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Minor attraction in popular culture

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{{Template:Lists}}<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>This page serves to document instances of minor attraction in [[Wikipedia:Popular_culture|popular culture]], particularly entertainment such as film, music, television, video games, and anime.

Such instances are of interest from a cultural standpoint, for example taking note of different views on [[Minor Attracted Person|minor attraction]] through different cultures and time periods, or the concepts of attraction to minors and adult-minor relationships being a common theme in societal subconscious and expressed in works of art despite an overlying taboo.

The following list is sorted by several categories, and each entry is labeled according to the type of relationship:
* Man-Girl ('''MG''') - a relationship between an adult male and a female minor.
* Woman-Boy ('''WB''') - a relationship between an adult female and a male minor.
* Man-Boy ('''MB''') - a relationship between an adult male and a male minor.
* Woman-Girl ('''WG''') - a relationship between an adult female and a female minor.
* Various ('''V''') - Multiple types.
* '''N/A''' - Not applicable (features minor attraction or minor-attracted characters as a general concept).

== Live-action movies ==

* '''Beau-pere''' (Bertrand Blier, 1981) ('''MG''')
** The story is centered around the growing sexual infatuation a man has for his 15-year-old stepdaughter after his wife’s death.
* '''Laura, les ombres de l’ete''' (David Hamilton, 1979) ('''MG''')
** An old artist becomes attracted to a pubescent girl.
* '''Fruhreifen-Report''' (Ernst Hofbauer, 1973) ('''MG''')
** An anthology movie dealing with girls’ sexuality, the third part involving a man getting off from abusing his stepdaughter together with his wife.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071230025153/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voor_een_verloren_soldaat For a lost soldier]''' (Roeland Kerbosch, 1992) ('''MB''')
** The protagonist recounts his childhood in WW2-era Netherlands, in particular his romantic relationship with a Canadian soldier.
* '''La disubbidienza''' (Aldo Lado, 1981) ('''WB''')
** An emotionally broken teenage partisan finds comfort in and becomes attracted to two adult women.
* '''Lolita''' (Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ('''MG''')
** Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov, with the titular character played by Sue Lyon, then 16.
* '''Lolita''' (Adrian Lyne, 1997) ('''MG''')
** Adrian Lyne’s adaptation of Nabokov’s “Lolita”, with the role of the titular girl played by a then-15-years-old Dominique Swain.
* '''Piccoli fuochi''' (Peter Del Monte, 1985) ('''WB''')
** Tommaso, a little boy, bonds with his maid Mara.
* '''Piccole labbra''' (Mimmo Cattarinich, 1978) ('''MG''')
** An Italian WW1 veteran becomes attracted to a 12-year-old gypsy girl.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071204153212/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_amiti%C3%A9s_particuli%C3%A8res_(film) Les amities particulieres]''' (Jean Delannoy, 1964) ('''MB''')
** The story tells of the intimate relationship between a 17-year-old and 10-year-old boys in a catholic boarding school.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071219025127/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Amant The lover]''' (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1992) ('''MG''')
** An adaptation of the novel “The Lover” by Marguerite Duras. An affair between a 30-year-old Chinese man and a 15-year-old French girl in colonial Vietnam.
* '''American beauty''' (Sam Mendes, 1999) ('''MG''')
** Part of the plot is about the protagonist struggling with his sexual attraction for his daughter’s friend, a 16-year-old girl.
* '''Death in Venice''' (Luchino Visconti, 1972) ('''MB''')
** An adaption of Mann’s novel of the same name, starring a then 14-year-old Björn Andrésen in the role of Tadeusz. A composer becomes obsessed with a beautiful teenage boy he meets in Venice.
* '''Meri Nimmo''' (Rahul Ganore Shanklya, 2018) ('''WB''')
** Set in modern India, a young boy develops a romantic attraction for an adult woman.
* '''Sundays and Cybele''' (Serge Bourguignon, 1962) ('''MG''')
** The film tells the tragic story of a friendship (with romantic undertones) between a young girl and an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the First Indochina War.
* '''Muidhond''' (Patrice Toye, 2019) ('''MG''')
** A paedophile struggles with leading a normal life, especially now that one of the new neighbours is a young girl.
* '''The trouble with being born''' (Sandra Wollner, 2020) ('''MG''')
** The first part of the movie deals with a man who has sex with an android that has the semblances of his now-deceased 10-year-old daughter.
* '''Cuties''' (Maïmouna Doucoure, 2020) ('''MG''')
** A scene involves the girls successfully titillating some security guards.
* '''Guter Junge''' (Torsten C. Fischer, 2008) ('''MB''')
** A tragic tale of a young pedophile as he struggles with his desires while living with his estranged but supportive father.
* '''Pretty baby''' (Louis Malle, 1978) ('''MG''')
** Hattie, a prostitute and her 12-year-old daughter Violet meet photographer Ernest J. Bellocq. He fascinates Violet. Over the next few months, Hattie marries and goes to St. Louis, leaving Violet behind, and Violet determines to marry Bellocq.
* '''The Orphan''' (Jaume Collett-Serra, 2009) ('''MG''')
** A scene involves the orphan, a 9-years-old girl, trying to seduce her adoptive father.
* '''Poison Ivy''' (Katt Shea, 1992) ('''MG''')
** The 17-year-old actress plays the role of a seductress in this movie.
* '''Leon: The Professional''' (Luc Besson, 1994) ('''MG''')
** The titular protagonist, a hitman, reciprocates the romantic affections of his protégée, played by a 12-years-old Natalie Portman.
* '''Beautiful girls''' (Ted Demme, 1996) ('''MG''')
** A New York jazz pianist courts a 13-year-old girl
* '''Interview with the Vampire''' (Neil Jordan, 1994) ('''MG''')
** An adaptation of Anna Rice’s novel of the same name, featuring a then 12-year-old Kirsten Durst in the role of the little vampire girl.
* '''Man on fire''' (Élie Chouraqui, 1987) ('''MG''')
** Based on Quinnell’s novel of the same name, bodyguard gradually befriends his client, a wealthy 12-year-old girl. Romantic undertones are present.
* '''Man on Fire''' (Tony Scott, 2004) ('''MG''')
** An Adaptation of Quinnell’s novel of the same name, starring a then 10-year-old Dakota Fanning in the role of the little girl.
* '''Anandi Gopal''' (Sameer Vidhwans, 2019) ('''MG''')
** Biographical film of Anandi Gopal, the first female doctor. The movie also portrays the youth-adult marriage between her and a man in his late twenties whilst she was 9 years old.
* '''Blue Is the Warmest Colour''' (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013) ('''WG''')
** The friendship between a 15-year-old girl and an adult woman takes an erotic turn.
* '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Strange_Love Love Strange Love]''' (Walter Hugo Khouri, 1982) ('''WB''')
** A 12-year-old boy is constantly sexually teased and taunted by young women in his stepfather’s house.
* '''Phoring''' (Indranil Roychowdhury, 2012) ('''WB''')
** A young boy becomes infatuated with his teacher.
* '''Blank Check''' (Rupert Wainwright, 1994) ('''WB''')
** An 11-year-old boy, after receiving a blank check, decides to spend all the money, including throwing an expensive party where he dates a teller from a bank.
* '''The Woodsman''' (Nicole Kassell, 2004) ('''N/A''')
** The film follows a convicted child molester who must adjust to life after being released from prison.
* '''Kopfplatzen''' (Savaş Ceviz, 2019) ('''MB''')
** It's about a pedophile who begins struggling with his attraction when a mother and her 8-year-old son move into the apartment next to him.
* '''Labyrinth''' (Jim Henson, 1986) ('''MG''')
** The movie tells us a story of a teenage girl Sarah and a goblin king Jareth, obsessed with her.
* '''That’s my boy''' (Sean Anders, 2012) ('''WB''')
** A satirical comedy which features a sexual relationship between a young student and a teacher. Though initially seeming disgusted by the student flirting with her, the teacher later seduces him.
* '''En Proie''' (David Guiraud, 2016) ('''MG''')
** A shot film about Thomas and his struggles with his pedophilic attraction, with him trying as much as he can to abstain from certain habits via physical exercise. At his daughter's birthday party, his path crosses that of little Mathilde. What was only supposed to be a banal event like treating a wound then becomes a real ordeal for him.
* '''Softie''' (Samuel Theis, 2021) ('''MB''')
** A coming-of-age movie following a troubled 10-year-old boy living with his single mother and two siblings in Forbach, France, as he struggles to reconcile the hardships of life and his sexuality, part of it including his almost-romantic relationship with his teacher.
* '''Elève libre''' (Joachim Lafosse, 2008) ('''MB''')
**A sixteen-year-old aspiring tennis pro neglects his education in hopes of volleying his way straight to Wimbledon, but finds his ambitions sidelined when his relationship with his tutor takes a decidedly personal turn.
* '''Clément''' (Emmanuelle Bercot, 2001) ('''WB''')
** A 13-year-old boy develops a crush on a grown woman old enough to be his mother while on a vacation at the beach, only to discover she is also attracted to him, in this controversial drama from France.
* '''Evolution''' (Lucile Hadžihalilović, 2015) ('''WB''')
** A sci-fi horror thriller following Nicholas, a sickly young boy and his discovery of weird events surrounding his island. His friend and best helper is Stella, one of the island's nurses.
* '''Malèna''' (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000) ('''WB''')
** In a small WW2-era Sicilian town, teen boy Renato becomes obsessed with the town's pariah, a despised widow who's also envied for her beauty.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071023013303/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Face The Man Without a Face]''', (1993, Mel Gibson), based on the novel The Man Without a Face by Isabelle Holland ('''MB''')
** A disfigured teacher with a mysterious past forms a friendship with a troubled 12-year-old boy. Public suspicion over the nature of their relationship drives the film toward its climax, though the actual relationship between the two is left ambiguous.
* '''Lust och fägring stor''', released in English as All Things Fair (Bo Widerberg, 1995) ('''WB''')
** The story of a sexual relationship between a teacher and her 15-year-old student in Malmö, Sweden during World War II.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017013934/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.I.E. '''L.I.E.'''] (Michael Cuesta, 2001) ('''MB''')
** The film about is about sexuality exploration and the relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a pederast.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071105042325/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_(film) '''Kinsey'''] (Bill Condon, 2004) ('''V''')
** Kenneth Braun furnished Alfred C. Kinsey of the Kinsey Institute with a virtual autobiography of his sexual life. He claims sexual relations with 605 pre-adolescent males and with 231 pre-adolescent females as well as many family members.
* '''Gossenkind''', released in English as Street Kid and Streetchild (Peter Kern, 1992) ('''MB''')
** 14-year-old sex-worker meets an older man and loving relationship begins
* '''Eban and Charley''' (James Bolton, 2000) ('''MB''')
** A 29-year-old forms an intimate relationship with a 14-year-old boy.
* '''Un enfant dans la foule''' (A Child in the Crowd) (Gérard Blain, 1976) ('''MB''')
** 13-year-old Paul discovers that he is attractive to certain soldiers in 1944.
* '''Burning Secret''' (Andrew Birkin, 1988) ('''MB''')
** An aristocrat becomes infatuated with a 12-year-old boy.
* '''Abuse''' (Arthur J. Bressan Jr., 1983) ('''MB''')
** Thomas, an effeminate 14-year-old who is physically abused by his parents, has a relationship with a 30-year-old gay man
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071013092722/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_on_a_Scandal_(film) Notes on a Scandal]''' (2006, Richard Eyre), based on the novel Notes on a scandal by Zoë Heller ('''WB''')
** A female teacher falls for a 15-year-old student and has sex with him.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081206022148/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(film) '''Running with Scissors'''], (2006,Ryan Murphy) ('''MB''')
** 12 year-old boy and 33-year-old man enter an erratic sexual realationship.
* '''Sapore del Grano''', released in the USA as '''The Flavor of Corn''' (1991, Gianni da Campo) ('''MB''')
** Lorenzo, a professor, falls under the spell of Duilio, a 12-year-old pupil.
* '''Smukke dreng''', released in the USA as '''Pretty Boy''', (1993, Carsten Sonder) ('''MB''')
** Nick, 13 year-old, fatherless, in search of father love met a professor of astronomy Ralph and a romance occurs.
* '''Me and You and Everyone we Know''' (Miranda July, 2005) ('''V''')
** The structure of the film consists of several subplots which all revolve around an intertwined cast of characters. One of the subplots involves a 6-year-old boy chatting online with an unknown person and, when both decide to meet each other face-to-face, it's revealed that the unknown person was a woman, who kisses the boy before leaving. Another subplot involves two teen girls (a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old) befriending their neighbour, an old man, and decide to practice oral sex with him. Later, when the girls want to practice sex with him, he appears to be afraid after peeking through the window, pretending to not be at home, perhaps wary of the stigma.
* '''Chechu y familia''' (Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia, 1992) ('''WB''')
**Chechu is a 13 year old boy who lives surrounded by peculiar people: his grandfather, his uncle, and two maids. He falls in love with one of them.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071124091250/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmur_of_the_Heart Le Souffle au coeur]''', 1971, released as '''Murmur of the Heart''' in the USA and '''Dearest Love''' in the UK, directed by Louis Malle ('''WB''')
** Incest between a 15-year-old boy and his mother.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071124181546/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_virgen_de_los_sicarios La virgen de los sicarios]''', released in English as '''Our Lady of the Assassins''' (2000, Barbet Schroeder) ('''MB''')
** Fernando meets Alexis, a handsome gay youth, and immediately falls for him. According to the director, the relationship between Fernando and Alexis is patterned on Greek pederasty.
* '''Dreamchild''' (1985, Gavin Millar) ('''MG''')
** The story is based on the life of Charles Dodgson/Lewis Carroll and told from the point of view of an elderly Alice (the child who inspired Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland). Alice revisits her memories of the Charles Dodgson. Via flashbacks, it is insinuated that Dodgson was infatuated with Alice, and that their relationship may have had sexual overtones.
* '''For My Daughter's Honor''', also known as '''Indecent Seduction''' (1996, Alan Metzger) ('''MG''')
** Fourteen-year-old Amy has just started high school. She notices Pete, the school's biology teacher and football coach. They take a sudden interest in each other. Although Pete has a wife and family, the two begin a secret relationship.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071224155955/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Girl_Who_Lives_Down_the_Lane Little Children]''', (2006, Todd Field) ('''N/A''')
** The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20231031162007/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mark_%281961_film%29 The Mark]''' (1961, Guy Green) ('''N/A''')
** A film about a convicted child molester, now out of prison, who is suspected in the sexual assault of another child. Having a genuine alibi, he became a pariah in his community. The film was criticised for making a pedophile too sympathetic.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20231031163530/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Girl La Niña santa]''', released in English as '''The Holy Girl''' (2004, Lucrecia Martel) ('''MG''')
** Teenage girls and best friends Amalia and Josefina begin to explore their burgeoning sexuality while being fervently Catholic.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071219025127/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindromes_%28film%29 Palindromes]''' (2004, Todd Solondz) ('''MG''')
** Thirteen-year-old Aviva Victor wants to be a 'mom'. She does all she can to make this happen, and comes very close to succeeding.
* '''Short Eyes''' (1977, Robert M. Young) ('''N/A''')
** A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City's infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.
* '''A Taste of Honey''' (Tony Richardson, 1961) adapted from the 1958 play of the same name by Shelagh Delaney. ('''MG''')
** 17-year-old schoolgirl Jo begins a relationship with black sailor Jimmy as she moves into a run-down area of Salford with her self-centred, promiscuous, alcoholic mother. The relationship leaves Jo pregnant and alone, as she struggles with the imminent birth.
* '''Kung Fu Master''' (Agnès Varda, 1988) ('''WB''')
** The drama stars the protagonist, Mary-Jane, befriending and flirting with her daughter's friend, 14-year-old Julien, beginning a close relationship between the two.

