014 - Thematic Session. Children and Sexuality

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

While the study of sexuality is a robust field, the sociological study of the relationship of children to sexuality is small. In this session, presenters explore three areas of research in childhood sexuality. C. Shawn McGuffey will examine how gender, sexuality, and race shape parental responses to child sexual abuse and discuss findings from his forthcoming book, Blaming Mothers: Gender, Race, and Male Child Sexual Abuse. Amy Schalet will examine how culture shapes children's sexuality. Karin Martin has studied gender and sexuality in childhood for nearly two decades. She has established a line of scholarship on young children’s sexual socialization and will discuss understandings of sexuality among preschoolers.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Karin A. Martin, University of Michigan

Presider

• Karin A. Martin, University of Michigan

Panelists

• Karin A. Martin, University of Michigan

• C. Shawn McGuffey, Boston College

• Amy T. Schalet, University of Massachusetts-Amherst