Sexual Self-Determination, children's right to
Sexual Self-Determination is the (supposed) right of a person to develop his or her sexuality without interference from others.
Sexual self-determination, the U.N. definition: http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/984698f3da3db214852575690060fcc5?OpenDocument
The right to keep one’s sexual life and body free from determination by anyone else, particularly in ways that are offensive towards the owner. The right of sexual self-determination can also be understood as the authority of a human being to enjoy, exercise and employ sexual self-determination in the widest possible sense. The concept of sexual self-determination is invoked in many national penal codes.
The term seems to be used as the legal variant of sexual freedom.
Subject: human rights, women, social issues
Sexual autonomy: http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/44457e66f0e8ed0985257568007c654c?OpenDocument
According to the Declaration of Sexual Rights, the right to sexual autonomy, sexual integrity and safety of the sexual body involves the ability to make autonomous decisions about one's sexual life within a context of one's own personal and social ethics. It also encompasses control and enjoyment of our own bodies free from torture, mutilation and violence of any sort. The concept of sexual autonomy appears in many national penal codes.
Not to be confused with sexual freedom.
Subject women, national law, human rights
Sexual freedom, http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/bdd932c41942362b85257569005bef17?OpenDocument
According to the Declaration of Sexual Rights, sexual freedom encompasses the possibility of individuals expressing their full sexual potential. However, it excludes all forms of sexual coercion, exploitation and abuse at any time in life.
Not to be confused with sexual autonomy.
The term seems to be a more generic version of sexual self-determination.
Subject: women, national law, human rights
Notice that the "Subject:" lines in all the above, refer only to women, 'not to men or to young people. Interesting, isn't it?
The problem with "sexual self-determination" is that any interaction even remotely related to sex, on any level, between any two people means that one person influences another, which then affects the other's attitudes and, therefore, his or her "self determination".
A parent slapping a child's hand when the child touches his or her genitals is "interfering" with the child's "right to sexual self-determination".
Religious teachings, then, "interfere" with the child's "right to sexual self-determination" when they teach their sexual morality.
Psychologists and psychiatrist who "counsel" children during "treatment" are "interfering with the child's right to sexual self-determination".
Pedophiles and pederasts are accused of "interfering" with the child's right to sexual self-determination".
But as you can see from the above examples, the right to commit an "offense against a young person's sexual self-determination" is reserved for only religious groups, so-called "mental health professionals", and parents.
And no-one else. Or so say the sexophobes.
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