== Western animation ==
* '''An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster''' (Larry Latham, 1999) ('''MG''')
** The protagonist’s sister tries to get in a relationship with a newspaper editor, a much older adult.
* '''Simba: è nato un re''' (Orlando Corradi, 1997) ('''MG''')
** One of the female lion cubs has a crush for an older dog, which he reciprocates, although the cub’s mother is opposed to it.

== Literature ==
* '''Lolita''' (Vladimir Nabokov, 1955) ('''MG''')
** Set in 1950s America, the story concerns a middle-aged English professor and his sexual obsession with a 12-years-old girl.
* '''The enchanter''' (Vladimir Nabokov, 1985) ('''MG''')
** A middle-aged man is conflicted by his own hebephilia, especially after his failed attempt at having sex with an adolescent girl.
* '''Laughter in the Dark''' (Vladimir Nabokov, 1938) ('''MG''')
** A relationship between a middle-aged man and a 17-year-old aspiring actress.
* '''Ada or Ador: A Family Chronicle''' (Vladimir Nabokov, 1969) ('''MG''')
** Some parts deal with hebephilia, with both protagonists beginning an incestuous affair in their early teens, as well as one of the protagonist’s half-sisters being infatuated with him when he’s 18 while the latter is 12-year-old.
* '''Transparent Things''' (Vladimir Nabokov, 1972) ('''MG''')
** The narrator describes some of the characters express their attraction over young girls. One of the sub-plots deals with a university student having a relationship with a pubescent maid.
* '''Look at the Harlequins!''' (Vladimir Nabokov, 1974) ('''MG''')
** The author’s fictional autobiography, wherein his stand-in protagonist deals with his attraction for his pubescent daughter.
* '''The Original of Laura''' (Vladimir Nabokov, 2009) ('''MG''')
** Nabokov’s unfinished manuscript, some of the passages describe a man’s obsession with an unknown pubescent girl.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080314224734/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_lover%20The%20Lover The lover]''' (Marguerite Duras, 1984) ('''MG''')
** An autobiography recounting the author’s life in French Indochina, including her first sexual and romantic relationship with an old and rich Chinese-Vietnamese man, whilst she was 15.
* '''The North China Lover''' (Marguerite Duras, 1991) ('''MG''')
** The events described in her previous novel, The Lover, is retold in third person style, allowing the author to recount her first love with candour and nostalgia.
* '''[[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]]''' (Margaux Artemia Fragoso, 2011) ('''MG''')
** The author recollects her tumultuous sexual relationship with an elderly man, which began when she was 7.
* '''One Hundred Years of Solitude''' (Gabriel García Márquez, 1967) ('''MG''')
** The patriarch’s second son, a warrior figure, courts a 7-year-old girl and consummates her at 9.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225230354/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera Love in the time of Cholera]''' (Gabriel García Márquez, 1985) ('''MG''')
** A male in his 70s has a relationship with a 14-year-old girl.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071022132953/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_My_Melancholy_Whores Memories of My Melancholy Whores]''' (Gabriel García Márquez, 2004) ('''MG''')
** A love story between a 90-year-old man and a 14-year-old female prostitute.
* '''Of Love and Other Demons''' (Gabriel García Márquez, 1994) ('''MG''')
** A priest falls in love with a dead 12-year-old girl.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_Venice Death in Venice]''' (Thomas Mann, 1912) ('''MB''')
** An ennobled artist in Venice becomes increasingly obsessed at the sight of a teenage Polish boy.
* '''You Can Be a King If You Are Brave''' (Peter Thomas Wolfe, 2023) ('''MB''')
** An Australian charity worker falls in love with a young Burmese boy amidst the growing taboo against such relationships, contribute in big part by the former’s colleagues.
* '''[[Greek Love Through The Ages|Alexander’s Choice]]''' (Edmund Marlowe, 2012) ('''MB''')
** The book tells of the love affair of a new 13/14-years-old schoolboy and a new English master.
* '''The Fourth of June''' (David Benedictus, 1962) ('''MB''')
** The book, based on the author’s experiences whilst attending Eton college, touches upon themes of love between older and younger schoolboys.
* '''The Link: A Victorian mystery''' (Robin Maugham, 1969) ('''MB''')
** The story, centered around an investigation on a fictionalized version of the notorious Tichborne case, touches on the theme of boylove.
* '''My love is like all lovely things''' (C. Caunter & E. E. Bradford, 2023) ('''MB''')
** A collection of boylove-themed poems.
* '''For a Lost Soldier''' (Rudi Van Dantzig, 1996) ('''MB''')
** The novel tells the story of an 11-year-old boy in the nazi-occupied Netherlands who develops a relationship with a Canadian soldier.
* '''Nude men''' (Amanda Filipacchi, 1993) ('''MG''')
** The initial plot centers on a man fighting off, then succumbing, under the seduction of an 11-year-old precocious girl.
* '''Interview with the Vampire''' (Anne Rice, 1976) ('''MG''')
** The film chronicles how two vampires turn a 10-year-old girl into one of them, with the story framed as an interview between a reporter and one of the male vampires. Some romantic undertones are present between the little girl and the interviewee.
* '''Man on Fire''' (A. J. Quinnell, 1980) ('''MG''')
** A bodyguard gradually befriends his client, a wealthy and precocious little girl. Romantic undertones are present.
* '''Fire and Hemlock''' (Diana Wynne Jones, 1984) ('''MG''')
** A fantasy story that details a love story between a young girl named Polly and Thomas Lynn, an adult man.
* '''Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story''' (Neil Gaiman, 2006) ('''V''')
** A short story included in Neil Gaiman’s collection of short stories and poetry, the narrator of this story (Mr. Smith) is a pedophile exclusively attracted to girls, while his boss (Mr. Alice) is a pederast. Both characters are depicted as morally grey.
* '''Past the dark field''' (Heuvel Collins, 2019) ('''V''')
** A collection of short fiction about [[NOMAP|non-offending, anti-contact minor-attracted persons]].
* '''Starfish''' (Peter Watts, 1999) ('''N/A''')
** A sci-fi novel where one of the characters is a sympathetic pedophile named Gerry Fischer. At some points, the narration follows his point of view, and it's revealed that he himself was molested as a child.
* '''35 Cents''' (Matty Lee, 2006) ('''MB''')
** 35 Cents is the story of a straight, young, white boy growing up and coming of age as he hustles his way both through the gay community and the juvenile-detention system of South Florida in the late 1980s. It s also the amount he made when he turned his first trick at 13.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211052634/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abomination The Abomination]''' (Paul Golding, 2000) ('''MB''')
** 9 year-old James Moore is molested by a teacher, Mr Wolfe. The boy, however, has been welcoming and indeed encouraging the master in his advances and the encounter is gentle and loving. Another master suspects what’s going on and the headmaster and James’ parents are informed, but James protects Mr Wolfe and the relationship continues past the boy’s 13th birthday.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211230252/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_American_Boy All American Boy]''' (William J. Mann, 2005) ('''MB''')
** 14-year-old Wally Day has a sexual relationship with a man called Zandy.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211022026/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Stein Allan Stein]''' (Matthew Stadler, 1999) ('''MB''')
** After losing his high school teaching job over an accusation of sexual abuse, a writer assumes a false identity and starts a sexual relationship with another boy in France, 15-year-old Stéphane.
* '''Apples and Pears''' (in Apples and Pears: And Other Stories) (Guy Davenport, 2015) ('''MB''')
** In the title story, a group of philosophers tries to establish an utopia in Amsterdam, harkening back to a prelapsarian world of uncomplicated sexuality and nature untarnished by human influence. The story concerns two bisexual Dutchmen, philosopher Adrian and younger painter Sander--now joined by Sander's sister Grietje and various post-pubescent boys in an assortment of socio-sexual experiments: posing nude for Sander, in all combinations; Sander/Grietje incest; pederasty; constant undressing, hugging; more painting, reading, masturbating.
* '''[https://www.greek-love.com/media/PDFs/Casimir%20Dukahz.%20The%20Asbestos%20Diary.pdf The Asbestos Diary]''' ([[Casimir Dukahz]], 1966) ('''MB''')
** A novel about BoyLove. In a humorous style full of wildly inventive wordplay, Dukahz evoked "in a fashion appropriately episodic both the bittersweet transience of boyhood and all the adolescent silliness and surprise encountered by a man constantly available for the entertainment of boys."
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129082108/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance Avoidance]''' (Michael Lowenthal, 2002) ('''MB''')
** 28-year-old Jeremy becomes infatuated with Max, a 14-year-old at summer camp. When Max confides in him that he has been molested by the camp director, Jeremy realises just how close he came to actually committing the same crime.
* '''Acid Row''' (Minette Walters, 2001) ('''N/A''')
** This is a story about mob psychology. When residents of a sink estate get word that a newcomer is in fact a convicted paedophile, coupled with the fact that a local 10 year old girl is missing, tempers soon start to flare. Unfortunately for all, the pedophile in question had nothing to do with the incident that incited the mob.
* '''Be Near Me''' (Andrew O'Hagan, 2006) ('''MB''')
** A priest befriends Mark and Lisa, rebellious local teenagers. Their company stirs memories of a sinful choice he once made. But their friendship also ignites the suspicions and he is accused of molesting a troubled boy.
* '''Bilal's Bread''' (Sulayman X, 2005) ('''MB''')
** Salim, now 26, has been sexually exploiting his 16-year-old younger brother Bilal since he was 9 years old. Salim treats his abuse of Bilal as a secret cultural ritual. Bilal struggles to understand his intuition that servicing his brother is wrong, while perceiving that there is something he deeply enjoys about a sexual relationship with his domineering, muscular older brother.
* '''Bom-Crioulo : the black man and the cabin boy''' (Adolfo Caminha, 1982) ('''MB''')
** A sailor falls in love with a beautiful white boy.
* '''The Boys Across the Street''' (Rick Sandford, 2000) ('''MB''')
** The riveting and often moving story of one man's obsession with a group of Yeshiva boys.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060913000000/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Bishop The Brothers Bishop]''' (Bart Yates, 2005) ('''MB''')
** An attractive and sexually-aware boy Simon has a sexual encounter with an adult during summer school.
* '''Burn''' (Jennifer Natalya Fink, 2003) ('''MB''')
** A middle-aged communist widow has an affair with a 13-year-old boy.
* '''The Cardiff Team''' (Guy Davenport, 1996) ('''MB''')
** Adolescent boys explore their sexuality with each other and with adults.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coming_Storm The Coming Storm]''' (Paul Russell, 1999) ('''MB''')
** 25 year-old Tracy Parker has a love affair with Noah, a troubled 15-year-old student at a boys' prep school in upstate New York.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071103002223/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Counterfeiters The Counterfeiters]''' (André Gide, 1925) ('''MB''')
** Edouard is sexually attracted to his young nephew George
* '''Crowstone (The Chronicles of Qamar)''' (Hakim Bey, aka Peter Lamborn Wilson, 1983) ('''MB''')
** A story of sorcery and boy love.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228014346/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple The Color Purple]''' (Alice Walker, 1982) ('''WG''')
** An adolescent girl Celie initially feels threatened by Shug who is a mistress of Celie’s abusive father. But then she realizes that she is sexually attracted to Shug. After a few years, Shug ends up helping Celie discover her sexuality as a woman and the two become lovers.
* '''Daimler''' (Pål Johan Karlsen, 2002) ('''MB''')
** A middle-aged coach gets intimately involved with a fourteen-year-old boy, the great talent in the local cross-country skiing club.
* '''Death of Narcissus''' (Morris Fraser, 1976) ('''N/A''')
** The author examines pedophilia through the works of Henry James, Forrest Reid, J.M. Barrie, and many others, with an in depth analyses of the underlying pedophilic nature or sexual symbolism of Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Turn of the Screw and more.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dissolution_of_Nicholas_Dee The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee]''' (Matthew Stadler, 1993) ('''MB''')
** Nicholas Dee, a young, history professor. One night, he is made the guardian of a beautiful teenaged delinquent, Oscar Vega. But the boy is a part of a scheme to ensnare Nicholas.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Boy Dream Boy]''' (Jim Grimsley, 1995) ('''MB''')
** Adolescent Nathan has a sexual relationship with Roy, an older boy who lives next door.
* '''The Dream Life''' (Bo Huston, 1992) ('''MB''')
** A 33-year-old tutor Hollis goes off with Jed, a 14-year-old pupil.
* '''The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers''' (Guy Davenport, 1990) ('''MB''')
** Sexual relationships between teachers and adolescent boys.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Children Dream Children]''' (A. N. Wilson, 1998) ('''MG''')
** Oliver Gold, a distinguished philosopher, feels he can only be happy with a child. Oliver, makes all the ladies around him fall in love with him, including a little girl named Bobs.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080619052332/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina_(novel) Ekaterina]''' (Donald Harington, 1993) ('''WB''')
** 27-year-old Ekaterina has a sexual relationship with three 12-year-old boys - Kenny, Jason and then Travis Coe.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace_%28novel%29 Embrace]''' (Mark Behr, 2001) ('''MB''')
** Karl De Man, a 13-year-old pupil at an exclusive boys' school in 1970s South Africa falls in love with Dominic, a boy of his own age, whose parents know he is gay, and has a sexual relationship with his choirmaster, Jacques Cilliers.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted_Boy Enchanted Boy]''' (Richie McMullen, 1989) ('''MB''')
** An autobiographical novel. At the age of 8, Richie is persuaded by a man to have sexual contact. It is the first time he realizes the power a knowing boy can have over a desperate pedophile. And then, up to his 15, he goes through the adversities of boy’s prostitution, trying to escape abuse at his home.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080323093324/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Alice The End of Alice]''' (A. M. Homes, 1996) ('''WB''')
** A 19-year-old girl has a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy called Matthew and describes what she is doing in correspondence with a jailed child sexual abuser.
* '''The Elenium''' Trilogy (David Eddings, 1989) ('''MG''')
** A 12-year-old princess is used to pervert a young priest.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120820110851/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_Doctor_Onslow The Fall of Doctor Onslow]''' (Frances Vernon, 1994) ('''MB''')
** An English public school Headmaster is sexually attracted to many of the pupils and has affairs with several of them.
* '''Fenny Skaller''' from Books of the Nameless Love (John Henry Mackay, 1988) ('''MB''')
** Fenny Skaller, a man in his forties, looks back on his life. Using photos, he relives disappointments and happy moments, remembering how he gradually realized that he loved boys between the ages of 14 and 17.
* '''Corydon''' (André Gide, 1924) ('''MB''')
** The book consists of four socratic dialogues on homosexuality, with the first dialogue consisting of the author meeting his childhood friend, a man named Corydon, who tells his story. He was engaged and loved his future bride with an intense but chaste love, without passion. To disturb him further is the story of his girlfriend's brother, little more than a teenager, he too is troubled by the same unspeakable desires, he decides to confide in him, Corydon speaks to him very severely about the dangers and the social condemnation of those tendencies. After a few days the boy commits suicide by leaving a moving letter to Corydon in which he declares his love to him.
* '''Finistère''' (Fritz Peters, 1951) ('''MB''')
** Michel falls in love with 15-year-old Matthew, one of his students.
* '''Flannelled Fool''', (T. C. Worsley, 1967) ('''MB''')
** An autobiographical novel where author describes his fascination with a series of beautiful boys whom he taught as a young master.
* '''Firefly''' (Piers Anthony, 1992) ('''MG''')
** 5-year-old Nymph seduces much older Maddock, who is on trial for molesting her.
* '''Golden States''' (Michael Cunningham, 1984) ('''MB''')
** 12-year-old David has sexual encounters with a couple of men.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060913000000/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Baby Happy Baby]''' (Stephen Elliott, 2004) ('''MB''')
** Theo is put into care aged 13 and brutally treated and sexually abused by Mr. Gracie, his caseworker, who protects him from other physical abuse.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071217131941/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearts_In_Atlantis Hearts in Atlantis]''' (Stephen King, 1999) ('''MB''')
** The first novel in the book tells a story of 12-year-old Bobby with a neglecting mother. He became close to older man who treated him well. They have no sexual relationship as Bobby’s mother think, but after being offered $2 for oral sex by a stranger, Bobby has a strange flashback as if being kissed by Ted.
* '''The Heavenly Cupid''' (1934), '''Water Cherubs''' (1936) [https://acearchive.org/ralph-chubb and other texts] by Ralph Nicholas Chubb ('''MB''')
** The author seeks to articulate his pederastic desires by creating a personal mythology in his books.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080220210158/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogg_(novel) Hogg]''' (Samuel R. Delany, 1969) ('''MB''')
** The novel is told from the perspective of an eleven-year-old boy who joins up with "Hogg", a trucker and rapist-for-hire. The boy satisfies the extreme sexual demands of everyone around him. He describes how he enjoys all the perverted sexual acts and participates willingly in all Hogg's excesses.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060913000000/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Honorable_Profession An Honorable Profession]''' (John L'Heureux, 1991) ('''MB''')
** A High School boy develops a crush on Miles Bannon, a popular English teacher. Miles fails to discourage it and this triggers accusations of child molestation when the boy commits suicide.
* '''The Hustler''' (John Henry Mackay, 2002) ('''MB''')
** Homeless boys try to survive on the streets in Berlin in the 1920's. Jobs are hard to find, especially for fourteen year olds. The easiest path for these boys is to fall into the hustler life style, satisfying the sexual desires of older men.
* '''Happy Endings''' (David Cook, 1989) ('''MG''')
** A series of vignettes about the lives of Morris, a 12 year old boy sent to an assessment centre after "interfering with" a 5 year old girl, and Stephen, a 33 year old schoolteacher who is attracted to teenage girls.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immoralist The Immoralist]''', (published in France as L'immoraliste) (André Gide, 1902) ('''MB''')
** Michel seeks out young Arab boys.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Tall_Cotton In Tall Cotton]''' (Charles Hulse, 1987) ('''MB''')
** A boy's sexual adventures from age 7 to 14 with other children and adult men.
* '''Innocents'''(Cathy Coote, 2002) ('''MG''')
** The unnamed teenage narrator embarks on a psychosexual campaign to emotionally and sexually dominate a male schoolteacher twice her age.
* '''Josey Rose: a novel''' (Jane Wood, 1998) ('''WB''')
** A minister tries to molest 11-year-old Josey Rose who has a sexual relationship with Lily, the mysterious, beautiful young woman.
* '''Kim, My Beloved''' (Jens Eisenhardt, 1981) ('''MB''')
** This is the autobiographical story of a schoolteacher's passionate love for his boy pupil in provincial Denmark, consummated in 1962 when they were respectively thirty and fifteen.
* '''Kit''' (Alan Edward, 1982) ('''MB''')
** A man’s sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy in an English psychiatric institute.
* '''Kite Music''' (Gary Shellhart, 1988) ('''MB''')
** Peter, an American exchange teacher, goes to Thailand and falls in love with Wichai, a 12-year-old boy.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_%28film%29 Lamb]''' (Bernard Mac Laverty, 1986) ('''MB''')
** Brother Sebastian (née Michael Lamb) has formed an attachment to a 12-year-old boy called Owen Kane then abducts him from a reformatory hoping to be the boy's saviour.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lantern_Bearers_%28Frame_novel%29 The Lantern Bearers]''' (Ronald Frame, 2001) ('''MB''')
** 14-year-old treble Neil Pritchard develops mutual affection with composer Euan Bone. Although Neil experiences homosexual urges toward Bone, they do not cross the line. When Neil became older Many years later, Neil discovers than Bone had sexual contact with another young boy.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_I_Lead_%28novel%29 The Life I Lead]''' (Keith Banner, 1999) ('''MB''')
** The novel is written from Dave’s point of view who is a pedophile and has become attracted to a number of young boys over the years and molested them. Then he becomes obsessed with 8-year-old Nathan.
* '''Livre d'Or des Textes Pédophiles: Des origines à nos jours''' (P. de Saintogne, 1991) ('''V''')
** An anthology of French literature with pedophile themes.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Dismiss_Us Lord Dismiss Us]''' (Michael Campbell, 1967) ('''MB''')
** Carleton, a bright sixth former loves Allen, a boy two years his junior. Ashley, one of the teachers, loves Carleton, and there is also a new headmaster who wants to root out moral corruption.
* '''Lovesong''' (Elizabeth Jolley, 1997) ('''N/A''')
** Dalton Foster is returned to his former community after his sentence and "a cure" in various institutions for half his life. Dalton is alone, depressed, and compulsively drawn to children.

* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Face The Man Without a Face]''' by Isabelle Holland, 1972 ('''MB''')
** Justin McLeod teaches the troubled 12-year-old Chuck. McLeod is affectionate to him, and Chuck seems to be attracted to McLeod more than to a father figure. But then it led to accusations of sexual abuse.
* '''Middle Ground''' by Ursula Zilinsky, 1970 ('''MB''')
** 14-year-old Tyl, a boy in a concentration camp, falls in love with his commander, Johannes, a senior Nazi officer, and Johannes is drawn to Tyl.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moralist The Moralist]''' by Rod Downey, 2004 ('''MB''')
** Red Rover mentors 12-year-old Jonathan and falls in love with him. Eventually, the deep friendship between man and boy develops into a sexual relationship. They both have to defend their relationship in the face of public accusations.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Star_%28novel%29 Morning Star]''', Volume I of the novel sequences First Born of Egypt, by Simon Raven, 1984 ('''MB''')
** Two Homosexual friends, Ptolemaeos Tunne and Jeremy Fielding, become infatuated with Marius, a 12-year-old boy, who has a nursery crush on Jeremy and persuades him to share his bed, though nothing sexual happens.
* '''A Natural Lizard Activity''' by B.J. Freedman, 1994 ('''MB''')
** A 13-year-old boy's love affair with a 31-year-old man.
* '''Never the Same Again''' by Gerald Tesch, 1956 ('''MB''')
** 13-year-old Johnny Parish has a sexual relationship with a man.
* '''Playing Soldiers in the Dark''' by Stephen Dueweke, 1992 ('''MB''')
** An 14-year-old boy is loved by his Physics teacher.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Arthur_Savile%27s_Crime_and_Other_Stories#The_Portrait_of_Mr._W._H. The Portrait of Mr. W.H.]''' by Oscar Wilde, 1891 ('''MB''')
** Puts forward the theory that some of Shakespeare's sonnets were dedicated to a beautiful boy actor called Willie Hughes
* '''The Priest: A Gothic Romance''' by Thomas M. Disch, 1995 ('''MB''')
** A priest with a history of seducing altar boys is blackmailed into getting a satanic tattoo
* '''The Priest and the Acolyte''' by John Francis Bloxam, from The Chameleon, 1894 ('''MB''')
** A short story of a tragic love between a priest and a 14-year-old acolyte.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pupil The Pupil]''' by Henry James, 1891 ('''MB''')
** Pemberton loves his 11-year-old pupil Morgan Moreen.
* '''The Photographer's Sweethearts''' by Diana Hartog, 1997 ('''N/A''')
** A novel presents a human view of a pedophile. Told from the point of view of Louie Olsen, who delight the beauty of children, seeks out and befriends them, and encourages them to take part in his liberated ideas.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122153853/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_%28novel%29 Queer]''' by William S. Burroughs, 1987 ('''MB''')
** Lee lusts after a group of 12-14 year old Mexican boys.
* '''Reasons of the Heart''' by Bron Nicholls, 1993 ('''MB''')
** Jonathan, an 11-year-old paper boy, moves with 25-year-old Fred and they live together in a sexual relationship for 5 years.
* '''Return to Innocence''' by Gary M. Frazier, 2011 ('''N/A''')
** A 13-year old boy is taken into care after sexual abuse and then accuses his psychologist of abuse. Inside look at the processes and agendas involved in the prosecution of child sex abuse case.

== Comics ==
* '''Chester the Molester''' (Dwaine B. Tinsley, 1976-1989) ('''MG''')
** A comedic strip for the magazine Hustler, centred around a man molesting little girls in absurd ways.
* '''Le Petit Spirou''' (Tome and Janry, 1987-present) ('''WB''')
** A spin-off imagining Spirou's childhood. Features lots of sex comedy, with many of the jokes involving boys and women in erotic situations.
* '''Titeuf''' (Zep, 1992-present) ('''WB''')
** The stories center around how children perceive the adult world, with some of the jokes involving boys like the titular character trying to get laid with women like the schools nurse.

== TV shows (live action) ==
* '''Pehredaar Piya Ki''' (Amandeep Singh & Huma Pawan Singh, 2017) ('''WB''')
** A young boy inherits his family’s fortune but needs to marry a woman 9 years his senior first.
* '''Jhansi Ki Rani''' (Abhimanyu Singh, 2009-2011) ('''MG''')
** Historical drama based on the life of Indian national hero Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi, who married Gangadhar Rao Newalkar, king of Jhansi, at the age of 14.
* '''Black Mirror''' (3x03 Shut Up and Dance) (James Watkins, 2016) ('''N/A''')
** The episode focuses on a pedophile who is blackmailed by hackers who record footage of him masturbating to child pornography. They use this footage to force him to perform a series of tasks escalating in their seriousness and ending with a fight to the death against another offending pedophile. Despite following their orders, his secret is revealed, and the episode ends when he is confronted by police. This portrayal stands out because the protagonist is portrayed as sympathetic and the audience is supposed to root for him, with his attraction to children only being revealed at the end.
* '''Picket Fences''' (David E. Kelley, 1992-1996)
** 1x13 (Oz Scott, 1992) ('''MG'''): Sheriff Jimmy Brock wants to arrest a 19-year-old man for statutory rape after having sex with his daughter Kimberly. The episode discusses some of the issues surrounding age of consent laws with nuance.
** 1x14 (Michael Schultz, 1993) ('''WB'''): Matthew dreams of sheriff’s deputy Maxine flashing her breasts to him in a non-explicit scene, said dream being interrupted after the boy got an erection.
* '''Once and again''' (Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz, 1999-2002) ('''MG''')
** A high school student and regular character pursues a romantic relationship with her teacher, with him reciprocating her affections.
* '''Shameless''' (Paul Abbott, 2011-2021) ('''V''')
** The first season of the American adaptation of British TV show Shameless features a consensual relationship between a middle-aged man and a 15-year-old boy. It also shows one of the protagonists, a middle-aged man, being attracted to a 15-year-old girl, but not acting on this attraction despite her advances towards him. She eventually rapes him while he is under the influence of drugs and thus unable to fight back, and other characters, especially one of his sons, then assume that he raped her. In the second season, he is investigated by police, but the investigation is dropped when she reveals that she was the one who took advantage of him, not the other way around.

== Anime and manga ==

:''See also [[Lolicon]]''

* '''Kodomo no Jikan''' ('''MG''')
** A comedy revolving around a precocious 9 year old girl’s determined attempts at seducing her 23-year-old teacher.
* '''Cardcaptor Sakura''' ('''MG''')
** A secondary character, an elementary school girl, begins a romance with her male teacher.
* '''Narutaru''' ('''MG''')
** By the end of the manga, the female protagonist is already in the first year of junior high and begins a relationship with one of her allies, a young man.
* '''The Ancient Magus’ bride''' ('''MG''')
** An ancient mage buys a slave, a 16-year-old girl, and takes her under his wing as his apprentice and bride.
* '''Higehiro''' ('''MG''')
** A man develops feelings for a 16-years-old runaway girl that he takes in.
* '''A bride’s story/Otoyomegatari''' ('''WB''')
** Set in the backdrop of the Russian conquest of Central Asia, the series follows the relationship between a 20-year-old young woman and her husband 8 years her junior, as they struggle to keep their living-hood amidst the imperial Russian army’s advance.
* '''Domestic girlfriend''' ('''WB''')
** A teenage boy becomes entangled in a love triangle, with one of the crushes being his teacher.
* '''Loveless''' ('''V''')
** The main character, a pubescent boy, begins a romantic relationship with an adult man as they struggle to survive in a hostile world. There also other age-gap yaoi and yuri relationships.
* '''Happy Sugar Life''' ('''WG''')
** Centers on a relationship between teenage girl Satou Matsuzaka and a 7-year-old girl Shio Kōbe, whom she becomes deliriously obsessed with.
* '''After the rain''' ('''MG''')
** A 17-years-old girl struggles with her feelings for a man more than 20 years her senior.
* '''Oku-sama wa Joshi Kosei''' ('''MG''')
** A married 17-year-old girl must wait until graduation before she can have sex with her husband, her own teacher.
* '''Negima! Magister Negi Magi''' ('''WB''')
** Throughout the story’s course, 10-year-old teacher Negi has many romantic relationships, including with much older girls.
* '''Ore Wa Lolicon Ja Nai!''' ('''MG''')
** A male teacher must deal with many elementary school girls infatuated with him, especially an 11-year-old time traveller that wants to marry him.
* '''Furuya-Sensei Wa An-Chan no mono''' ('''MG''')
** A 1st year high school girl falls in love for the first time with her teacher.
* '''Hanayomesama wa 16-sai''' ('''MG''')
** After her mother’s death, a 16-year-old girl must be married to a rich man 5 years her senior as part of her mother’s will.
* '''Aoi-san wa 16-sai toshishita''' ('''MG''')
** A comedy following a baker in his late 20s trying to court an elementary schoolgirl.
* '''Oshite Dame nara Oshite miro!''' ('''MG''')
** A girl who is only romantically attracted to snakes falls in love with her teacher.
* '''Ora, Yomekko sa ikuda! Cosplay JK no Himitsu no Aijou''' ('''MG''')
** A 15-year-old girl must wait until she’s 16 before she can marry her art teacher.
* '''Oshieko Kara Nigerarenai''' ('''MG''')
** A diligent high-school girl and a lazy teacher begin a romantic relationship.
* '''Junsui adolescence''' ('''WG''')
** A romantic but difficult relationship between a diligent high school girl and the school nurse ensues.
* '''News Na Kare!''' ('''MB''')
** The story is about the budding relationship between an actor and his crush, a high-school boy.
* '''Sensei to Watashi''' ('''MG''')
** A 16-year-old girl substitutes for her sister at an arranged meeting and ends up falling in love with her new home room teacher.
* '''OhoShisama ni Onegai!''' ('''MG''')
** The series follows the blossoming relationship between a junior high tomboy and her former beloved childhood neighbour, now her 23-year-old class advisor.
* '''Yankee Shota to Otaku Onee-san''' ('''WB''')
** A shy otaku starts to have feelings for her neighbour’s child, an 11-year-old delinquent.
* '''Inaka ni Kaeru to Yakeni Jiben ni Natsuita Kasshoku''' ('''MB''')
** A slice-of-life comedy following a university student and his relationship with his younger cousin.
* '''Shota x Oni''' ('''MB''')
** The story follows an elementary school boy and his feelings for his best friend that he feels protective of, a high schooler.
* '''Sasaki and Miyano''' ('''MB''')
** A delinquent high school senpai tries to get closer with a feisty kouhai, with their friendship gradually becoming romantic.
* '''Speed Grapher''' ('''MG''')
** The series follows a 33-year-old war photographer using his powers, found after being kissed by a 15-year-old girl, to save the girl from the clutches of the head of a powerful secret club.
* '''Wataten''' ('''WG''')
** A shy college student becomes smitten by her younger sister’s classmate and begins having her dress up in cosplay in exchange for snacks. The series follows the student as she grows closer to the classmate and her other friends.
* '''Oneesan wa Joshi Shougakusei ni Kyoumi ga Arimasu''' ('''WG''')
** The comedic story about a high school teacher, who happens to be a pedophile, and the girl she babysits with her roommate!
* '''Ichigo Mashimaro''' ('''WG''')
** The story tells of the adventure of four elementary school girls and their older sister-figure Nobue, who is suggested to derive sensual pleasure from seeing the girls playing, making Nobue appear as a moe enthusiast.
* '''Ryūō no Oshigoto!''' ('''MG''')
** A prodigy shogi player takes a 9-year-old girl with as his disciple and the two brace themselves together in the world of shogi, making friends and rivals. The young girl is very possessive of her master, displaying yandere traits.
* '''Niehime to Kemono no Ō''' ('''MG''')
** The king of beasts and demons, intrigued by one of his sacrificial humans, young girl with nothing left to live for, decides to take her as his consort and make her queen of his kingdom.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071219025127/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokusatsu_Tenshi_Dokuro-chan Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan]''', literally translated as '''Club-To-Death Angel''' ('''MG''')
** It's a fiction series written by Masaki Okayu from which an anime version was created. A young boy stops girls aged 12 from maturing and is accused of creating a pedophile's heaven.
* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071219025127/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball_%28anime%29 Dragon Ball]''' ('''MB''')
** It is the first part of the anime adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga written by Akira Toriyama. Blue displays sexual interest towards a young boy.

