SOCI 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 35: Neoliberalism, Nuclear Family
28 Feb 2016
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Sex, gender, and generation: age of consent and moral regulation in canada by carol l. dauda (pg. In 2008, the age of consent to sexual acts was renamed the age of protection and was raised in canada. The legislation is ostensibly gender neutral in that it applies to all young people under 16. A more thorough examination of the proceedings reveals a gendered discourse in which the regulation of sexuality still targets predominately women"s sexuality within the context of an idealized family structure based on a heterosexual norm. The article is an attempt to understand how the public policy process in canada enables such retrenchment and argues that it is best understood through a feminist lens that posits a post-feminist context. In canada, this context is characterized by both the turn to a neo-liberal ideology that embraces privatization and individualism through the market and the family and the rising power of social conservatives.
