20 Amendments of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2012/2047(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
– having regard to Articles 2, 5, 17 and 178 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the sexualisation of children and adolescents in general and girls in particular is closely linked to the trivialisation of pornography and to hyper-eroticisation;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the sexualisation of children reflects a striking paradox: although society condemns paedophilia, it increasingly surrounds men with images of sexualised adolescents, while encouraging girls to see themselves as objects of male desire;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas besides the eroticised imagery of women used in advertising an increase in the number of sexually charged images of children in that industry has been noted; noting the absence of a concerted public policy effort to prevent the impact of overtly sexual images on children's attitudes towards sex and towards girls' self esteem by recommending the teaching of more positive attitudes in schools so girls and boys are empowered to say no despite peer pressures;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. having regard to the intense need of global information and training courses for parents dealing with the child development of contrasting male-female behavioural proclivities;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas Article 18(1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrines the role of parents as the primary public measure for ensuring the best interests of the child and requires states to actively support parents;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the family is the first place where social interaction occurs for children and that an extended family circle plays a vital role in preventing media-influenced sexualisation;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas society, political institutions and the state school system should not replace parents’ role in their children’s emotional and sexual education, but should try to create a family-friendly environment conducive to their development (family mainstreaming);
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas advertising ‘porno graphics’ not only use female nudity but also depict young women as submissive and sexually subservient; whereas 'porno chic’ flaunts all taboos, including that of paedophilia: girls used as models are displayed kneeling, legs apart, breasts exposed (Sisley), sucking a lollipop (Lee); whereas brands belonging to groups such as Gaultier, Helmut Lang, Thierry Mugler, Gucci, Versace, Dior or Vuitton resort to the sexualisation of girls, porno graphics and paedophilia chic to promote their products; therefore suggests that family and women’s rights associations should publicly boycott these brands;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas sexualisation consists of an instrumental and manipulative approach to a person by perceiving that person as an object for sexual use disregarding the person's dignity and personality traits, with the person's worth being measured in terms of the level of sexual attractiveness; sexualisation also involves the imposition of the sexuality of adult persons on girls, who are emotionally, psychologically and physically unprepared for this at their particular stage of development; sexualisation not being the normal, healthy, biological development of the sexuality of a person, conditioned by the individual process of development and taking place at the appropriate time for each particular individual;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that parents as the first source of authority and the persons closest to their children should influence the shaping of children's attitudes towards the issues of genderbiological sex differences between man and women and sexuality, and also support them in coping with and placing eroticised imagery and content in a broader context;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Union and Member States must take into account the rights and duties of parents, legal guardians, or other individuals legally responsible for the child. Member States shall respect the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents or, where applicable, the members of the extended family or community as provided for by local custom, legal guardians or other persons legally responsible for the child, to provide, in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child.
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Alerts parents to take sex differences seriously and not to heighten the self- objectification of girls through their behaviour by encouraging girls to participate in beauty contests, 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 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends the introduction into school curricula, in cooperation with parents and under their control, of a subject entitled: ‘Preparation for family life with elements of emotional and sexual education’, which will prepare young girls and boys to develop healthy, respectful and emotionally satisfying relationships, as an essential part of their character development and education as citizens, to include not just biological information but also consideration of psychological, emotional, social, cultural and ethical dimensions;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for appropriate preparation of teachers through essential training in the area of gender equalityhaving regard to the intense need of training courses dealing with the development of contrasting male-female behavioural proclivities, calls for appropriate preparation of teachers through essential training based on proven science, thus leaving no scope for wrong information about how the body works or for prejudice, in the area of sex differences between and equal opportunities for women and men, detection of and reaction to various types of abuse connected therewith and to sexual violence;
Amendment 97 #
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 sex differences between boys and girls;
Amendment 102 #
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 family organisations in order to define the sexualisation effect and its impact on child development, and to influence cultural standards concerning sexual behaviour and attitudes;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to take into account, in the programmes being developed in respect of gender equality and non-discrimination, of the impact of sexualising content on the psychology and development of girls and boys, and in the context of society as a whole, of the entrenchment of discriminatory sexual stereotypes as a consequence of this phenomenon;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to take sex differences seriously into account, in the programmes being developed in respect of gender equality andeliminating inequalities and promoting equal opportunities for both men and women as well as non-discrimination, of the impact of sexualising content on the psychology and development of girls and boys, and in the context of society as a whole, of the entrenchment of discriminatory stereotypes as a consequence of this phenomenon;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the Commission to promote and propagate good practices and standards already individually developed in certain EU countries, such as the United Kingdom, Slovakia and France, arising from an awareness of the problem and a well- developed sense of social corporate responsibility, and involving the introduction of self-regulation, for example;