== Documentaries ==
* '''Freiheit fur die Liebe''' (Eberhard & Phyllis Kronhausen, 1969) ('''MG''')
** The first part deals with issues surrounding age of consent laws, through the prism of a man having to hide his sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
* '''[[Are All Men Pedophiles?]]''' (Jan-Willem Breure, 2012) ('''MG''')
** The documentary discusses pedophilia, hebephilia and ephebophilia and how society conflates and demonises all three forms of attraction, with adverse results.
* '''[[I, Pedophile]]''' (Matthew Campea, 2016) ('''V''')
** A documentary looking into the lives of [[NOMAP|non-offending MAPs]] and their various issues.
* '''The Paedophile Next Door''' (Rudolph Herzog, 2014) ('''V''')
** Similar to [[I, Pedophile]], featuring experts from the NSPCC, Metropolitan Police and preventionist scholar, Sarah Goode among others.

== Musicals and theatre ==
* '''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''' (William Shakespeare, 1597)
** Although Juliet is specified as being 13 years old, Romeo's age is not given, but it has been speculated that he may be much older, possibly over 20.
* '''Death in Venice''' (Benjamin Britten, 1973) ('''MB''')
** A theatrical adaptation of Mann’s novella of the same name.
* '''The Vagina Monologues''' (Eve Ensler, 1996) ('''WG''')
** A section of the play, titled “The Little Coochie Snorcher That Could” recounts the experience of a 13-year-old girl’s relationship with a much older woman.
* '''[[Downstate]]''' (Bruce Norris, 2018) ('''V''')
** A thought-provoking play following the daily lives of convicted child molesters living in a group home, with one act having one of the victims (now a rich young man) confront its abusers, with the former being portrayed negatively.
* '''Faust''' (Charles Gounod, 1859) ('''MG''')
** In the first part, the protagonist of the play falls in love with a 14-year-old girl and employs the help of the devil to pursue a relationship with her. Both her mother and brother die because of disapproving of the relationship. The girl eventually gets pregnant and ends up drowning her new born, for which she gets convicted and goes to prison. When the protagonist tries to rescue her, she refuses, and subsequently voices from heaven announce that she shall be saved.
* '''Erl-king''' (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1782) ('''MB''')
** A famous ballad written by about the death of a young boy. Before his death, the boy claims to see a supernatural entity which he calls Erl-King, who tries to convince him to give up on his life. Though many aspects of this ballad are up for interpretation, pedophilic themes are referenced, especially in the line "I love thee, I'm charm'd by thy beauty, dear boy / And if thou'rt unwilling, then force I'll employ”. The idea that the Erl-King could have been attracted to the boy, and the boy’s death as a possible metaphor for sexual abuse, seem likely considering Goethe himself described feeling attraction to young boys.
* '''Madama Butterfly''' (Giacomo Puccini, 1782) ('''MG''')
** Set in 1904 Japan, it tells a tragic love affair between a 15-year-old Geisha and an American naval officer who’s marrying her for convenience but regrets his choice later.
* '''Miss Saigon''' (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, 1989) ('''MG''')
** A retelling of Madama Butterfly set in 1970s Saigon amidst the Vietnam war, it tells of a doomed romance between a United States marine and a 17-year-old south Vietnamese bargirl.
* '''A taste of Honey''' (Shelagh Delaney, 1958) ('''MG''')
** Belonging to the kitchen sink realism genre of British theatre, the play tells the story of 15-year-old white working-class teenage schoolgirl Jo, as she is left alone in the new house by her tarty and lecherous mother. Jo begins a relationship with a black sailor Jimmy, which leaves her pregnant. But Jimmy must leave as he is a navy member, telling her that he'll return.

== Video games ==
* '''Bernd and the mystery of Unteralterbach''' ('''MG''')
** A visual novel where an adult male NEET must uncover the mysteries surrounding a small German town. Pedophilia is discussed in the story.
* '''Dorei to no Seikatsu – Teaching Feeling –''' (FreakilyCharming, 2015) ('''MG''')
** The game is about a doctor becoming with a young slave girl, and the player’s decision will determine the doctor’s personality.
* '''Nekopara''' (NEKO WORKs, 2014) ('''MG''')
** An eroge taking place in a world where humans coexist with catgirls, the VN series follows the protagonist working with catgirls at a café, with the protagonist romancing two of the catgirls that are 12 years old in human years.
* '''Musume Seikatsu''' (Fiction7) ('''MG''')
** A “raise-you-daughter” + dating simulator, with the range of interactions (including sexual) expanding as the intimacy between the girl and the player increases.
* '''Shoujo Kyouiku''' (Tanuki Soft) ('''MG''')
** A newly transferred teacher at a girl’s school in his thirties befriends three of his students with communication problems, and a ghost.
* '''Bosei ~Mama Club~''' (Complet’s) ('''WB''')
** Main character has dreams about his mother-in-law. One day he forgets his homework and school and comes later to pick it up. Inside school building he sees secret act of a school boy committing a woman that suits to be his mother. Next day he is invited to school infirmary and given offer to join "Mama club" that connects young male students and mature women.
* '''Byakko no Kamikakushi''' (Kizaruya) ('''WB''')
** In a strange summer village festival, a boy separated from his friend is seduced by a spirit in the form of a fox-woman.
* '''Damegane''' (10mile) ('''WB''')
** Takuto starts living at his cousin's house because of some reasons. There are three daughters, Tooko, Chikako and Ranko. He meets them for the first time in several years, but they are now all unsophisticated. Well, their battle for Takuto starts now!
* '''Batman: Arkham Origins''' (Warner Bros. Games, 2013) ('''MG''')
** The action-adventure game features cutscenes of a 15-year-old Barbara Gordon arguing with her father over Batman, as well as her helping Batman in one of his mission and promising to help him next time, with the scene having some romantic undertones,

== Music and music videos ==

This is fully documented at [[Music featuring attraction to minors]].

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Caetano Veloso

2024-01-06T00:30:23Z

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[[File:Caetano Veloso.png|250px|right|thumb|Caetano Veloso]]
'''Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso''' (born 7 August 1942) is one of the most celebrated musicians of the Brazilian popular music. A best-selling and Grammy-winning composer, singer, and guitarist, Caetano has appeared in the Brazilian media since the late 1960s when he joined the artistic movement Tropicalismo.

Veloso's first wife was Andrea Gadelha, whom he married in 1967 and had two children with. In 1986, after having divorced Gadelha in 1983, Veloso married Rio native Paula Lavigne, with whom he had two more sons, Zeca Lavigne Veloso, born in 1992, and Tom Lavigne Veloso, born in 1997. Paula, who went on to become Veloso's business manager for much of his career, confirmed to Playboy magazine in 1998 that she was 13 years old when she lost her virginity to the musician, who was 40 years old at the time.<ref name="auto">[https://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2017/10/22/paula-lavigne-fala-sobre-polemica-com-caetano-e-pede-fim-de-ataques-de-odio.htm Mulher de Caetano fala sobre polêmica e pede fim dos ataques do MBL]. Musica.uol.com.br - In Portuguese</ref> Caetano has since been accused of "[[pedophilia]]" by those who do not know the actual meaning of the term.<ref name="auto"/> Their marriage lasted twenty years, and the two still worked together after their separation in 2004. In 2016, the couple reunited.<ref>[https://revista.cifras.com.br/artigo/o-polemico-relacionamento-de-caetano-veloso-e-paula-lavigne O polêmico relacionamento de Caetano Veloso e Paula Lavigne]</ref>

Although many correctly pointed that the event would be considered [[statutory rape]] under the current Brazilian law (under which the [[age of consent]] is 14), the legal framework was very different at the time. Not only were such events analysed more on a case-by-case perspective, but the law also required the victim or its legal guardians to press charges for the authorities to act, which did not happen.

Since Veloso is also a left-wing political activist, many right-wing politicians and other personalities in Brazil brought the case back in the internet era in order to taint his image and criticize him on political grounds. Both Veloso and Lavigne sued over 20 people for slander and libel against them.<ref>[https://revista.cifras.com.br/noticia/internautas-sobem-tag-caetanopedofilo-apos-cantor-processar-frota-e-mbl_13056 Internautas sobem tag #CaetanoPedofilo após cantor processar Frota e MBL] ''Revista Cifras''. 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220324113012/https://revista.cifras.com.br/noticia/internautas-sobem-tag-caetanopedofilo-apos-cantor-processar-frota-e-mbl_13056 Archive]</ref>

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PC Siqueira

2024-01-06T00:27:39Z

Gork:

__NOTOC__[[File:PC Siqueira.png|200px|right|thumb|PC Siqueira in September 2023]]
'''Paulo Cezar Goulart Siqueira''' (18 April 1986 – 28 December 2023), better known by his nickname '''PC Siqueira''' or simply as '''PC''', was a Brazilian Internet and television personality. From 2010, he made a name for himself by vlogging on YouTube, earning him millions of subscribers, collabs with other famous YouTubers, and even television contracts. His career seemed to be going pretty well until June 2020, when private conversations where he admits his attraction for a six-year-old girl were leaked.<ref name="extra">[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. 11 June 2020. extra.globo.com.</ref> Alone and deeply depressed, he decided to end his own life in December 2023, aged 37.<ref name="PCdead">[https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2023/12/27/morre-pc-siqueira.htm Morre o apresentador e youtuber PC Siqueira aos 37 anos]. UOL. 27 December 2023.</ref>

==Biography==
A victim of bullying in his childhood due to his strabismus, PC was homeschooled and began working as a comic drawer and colorist at the age of 15. He confessed that he suffered from depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. At age 23 in February 2010, he created his famous vlogging channel ''maspoxavida'', which would last for a decade. In his videos, he approached contentious subjects such as politics and religion in a light-hearted and often comedic tone. He drew some controversy for being an outspoken atheist and often making comments on religion that were perceived as offensive or blasphemous. However, no controversy would be worse for him than what would come later.

PC began appearing on television as early as March 2011, when he premiered as the host of the variety show ''PC na TV'' on MTV Brazil, where he discussed mainly technology and video games. Before MTV Brazil ended in 2013, he hosted other similar shows in the channel. He continued with his YouTube career while still occasionally appearing on several television channels.

In June 2016, PC announced that he would be making a surgery to correct his strabismus, which he in fact did. Around this time, he also began to comment more on politics, with his opinions being more oriented towards the left, supporting left-wing politicians such as the then-president Dilma Rousseff and attacking well-known right-wing ones such as Jair Bolsonaro. Around that time he also became known as a "cuck" when his red-haired girlfriend Karol cheated on him.

In February 2017, he starred in the movie ''Internet: O Filme'' ("Internet: the Movie"), which featured several famous YouTubers from Brazil.

==== The case ====
On 10 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that had previously exposed the musician [[Japinha]] from the CPM 22 band.</ref> posted a video of a private Instagram conversation where PC shows an unidentified friend a nude photo depicting the buttocks of a six-year-old girl, sent to him by the girl's mother during a "face time" (the photo itself, which had already been deleted, does not appear in the video, which only shows PC telling his friend to quickly erase it from the conversation, as it was before the feature of self-destructing photos existed).<ref name="metropoles>[https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/youtube/pc-siqueira-e-acusado-de-pedofilia-por-compartilhar-foto-de-criancas-nuas PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia por compartilhar foto de crianças nuas]. Metrópoles. 11 June 2020.</ref> In the following day, PC claimed on his Instagram that the video was faked and part of a plot to taint his image.<ref>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> Hours later, however, journalist Erlan Bastos published audios where PC admits that he "has traces" of [[pedophilia]] and that he in fact felt ''aroused'' upon seeing the photograph.<ref name=PortalT5>[https://blog.portalt5.com.br/nemteconto/2020/06/21/apos-acusacoes-de-pedofilia-pc-siqueira-perde-selo-de-autenticidade-no-instagram-veja/ Após acusações de pedofilia, PC Siqueira perde selo de autenticidade no Instagram; veja]. Portal T5. 21 June 2020.</ref> Hours after that new revelation, PC deleted the post where he claims to be innocent and made his account private.

