working with teen girls across New Zealand. On the way home, I stopped to purchase some duty free and stumbled upon the most bizarre beauty product: a NZ face cream that boasts sheep’s placenta as an ingredient.
I have now discovered that using placenta in facial products and treatments – [...]
Posted in Sexualisation of children on Sep 11th, 2008 8 Comments »
Guest post by Enlighten Education’s Victorian Program Director Sonia Lyne:
Why is it that popular culture has now connected the sexual excitement of men with the “empowerment” of women? Why is attaining sexual power through stripping, fishnets and mimicking porn stars seen as the only way to be desired and desirable? Why is sexual power an attribute that we value so highly?
Many women today are [...]
Posted in Advertising, Enlighten Education, Magazines, Media, Parents, Resources, Sexualisation of children on Jun 29th, 2008 17 Comments »
Unlike most little girl’s dolls, which are designed to represent older teenagers or women, Mattel’s “My Scene, Growing Up Glam” doll openly set out to depict a tween, a girl aged 8-13 years. She is dressed in lace stockings, short skirt, diamante belt, midriff top and wears a full face of heavy make-up ( complete with false eye lashes). [...]
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