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Statement of PTC President Tim Winter

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"As the father of a 13-year-old daughter, I am painfully aware of the onslaught of media messages not merely encouraging our children to grow up too fast, but which exploit their insecurities, and prey on their need to fit-in to spread this epidemic."

-Tim Winter





 

 

 

 

Interview:  Nicole Clark

 

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"Let's raise a country of girls who desire to follow their hearts, to be noble and use their skills to help others and whose parents honor and encourage them to develop their character and intellect first... We have to educate our youth about things of true importance to them and to their world. The first step is breaking the hypnotic spell they are under - the spell that has them more concerned with their looks, being sexy and owning the latest and greatest. Then we will have a society with a meaningful and bright future."
-Nicole Clark
 

 

 

Former Elite model Nicole Clark, director of Cover Girl Culture, and author of two acclaimed children's books, The Oceans of Emotions, and Adventures in Dreamtime, shares her insights into the inner workings of the fashion & advertising worlds.  Nicole has become an expert on the impact the media has on our girls, namely the sexualization of girls and pressures on them to be thin and pretty.

Nicole is on the board of directors for the non-profit Project GRRLS.

Download PDF of Nicole's comments on the release of "Sexualized Teen Girls: Tinsel Town's New Target"   

 

 

 

Article: Gwen Dewar, Ph.D.,

Founder and Author of Parenting Science

The sexualization of girls: Is the popular culture harming our kids?
 

 

 

Video: Helen Mirren

"However, with all respect to you many brilliant and successful women in this room... really not too much has changed in the canon of Hollywood filmmaking that continues to worship at the altar of the 18- to 25-year-old male..."  

 -Actress Helen Mirren
 

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