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A '''child''' | A '''child''' is a person who has not started puberty (a prepubescent). | ||
Alternative definitions are the familial status, or simply someone who is either below the [[age of majority]]/[[age of consent]] (a minor). Within the sphere of [[chronophilia]] research and self-reference, a child is deemed to be a prepubescent. | |||
== | ==Instability as a social concept== | ||
Central to the issue of intergenerational sexuality is the concept of childhood | '''Childhood''' and by extension, the status of human beings as children is an unstable concept. It has been suggested by some historians such as [[Philippe Aries]]<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Aries Wikipedia - Aries]</ref> that the concept of childhood is itself a second-millennium invention. | ||
==Childhood innocence and vulnerability== | |||
Central to the issue of intergenerational sexuality is the concept of [[childhood innocence]] and its modern objectivist/utilitarian counterpart, [[vulnerability]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 18:04, 29 October 2021
A child is a person who has not started puberty (a prepubescent).
Alternative definitions are the familial status, or simply someone who is either below the age of majority/age of consent (a minor). Within the sphere of chronophilia research and self-reference, a child is deemed to be a prepubescent.
Instability as a social concept
Childhood and by extension, the status of human beings as children is an unstable concept. It has been suggested by some historians such as Philippe Aries[1] that the concept of childhood is itself a second-millennium invention.
Childhood innocence and vulnerability
Central to the issue of intergenerational sexuality is the concept of childhood innocence and its modern objectivist/utilitarian counterpart, vulnerability.