Taking the chaste out of chastisement: An analysis of the sexual implications of the corporal punishment of children

Childhood

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-224

  Green, Lorraine ^a   Butt, Trevor ^b   King, Nigel ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Corporal punishment; Sexuality; Social constructionism; Spanking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038170597     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568202009002665     Document Type: Article

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