ABSTRACT

This article explores Finnish regulatory authorities’ attempts to mitigate young people’s participation in mediated sexuality. Previous studies have argued that both attempted regulation and education about media and sexuality are often out of touch with many adolescents’ lives. This study uses a Foucauldian inspired critical investigative method to unpack the pedagogical messages that frame official statements and the approaches used by Finnish authorities to regulate mediated sexual exchanges. Focusing on the uses of shame as an ongoing pedagogical strategy, the article reveals the limits of social policing. It also sheds light on alternative possibilities and their implications for different aspects of mediated sexuality (autonomy, privacy and consent among other things) that are currently effaced by the regulatory discourse deployed by the Finnish Police Force.

摘要

本文探讨了芬兰监管当局试图减少年轻人参与中介性行为的尝试。以前的研究认为，关于媒体和性行为的监管和教育往往与许多青少年的生活脱节。这项研究使用福柯式的批判性调查方法来解开构成官方声明的教学信息以及芬兰当局用来规范中介性交流的方法。文章关注羞耻作为一种持续的教学策略的使用，揭示了社会监管的局限性。它还揭示了替代可能性及其对中介性行为不同方面的影响（自主性，