Sexualized Innocence: Effects of Magazine Ads Portraying Adult Women as Sexy Little Girls

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Machia, Marty ^a   Lamb, Sharon ^a  

^a SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

advertisements; child sexual abuse; girls; innocence; myths; sexualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650233345     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105.21.1.15     Document Type: Article

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