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Children, Sexuality, and the Law /
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...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| 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 (288 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780814724217 |