Sexualisation of young people review

[Simon]

You might think it about time that government stood and was counted on this issue and I would agree with you. We at Youth Work Innovations have spent the last number of years working on just these issues with young poeple and developing a range of resources for the job (some of which can be found on theyouthworker.com site, more comming soon)

The report was written by Dr Linda Papadopoulos and I was encourage to read the following statement in the report


"Any media literacy programme should equip young people with the
cognitive filters to critically examine and challenge the media portrayal of both
men and women. It should address concepts such as air-brushing of images
and the cult of celebrity, and be linked to education on safe internet use.
Alternative media outlets such as blogs, webcasts and magazines or ‘zines’
distributed on the web could provide a useful forum for teaching and encouraging
young people to critically examine the sexualised or hyper-masculinised
images presented by popular media and marketers. By offering young people a
chance to create their own content, these channels can promote a powerful sense ofvalidation and ownership."

Read the full report at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documen...ung-people.pdf


Why say you?