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Lamenting sexualization: research, rhetoric and the story of young people’s ‘sexualization’ in the UK Home Office review

Author Feona Attwood Author Clarissa Smith

Abstract

This article discusses ‘The Sexualisation of Young People’ review, authored by Dr Linda Papadopoulos in 2010 for the UK Home Office. The article examines the review as an academic piece of work, considers it in the context of debates about young people, violence and sexualization, and discusses the characteristics and significance of rhetorical accounts that operate as ‘laments’ about sexualization.

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sexualization of young people papadopoulos review uk home office youth and sexuality sexualization debate media influence moral panic sexualization rhetoric youth violence cultural critique policy and sexuality media and youth academic review public discourse gender and youth sexuality politics youth representation research and sexualization rhetorical lament young people and media sexualization lamenting sexualization
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Volume 11
Issue 3
Pages 327–337
DOI 10.1080/14681811.2011.590314
ISSN 1468-1811
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