The Way We Are…: The Reiteration of Sexualization in Academia, Policy and the Media

In this chapter, Tsaliki presents a concise overview of numerous social stakeholders who have been vocal about the sexualization of young children—girls more specifically—such as think-tank, task-force and government reports. She also looks at parenting and teaching manuals, as well as extensive news coverage in the press and in broadcasting. This kind of documentation and reporting has flooded the public agenda since 2006 and up to the present across the UK, the USA and Australia alike. Tsaliki goes on to unpack the dominant perception of sexualization by focusing on the criticisms voiced against ‘the peril of sexualization’.