At my local book shop graphic novels are shelved on the bottom two shelves, immediately next to the teen and young adult section. Alongside these graphic novels are Star Wars books, and other titles which appeal you young children.
I've raised this and the shop has refused to do anything about it. We're going to escalate it, but I'm interested in this from a point of view of safeguarding. I'm trying to educate myself a bit better on this, so would love links to any relevant safeguarding information.
Is the book store contravening any safeguarding regulations/law by having pornographic, violent, misogynistic graphic novels where children can easily see them? Not only that, where children are drawn to see them, as they are very close to and often mixed up with children's graphic novels.
For info, so you know I'm not being a prude, a couple of examples, even though there are many, one of the books was A Handmaids Tale with drawings of her being raped, and another featured drawings of a man slicing off a woman's breast with a machete.
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Violent and pornographic adult graphic novels at child height
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LiterallyProblematic · 28/02/2020 09:52
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