{"id":135,"date":"2010-12-17T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2010\/12\/the-parents-television-council-is.html"},"modified":"2010-12-17T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T13:03:00","slug":"the-parents-television-council-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2010\/12\/the-parents-television-council-is.html","title":{"rendered":"Report says broadcast TV networks routinely sexualize young girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parents Television Council is out with a report<\/a> detailing what it says is a pattern of prime-time network TV shows fairly routinely airing content that sexualizes young girls, specifically between the ages of 12 and 17. <\/p>\n

According to PTC President Tim Winter, the report, entitled Tinseltown’s New Target: A Study of Teen Female Sexualization on Prime-Time
\nTV<\/i>, demonstrates the industry’s <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>“eagerness to not only objectify and fetishize young girls, but to sexualize them
\nin such a way that real teens are led to believe their sole value comes from
\ntheir sexuality.”<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i>Winter adds <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>“Storylines on the most popular shows among teens are sending the message to our
\ndaughters that being sexualized isn’t just acceptable, it should be sought
\nafter.”<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i>Researchers looked at 35 hours of programming involving 14 scripted series, including The Office, NCIS, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, The Vampire Diaries, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Family Guy, House, Glee, The Cleveland Show, American Dad, <\/i>and The Simpsons.<\/i> <\/p>\n

It’s worth noting that just because these 14 shows are among those studied they are not necessarily equal offenders or offenders at all. For instance, the report says “Sixty-seven percent of the episodes involving sexualized scenes of underage girls were in a comedic genre (comedy dramas and\/or animated series).”<\/i><\/p>\n

Among the study’s other major claims:<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>\u2022 Underage female characters are shown participating in a higher percentage of
\nsexual depictions compared to adults (47% and 29% respectively).
\u2022 Only 5%
\nof the underage female characters communicated any form of dislike for being
\nsexualized (excluding scenes depicting healthy sexuality).
\u2022 Out of all the
\nsexualized female characters depicted in the underage and young adult category
\nfor the entire database, 86% were presented as only being of high school
\nage.
\u2022 Seventy-five percent of shows that included sexualized underage female
\ncharacters were shows that did not have an “S” descriptor to warn parents about
\nthe sexual content.
\u2022 Based upon a definition established by the American
\nPsychological Association of “healthy” vs. “unhealthy” sexuality, the study
\nfindings show that 93% of the sexual incidents involving underage female
\ncharacters occurred within a context that qualified as “unhealthy.”
\u2022 The
\ndata revealed that 98% of the sexual incidents involving underage female
\ncharacters occurred outside of any form of a committed relationship.
\u2022 The
\ndata show that 73% of the underage sexualized<\/i> incidents were presented in a
\nhumorous manner or as a punch line to a joke.<\/p>\n

To view a PDF of the entire report, click here<\/a>.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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