After the incident caused a severe backlash, PC lost many subscribers, and fellow YouTubers who were close to him such as Cauê Moura, Rafinha Bastos and even Felipe Neto, the most subscribed-to YouTuber in Brazil, cut professional and personal relations with PC. A few days later, he deactivated his ten-year-old channel. At the time, PC was devastated and considered suicide.

PC's electronics were eventually apprehended, several months after the public backlash (a time frame that was the target of some criticism), and police found no evidence of [[child pornography]] or [[child sexual abuse]] in them, so no criminal charges were pressed against the YouTuber.<ref>[https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,pericia-policial-nao-encontra-provas-de-pedofilia-contra-pc-siqueira,70003626448 Perícia policial não encontra provas de pedofilia contra PC Siqueira]. UOL. 24 February 2021.</ref><ref>https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/celebridades/apos-pericia-policia-nao-encontra-provas-para-incriminar-pc-siqueira-por-pedofilia-51943 Após perícia, polícia não encontra provas para incriminar PC Siqueira por pedofilia]. Estado de S. Paulo. 24 February 2021</ref>

Even though the incident left his career in ruins, PC returned to social media after a hiatus.

==Suicide==
Police found PC Siqueira dead in his apartment in São Paulo on 27 December 2023, at age 37, and concluded that he had committed suicide. He had been suffering from depression.<ref name="PCdead"/>

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@maspoxavidapc YouTube]
* [https://www.instagram.com/pecesiqueira/ Instagram]

==References==

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PC Siqueira

2023-12-28T03:38:03Z

Gork: /* Suicide */

__NOTOC__[[File:PC Siqueira.png|200px|right|thumb|PC Siqueira in September 2023]]
'''Paulo Cezar Goulart Siqueira''' (18 April 1986 – 28 December 2023), better known by his nickname '''PC Siqueira''' or simply as '''PC''', was a Brazilian Internet and television personality. From 2010, he made a name for himself by vlogging on YouTube, earning him millions of subscribers, collabs with other famous YouTubers, and even television contracts. His career seemed to be going pretty well until June 2020, when private conversations where he admits his attraction for a six-year-old girl were leaked.<ref name="extra">[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. 11 June 2020. extra.globo.com.</ref> Alone and deeply depressed, he decided to end his own life in December 2023, aged 37.<ref name="PCdead">[https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2023/12/27/morre-pc-siqueira.htm Morre o apresentador e youtuber PC Siqueira aos 37 anos]. UOL. 27 December 2023.</ref>

==Biography==
A victim of bullying in his childhood due to his strabismus, PC was homeschooled and began working as a comic drawer and colorist at the age of 15. He confessed that he suffered from depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. At age 23 in February 2010, he created his famous vlogging channel ''maspoxavida'', which would last for a decade. In his videos, he approached contentious subjects such as politics and religion in a light-hearted and often comedic tone. He drew some controversy for being an outspoken atheist and often making comments on religion that were perceived as offensive or blasphemous. However, no controversy would be worse for him than what would come later.

PC began appearing on television as early as March 2011, when he premiered as the host of the variety show ''PC na TV'' on MTV Brazil, where he discussed mainly technology and video games. Before MTV Brazil ended in 2013, he hosted other similar shows in the channel. He continued with his YouTube career while still occasionally appearing on several television channels.

In June 2016, PC announced that he would be making a surgery to correct his strabismus, which he in fact did. Around this time, he also began to comment more on politics, with his opinions being more oriented towards the left, supporting left-wing politicians such as the then-president Dilma Rousseff and attacking well-known right-wing ones such as Jair Bolsonaro. Around that time he also became known as a "cuck" when his red-haired girlfriend Karol cheated on him.

In February 2017, he starred in the movie ''Internet: O Filme'' ("Internet: the Movie"), which featured several famous YouTubers from Brazil.

==== The case ====
On 10 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that had previously exposed the musician [[Japinha]] from the CPM 22 band.</ref> posted a video of a private Instagram conversation where PC shows an unidentified friend a nude photo depicting the buttocks of a six-year-old girl, sent to him by the girl's mother during a "face time" (the photo itself, which had already been deleted, does not appear in the video, which only shows PC telling his friend to quickly erase it from the conversation, as it was before the feature of self-destructing photos existed).<ref name="metropoles>[https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/youtube/pc-siqueira-e-acusado-de-pedofilia-por-compartilhar-foto-de-criancas-nuas PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia por compartilhar foto de crianças nuas]. Metrópoles. 11 June 2020.</ref> In the following day, PC claimed on his Instagram that the video was faked and part of a plot to taint his image.<ref>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> Hours later, however, journalist Erlan Bastos published audios where PC admits that he "has traces" of [[pedophilia]] and that he in fact felt ''aroused'' upon seeing the photograph.<ref name=PortalT5>[https://blog.portalt5.com.br/nemteconto/2020/06/21/apos-acusacoes-de-pedofilia-pc-siqueira-perde-selo-de-autenticidade-no-instagram-veja/ Após acusações de pedofilia, PC Siqueira perde selo de autenticidade no Instagram; veja]. Portal T5. 21 June 2020.</ref> Hours after that new revelation, PC deleted the post where he claims to be innocent and made his account private.

After the incident caused a severe backlash, PC lost many subscribers, and fellow YouTubers who were close to him such as Cauê Moura, Rafinha Bastos and even Felipe Neto, the most subscribed-to YouTuber in Brazil, cut professional and personal relations with PC. A few days later, he deactivated his ten-year-old channel. At the time, PC was devastated and considered suicide.

PC's electronics were eventually apprehended, several months after the public backlash (a time frame that was the target of some criticism), and police found no evidence of [[child pornography]] or [[child sexual abuse]] in them, so no criminal charges were pressed against the YouTuber.<ref>[https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,pericia-policial-nao-encontra-provas-de-pedofilia-contra-pc-siqueira,70003626448 Perícia policial não encontra provas de pedofilia contra PC Siqueira]. UOL. 24 February 2021.</ref><ref>https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/celebridades/apos-pericia-policia-nao-encontra-provas-para-incriminar-pc-siqueira-por-pedofilia-51943 Após perícia, polícia não encontra provas para incriminar PC Siqueira por pedofilia]. Estado de S. Paulo. 24 February 2021</ref>

Even though the incident left his career in ruins, PC returned to social media after a hiatus and is still active to this day.

==Suicide==
Police found PC Siqueira dead in his apartment in São Paulo on 27 December 2023, at age 37, and concluded that he had committed suicide. He had been suffering from depression.<ref name="PCdead"/>

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@maspoxavidapc YouTube]
* [https://www.instagram.com/pecesiqueira/ Instagram]

==References==

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PC Siqueira

2023-12-28T03:37:11Z

Gork:

__NOTOC__[[File:PC Siqueira.png|200px|right|thumb|PC Siqueira in September 2023]]
'''Paulo Cezar Goulart Siqueira''' (18 April 1986 – 28 December 2023), better known by his nickname '''PC Siqueira''' or simply as '''PC''', was a Brazilian Internet and television personality. From 2010, he made a name for himself by vlogging on YouTube, earning him millions of subscribers, collabs with other famous YouTubers, and even television contracts. His career seemed to be going pretty well until June 2020, when private conversations where he admits his attraction for a six-year-old girl were leaked.<ref name="extra">[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. 11 June 2020. extra.globo.com.</ref> Alone and deeply depressed, he decided to end his own life in December 2023, aged 37.<ref name="PCdead">[https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2023/12/27/morre-pc-siqueira.htm Morre o apresentador e youtuber PC Siqueira aos 37 anos]. UOL. 27 December 2023.</ref>

==Biography==
A victim of bullying in his childhood due to his strabismus, PC was homeschooled and began working as a comic drawer and colorist at the age of 15. He confessed that he suffered from depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. At age 23 in February 2010, he created his famous vlogging channel ''maspoxavida'', which would last for a decade. In his videos, he approached contentious subjects such as politics and religion in a light-hearted and often comedic tone. He drew some controversy for being an outspoken atheist and often making comments on religion that were perceived as offensive or blasphemous. However, no controversy would be worse for him than what would come later.

PC began appearing on television as early as March 2011, when he premiered as the host of the variety show ''PC na TV'' on MTV Brazil, where he discussed mainly technology and video games. Before MTV Brazil ended in 2013, he hosted other similar shows in the channel. He continued with his YouTube career while still occasionally appearing on several television channels.

In June 2016, PC announced that he would be making a surgery to correct his strabismus, which he in fact did. Around this time, he also began to comment more on politics, with his opinions being more oriented towards the left, supporting left-wing politicians such as the then-president Dilma Rousseff and attacking well-known right-wing ones such as Jair Bolsonaro. Around that time he also became known as a "cuck" when his red-haired girlfriend Karol cheated on him.

In February 2017, he starred in the movie ''Internet: O Filme'' ("Internet: the Movie"), which featured several famous YouTubers from Brazil.

==== The case ====
On 10 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that had previously exposed the musician [[Japinha]] from the CPM 22 band.</ref> posted a video of a private Instagram conversation where PC shows an unidentified friend a nude photo depicting the buttocks of a six-year-old girl, sent to him by the girl's mother during a "face time" (the photo itself, which had already been deleted, does not appear in the video, which only shows PC telling his friend to quickly erase it from the conversation, as it was before the feature of self-destructing photos existed).<ref name="metropoles>[https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/youtube/pc-siqueira-e-acusado-de-pedofilia-por-compartilhar-foto-de-criancas-nuas PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia por compartilhar foto de crianças nuas]. Metrópoles. 11 June 2020.</ref> In the following day, PC claimed on his Instagram that the video was faked and part of a plot to taint his image.<ref>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> Hours later, however, journalist Erlan Bastos published audios where PC admits that he "has traces" of [[pedophilia]] and that he in fact felt ''aroused'' upon seeing the photograph.<ref name=PortalT5>[https://blog.portalt5.com.br/nemteconto/2020/06/21/apos-acusacoes-de-pedofilia-pc-siqueira-perde-selo-de-autenticidade-no-instagram-veja/ Após acusações de pedofilia, PC Siqueira perde selo de autenticidade no Instagram; veja]. Portal T5. 21 June 2020.</ref> Hours after that new revelation, PC deleted the post where he claims to be innocent and made his account private.

After the incident caused a severe backlash, PC lost many subscribers, and fellow YouTubers who were close to him such as Cauê Moura, Rafinha Bastos and even Felipe Neto, the most subscribed-to YouTuber in Brazil, cut professional and personal relations with PC. A few days later, he deactivated his ten-year-old channel. At the time, PC was devastated and considered suicide.

PC's electronics were eventually apprehended, several months after the public backlash (a time frame that was the target of some criticism), and police found no evidence of [[child pornography]] or [[child sexual abuse]] in them, so no criminal charges were pressed against the YouTuber.<ref>[https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,pericia-policial-nao-encontra-provas-de-pedofilia-contra-pc-siqueira,70003626448 Perícia policial não encontra provas de pedofilia contra PC Siqueira]. UOL. 24 February 2021.</ref><ref>https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/celebridades/apos-pericia-policia-nao-encontra-provas-para-incriminar-pc-siqueira-por-pedofilia-51943 Após perícia, polícia não encontra provas para incriminar PC Siqueira por pedofilia]. Estado de S. Paulo. 24 February 2021</ref>

Even though the incident left his career in ruins, PC returned to social media after a hiatus and is still active to this day.

