THE LOLITA EFFECT

TIME (2008) 9/22

It is easier for young girls to grow up faster than young boys. First, biologically they come into adulthood earlier. Second, in sexual stratification, males do not shave necessarily in 7th or 8th grade. Rather, it may be that the growth spurt is there sophomore year.

TIME takes a young 11 year old and shows her in a natural presentation. Then they put make up on her, padding, and related older girl’s clothes. Except for young gay males, a man can’t put make up on to look older. He has to grow older to shave and it may take

until sophomore or junior year to enter the market.

For both pedophile males and regular males the difference is one of age. Around 14 or 15, the female becomes part of the meat market. There are numerous references to women as “ baby” or related. In her teens to early 20’s she peaks in appearance. By the beginning of her 30’s, she is over the hill unless she is able to afford cosmetic surgery.

Thus the 11 year old can attract older males and that is bad. In some countries, it is legalized and instutionalized. A father sells his young daughter to a rich man with many wives for a sizable amount.

For women, it is slightly different. They know that the girl is just a girl. She may learn the sexual market techniques and modeling behavior, but inside is a kid. She can be thought of as bad or has been abused. Or she can be idolized by both sexes. Why was there so much time and money spent on Jon Benet Ramsey.? When dressed up she was erotized.

Except for the 70’s, males do not take on sexualized clothing. They do not become the other. They are not objectified.

At any rate, girls growing up too fast are attributed to the media. When television came to the Fiji islands, girls started sliming down to unhealthy weights and the cosmetic industry made more profits.

What does all this mean about youngsters having sex? Teen pregnancy is down. Abortions are down. STD’s are slightly up. This would suggest that sex education like

Abstinence plus indicates why one stops before vaginal sex or it could also mean that

the sexes have learned to orgasm without vaginal sex. That means mutual oral sex, or

anal sex or the males is taught to use a vibrator on himself.. All of this is called sexual outer course.Further, the youngsters may use a condom or birth control.

Ultimately, other than recall questionnaires, males claim to have more partners when that may not be true and females claimed to have less sex than valid activity would indicate..

Further, it could be that sex is lessened by the internet. Males look at pornography. Females go to sex chat lines and read romantic novels that are now sexualized. This becomes their sexual release.

Last, in other studies, a handful of young women and men have lots of partners. The rest

are serial monogamists and stay true to their partner Ultimately, we really do know how

much sex is going on, but the media through numerous cable channels suggests that it is a lot.

THE WEEK (2008) 9/19

48-49

A couple in the east coast woke up one morning to find that a mall would be built right next to their apartment. The mall was in the downtown area and when completed, these folks found an area that had been closed off and was not used by anyone. It had electricity, heat and air conditioning, and all the accruements. At night, they quietly built an apartment and lived there for 4 years before they were caught. They were fined, but it gave the mall administrators the idea that has been boiling for some time that people could not only shop at malls, but it done right, they could live there. They would have to be follow certain covenants, but have renters besides shoppers might help malls prosper.

BUSINESS WEEK (2008) 9/15

28/ FRANCIS