1. 'Go on, Go on, Go on': Sexual Consent, Child Sexual Exploitation and Cups of Tea.
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Brady, Geraldine and Lowe, Pam
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CHILD sexual abuse & psychology , *INFORMED consent (Medical law) , *CONTROL (Psychology) , *CONVERSATION , *FOCUS groups , *INTERPERSONAL relations , *INTERVIEWING , *RISK assessment , *HUMAN sexuality , *PSYCHOLOGY of women , *HARM reduction , *THEMATIC analysis , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
This novel paper critically addresses a currently popular sex education resource which compares sexual consent to tea drinking. Drawing from a study which considered the meaning of consent through focus groups and interviews with young people and professionals, we argue that the central 'risk avoidance' message of such resources individualises the potential risks of non‐consensual sex and ignores the gendered social structures which shape interpersonal relationships. We suggest that simplifying and extrapolating sexual consent from broader cultural understandings is problematic. Conversations with young people are important, but they need to address the complexity of sexual consent, coercion and gendered sexual norms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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