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The Shaming of Young People in Contemporary Britain: Discrediting, Denouncing and Demonizing the Young Generation

Author: Sarah Pickard, Sorbonne Nouvelle – (CREW) 1 Introduction The shaming of youth, young people and the young generation on the basis of supposed age-determined or life stage-determined biological, psychological or social characteristics that are said to be responsible for specific traits, attitudes and behaviour is not new.3 Young people have been shamed by older generations going back through history...