Children, sexuality, and the law / edited by Sacha M. Coupet and Ellen Marrus.
American political and legal culture is uncomfortable with children's sexuality. While aware that sexual expression is a necessary part of human development, law rarely contemplates the complex ways in which it interacts with children and sexuality. Just as the law circumscribes children to a n...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Families, law, and society series.
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| Summary: | American political and legal culture is uncomfortable with children's sexuality. While aware that sexual expression is a necessary part of human development, law rarely contemplates the complex ways in which it interacts with children and sexuality. Just as the law circumscribes children to a narrow range of roles-either as entirely sexless beings or victims or objects of harmful adult sexual conduct-so too does society tend to discount the notion of children as agents in the domain of sex and sexuality. Where a small body of rights related to sex has been carved out, the central question has. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814744478 9780814744475 9780814724217 0814724213 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |