Fear of Child Sexuality - Young People, Sex, and Agency

Young People Sex and Agency. Continued public outcries over such issues as the presence of young models in sexually suggestive ads and occurrences of intimate relationships between teachers and students speak to one of the most controversial fears of our time the entanglement of children and sexuality. In this book, Steven Angelides confronts that very fear, arguing that adult alarm over child sexualization often masks the sexuality of children. ?Angelides explores how emotional vocabularies of anxiety, shame, and even contempt not only dominate discussions of youth sexuality but also allow adults to avoid acknowledging the sexual

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• Authors: Steven Angelides, Angelides Steven
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780226648460
• ISBN: 978-0-226-64846-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, Age groups: adolescents, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour