Chaperone
A chaperone , outdated and the chaperone and the Duenja , the was up in the first half of the 20th century, an elderly female person who has been begotten a younger unmarried female person to the under propriety and etiquette moral integrity behavior ensure their protege - especially when trying to get close, encounters and meetings with male people.
Because of her role as a guardian at a rendezvous , she was soon ironically referred to by young people as "chaperon". Nowadays a chaperone is any companion who - actually or supposedly - is supposed to play the role of a moral guardian.
A well-known chaperone is Charlotte Bartlett in the novel Room with a View by Edward Morgan Forster and in the film of the same name by James Ivory , based on this novel . It also embodies the type perfectly because what it seeks to prevent, through its measures it really does.
The most famous comedy that revolves around the lack and need for a chaperone is Charley's aunt of Brandon Thomas . The Scottish writer Joan Lingard wrote a book for young people that appeared in 1991 under the name The Chaperon .
In the English-speaking world, chaperones are widely used today to relieve teachers, trainers, group leaders, etc., in both the school and the extracurricular area, when leaving the usual locations and z. B. trips or excursions are undertaken, so that there is an increased need for contact persons and supervisors. Chaperones are also used at dance events organized by the school , for example to prevent people from smoking or drinking alcohol. The chaperones are recruited on a voluntary basis and unpaid from parenthood.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden .
- ↑ Duenja in the dictionary . Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Chaperone in Duden. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Chaperone Guidelines (North Merrick School District). (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 20, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
