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'''Safeguarding''' is the | '''Safeguarding''' is the practice by authorities and communities of "protecting the interests" of children and others who they judge to be "[[vulnerability|vulnerable]]". It can therefore be seen as an ongoing "protective" influence ''on behalf'' of children, without their input or consent. | ||
The term has become particularly common in the [[UK]], where it is used by local authorities to | The term has become particularly common in the [[UK]], where it is used by local authorities to legitimize a range of protective measures, a number of which may come under [[Special Article: Adverse effects of hysteria|scrutiny]] if made individually accountable. The term is part of an [[List of obfuscatory terms used by authorities|array of obfuscatory terms]] used by governments to legitimize powers they have over the running of everyday life. | ||
More recently, the term has been adopted by radical (conservative) [[Feminism|feminists]], much like [[grooming]]. | ==Linkage to conservative feminism== | ||
More recently, the term has been explicitly adopted by radical (conservative) [[Feminism|feminists]], much like [[grooming]]. One prime example is the British ''Safe Schools Alliance'', a front-group that adopts the optics of a charity to push a radical anti-trans agenda.<ref>[https://safeschoolsallianceuk.net/frequently-asked-questions/ Safe Schools Alliance FAQ]</ref> Examples of this can be seen throughout social media, whenever education-adjacent British feminists are mobilized by controversies centering on the normalization of attraction to minors. | |||
==Linkage to racism== | |||
It has been suggested, particularly by left-wing writers, that the idea of "safeguarding or rescuing children" both perpetuates and institutionalizes a racist belief system that paints ethnic minorities outside the western world as passive victims, but as culpable "delinquents" within said democracies. This is said to be achieved by way of selective application. | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Charity, NGO & "Professional"]] | [[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Charity, NGO & "Professional"]] | ||
Revision as of 15:16, 9 October 2022
Safeguarding is the practice by authorities and communities of "protecting the interests" of children and others who they judge to be "vulnerable". It can therefore be seen as an ongoing "protective" influence on behalf of children, without their input or consent.
The term has become particularly common in the UK, where it is used by local authorities to legitimize a range of protective measures, a number of which may come under scrutiny if made individually accountable. The term is part of an array of obfuscatory terms used by governments to legitimize powers they have over the running of everyday life.
Linkage to conservative feminism
More recently, the term has been explicitly adopted by radical (conservative) feminists, much like grooming. One prime example is the British Safe Schools Alliance, a front-group that adopts the optics of a charity to push a radical anti-trans agenda.[1] Examples of this can be seen throughout social media, whenever education-adjacent British feminists are mobilized by controversies centering on the normalization of attraction to minors.
Linkage to racism
It has been suggested, particularly by left-wing writers, that the idea of "safeguarding or rescuing children" both perpetuates and institutionalizes a racist belief system that paints ethnic minorities outside the western world as passive victims, but as culpable "delinquents" within said democracies. This is said to be achieved by way of selective application.