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Educating young people to prevent the objectification of women requires a multi-faceted approach that tackles the underlying social, cultural, and psychological factors contributing to this mindset. Key areas of focus include promoting respect, empathy, healthy relationships, and media literacy from a young age.

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Teach children to judge inner values, not appearance: From an early age, children should be taught to value people for their character, talents, and actions, rather than their appearance. Gender equality should be emphasized, helping children understand that both boys and girls have equal worth and potential.

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Lessons in empathy help children understand that others have feelings, thoughts, and experiences as valuable as their own. Empathy reduces the likelihood of dehumanizing others who do not believe what we believe, or objectifying others who do not look like us.

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Sex education should not only cover biology but also discuss consent, respect for boundaries, and the importance of mutual respect in relationships. Understanding boundaries helps prevent the development of a mentality that objectifies or commodifies another person’s body.

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Youth should be educated on the components of healthy relationships, including communication, equality, and emotional intimacy, rather than relationships built purely on physical attraction.

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Highlight positive portrayals of women in media who demonstrate strength, intelligence, creativity, and agency, providing alternative narratives that focus on women's contributions beyond their appearance.

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Help young people develop critical thinking skills so they can recognize and question preachers' portrayals of women that are sexualized or objectifying. Teaching them how advertising, movies, and social media often promote unrealistic and unhealthy images will allow them to resist internalizing these messages.

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Engineering from high to low divorce rate: Encourage boys and girls to discuss emotions openly, fostering emotional intelligence. This encourages them to build relationships based on mutual respect and emotional connection, rather than superficial or objectifying tendencies.

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Promote Self-Worth Beyond Appearance, Belief System & Background: Reinforce that self-worth should not be tied to physical attractiveness. Boys and girls should both learn that their value comes from their talents, kindness, intelligence, and integrity.

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Ensure that children are exposed to right models - parents, teachers & preachers: Parents and caregivers play a critical role in shaping children’s perceptions of gender. By modeling respectful, egalitarian behavior in their interactions with others, they set the tone for how children will treat people of all genders.

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Address Stereotypes at Home: Caregivers should challenge gender stereotypes at home and encourage children to engage in activities that defy traditional gender roles, whether it's boys cooking or girls playing sports, showing them that capabilities are not linked to gender.

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Anti-Sexual Harassment Programs in Every School: Schools should implement comprehensive anti-sexual harassment programs that educate students about harassment, objectification, and appropriate behavior. This creates a school culture that fosters respect and safety for all students.

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Anti-covering up: Schools and community groups should create safe spaces for young people to discuss gender, power dynamics, relationships, and respect. Encouraging dialogue helps young people process their thoughts, identify harmful behaviors, and work toward positive change.

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Challenge Toxic Masculinity: For boys, it’s important to dismantle harmful ideas of masculinity that encourage objectifying women as a sign of power or status. Educators and role models should encourage young men to embrace vulnerability, respect, and equality in their interactions with women.

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From parents to teachers to preachers: Boys should be taught to recognize and reject behaviors that objectify women, including street harassment, catcalling, or sexualizing women in conversations. Male role models can help demonstrate what it means to be a respectful and supportive ally to women.

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Empower young people to become leaders in their peer groups by promoting gender equality and respect. This can help change group dynamics and encourage others to stand against objectifying or sexist behavior.

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School Bystander Intervention Training Program: Teach young people how to intervene when they witness objectifying or disrespectful behavior. Bystander intervention can shift the culture of a group from one that tolerates objectification to one that promotes respect and equality.

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Educating the young to prevent the objectification of women is both preventive and salvageable through a comprehensive approach that involves schools, parents, media literacy, and peer influence. The key is fostering empathy, respect, and critical thinking while providing them with tools to recognize and reject objectification in all forms. By raising awareness early on, societies can nurture a generation that values individuals for their full humanity, rather than reducing them to mere objects or sweets madu sugar babes.

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Failure of this aspect, education minister's head must roll

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Ever wonder why the incompetent current education minister was retained in the last cabinet reshuffle?

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I got answer for that one. Is to reduce curiculum density by 50%, allowing every one from bottom up - teachers to school heads to DG and minister get flying colours KPI, hence enabling promotion and pay rise by October- first phase, then second phase in Jan

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How brilliant is she! Not excellent job ke? This may not go well with democracy motto of the ppl, for the ppl; but pretty consistent with self-serving kulitocracy of the ppl with power, for the ppl with power. And the rakyat just have to bear paying more for less quality - education