Not Innocent, but Vulnerable: An Approach to Childhood
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Not Innocent, but Vulnerable: An Approach to Childhood Innocence.

JARKOVSKÁ, Lucie and Sharon LAMB

Basic information

Original name

Not Innocent, but Vulnerable: An Approach to Childhood Innocence.

Authors

JARKOVSKÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Sharon LAMB (840 United States of America)

Edition

Cambridge, The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Childhood and Adolescence, p. 76-93, 18 pp. Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology, 2018

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/18:00107232

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

ISBN

978-1-107-19071-9

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108116121.005

Keywords (in Czech)

nevinnost; zranitelnost; dětství; sexualita; sex education

Keywords in English

innocence; vulnerability; childhood; sexuality; sex education

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

The chapter begins by examining the concept of childhood innocence, the critiques of the concept, and critiques about the political use of the concept. We go on to ask what about childhood innocence or similar concepts might be preserved in the area of sex education and childhood sexuality in general. We agree that using the concept of innocence to make claims on behalf of children has an insidious effect on discourse about children, not only because it positions children as helpless, incompetent, and entirely dependent on the will and decisions of adults but because it also supports political agendas harmful to children and other marginalized groups. The concept of innocence, as it is currently used across the globe with regard to sex and sexuality, also tends to be activated around certain (privileged) groups of children, while other kinds of children are neglected based on their race, class, ethnicity, or geopolitical location. We acknowledge, however, that the concept of innocence has historically also been closely connected with some policies and actions that were taken in order to make children´s lives better. So, we argue that when critiquing the concept of childhood sexual innocence, scholars should be careful not to at the same time neglect the need for children´s protection. We suggest replacing the concept of innocence with the concept of vulnerability.

In Czech

Kapitola kriticky přezkoumává koncept dětské nevinnosti a politické využití tohoto konceptu. Zamýšlí se nad tím, co z tohoto konceptu může být užitečné pro sexuální výchovu a obecně dětskou sexualitu. Kritika konceptu dětské nevinnosrti by však neměla vést k opomíjení ochrany dětí. Navrhujeme, aby byl koncept nevinnosti nahrazen konceptem zranitelnosti.

Links

GA16-18940S, research and development project

Name: Diverzifikace předškolního vzdělávání v České republice: Inkluze, exkluze a sociální nerovnosti (Acronym: Beskibe)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Diversifying preschool education in the Czech Republic: inclusion, exclusion and social inequalities

Citovat

JARKOVSKÁ, Lucie and Sharon LAMB. Not Innocent, but Vulnerable: An Approach to Childhood Innocence. In Sharon Lamb, jen Gilbert. The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Childhood and Adolescence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, p. 76-93. Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology. ISBN 978-1-107-19071-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108116121.005.

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JARKOVSKÁ, Lucie and Sharon LAMB. Not Innocent, but Vulnerable: An Approach to Childhood Innocence. In Sharon Lamb, jen Gilbert. \textit{The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Childhood and Adolescence}. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, p.~76-93. Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology. ISBN~978-1-107-19071-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108116121.005.

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