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  • Halloween Costumes Serve as Reminder that Sexualization is Harmful
    akulikowski
    October 28, 2011 - 6:56am

    Halloween is big business. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans spent $1.8 billion on Halloween costumes in 2010.
     
    Many of today’s Halloween costumes are frightful; not because they’re gory, but because they sexualize girls and women. A lot of costumes for young girls have low-cut tops, padded busts, short skirts and accessories such as fishnet stockings. What messages are these outfits sending to our children?
     

  • Vision of Hope Advisory Council Chair elected to national board
    akulikowski
    September 22, 2011 - 9:18pm

    HARRISBURG--The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) is proud to announce the election of member Wanda Filer, MD, MBA of York to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Board of Directors.
     

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