The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About it by M. Gigi, Ph.D. Durham
Evaluates media messages that promote the early maturation and sexualization of pre-adolescent girls, drawing on examples from pop culture and other sources to reveal the detrimental and restrictive definitions of sexuality in media while counseling parents and caregivers on how to raise sexually healthy young women in spite of negative influences.