Final Exam 11

Question 1

Sex and childhood part a

Answer 1

contines in next lecture

Question 2

what is part of Childhood Vulnerability

Answer 2

Acute vulnerability
■ Utter dependence
■ Long maturation process
■ Potentially obscured in the family or family-like institutions BUT exposed without them
■ Reliance on adult advocacy

Question 3

what is Acute vulnerability

Answer 3

open to being wounded/lack of control (this is what was discussed earlier in the course, but this slide explores even more)
acute vulnerability is a sense that if you only see the child alone, there is a problem. We want to describe the child AND their parent(s)/guardian, and something less than that is a tragedy

Question 4

what isUtter dependence

Answer 4

they require someone to feed and care for them

Question 5

what is long maturation process

Answer 5

take a long time to be trusted to do all things… maturity and decision making is a process

Question 6

what is Potentially obscured in the family or family-like institutions BUT exposed without them

Answer 6

Nussbaum said children are hostages to the family, BUT the other side to that is that the children need family

Question 7

what is reliance on adult advocacy

Answer 7

for children to have a voice, it depends on advocacy from parents or adults first
this is less so with the Parkland students right now, but in history is has been the parents having to advocate

Question 8

Who decides what the child will become?

Answer 8

parents do shape the children
even if they are not in the picture, that still shapes the child
religion

Question 9

what are the 4 components of sexualization (APA)

Answer 9

1. Sex appeal singled out;
2. Physical attractiveness equated to being sexy;
3. Sexual objectification, and / or;
4. Sexuality inappropriately imposed.

Question 10

what is Physical attractiveness equated to being sexy

Answer 10

you have been sexualized if this has been done

Question 11

what is Sexual objectification, and/or;

seen as an object for sex,

Answer 11

viewed apart from any agency of themselves

Question 12

what is Sexuality inappropriately imposed

Answer 12

especially relevant to children, but when children are embed by adult sexualization it is particularly wrong

Question 13

do all 4 need to be present

Answer 13

nope, even just one

Question 14

wha are the negative consequences of the sexualization fo childhood

Answer 14

1. Mental and physical health
2. Cognitive / emotional
3. Attitudes and beliefs
4. Sexuality
5. Impact on others and society

Question 15

where do we see a lot of sexualization

Answer 15

halloween costumes

• the girls vs boys ones (like the police officer exempt)
• princesses (they are sexualized for the preteen-teen age)
• barbie (she was featured on a playboy magazine… but it is a child’s toy! Why is she being sexualized