Are prostitution and Juvenile delinquency examples of moral panic?

Glittzy321
Glittzy321 Posts: 29 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Please help me out. Lol I know this is not fitness related.

Are these examples from 19th century Britain

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  • Glittzy321
    Glittzy321 Posts: 29 Member
    tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
    moral panic is when people freak out about something thats not a real problem and exaggerate it so it freaks even more people out, kinda like mass hysteria

    like salem witch trials or momo thing

    Thank u!!! So I’m guessing prostitution and Juvenile delinquency are not examples of moral panic?
  • InkgirlKC
    InkgirlKC Posts: 251 Member
    Glittzy321 wrote: »
    tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
    moral panic is when people freak out about something thats not a real problem and exaggerate it so it freaks even more people out, kinda like mass hysteria

    like salem witch trials or momo thing

    Thank u!!! So I’m guessing prostitution and Juvenile delinquency are not examples of moral panic?
    I don't they are.

  • newmeadow
    newmeadow Posts: 1,295 Member
    Remember Juvenile Hall? We called it Juvie. Back when there were, like, truant officers and stuff.
  • newmeadow
    newmeadow Posts: 1,295 Member
    Also I've heard that in the UK today political correctness and cultural sensitivity dictates that prostitutes should not be called prostitutes. They are to be called sex workers over there.

    But I'm pretty sure in 19th century Britain prostitutes were called prostitutes or possibly trollops and they might have gotten arrested for immorality.
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