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Many words relating to the topic of [[child sexuality]] have undergone great "slippage" since the [[moral panic]] over (the supposed) "harms" to young people who are involved in adult/child or adult/young person sexual relationships began in the mid-1970s. Examples of words or expressions which have undergone "slippage" are: | Many words relating to the topic of [[child sexuality]] have undergone great "slippage" since the [[moral panic]] over (the supposed) "harms" to young people who are involved in adult/child or adult/young person sexual relationships began in the mid-1970s. Examples of words or expressions which have undergone "slippage" are: | ||
*sex | *[[sex]] | ||
*sexual | *[[sexual]] | ||
*rape | *[[rape]] | ||
*abuse | *[[abuse]] | ||
*sexual abuse | *[[sexual abuse]] | ||
*exploitation | *[[exploitation]] | ||
*trauma | *[[trauma]] | ||
*grooming | *[[grooming]] | ||
*denial | *[[denial]] | ||
*predator | *[[predator]] | ||
*pedophile | *[[pedophile]] | ||
*high risk | *[[high risk]] | ||
*victim | *[[victim]] | ||
*perpetrator | *[[perpetrator]] | ||
*prostitution | *[[child prostitution|prostitution]] | ||
*trafficking | *[[Child trafficking|trafficking]] | ||
*pornography | *[[Child pornography|pornography]] | ||
*nudity | *[[nudity]] | ||
*inappropriate | *[[inappropriate]] | ||
*harmful | *[[harmful]] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:48, 17 April 2016
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Slippage (from the verb "to slip") occurs when a word or phrase is given newer, broader meanings--usually for political purposes--and often by feminists, other moral crusaders, politicians, etc., to the point where the meaning of the transformed word or expression no longer may be objectively useful and/or valid. |
Many words relating to the topic of child sexuality have undergone great "slippage" since the moral panic over (the supposed) "harms" to young people who are involved in adult/child or adult/young person sexual relationships began in the mid-1970s. Examples of words or expressions which have undergone "slippage" are:
- sex
- sexual
- rape
- abuse
- sexual abuse
- exploitation
- trauma
- grooming
- denial
- predator
- pedophile
- high risk
- victim
- perpetrator
- prostitution
- trafficking
- pornography
- nudity
- inappropriate
- harmful
See also
List of derogatory terminology directed at boylovers
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