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A 2007 task force report by the American Psychological Association concluded that the sexualization of girls is a broad and increasing problem. At an alarmingly young age, girls start viewing their worth as tied up with sex appeal. They become passive, self-conscious, image-obsessed, and depressed. Ten years old is when girls start trying to look like the models they see in ads, and feeling bad when they don’t measure up. They start pretending they are not that smart, because “smart” and “sexy” don’t go together. Between 20 and 40 percent of ten year olds start dieting, Gurian reports. And 73 percent of girls between the ages of eight and ten dress and talk like teenagers.

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