Sexploitation, Cindy Pierce
Sexploitation, Cindy Pierce
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Sexploitation
Helping Kids Develop Healthy Sexuality in a Porn-Driven World

Author: Cindy Pierce

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 7 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/01/2015


Synopsis

As surprising as it may be to parents, young people today are immersed in porn culture everywhere they look. Through Internet porn, gaming, social media, marketing, and advertising, kids today have a much broader view of social and sexual possibilities, which makes it difficult for them to establish appropriate expectations or to feel adequate in their own sexuality.

Even more important, no one is talking to kids directly about the problem. Parents tend to convince themselves that their children are immune to cultural influences, wait until it comes up, or hope schools and pediatricians will address the issues. Educators and doctors may be able to start the conversation but it is fundamentally a parent’s job to provide information about sex and relationships early and often to help young people find their way through their social and sexual lives. Delaying the necessary but awkward conversations with their kids leaves them vulnerable. The media, marketers, and porn and gaming industries are eager to step in anywhere parents choose to hold back.

Sexploitation exposes the truth to parents, kids, educators, and the medical profession about the seen and unseen influences affecting children, inspiring parents to take the role as the primary sexuality educator. With more information, parents will gain conviction to discuss and develop values, expectations, boundaries, and rules with their kids. Kids who enter their teens with accurate information and truths stand a better chance of developing an “inner compass” when it comes to sex and relationships, which sets them up for a healthy adulthood.

In her comic and straightforward style, Pierce brings together the latest research with anecdotal stories shared with her by high school and college students in the thick of it. Above all else, her goal is to get people to develop more comfort around those difficult conversations so that kids gain more confidence and courage about drawing boundaries based on their own values not those put upon them.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kyla on February 07, 2016

Sexual health/policy/facts and sexuality is one of my areas of study, especially as they pertain to youth. I am always more than happy to discuss issues of gender, sexuality, orientation, etc, or, failing that, bring in someone who can educate me and my kids (biological and students). I consider mys......more

Goodreads review by Lori L on October 14, 2015

Sexploitation by Cindy Pierce is a highly recommended look at how the current generation of young people is influenced by the porn culture surrounding them. Teens, as well as much younger children, today have a vast amount of junk/porn grabbing for their attention via the internet and social media.......more

Goodreads review by EllaHoulihan on August 26, 2023

Important read for parents and for educators. If conversations around sexuality are new to you, this book eases you in and gives critical pointers. Obviously, everyone has a different teaching and parenting style, but this offers a progressive approach with the goal of producing well-rounded adolesc......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 27, 2019

I was tempted to go down to 2 stars, but I'll give it three because it is generally full of (mostly) generally good advice for parenting. That's is part of what annoys me, the title implies this book is going to be focused on sexuality, and while there was sexual content, there was a literal truck l......more

Goodreads review by Mark on June 01, 2018

I listened to this book through the audiobook. Read by a male you kinda forget that it is a female writer but no matter the gender this book offers insight on how to help a kid develop a positive healthy too at sex and human relationships. I liked the book in the ways that it emphasized talking to ch......more