Sexualization Of Girlhood

The sexualisation of girlhood has been developed by society, due to this it has become heavily dependent on what is known as the ‘notion of innocence.’ When childhood or girlhood is discussed it is commonly referred back to the idea of innocence and the symbolic reference it holds over girlhood. From this we can see the problematic influence it has caused on girlhood, and the crisis that follows. The media have created a ‘moral panic’ discourse in which troublingly academics are confronted with the overwhelmingly sexuality, homogeneous notions of sex and gender. When looking into female gender childhood, imagery of childhood and innocence it becomes evident once more, but is intensified by thoughts within the setting of the sexualisation