The Issue
What has happened to children's dance?
NO CHILD EXPLOITED
During the last decade, there has been a cultural shift from healthy educational children’s dance to harmful hypersexualized children’s dance by using adult costumes, sexually suggestive choreography, and music with inappropriate sexual themes and/or lyrics. Our organization is dedicated to raising awareness and providing dance educators, parents, and concerned adults with the resources and education needed to take action and end this kind of exploitation occurring through hypersexualization of children in dance.
Consequences of Child Hypersexualization
- Body Dysmorphia
- Eating Disorders
- Poor Academic Performance
- Promiscuity
- Teen Pregnancy
- Higher Risk of Abusive Relationships
- Higher Risk of Pornography Use
- Unable to Identify Sexual Abuse
- Mismanagement of Social Networking
- Promotes Rape Culture
- Promotes Objectification of Females
- Relationship Wounding Due to Constant Comparison
- Co-Dependence
- Desensitization