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Oct 11, 2021

I appreciate the point that Facebook/social media did not CREATE sexism, body dysmorphia, self-objectification, etc. But as a teacher of adolescents, and a wide reader of popular and peer reviewed articles on adolescent development, I can say that I've seen these issues skyrocket in the last five years--especially the hyper- and often graphic sexualization of young people, of all genders. (I'm not clutching pearls; I think we should start sex ed in Kindergarten and I think we need porn literacy as there isn't a child in middle school never mind high school who hasn't viewed multiple sites, scenes, etc). While I agree social media (or the internet in general) is a convenient boogeyman, I'm not sure there isn't a connection. That is to say, if causation ain't it, the correlation is as confounding as ever.

Abbi Mireille Dion
Abbi Mireille Dion

Written by Abbi Mireille Dion

Teacher, Writer, Parent, Sister, Survivor, Spouse, Student. “Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.” — Bruce Lee

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