{"id":63,"date":"2003-05-01T12:20:06","date_gmt":"2003-05-01T12:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/?p=63"},"modified":"2014-10-28T06:54:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T06:54:04","slug":"too-sexy-or-too-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/too-sexy-or-too-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Too sexy . . . or too young?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Kristy Sexton<\/strong><\/p>\n

AN ADADEMIC has blasted as \u201ccultural pedophilia\u201d the inclusion of child pop star Nikki Webster un a magazine\u2019s list of sexy women.<\/p>\n

The schoolgirl, who turned 16 three weeks ago, was placed No. 96 in men\u2019s magazine FHM\u2019s 100 sexiest woman poll.<\/p>\n

University of the Sunshine Coast senior lecturer in popular culture Karen Brooks said tagging Webster with a \u201csexy\u201d label was alarming. \u201cIn light of what has been happening with the events surrounding the Governor-General, I find it fascinating that there are all of these concerns about paedophilia and here we have a leading magazine in Australia claiming a girl who looks no older than 12 is sexy,\u201d Dr Brooks said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are engaging in a type of cultural pedophilia. When we put young girls that look like they are under the age of consent and portray them in a sexual way, that is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Brooks said the marketing of padded bras and G-strings at girls under 10 and portraying teenagers such as Webster in a sexual way were \u201call connected\u201d.<\/p>\n

People who marketed the lingerie at children should have \u201ca good, long, hard look at themselves\u2026 The crazy thing is it\u2019s the spillover effect and mums wanting a \u2018mini-me\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Child development expert Elspeth McInnes urged mothers to monitor their children\u2019s clothing choices. She called low-cut T-shirts and bras a \u201cpedophile\u2019s paradise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wholw notion of training younger girls to present themselves sexually and to think about their sexual presentation is very, very dangerous,\u201d Dr McInnes said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to stop pedophilia by banning sexy lingerie for children but we don\u2019t need to train our kids to present for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

FHM editor John Bastick defended the inclusion of Webster on the list as \u201ca bit of fun\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year the guys vote for very weird things,\u201d Mr Bastick said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think (Nikki Webster) is sexy, not at all. When she fills out a bit in a year or two, she could be; with a bit of styling and a good bit of marketing, she could be very attractive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t normally put her in but we had to check her age and she is 16 so that\u2019s why she went in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of fun. That\u2019s all it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Webster\u2019s spokeswoman Lisa Hamilton said Webster was unable to be interviewed \u201cbecause she\u2019s in school and busy with exams.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By Kristy Sexton AN ADADEMIC has blasted as \u201ccultural pedophilia\u201d the inclusion of child pop star Nikki Webster un a magazine\u2019s list of sexy women. The schoolgirl, who turned 16 three weeks ago, was placed No. 96 in men\u2019s magazine FHM\u2019s 100 sexiest woman poll. University of the Sunshine Coast senior lecturer in popular culture … Continue reading<\/a>Too sexy . . . or too young?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}