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The Media Education Foundation (MEF)
mediaed.org
The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political and cultural impact of American mass media.
Board of Advisors: Noam Chomsky, Jeff Cohen, Susan Douglas, Michael Eric Dyson, Susan Faludi, Henry Giroux, Stuart Hall, bell hooks, Jackson Katz, Jean Kilbourne, Naomi Klein, Pepi Leistyna, Robert W. McChesney, Jack Shaheen, Juliet Schor, Normon Solomon, John Stauber, Ellen Wartella, Cornel West, John Edgar Wideman
Executive Director: Sut Jhally
The Media Education Foundation (MEF)
mediaed.org
The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political and cultural impact of American mass media.
Board of Advisors: Noam Chomsky, Jeff Cohen, Susan Douglas, Michael Eric Dyson, Susan Faludi, Henry Giroux, Stuart Hall, bell hooks, Jackson Katz, Jean Kilbourne, Naomi Klein, Pepi Leistyna, Robert W. McChesney, Jack Shaheen, Juliet Schor, Normon Solomon, John Stauber, Ellen Wartella, Cornel West, John Edgar Wideman
Executive Director: Sut Jhally
![Sext Up KIDS [Trailer]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WyelNODtPpg/mqdefault.jpg "Sext Up KIDS [Trailer]
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Sext Up Kids
How Children are Becoming Hypersexualized
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 (Leaving Bountiful, How to Divorce and Not Wreck the Kids) 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 todays sexed-up youth culture.")
