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Reading List

With so much information out there, we've decided to share with you what we're reading that you might enjoy! Feel free to send us recommendations too and we will check them out. It's all about creating and sharing knowledge and understanding here at Tabü

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Sexualisation of Childhood: 


Clare L. Bennett (2014) Becoming sexual. A critical appraisal of the

sexualization of girls, Sex Education, 14:2, 238-240, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2013.841618 

Sara Bragg, Senior Research Fellow, Education Research Centre, University of Brighton Sexualisation of childhood‟ as global cause? Lessons from the UK, accessed from: https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/appliedsocialstudies/docs/commercialisationandsexualisationofchildrenconference/SaraBraggSexualisationPaper.pdf 

Department for Education UK (2011) The Bailey Report, accessible from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letting-children-be-children-report-of-an-independent-review-of-the-commercialisation-and-sexualisation-of-childhood

Margaret Melrose (2014) The sexualization of girls and girlhood: causes, consequences and resistance, Sex Education, 14:1, 112-114, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2013.830861

Technology and Sex Education 

Cassar, J. (2017) Girls debating penises, orgasms, masturbation and pornography. Sex Education, 17(1), pp.1-13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2016.1193729


Goldman, J. (2016) Can MOOCs enhance sexuality education? Sex Education, 16(5), pp.487-502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2015.1112261


Masanet, M.J. and Buckingham, D. (2015) Advice on life? Online fan forums as a space for peer-to-peer sex and relationships education. Sex Education, 15(5), pp. 486-499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2014.934444 

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