==Suicide==
Police found PC Siqueira dead in his apartment in São Paulo on 27 December 2023, at age 37, and concluded that he had committed suicide. He had been suffering from depression. <ref name="PCdead"/>

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@maspoxavidapc YouTube]
* [https://www.instagram.com/pecesiqueira/ Instagram]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People: Brazilian]]
[[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Law/Crime]]
[[Category:Law/Crime: Brazilian]]
[[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:History & Events: Brazilian]]

Age of Consent

2023-12-25T16:53:37Z

Gork: /* Ages of consent around the world */

__NOTOC__[[File:Consent.png|thumb|The British National Council for One Parent Families supported abolition in 1979]]
The '''Age of [[Consent]]''' is an arbitrary age at which a person is considered legally capable of consenting to sex within a given country (or with a citizen of that country anywhere in the world, if it has extraterritorial jurisdiction laws). Where a country's age of consent laws for sexual activity treat people convicted of those offences with the same severity as criminal [[rape]], the law is often referred to as [[statutory rape]].

This definition highlights several important factors which go into determining the age of consent. To begin with, it is arbitrary. In other words, the age is not chosen based on an empirical and measurable personal quality which relates to the capacity for consent, but rather, it is chosen as a compromise number based largely on political, social, psychological and judicial precedent factors in a legislative process often only marginally related to the actual capabilities of the individuals to which it is applied. This is seen as necessary when such an age must be determined, despite the fact that no two individuals mature at precisely the same rate.

Another important factor is that of jurisdiction. A jurisdiction represents the abstract collection of individuals over whom a certain legal institution has authority. As a direct consequence of the arbitrariness of the age of consent, the actual number varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. An individual who may be capable of legally consenting in one area may, simply by crossing a border, find that his consent is no longer valid.

==Current debate==

Recent years have seen a general trend towards decriminalizing, or at least destigmatizing sexual acts which carry a burden of moral guilt, but no substantiated evidence of harm. HIV is one such example<ref>[https://thecanadiandailynews.com/news/canada/former-barrie-ont-womans-conviction-for-hiv-non-disclosure-overturned/ HIV transmission laws are being described as unscientific]</ref>, and similar trends have been seen in sex-work advocacy, [[Research: Recidivism and other offending figures|SOL Reform]] and sex education, the latter leading to accusations of so-called [[grooming]]. It appears that there is an [[Research: Prevalence of Harm and Negative Outcomes|evidentiary base]] for making similar arguments with respect to voluntary minor-adult sex, although critical mass has not yet been reached for such substantial moves.

The following positions on the age of consent are not strict categories:

*The '''authoritarian''' position holds that current age of consent laws are set at inadequately low ages, and should be revised, in some cases as high as 21 or 25. This position is sometimes based more on antipathy towards sexual behavior among young people rather than extensive authoritarian protectionism.
*The '''conservative''' position (not necessarily right-leaning conservatism) holds that current age of consent laws are appropriate and should be enforced as they stand. This would segue into a globalist conservative position holding that jurisdictions with lower ages of consent should bring themselves up to parity with jurisdictions with higher ones.
*The '''libertarian''' or '''reformist''' position holds that while at least in the cultures concerned, age of consent in itself is a valid and desirable concept, the current numbers are too high or unrealistic and should be revised downwards. This might take the form of an [[Ethos of Newgon|elective system]] whereby a minor chooses to emancipate themselves in various areas, including consent to physical relationships.
*The '''replacement''' position holds that the concept of age of consent is not valid for its purported purpose and should be replaced with another system of determining capability to legally consent. The replacements most typically take the form of marriage, or some type of preparation or education, examination or empirically graded "test" to determine whether an individual is "ready", sometimes coupled with licensing schemes.
*The '''repeal''' position holds that the concept of age of consent should be eliminated completely.

===Poll in Britain===
On November 16, 2003 Channel 4 broadcast a program; "Sex Before 16: Why the Law is Failing" and afterwards conducted a phone poll of its viewers in the United Kingdom.

Of the 3366 respondents to the four options;
*34% thought the age of consent should be reduced to 14
*35% thought it should stay at 16
*13% thought it should be raised to 18
*18% thought it should be abolished<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20031124074934/http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/A/adultat14/consent/aoc_vote.shtml</ref>

Whilst this would suggest that there is more potential to lower the age, the topic remains controversial, and the Channel 4 viewer sample is questionably libertarian.

===Popular opinion===

It is generally hard to gauge popular opinion on this topic, due to a dearth of reliable polling. '''Debate.org''' conducted a poll, in which over 2/3rds supported reform, with many radical proposals. Between 2008 and some unknown point, '''"misterpoll.com"''' published a large list of questions related to the Age of Consent. Their respondents, mainly men, answered mostly between the years of 2008 and 2011. Over half did not support the idea of an age of consent, and 86% agreed that minors should be able to perform in a strip tease. It is unclear how representative this sample is.<ref>[https://www.misterpoll.com/polls/332845/results MisterPoll Results] and [https://web.archive.org/web/2011*/https://www.misterpoll.com/polls/332845/results Misterpoll Archived Results]</ref>

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===The UN===

A 2023 controversy arose on social media<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/un-backed-legal-recommendations-normalize-sex-minors-critics-say New UN-backed legal recommendations normalize sex with minors, outraged critics say]</ref> following the publication of new legal principles problematizing the idea that adolescents are inherently unable to [[consent]], including to sex. American conservatives reacted by circulating the theory that such opinions represent an attempt to "soften up" the public prior to the release of supposedly "damning" information concerning [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s high-profile visitors.

==Ages of consent around the world==
[[File:Unrestricted hetero AoC.png|250px|right|thumb|''Unrestricted'' heterosexual ages of consent by legislation: The law of that country or state dictates that any sane and sober person who is this age or older is able to consent to sexual acts with the opposite sex, regardless of any other factor, such as age difference or hierarchy between the partners. The law may still forbid prostitution (paying for sex) or filming/photographing the acts if an underage partner is involved, but the act in itself is legal.]]
[[File:Authority-only restricted hetero AoC.png|250px|right|thumb|Authority-restricted heterosexual ages of consent by legislation: The law of that country or state dictates that any sane and sober person who is this age or older and ''is not a subordinate to the older partner'' (i.e. the older partner is not their boss, teacher, etc.) is able to consent to sexual acts with the opposite sex.]]
:''For a short analysis of the historical context behind AoC laws and their interpretation, see our article on [[Consent]]. Given the constantly changing nature of AoC laws, an up-to-date list can not be provided here. See [[Wikipedia:Ages of consent by country|Wikipedia]].''

Some interesting examples of low ages of consent include Japan<ref>[https://www.ageofconsent.net/world/japan AoC.net - Japan]</ref> (who appear to be raising it<ref>[https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230314/p2g/00m/0na/027000c Japan OKs bill to reform sexual offense charge, raise age of consent]</ref> under Western pressure), Brazil and Peru. The case of Brazil is described at length, in the document, ''Sexuality, the age of consent and the Brazilian law'', which describes among other things, proposals in the 10s, to reduce the age from 14 to 12.<ref>[https://pedrapapeletesoura.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/sexualitytheageofconsentandthebrazilianlaw/ Sexuality, the age of consent and the Brazilian law, by Yure]</ref> India has faced similar calls, based upon the sheer number of adolescents engaged in illegal sexual activity.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-63953752 Age of consent: Why is consensual teen sex a crime in India?]</ref>

While the federal age of consent in Mexico is 15, state laws often override federal law, and state ages of consent vary from 12 to 15. The state law of Nayarit specifies that a person must have reached puberty in order to consent with sex. However, the state age of consent is not unrestricted and factors such as age difference and hierarchical subordination of the younger partner may play a role.

The age of consent in the Philippines was 12 until 2022, when it was raised to 16.<ref>[https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/3/7/Age-of-sexual-consent-Philippines-law.html PH raises age of sexual consent from 12 to 16]. CNN Philippines. March 7, 2022.</ref>

In the late 70s, New Jersey lowered its age of consent to 13, amid sweeping law reforms. It was raised soon after, but only because of public outcry, not any increase in sexual victimization.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/12/archives/new-jersey-law-changes-reflect-the-new-morality-a-compilation-from.html Waldron in NYT: A Decade in the Making, the State's First Criminal Code Takes Effect Next Month]</ref> A 2018 act reduced the age of consent in Malta, albeit to fall in line with the rest of Europe at 16. The same act also reduced the voting age to 16.<ref>[https://lovinmalta.com/news/local/the-age-of-consent-in-malta-has-been-lowered/ The Age Of Consent In Malta Has Been Lowered - J. Cilia for Lovin Malta]</ref>

===The case of the Netherlands===
Much discussion has been devoted to the age of consent in the Netherlands. According to a law passed in 1989 (after a much longer period of unofficial liberalization<ref>[https://www.greek-love.com/index.php/modern-europe/netherlands/dutch-policemen-understood-pederasty Dutch Policemen who understood pederasty - Brongersma]</ref>), even though the age of consent was set at 16, sex between an adult and a young person between 12 and 16 was not an offence if the young person consented to the contact. Prosecutions for coercive sex could be sought by the young person or his/her parents.

The law which stirred much discussion (see Schuijer 1991, 1993, 1995, Faust 1995) and praised as positive for adolescent sexuality ([[Judith Levine|Levine]] 2002, 89) was later repealed in 2002 by a very rare unanimous vote in the Dutch parliament ([[Gert Hekma|Hekma]] 2004).

===Initiatives to lower the UK Age of Consent===

At around the turn of the century, a [[Youth Perspectives|poll of 12-16 year old British girls suggested that the age should be lowered to 12]]. Activists such as [[Peter Tatchell]] have long sought to lower the age, arguing that this would be more in line with the lived experiences of young people.

Earlier (in the 70s and 80s), the British National Council for One Parent Families (image inset) had even advocated for abolition, being [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|joined by various Gay and MAP groups]]. In 1979, close to the peak of liberal attitudes on this topic, even the Home Office argued that the age of consent be lowered from 16 to 14, calling for a dramatic reduction in statutory punishments for consensual sex with girls as young as 12 in an internal research study obtained by the Guardian.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/08/lower-age-consent-14-1979-home-office-report Whitehall study wanted age of consent lowered to 14 and sentences for sex cut]</ref>

==Reasons for increasing the Age of Consent==

As explained by [[Wikipedia:Age of consent#History and social attitudes|Wikipedia]], ages of consent were often set around the age of puberty or marriage until the reforms of the 19th and 20th Centuries, and were very much open to interpretation. In postindustrial Victorian England, changing attitudes around the institution of childhood and prologation of education, aided by Christian/Feminist Social Purity campaigners, [[Moral Enterprise|moral entrepreneurs]] and journalists such as W. T. Stead, - led to changes that spread the world over.

