Judith Levine
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Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex
Judith Levine
Sex is a wonderful, crucial part of growing up, and children and teens can enjoy the pleasures of the body and be safe, too. In this important and controversial book, Judith Levine makes this argument and goes further, asserting that America’s attempts to protect children from sex are worse than ineffectual. It is the assumption of danger and the exclusive focus on protection—what Levine terms “the sexual politics of fear”—that are themselves harmful to minors.
Through interviews with young people and their parents, stories drawn from today’s headlines, visits…
