Cosmopolitan Magazine Promotes Harmful Behavior to Youth

ORLANDO, FL - An article by Dr. Judith Reisman, founder and director of the Child Protection Institute, and Liberty Counsel's Senior Litigation Counsel Mary McAlister reveals how Cosmopolitan magazine promotes early sexual activity which leads to disease and depression in youth. The Journal of Law and Social Deviance, a peer-reviewed journal affiliated with Florida International University, recently published the article, "The 'Cosmo Girl' Invades Middle Schools: Grooming Girls for Disease and Depression." Reisman and McAlister describe how Cosmopolitan, supposedly aimed at adult women, in fact uses teen television stars and other celebrities on its covers and in feature interviews to lure tween and teen girls (ages 10 to 17) to purchase the salacious magazine. For example, some of the magazine covers feature well-known Disney film and television stars juxtaposed with sexually explicit titles.