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“Children's Talk and Parental Fear”. Cases of Sexual Misconduct in Danish State Schools 1900–1970 1
Author(s) -
DE CONINCKSMITH NING
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2008.00348.x
Subject(s) - sexual misconduct , danish , human sexuality , ambivalence , misconduct , psychology , state (computer science) , period (music) , social psychology , developmental psychology , criminology , gender studies , sociology , political science , law , art , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , aesthetics
Cases of sexual misconduct in Danish state schools became the objects of attention in the years following the turn of the 20 th Century. An analysis of 85 cases where teachers were accused of sexual misconduct towards their students reveals that the period from 1900 to 1970 present a set of changes in the attitudes to and management of intergenerational sexuality. Throughout these years there existed three ambivalent features relating to the child and its sexuality, to the pros and cons of reporting the case, and to the behaviour of the masculine teacher at a time of changing pedagogical ideals.