TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Understanding childhood sexualities
JO  - Journal of homosexuality
A1  - Plummer, K.
SP  - 231
EP  - 249
VL  - 20
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Contemporary concern over paedophilia and child sexual abuse usually rests upon uncritical and under-theorized conceptions of childhood sexualities. This article examines some of these assumptions and then outlines the social 'constructionist' alternative. Focusing upon the processes by which a child comes to script its sexual world, a number of central dimensions are posed: the scripting of absences, of values, of secrecy, of utility, of gender and of generation. By analyzing the complexity of childhood sexualities, the implications for cross-generational sexuality may be clarified.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-8369
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -