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...they venerate physical desirability in young women without explaining how to use it responsibly. And when they define desirability in such a narrow fashion that many girls feel they have to amp up their sexual signals to measure up. One of the clear findings last year of the APA task force was that an early emphasis on sexuality stunts girls' development in other areas. "When kids are about defining themselves, if you give them this idea that sexy is the be-all and end-all, they drop other things," says Sharon Maxwell, a psychologist who specializes in adolescent sexuality...
...back into the bottle, girls also need some straight talk about what to do with all the desirability society is heaping on them. "It's like we've given them the keys to the car," says psychologist Maxwell, "but we haven't taught them how to drive." The APA task force urged more study into how teen girls are affected by seeing people who look just like them heralded as sexual icons as well as research to "identify effective, culturally competent protective factors." Translation: Find something not lame that sends an alternative message. Stephenie Meyer's highly popular Twilight series...
...purposes, and there is no supervisor to address these matters as they come up,” he said. “The general counsel has put himself in a position as a defender of the police whatever they do.”Martin, the attorney leading the review task force, said that the committee will initially focus on gathering information about campus activities and reaching out to key constituencies and will culminate in preparing a report for Provost Steven E. Hyman and Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst ’82, though Martin said that he hoped...
...North Allston Strategic Framework Plan, a document that came out of a series of meetings between University officials and Allston residents. It calls for an increase in the rate of home ownership and more pedestrian connections to the river as well as other improvements. Harvard Allston Task Force Chair Ray Mellone said the University’s challenges were compounded by the fact that they must keep in mind both the development of a neighborhood as well as the expansion of a campus. “Harvard has to see with a sort of double vision...
...values might be enough to unite a sweeping new majority. In so doing, he engages in a little willful bifurcation, implying that ‘ordinary Americans’ are the victims, not the agents, of a climate of red-vs.-blue rancor, taking Michaels Moore and Savage to task without conceding that each man has an audience of eager millions...