July 4, 2006

In her book Childhood and Sexuality, Jackson suggests there is such a thing as childhood sexuality but that this exists independently of sexual knowledge. She concludes that it is sexual ignorance, not sexual knowledge, that is most damaging for the young. "In attempting to protect children from sex, we expose them to danger," she says. "In trying to preserve their innocence, we expose them to guilt. In keeping both sexes asexual and then training them to become sexual in different ways, we perpetuate sexual inequality, exploitation and oppression."

I've never heard it described so well....

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