Childism

Childism can refer either to advocacy for empowering children as a subjugated group or to prejudice and/or discrimination against children or childlike qualities.[1] It can operate thus both as a positive term for a movement, like the term feminism, as well as a critical term to identify a phenomenon, like the term racism. The concept is first described and explored in an article by Chester M. Pierce and Gail B. Allen in 1975.[2] The most extensive treatment of childism as a negative phenomenon is Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's last work, published posthumously, Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children.[3]

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, pioneer of Childism studies

References

1. "Childism". Wiktionary.
2. Pierce, Chester M.; Allen, Gail B. (1975). "Childism". Psychiatric Annals. 5 (7): 15–24. doi:10.3928/0048-5713-19750701-04 (inactive 2020-05-21).
3. Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth (2012). Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-17311-6.