Did We Need A Harvard PhD To Tell Us?

In a culture that celebrates Paris Hilton, thong underwear , sex tapes and songs like 'My Humps' --"there's little recognition or respect for female modesty or achievement that isn't coupled with sex appeal," writes Carol Platt Liebau, managing editor of the Harvard Law Review and author of a new book, Prude: How The Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls.

Liebau argues that "the overwhelming lesson teenagers are now learning from the world around them is that being 'sexy' is the ultimate accolade, trumping intelligence, character and all other accomplishments at every stage of a woman's life." And, while this fact alone is disturbing, Liebau also notes that "girls are being led to believe they're in control when it comes to sexual relationships but they're actually living in a profoundly anti-feminist landscape where girls compete for attention on the basis of how much they are sexually willing to do for the boys."

This of course begs the question - what will become of a world in which all the little girls would rather be sex symbols than scientists? And how it's even possible to raise kids anymore? I submit this photograph of 11-year old Kardashian sister on the pole as Exhibit "1"... and the prosecution rests.

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