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23. I think those examples underscore a societal problem... Girls from an early age so often learn that

attractiveness to men is their path to acceptance... While things are starting to change, slowly, young girls, already generally lacking in self-esteem, are conditioned to think that any other attribute--intelligence, interest in more "lofty" world issues, athletics-- can be a detriment to that goal of being considered attractive to men, and thus accepted.
The ultimate "accepted" among men and their peers are these clebrities. So, it becomes an endless circle.

No, the Brittney Spears and other celebrity "media queens", to which you were referring, may be part of the problem, but they were socialized into it as much as the little girls that fawn on them. Strong progressive parenting can break the cycle, but that is why so many of us express concern about the way young girls are sexualized and the impact of pornography. Not because we are prudes, but because we see the damage that can be done to some vulnerable groups and young girls are first and foremost among them.