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[wolf_nd_shadows]

I found this article on teen sexting and child sexualization. I don't know much about this author, so I'll have to follow his subsequent articles, but he seems to have a good start
Textual Harassment: “Sexting” and Teen Sexuality
Something I have become really aware of and really upset by over the years is the sexualization of children in our culture

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[transversecity]

On a borrowed laptop, so pray forgive me for not having yet read the article, but... I think a large part of it is from, sadly, a side opposite that of the market's drive to produce consumers. We have also been spending more and more and more time and energy creating special "children's" niches in all forms of media - such that there's no longer a transitional space. You either have the hyper-sterile environments of insipid children's programming, or you have the parents who take their kids to "Watchmen".

[wolf_nd_shadows]

its funny how the market forces have caused this as well.
it seems that children's shows that focus on developmental stages never last as long as shows that are insipid and bland. but then again, that probably has to do with the fact you have to know what you are doing and have to put thought and research into the prior.
The other major problem is that no one wants to talk about sex to teens anymore. There is the belief that if you don't talk to kids about sex, they won't do it. instead if you don't talk to kids about sex, you just leave them unprepared for when they have to make the decision, and are left vulnerable to social and media messages that turn kids into sexual objects.