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Summary:

The powder keg that is porn culture has exploded in the lives of North American children. From thongs and padded bras for 9-year-old girls to "sexting," 24-7 internet porn, and unfiltered social media, kids today are bombarded with commercial sexual appeals like never before. In this astonishing new documentary, award-winning documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer explores what this radical transformation of the culture means for young people, parents, and our very notions of childhood. Palmer interviews researchers who have been tracking how the accelerating pressure to be sexy -- and sexual -- is changing kids' behavior and undermining their health. She sits down with parents and educators struggling to help kids navigate puberty in a hypermediated cultural environment that no longer seems to recognize or respect the developmental needs of children. And she talks to teens and pre-teens who share eerily casual insights into the routine role sex plays in their lives. The result is a stunning exploration of the sexualization of childhood and a startling wake-up call for parents who still think their own children are immune to the excesses and influences of today's sexed-up youth culture.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (1:54)
• Sexualized children & marketing (5:38)
• Puberty & self-esteem (3:51)
• One way to the be female (3:57)
• Acting sexy for boys (4:24)
• Teen boys & porn (8:14)
• Social media (8:23)
• Happily ever after? (5:00).

Contributors:

Palmer, Maureen , director

Hogan, Timothy M. , director

LeGuerrier, Rick , director

Collins, John , director of photography

Gallant, Marcel , editor of moving image work

Gautreau, Jac , composer

MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958- , narrator

Media Education Foundation

Dream Street Pictures

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English; optional subtitles in English.

Subjects:

Children — Sexual behavior — North America

Preteens — North America

Mass media and children — North America

Body image in girls — North America

Advertising and children — North America

Children in advertising

Children and pornography — North America

Children in popular culture — North America

Children — Sexual behavior

Children

Preteens

Mass media and children

Body image in girls

Advertising and children

Children and pornography

Children in popular culture

North America

Genres:

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Feature films

Feature films — United States

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, all region; Dolby Digital stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.

Performers:

Narrator, Ann-Marie MacDonald.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, John Collins ; editor, Marcel Gallant ; music composer, Jac Gautreau.

General Notes:

Originally produced in 2012.
Public performance rights included.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

SEX 2012 DVD

ISBNs:

1932869670
9781932869675

OCLC Numbers:

809373008