The Parents Television Council (PTC) has released a new report detailing the nature and extent of Hollywood's obsession with sexualizing teenage girls.

The report -- "Tinseltown's New Target: A Study of Teen Female Sexualization on Prime-Time TV" [PDF] -- is based on a content analysis of the most popular primetime broadcast shows among 12- to 17-year-olds during the 2009-2010 TV season. PTC says the results from the report show Hollywood's "eagerness to not only objectify and fetishize young girls, but to sexualize them in such a way that real teens are led to believe their sole value comes from their sexuality."

Melissa Henson, PTC's director of communications and public education, explains one of the basic findings detailed in the report...