The Sexualization of Girls and Girlhood

Eileen L. Zurbriggen is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She served as Chair of the American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Her research focuses on behavioral and psychological linkages of power and sex and on media representations of gender and sexuality. Tomi-Ann Roberts is Winkler-Herman Professor of Psychology at Colorado College. She served on the American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Her research focuses on the consequences of the sexual objectification of girls and women, particularly the psychological consequences of girls' and women's own efforts to change their bodies and appearance to meet cultural standards.

Contributors ; Part I. What is Sexualization? Scope of the Problem and Theoretical Foundations ; 1. The Problem of Sexualization: What is It and How Does it Happen? ; Tomi-Ann Roberts and Eileen L. Zurbriggen ; 2. "She's So Pretty, She Looks Just like A Bratz Doll!": Theoretical Foundations for Understanding Girls' and Women's Self-Objectification ; Tomi-Ann Roberts ; Part II. Cultural Contributions and Consequences ; 3. A Woman's Worth: Analyzing the Sexual Objectification of Black Women in Music Videos ; L Monique Ward, Rocio Rivadeneyra, Khia Thomas, Kyla Day, and Marina Epstein ; 4. Athletics as Solution and Problem: Sport Participation for Girls and the Sexualization of Female Athletes ; Elizabeth A. Daniels and Nicole M. LaVoi ; 5. It's Bad For Us Too: How the Sexualization of Girls Impacts the Sexuality of Boys, Men, and Women ; Deborah L. Tolman ; Part III. Interpersonal Contributions and Consequences ; 6. Sexual Harassment by Peers ; Jennifer L. Petersen and Janet Shibley Hyde ; 7. "If you're Hot, I'm Bi": Implications of Sexualization for Sexual-Minority Girls ; Elisabeth Morgan Thompson ; 8. The Sexualization of Girls and Gendered Violence: Mapping the Connections ; Natalie J. Purcell and Eileen L. Zurbriggen ; 9. Prostitution: An Extreme Form of Girls' Sexualization ; Melissa Farley ; Part IV. Intrapersonal Contributions and Consequences ; 10. Teens, Pre-teens, and Body Image ; Marika Tiggemann ; 11. Kiddy Thongs and Menstrual Pads: The Sexualization of Girls and Early Menstrual Life ; Margaret L. Stubbs and Ingrid Johnston-Robledo ; 12. "I'd Rather be a Famous Fashion Model than a Famous Scientist" : The Rewards and Costs of Internalizing Sexualization ; Sarah K. Murnen and Linda Smolak ; Part V. Resistance, Activism, and Alternatives ; 13. "Not Always a Clear Path": Making Space for Peers, Adults, and Complexity in Adolescent Girls' Sexual Development ; Laina Y. Bay-Cheng, Jennifer A. Livingston, and Nicole M. Fava ; 14. Toward a Healthy Sexuality for Girls and Young Women: A Critique of Desire ; Sharon Lamb ; 15. Fighting Sexualization: What Parents, Teachers, Communities, and Kids Can Do ; Eileen L. Zurbriggen and Tomi-Ann Roberts