Children, Sexuality, and the Law

Description

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 been the degree to which children resemble adults, not necessarily whether minors themselves possess distinct and recognized rights related to sex, sexual expression, and sexuality.Children, Sexuality, and the Law reflects on some of the unique challenges that accompany children in the broader context of sex, exploring from diverse perspectives the ways in which children emerge in sexually related dimensions of law and contemporary life. It explores a broad range of issues, from the psychology of children as sexual beings to the legal treatment of adolescent consent. This work also explores whether and when children have a right to expression as understood within the First Amendment.The first volume of its kind, Children, Sexuality, and the Law goes beyond the traditional discourse of children as victims of adult sexual deviance by highlighting children as agents and rights holders in the realm of sex, sexuality, and sexual orientation.

Sujets

• Droit et juridique
• Advocacy

Informations

• Publié par: NYU Press
• Date de parution: 22 mai 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780814744475
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Children, Sexualit y, and the L aw

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Çé, Śéûà, à é à

Éé  Śàçà . Çôûé à Éé àûŝ

N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S New York and London

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Āŝô àààé àŝ à éôô

To Lee and Alex. You are my light and my love.—Sacha Coupet

To M. M. and R. S. S. Thank you for your patience, encouragement, and support.—Ellen Marrus

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Contents

Acknowledgments

 ôûçô Sacha M. Coupet and Ellen Marrus

 . Śéŝ é éé Ś: é Çôûû ô ŝ, Śé, à é à Paul R. Abramson and Annaka Abramson

 . Çôŝé, ééàéŝ, à (û)Ç(é) Çôŝéûéçéŝ Jennifer Ann Drobac

 3. é àéŝ ô ôàçé Franklin E. Zimring

 4. Śûà à Śçé à Éé çé: éé ô é ŝ  é jûéé jûŝçé Śŝé Ellen Marrus

 . Śéûà éà à Āéçà ôû Piotr Bobkowski and Autumn Shafer

 6. Śé, àŝ, à éôôéŝ: é ôé ô jûéé Śé ôŝéçûôŝ Seth F. Kreimer

 7. é  ô Çôééŝé Śé Éûçàô Hazel G. Beh

 8. ôç éé ô é àôû: ééŝŝ, ééŝ, à ŝ ô àŝéé à éé ô-çôô ôû Sacha M. Coupet

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 . éé à é Çôŝŝôàŝ:  ôû  é Ç éàé à jûéé jûŝçé Śŝéŝ Barbara Fedders

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Acknowled gments

Sacha M. C oupet and Ellen Marrus

ŝ ôô ôû ô àé çôé ô ûô éé  ô ô é çéàé (à ôôçàé) éçŝô à ôéŝŝô Ôéàà . éà àé àŝ çà ô é é é ôé Āŝŝôçàô ô Āéçà à Śçôôŝ (ĀĀŚ) Śéçô ô Çé à é à ô àŝŝéé à ŝà àé ô ééŝ ô éŝé ô é ôç ô ŝ, ŝé, à é à. Ôû ôé à é  àûà éé ô é ĀĀŚ àŝ ô ààç à é çôŝŝ ŝéçô ô çô- ééçé àéééŝ ô ŝéçôŝ à ôû ô ôéŝé àé éŝéé é  é ŝçéûéŝ ô àé à àé ôçûŝ ô çé’ŝ ŝŝûéŝ. Ôéàà’ŝ ô éçŝô à ô, à é àé éŝéàô à é ŝ- çûŝŝô à ôôé éé éàû éçé  é û ô à éà ŝçôàŝ ô ô ô ç à à à û àŝô çà à, ôŝ, à à à ŝçôô, àô ôéŝ. é àé’ŝ ôçûŝ é éô é àôà éôàô ô çé àŝ çŝ ô àû ŝéûà- , à  ŝ ŝ àçé, é ééé, à àé ŝ àé ûûé. é à Ôéàà à é ôé ééŝ ô é ĀĀŚ Śéçô ô Çé à é à Ééçûé Çôéé ô ŝûôé é ŝéçô’ŝ éà éôŝ ô ŝ é ŝçôûŝé àôû çé à ŝé ôà ôé à àçôéé çé àŝ àéŝ à ŝ ôéŝ. é àŝô à é àéŝŝ, Śàô çé é, jéé ôàç à é àé . é Śà, ô é àûàé çôûôŝ. é  ĀĀŚ àé éçàé é àûçà ô ŝ ôô, à é éé ôûàé ô àé éé é é ôôû ô ôàé é çôéŝàô éé ûé éé. Ôû çôûôŝ éŝéé à ŝéçà àŝ ô àççé é àô ô àçàé  à é àôûé àôû à àôà àôô ŝûéç à ô é àéçé  ûŝ àŝ é ôé ô éàé ôéé é àôûŝ éŝéçéŝ ô é ôç ô çé à ŝé. é à éôà éŝéô ô à é çôéŝàô à àŝôé é àé éŝéàô ô ŝ ôô à ô é éûŝàŝ-

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