doi:10.1080/14681811.2011.590314

Paper Title

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

Authors

Feona Attwood

Clarissa Smith

Keywords

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

Article Type

Research Article

Journal

Sex Education

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DOI

10.1080/14681811.2011.590314

Issue

Volume : 11 | Issue : 3 | Page No : 327–337

Published On

August, 2011

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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.