The Shift in Children's Dance: From a Culture of Innocence to a Battlefield of Hypersexualization

HERE HAS BEEN A CULTURAL SHIFT from healthy, educational children's dance to harmful, hypersexualized children's dance at younger and younger ages.The art of children's dance has been hijacked.

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Dignity A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
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2025-05-01
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https://doi.org/10.23860/dignity.2025.10.03.03
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Diversity and Impact of Dance
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The Shift in Children's Dance: From a Culture of Innocence to a Battlefield of Hypersexualization

Mary M. Bawden
Dignity A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
Diversity and Impact of Dance
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The Shift in Children's Dance: From a Culture of Innocence to a Battlefield of Hypersexualization

Mary M. Bawden
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Abstract

HERE HAS BEEN A CULTURAL SHIFT from healthy, educational children's dance to harmful, hypersexualized children's dance at younger and younger ages.The art of children's dance has been hijacked.

Dignity A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and ViolenceVol. 10(3)
Health Awareness (United States) (US)
Gender equality
Openalex Percentile: Top 88%
Diversity and Impact of Dance
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