How The Media Groom Youth (Unmasking Sexual Con Games, Chapter 3)
Summary by Emerald O’Brien
Emotional grooming is not limited to human relationships. Media messages are grooming many teens and some adults. The goal of any con game is to manipulate, persuade, or coerce someone into doing what the groomer wants.
Many advertisers and media executives admit that they’ll do whatever it takes to get and keep your attention. A high-ranking Abercrombie and Fitch popular pre-teen and teen clothier and magazine mogul commented to The New York Times, “I pay little attention to the critics who feel that youth ought to be locked in boxes until they’re 50. All I care about is the target audience and how that person is feeling at the moment.” The 1999 holiday “Naughty and Nice” issue included nudity, descriptions of sexuality, and an interview with a porn star. Another Christmas edition included a picture of four girls in bed with a young man holding up his boxers. Other issues have included photos of a nude female, breasts exposed, embraced behind by a naked man, and a lesbian couple kissing at their ”wedding” (Plugged In magazine December 2001)
The AMA reports that, in one year, the average child spends about […]
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