Bailey 2011 'Letting Children be Children...'

Question 1

“This pressure on children to grow up takes 2 different but related forms: the pressure to…

Answer 1

take part in a sexualised life before they are ready to do…” (BAILEY, 2011:6)

Question 2

Identified the theme of…

Answer 2

“the ‘wallpaper’ of children’s lives” (BAILEY, 2011:9)

Question 3

“The ‘wallpaper’ of children’s lives” - “we are all living in an increasingly…

Answer 3

…sexual and sexualised culture” (BAILEY, 2011:9)

Question 4

Recommendations for the ‘wallpaper’ - making it easier for parents to block adult and age-restricted material from the internet by 4 main actions:

(BAILEY, 2011:15)

Answer 4

1 - internet industry should ensure that customers must make an active choice over what sort content they want to allow their children to access

2 - internet industry must act decisively to develop and introduce effective parental controls

3 - those providing age-restricted content should seek means of age verification and making it easier for parents to block underage access

Question 5

Examples of a sexualised culture?

Answer 5

Music videos
Television
Advertising 
User-generated content (e.g. videoclips)
Age-restricted/adult material

Question 6

what percentages of boys/girls aged 9-16 have encountered sexual images online/offline in the past 12 months?

(LIVINGSTONE, HADDON, ET AL. 2010)

Answer 6

22% girls

26% boys

Question 7

what percentage of children have seen images of someone having sex or genitals online?
(LIVINGSTONE, HADDON, ET AL. 2010)

Answer 7

6%

Question 8

what percentage of children say they have seen violent sexual images?

Answer 8

2%

Question 9

What is the term that commentators use to refer to the increasingly sexualised society?

Answer 9

‘PORNIFICATION’ OF SOCIETY (NIKUNEN ET AL. 2007)

Question 10

What is the ‘pornification’ of society?

Answer 10

the blurring of boundaries between pornography and the mainstream (NIKUNEN ET AL. 2007)