control over bodies

• examples


  > how they sit, walk, run

  > what they wear

  > hairstyles

  > ear piercings
• taken for granted children's bodies may be touched

  > washed

  > fed

  > dressed

  > heads patted

  > holding hands

  > picked up

  > cuddled & kissed

  -disciplined by smacking
• adults restrict children touching own bodies

  > not pick their noses

  > not suck thumbs

  > not play with their genitals

  -contrasts sexual freedoms enjoyed by children in some non-industrial cultures > Trobriand Islands