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Sexualization of Children in BNW, Maddie Zeman

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Sexualization of Children in BNW, Maddie Zeman

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Chapter 3- "Hundreds of naked children are outside doing 'ordinary erotic child's play'."(Chapter 3, Page 44)

When the DHC (The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning) hears a child cry out, not wanting to engage in this "erotic" play, he sends him off with a nurse to take him to be reviewed. The little girl playing with him is sent off to find someone else as he calls this "charming". The other boys agree, but recently ceased in preforming the "erotic" play, and are uncomfortable at this. Although not considered sexualization in itself, the act of engaging in this discussion, is in fact sexualization of the boy's minds in a sexual manner.

Either way, the acknowledgment of "erotic" and "child" in the same sentence is an agreeable topic among people who believe BNW is not showing sexualization of children.

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Why is this such a big deal?                        Who cares if society sexualizes children?, Maddie Zeman

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Why is this such a big deal?                        Who cares if society sexualizes children?, Maddie Zeman

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Although society doesn't seem to care that children are being sexualized, this is a huge deal. If no one steps up for these children, what's to stop the sexualization from moving forward?

In all technicality, children kissing isn't sexual in nature, or at least intentionally. Being forced to do something you don't want to (assuming it's kissing on live TV) however, should be.

If no one steps up for sexualized persons, if no one says anything at all, then society adapts to this new discovery. Society is changing with the media, that's how it has always been, society changing after the media. What happens when our world becomes like Huxley's World State, who will be to blame then?

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Promiscuity is a duty and monogamy is not tolerated in Brave New World. Everyone is trained from birth to think that “everyone belongs to everyone else”. You can never be considered your own person or can have true control of your own body. Through this they are able to form/ create the people into who they want them to be not what they want to become. Things such as free-thought and the fear of death don’t exist. Also sexual and reproductive habits are formed in this "education" they have created for 'their' world. When the people grow older, sex becomes an act of release, a form of entertainment, and is no longer 'used' as procreation. Promiscuity is celebrated in different ways. So you can say that there is no longer a real relationship between sex and love, or sex and any kind of deep emotion.

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Modesty in the 1920's and ideals in BNW, Maddie Zeman

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Modesty in the 1920's and ideals in BNW, Maddie Zeman

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In the 1920's, the younger generation rejected modesty. Men and women would flirt openly, smoke, drink, and women wore short, skimpy dresses. Some embraced the idea of having sex before marriage, and until now, was very taboo.

Huxley used his youth and experiences to write about a society in which marriage doesn't exist. This is written in, and men and women of this society have multiple partners, some of them having multiple per day.

With his new found popularity, Bernard's been sleeping with a lot of women lately; "one or two girls a day", as he tells Helmholtz.

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Who is being sexualized here?, Maddie Zeman

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Who is being sexualized here?, Maddie Zeman

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Above/Right: This is a video clip of a girl and boy kissing. Looking into the media for information, this was published to national TV on a show called Dance Moms. These kids are 12 and 13 years old, and are forced to kiss due to it being in the "choreography". After kissing her dance teacher, (yeah you heard that right, a 12 year old and a 46 year old) she practices the dance where she leans in to kiss the boy, before running off with her hands over her mouth. She runs to the front room to talk to her friends, leaving him in the room with the dance teacher. (The same one that kissed the little girl.) The boy later admits that he liked the girl and was glad he got to kiss her. Would the girl be sexualized for being forced to kiss someone on live T.V.? Would the boy be sexualized for admitting feelings for someone he was being forced to kiss? Who is being sexualized here? The girl or the boy?

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Sexualization of Young People, Jacob Manthe

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Sexualization of Young People, Jacob Manthe

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What was something we all looked forward to as kids...halloween, the one time that we could be whoever, or whatever we wanted and go out and show it off. It seems like the boundaries are being pushed more and more every year. Costumes with adult subject matter are now being designed specifically for kids. Media plays a big role in this, because when a kid sees a picture of another kid in a costume, they are attracted to that. In TV and movies, the sexualization of children becomes more prominent. It’s becoming more and more normal for young people to be sexualized, and it is happening more and more. Our society is growing around it, and like the saying goes...sex sells.

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(DO THIS LAST PLEASE!) Poll: Child Sexualization; Maddie Zeman

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(DO THIS LAST PLEASE!) Poll: Child Sexualization; Maddie Zeman

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How do people rate child sexualization compared to other terrible things? Check this poll out to hear about how they are rated!

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How are children being sexualized in BNW?

Children are being sexualized, not intentionally, but rather due to society's beliefs transforming. Children are being sexualized by playing naked and "exploring" their bodies and others at the ages of 6 and 7. Mustapha Mond also participates in this sexualization by talking to the boys on tour about sex and marriage, when they didn't explicitly want to.

Children are being sexualized by...

Society and the media. In today's day and age, social media is a place to share pictures, but it is also the place where children are sexualized.

Are children being sexualized in other places, other than the games they play in BNW?

Yes, by talking about sex with Helmholtz, about having multiple girls daily, there are other places in the book talking about sexualization.

Why are children and adolescents being sexualized in every day life?

Children and adolescents are being sexualized in every day life, because exposing them to such content is easier than protecting them from it. There are nude women found on every website. Ad's on seemingly "clean" websites talking about products making your skin "baby soft."

Now although this may not seem terrible, if you look at the picture below the sexualization definition, you can see a girl being sexualized. How? She is being used to display that "innocence is sexy."

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The Sexualization of Children (video) Summary, Barrett Guinn

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The Sexualization of Children (video) Summary, Barrett Guinn

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Sexualizatioh is when someones values come from their sexual appeal and behavior, when someone is held to a standard that equates attractiveness and sexiness, when someone is sexually objectified, or when sexuality is improperly imposed on a person. All four of these characteristics exist in the modern world, especially when it comes to young girls and the media. Through the media, girls are encouraged to flaunt their bodies and it is becoming normalized for girls to dress in a sexual fashion, and it is even looked down upon to not dress that way.

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By: Maddie Zeman, Joe LaRock, Barrett Guinn, Jacob Manthe, and Zoe Flores

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is to make something sexual in character or quality, or to become aware of sexuality, especially in relation to men and women. (This can also be done by talking about sex to children as well, without consent of parents or guardians.)

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Sexualization of Girls in the Media (video) Summary, Barrett Guinn

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Sexualization of Girls in the Media (video) Summary, Barrett Guinn

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Recently, there has been a great trend of more and more sexualized content in the media involving teen girls. Teen girls are also being exposed to more and more of this same media and because of this, want to appear like the sexualized media they see. Teen girls are exposed to up to 75 hours of media a week. Because of what these young girls are exposed to and portrayed as, America has the highest teen pregnancy and STD rates of the industrialized world. On the other hand, girls also have a low self esteem as a result of holding their exterior as more important than their interior.

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Toddlers and Tiaras (video) Summary, Maddie Zeman

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Toddlers and Tiaras (video) Summary, Maddie Zeman

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The main point received from the video about Toddlers and Tiaras, is that "people are becoming desensitized by these parents abusing their children." No child should be put to a stage on national television and have their tantrums broadcasted to the world. Not only are these parents to blame, but also the directors, producers, filming crew, etc.