THE Senate committee that inquired into the sexualisation of children in the media is right to hesitate before calling for tighter regulation of the way young children, particularly girls, are presented. The committee has made recommendations: a longitudinal study of the effect of the process on children, the rating of suggestive music videos and magazines, the vetting of advertising. Sex education aimed at helping children understand the complex messages with which they are bombarded is another worthwhile idea. The measures are sensible as far as they go, but their scope is modest. As the committee says, preventing the premature sexualisation of children is a significant cultural challenge. Parent activists are not impressed.
SMH 28 Jun 2008
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