Sexualizing kids: No child left behind — and fighting back

This article in the Deseret News is intense and there are a plethora of things that I could comment on. But the one quote that got my ire up more than any other was the following:

"Aubrey, the University of Missouri professor who teaches classes to future advertisers, tries to help them see the effect certain images can have on youths. She says some students have a cynical outlook, thinking certain decisions marketers make are purely business, that they shouldn't have to think about ethics."

Hello! In case you didn't know, there is no separation from ethics in any situation, least of all business. Actions are actions, whether they are done in a professional or personal setting, and they should be governed by good ethics. How are you going to sleep at night, if you decide to teach little girls that they are nothing more than a sex object to be used for someone else's gratification, when in reality they are beautiful, intelligent, wonderful, and talented?

I say the same thing that I said during the whole scandal with Clinton and Monica Lewinsky:  Ethics and morals are all-encompassing. You can't just pretend they don't apply when you want to do something that goes against what they proscribe.