18 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2012/2047(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas significant manifestations of sexualisation impact adversely on the psychophyslogical development of girls, distort peer relationships and weaken the ability to build healthy relationships, reduce self- esteem and cause a series of psychologically based eating disorders, lead to self-objectification, restrict choice of professional aspirations, and increase the probability of aggressive behaviour towards girls;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the number of children using the internet is growing while it has been noted that the age threshold at which children begin using the internet with little parental control is becoming lower, pornographic sites are easily accessed and sexually-charged pop-ups frequently appear on websites, as a result of which the age at which children first encounter pornography is also decreasing;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas besides the eroticised imagery of women used in advertising and the use of nudity to promote products which have no need of it, an increase in the number of sexually charged images of children in that industry has been noted;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the transformation of teenage stars into sex symbols in order to increase their chance of success in show business leads to establishing a conviction among girls that being sexually attractive causes others to perceive such a person as being more mature and successful;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas degrading the value of women and presenting their image in a manner derogatory to their dignity, being a manifestation of sexualisation, contribute to an increase in violence against women, to maintaining gender stereotypes and to the intensification of sexist attitudes and outlooks, which in the long term lead to discrimination against women as employees, sexual harassment and to undervaluing their work and achievements;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in television programmes, computer games and musical video clips there is an increasingly noticeable tendency to present provocatively dressed women, in sexual poses, and the lyrics of songs for young people contain sexually suggestive content which may not be verbally understood by their parents;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas magazines aimed at girls mainly focus on appearances and boy-girl relationships, while leaving little space for content linked to personal and social development;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Alerts parents not to heighten the self- objectification of girls through their behaviour by encouraging girls to participate in beauty contests, dress inappropriately to their age and to attach undue importance to appearance, and at a later stage, by permitting the use of cosmetic surgery in order to improve self- esteem;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for consideration of a framework for mini-miss contests, to include the application of certain conditions, such as prohibition of swimsuit parades and make-up, when organising such contests;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a wide dissemination of ratings under the Pan-European Game Information system (PEGI), which allows parents to check the content of computer games and adapt them to a child’s age, and calls for an expansion of the ratings under that system to cover sexualising and erotic content;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the introduction into school curricula for children between 6 and 13 years of age of programmes aimed at developing children’s ability to use the media, at enhancing their capacity to think critically and select from the information available, and at enabling them to acquire an understanding of marketing techniques, so that they can grasp the concept of sexualisation and differentiate it from sexuality;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends the introduction into school curricula, in cooperation with parents, child psychiatrists and paediatricians and under their control, of a subject entitled: ‘Preparation for familyadult life with elements of sexual education’, which will prepare young girls and boys to develop healthy, respectful and emotionally satisfying relationships;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that staff providing psychological support in schools should be appropriately prepared to deal with problems related to sexualisation and emphasises the role of psychological, medical and social centres working in connection with schools;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the governments of Member States to engage in dialogue with internet service providers, consumer organisations, social organisations and, parents’ organisations and those working in the psychiatric, medical and social fields in order to define the sexualisation effect and its impact on child development, and to influence cultural standards concerning sexual behaviour and attitudes;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the governments of Member States to establish cooperation with internet service providers in order to block access to websites promoting anorexia (‘pro-ana’) and bulimia (‘pro-mia’) and to delete or, where that is not possible, to block websites containing child pornography and to try to limit pop-ups of a sexual nature;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Member States to draw on good practices and solutions devised for example in the United Kingdom and to ensure by appropriate legal measures, that parents’ organisations and all other child protection bodies’ views on child welfare are taken into account where binding standards in the advertising industry are concerned;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages Member States to control access to advertising with a sexual content, the recipients of which may be children, to prohibit such advertising at times when children's programmes are aired, and to prohibit the use of children as brand ambassadors;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages Member States to establish cooperation with manufacturers of goods intended for children, including clothing and toys, in order to develop a code of best practice that provides for child welfare and promotes high ethical standards, while seeking to reduce the use of sexist stereotypes;