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Question 1

what evidence is there that childhood is more privileged than adulthood

Answer 1

laws that protect children against them being exploited by work of being neglected or abused, children get cheaper travel and they get special clothes, toys and leisure activities catered to them

Question 2

three main pieces of evidence that childhood is a social construction

Answer 2

1. the differing status, responsibility and treatment of children in different societies
2. the way the view of children has changed over time
3. the difference between children’s status and responsibilities in the same society

Question 3

what sociologists studies the diversity of childhoods across the world

Answer 3

the international labour organisation, coalition to stop the use of child soldiers, UNICEF - hidden in plain sight

Question 4

what did the international labour organisation find about the diversity of childhoods around the world?

Answer 4

child labour affects 215million children aged 5-17 in sub saharan africa with 28% of children working and child soldiers are common

Question 5

what did the coalition to stop the use of child soldiers find about the diversity of childhoods around the world

Answer 5

between 2004 and 2007, child soldiers engaged in active conflict in 21 countries with both children and adults being brutalised and killed. with girls often subjected to sexual violence

Question 6

what did UNICEF - hidden in plain sight find about the diversity of childhoods around the world

Answer 6

in 2014, 1 in 10 girls worldwide had experienced serious sexual violence and 95,000 murders every year.