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age of empowerment we no longer are the active source of our own experience or our own choices. Instead, we succumb to the notion that life is a series of product purchases that have been laid out and whose qualities and parameters have been preestablished. Douglas Rushkoff Iconographic porn By the age of eight, preteens are watching MTV, depicting fabrications from music machine companies in the form of Britney Spears or Christina Aguilara gyrating their hips in school uniforms, coined ‘Lolita’ fashion, simulating sex acts with muscle-bound hemen. Overtly sexualised fashions are marketed down to our young girls cleverly preceded by toy products such as Brat Dolls. Even if I don’t have a TV at my house, my child’s friends do. And chances are, there’s little supervision over what the kids are watching over there. In a world where paedophilia is rife, why are our daughters being encouraged to dress in micro-minis, hotpants and high heeled boots? What kind of a world are we living in when a five-year-old complains that she looks fat and hates herself? It seems to be impossible to protect our children’s innocence, and raises questions as to what long-term effects will come of this exposure to adult content. Will they be able to have a healthy and enjoyable sexual journey of discovery, or will it be too much too early, or fraught with insecurity and self-consciousness? Once again it falls in the responsibility of parents. I’m outraged that I have to educate my seven-year-old about sexuality because she has been exposed beyond my control. Or that I have to argue with her about wearing Lolita fashions ‘when everyone else is doing it!’ Childhood should be protected and it should be a political issue. Corporations marketing inappropriate material to children should be held accountable! <strong>byronchild</strong> 66 March 27, 2003 Boys Succumb to Image Ideal Popular culture has been identified as the primary resource for young people to learn about family life, friendships, sexuality, health, alcohol and other drugs, gender roles, and many other parts of life — what is attractive, what is cool, what is fashionable. TEENAGE boys are increasingly turning to diets, food supplements and heavy workouts as they strive to conform to the slim and muscular body images of popular culture and sport. Deakin University psychology lecturer Marita McCabe said the image of the ideal muscular male — ‘six-pack’, cut abdominal muscles, and the body beautiful — was the result of the media and advertising. ‘Teenage boys try to change their body image by dieting, taking food supplements and exercise . . . There are adolescent boys adopting extreme behaviours and it will become more of a problem,’ she said, Experts argue that the problems of body image are compounded by the lack of recognition among males of the media’s influence over their perceptions of their bodies. Dr McCabe said her studies had shown that females were more able to recognise the pressures over body image. (The Age) The deepest peril of the interface is that we may lose touch with our inner states; not to lose the acute sensitivity to our bodies, the simplest kinds of awareness like kinaesthetic body movement, organic discomfort, and propriosensory activities like breathing, balance, and shifting weight...this awareness constitutes the background for the psychic life of the individual. Michael Heim: The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality A woman (or man) cannot make the culture more aware by saying ‘Change’. But she can change her own attitude to herself, thereby causing devaluing projections to glance off. She does this by taking back her body (and mind). By not forsaking the joy of her natural body, by not purchasing the popular illusion that happiness is only bestowed on those of a certain configuration or age, by not waiting or holding back to do anything, and by taking back her real life, and living it full bore, all stops out. This dynamic self-acceptance and self-esteem are what begins to change attitudes in culture. Clarrisa Pinkola Estes: Woman Who Run with the Wolves. Notes Pesce, Mark D. (1993): Final Amputation: Pathogenic Ontology in Cyberspace
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