to teach young women to celebrate (and not be ashamed) of their sexuality. It’s quite another to teach them that their value and power is found in sexual exhibitionism. Check out this article today by Women’s E News that discusses the new photos being taken at the Miss American Pageant. Making sexual objects of women strips human sexuality of real presence and mutuality— and that’s a huge problem. This article looks at the psychological effects of barraging young women (and men) with hyper-sexualized and objectified images.

