‘Go on, Go on, Go on’: Sexual Consent, Child Sexual Exploitation and Cups of Tea

Pamela Lowe; Geraldine Brady

doi:10.1111/chso.12358

‘Go on, Go on, Go on’: Sexual Consent, Child Sexual Exploitation and Cups of Tea

Pamela Lowe, Geraldine Brady

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Abstract

This novel paper critically addresses a currently popular sex education resource which compares sexual consent to tea drinking. Drawing from a study which considered the meaning of consent through focus groups and interviews with young people and professionals, we argue that the central ‘risk avoidance’ message of such resources individualises the potential risks of non-consensual sex and ignores the gendered social structures which shape interpersonal relationships. We suggest that simplifying and extrapolating sexual consent from broader cultural understandings is problematic. Conversations with young people are important, but they need to address the complexity of sexual consent, coercion and gendered sexual norms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-92
Number of pages	15
Journal	Children and Society
Volume	34
Issue number	1
Early online date	12 Sept 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12358
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

Bibliographical note

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Brady, G. and Lowe, P. (2019), ‘Go on, Go on, Go on’: Sexual Consent, Child Sexual Exploitation and Cups of Tea. Child Soc., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12358. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

Keywords

child sexual exploitation
gendered power
sexual consent
young women

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‘Go on, Go on, Go on’: Sexual Consent, Child Sexual Exploitation and Cups of Tea

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