It is important to note that ages of consent were not initially raised and enforced for the same reasons we presently uphold them:

:''“Sexual consent is now understood by many – although not all – as a marker of when girls (and boys) are ‘allowed’ or likely to have sexual intercourse as much as a signifier of their capacity to consent. For the Victorians, sexual consent was certainly not a recommended or permitted age of sexual activity. The 1885 law on sexual consent meant, to cite the 1908 Royal Commissioners on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded, that ‘[t]he power of consenting to unlawful defilement … '''has been taken from girls under sixteen'''’. This wording is significant: the right to consent was ‘taken away’ from girls under the age of consent, rather than given to those above it. Few commentators approved of sexual intercourse outside of marriage, which was expected to occur in the mid-20s rather than at the legal age of marriage (14 for boys and 12 for girls) or age of sexual consent.”''<ref>[https://www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/papers/the-legacy-of-1885-girls-and-the-age-of-sexual-consent The legacy of 1885: girls and the age of sexual consent, by Victoria Bates]</ref> [our emphasis]

Oftentimes, when opposition to British-style increased age of consent statutes was voiced during the empire's fall, it took the form of an anti-imperialist argument.<ref>[https://sumitamukherjee.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/sarda-act-article-version.pdf Sumita Mukherjee, ‘Using the Legislative Assembly for Social Reform: The Sarda Act 1929’, South Asia Research, 26, 3, (November 2006).] ''There were also political and nationalist concerns for reformers within the Legislative Assembly. In the 1890s, the nationalist leader Bal Gandadhar Tilak had been opposed to the Age of Consent Bill because he did not want India’s advancement to be dependent upon British help. Now that Indians were more involved and represented in the debating chamber, they could argue that their advancement was no longer dependent upon the British.''</ref>

==See also==

*[[Consent]] - Explores the concept and links to specific articles on Newgon.
*[[Debate Guide: Problems with the Age of Consent]]
*[[Mature Minor]]

==External links==

*[https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/teaching-modules/230.html Age of Consent Laws - Summary article by Stephen Robertson]
*[https://www.scarleteen.com/article/abuse_assault/the_age_of_consent_for_what_exactly The age of consent... for what, exactly?] - Heather Corinna, for ''Scarleteen''.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform AoC Reform - Wikipedia]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_by_country The definitive list] - Ages of consent on Wikipedia.
*[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1607318.htm Reading list - published on BC]

==References and further reading==
*Baker, C. (1983) [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1177/144078338301900105 "The Age of Consent Controversy: Age and Gender As Social Practice."] Australian & New Zealand Journal of Sociology 19(1): 96-112.
*Baurmann, M. (2005) "[https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1300/J056v16n02_07 Sexuality, Adolescence and the Criminal Law: The Perspective of Criminology.]" Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 71-88.
*Böllinger, L. (2005) [https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/j056v16n02_08 "Adolescence, Sexual Aggression and the Criminal Law."] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 89-104.
*[[Edward Brongersma|Brongersma, E.]] (1980) [https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/20/1/20/378071 "The meaning of 'indecency' with respect to moral offences involving children."] British Journal of Criminology 20(1): 20-34.
*[[Edward Brongersma|Brongersma, E.]] (1988) [https://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/brong_88_frame.htm "A Defence of Sexual Liberty for All Age Groups."] Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 27(1): 32-43.
*Brown, M. (1996) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13572339608420468 "The Age of Consent: The Parliamentary Campaign in the UK to Lower the Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts."] Journal of Legislative Studies 2(2): 1-7.
*[[Vern Bullough|Bullough, V. L.]] (2005) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v16n02_03 "Age of Consent: A Historical Overview."] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 25-42.
*Cocca, C. E. (2004) [https://networks.h-net.org/node/18732/reviews/19007/littauer-cocca-jailbait-politics-statutory-rape-laws-united-states Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States]. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
*Ellis, S. J. and C. Kitzinger (2002) [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Denying-equality%3A-an-analysis-of-arguments-against-Ellis-Kitzinger/184be7a20082718aa34e4eea37bac3d8232c9e4b "Denying equality: An analysis of arguments against lowering the age of consent for sex between men."] Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 12(3): 167-180.
*[[Beatrice_Faust|Faust]], B. (1995) [[Media:(1995) Faust - Child Sexuality and AOC - The Netherlands Model.pdf|"Child sexuality and age of consent laws: The Netherlands model."]] Australasian Gay and Lesbian Law Journal, 5, pp. 78-85.
*[[Helmut_Graupner|Graupner, H.]] (1999) [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10482330/ "Love versus abuse: crossgenerational sexual relations of minors: a gay rights issue?"] Journal of Homosexuality 37(4): 23-56.
*[[Helmut_Graupner|Graupner, H.]] (2000) [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1001986103125 "Sexual consent: The criminal law in Europe and overseas."] Archives of Sexual Behavior 29(5): 415-461.
*[[Helmut_Graupner|Graupner, H.]] (2005) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v16n02_02 "The 17-Year-Old Child: An Absurdity of the Late 20th Century."] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 7-24. (.pdf file)
*[[Gert Hekma|Hekma, G.]] (2004) "Queer: The Dutch case." GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies 10(2): 276-280.
*Hofmeister, L. (2005) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v16n02_06 "14 to 18 Year Olds as 'Children' by Law? Reflections on Developments in National European Law."] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 63-70.
*Killias, M. (1990) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v20n01_05 "The Historic Origins of Penal Statutes Concerning Sexual Activities Involving Children and Adolescents."] Journal of Homosexuality 20 (1/2): 41-46.
*[[Terry_Leahy|Leahy]], T. (1996). [https://www.ipce.info/library/journal-article/sex-and-age-consent-ethical-issues "Sex and the age of consent: the ethical issues."] Social Analysis 39(April): 27-55.
*[[Judith Levine|Levine, J.]] (2002). [[library.lol/main/4EB3A2F1FB22A7FDB0C327E57D0665E2|Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex]]. Mineapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
*Maplestone, P. and R. Roberts (2002) "Young gay men and the age of consent in New South Wales." Word is Out 3(June): 13-21. (.pdf file)
*Mawby, R. I. (1979) "[https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-1971(79)80005-6 Policing the Age of Consent.]" Journal of Adolescence 2(1): 41-49.
*Powell, D. E. B. (1994) "Homosexuality and Age of Consent." Lancet 343(8898): 674.
*[[Bruce Rind|Rind, B.]], P. Tromovitch & R. Bauserman (2001) "The validity and appropriateness of methods, analyses, and conclusions in Rind et al. (1998): A rebuttal of victimological critique from Ondersma et al. (2001) and Dallam et al. (2001)." Psychological Bulletin 127: 734-758.
*Robertson, S. (2002) "Age of consent law and the making of modern childhood in New York City, 1886-1921." Journal of Social History 35(4): 781-798.
*Thomson, R. (2004) [https://oro.open.ac.uk/6435/ ‘An Adult Thing?’ Young People’s Perspectives on the Heterosexual Age of Consent]. Sexualities, 7(2), 133-149.
*[[Jan Schuijer|Schuijer, J.]] (1991) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v20n01_13 "Tolerance at Arm's Length: The Dutch Experience."] Journal of Homosexuality 20 (1/2): 199-229.
*[[Jan Schuijer|Schuijer, J.]] (1993) "The Netherlands Changes its Age Of Consent Law." Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia 3(1): 13-17.
*[[Jan Schuijer|Schuijer, J.]] (1995) "Recent Legal Developments in the Netherlands." Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia 3(4): 64-71.
*Weber, A. (2001) "Europeanwide Criminalization of Juvenile Sexuality up to 18." EuroLetter 91: 6-8.
*Weis, D. and V. L. Bullough (2005) "Adolescent American Sex." Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 43-54

==References==

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Gork: A world map with legislations (mostly independent countries, but states in the case of the US, Mexico and Australia) colored according to their heterosexual age of consent restricted by authority only, i.e., the minimum years old the law dictates that a citizen has to be in order to be able to consent to sexual acts with a partner of the opposite sex that is not in a position of authority over the younger partner (for example not their teacher or boss), regardless of the older partner's age....

== Summary ==
A world map with legislations (mostly independent countries, but states in the case of the US, Mexico and Australia) colored according to their heterosexual age of consent restricted by authority only, i.e., the minimum years old the law dictates that a citizen has to be in order to be able to consent to sexual acts with a partner of the opposite sex that is not in a position of authority over the younger partner (for example not their teacher or boss), regardless of the older partner's age.

Data as of December 25, 2023, taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_by_country. See there for further sources.

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Gork: A world map with legislations (mostly independent countries, but states in the case of the US, Mexico and Australia) colored according to their unrestricted heterosexual age of consent, i.e., the minimum years old the law dictates that a citizen has to be in order to be able to consent to sexual acts with a partner of the opposite sex, regardless of that partner's age or position. Data as of December 25, 2023, taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_by_country. See there fo...

== Summary ==
A world map with legislations (mostly independent countries, but states in the case of the US, Mexico and Australia) colored according to their unrestricted heterosexual age of consent, i.e., the minimum years old the law dictates that a citizen has to be in order to be able to consent to sexual acts with a partner of the opposite sex, regardless of that partner's age or position.

Data as of December 25, 2023, taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_by_country. See there for further sources.

Pedophobia

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{{Template:Adj}}[[File:Pedophobia.JPG|thumb|Pedophobic [[NGO]] vigilance campaign in the Philippines, 1984]]
__NOTOC__In the context of [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]], '''pedophobia''' is an abnormal and irrational fear of all things related to "[[pedophilia]]" (using a definition so broad as to ignore its actual meaning). Since this fear is a social phenomenon, the target is very broad - including irrational disapproval towards representations of teenage bodies, [[censorship]], and antagonism towards acceptance of [[preventionism|prevention]]-oriented mental health and fellowship programs for MAPs.

Within a social media context, pedophobia manifests itself as a mental block, where the participant openly states that no amount of evidence will be able to convince them that attraction to minors can be acceptable. This failure to discriminate becomes apparent when [[anti]]-pedophiles react identically to [[anti-contact]] and [[pro-c]] MAPs - demonstrating their generalized, visceral disgust towards MAPs themselves, rather than their varying stances on [[Age of Consent]] reform and sex with minors. It is often suggested that [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|reaction formation]] might be the cause of pedophobia. This has some support, based upon [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|previous studies]] on homosexuals and the [[Anti|existence of numerous individuals]] who expressed loathing of MAPs prior to committing sex crimes involving minors.

A 2004 British study reported that 58% of participants agreed that the media had created a "witch-hunt" against pedophiles.<ref>[[Sara Jahnke|Jahnke, Sara]]; Hoyer, Juergen (2013). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Journal_of_Sexual_Health "Stigmatization of People With Pedophilia: A Blind Spot in Stigma Research". International Journal of Sexual Health. 25 (3): 169–184. doi:10.1080/19317611.2013.795921]</ref>

==Etymology==
The term stems from the roots ''pedo'' ("child") and ''phobia'' ("fear or aversion"). So its literal morphological meaning would be "fear of children" or "aversion to children". Semantically, a more appropriate term for aversion to pedophiles would be ''pedophilophobia''. However, the word is shortened to allow for a smoother pronunciation and spelling.

A very similar case occurs with the word "homophobia", whose literal meaning based solely on its morphology would be "fear of/aversion to (things that are) the same", while ''homosexophobia'' would more accurately describe aversion to homosexuals.

==Societal and Institution-level Pedophobia==
Pedophobia, and its counterpart [[ageism]], can be seen most notably at the societal level - in the form of [[Age of Consent|consent]] and [[child pornography]] laws. Some states also prevent sex offenders from voting, even when other classes of criminal have been given the vote. This disproportionately targets and disenfranchises MAPs.

One example of almost ritualistic pedophobic "purgation" was the congressional condemnation of the [[Rind et al]] paper - a work that at no point mentioned the word "pedophile", but provoked multiple accusations of pedophile "propaganda". Institutional pedophobia is also observable in employment and education, with [[Jacob Breslow|trustees of charities]] losing their positions, and teachers being fired or transferred after suspicions of non-criminal pedophilic orientation, or unfashionable views/statements on the topic (e.g. [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|Alison Thorne]], [[Peter Melzer]], Mark Miner, [[Minor Attracted Person|Amber Parker]], [[Richard Yuill]]).

As recently as 2022, the Russian state has produced pedophobic and [[Censorship|censorious]] laws, imposing considerably more punitive fines on "pedophile", than "gay" "propagandists".<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/en/lgbtq/article/2022/10/27/russia-paves-way-for-toughening-notorious-gay-propaganda-law_6001975_211.html Le Monde: Russia Propaganda Law]</ref><ref>[https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/10/27/russian-state-duma-approves-amendments-banning-lgbt-propaganda-regardless-of-age Meduza: Exact fines for Russian pedophile advocacy]</ref> One obvious irony of this scheme of censorship, is that Russia has been accused of forcing [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|hoax pedophilia advocacy]] into the US.

==Consequences==

:''See also: [[Special Article: Adverse effects of hysteria]].''

*Massacres such as the [[Grooming|ClubQ mass shooting]] and [[Wikipedia:Dunblane massacre#Perpetrator|Dunblane]] have resulted directly from the propagation of pedophobia in the media and throughout institutions. [[Gayle Rubin]] was targeted, albeit without success by the same vigilante known for his attack on Paul Pelosi.
*The glorification of child-hating. This is because the hatred of children might be seen as excusing a person from being labeled a pedophile, particularly in situations where children are exposed to that person. Both [[List of anti-MAP quotes|Richard Griffiths]] and [[Jimmy Savile]] are known to have resorted to ritualistic expressions of child hating - the latter being both attracted to minors and [[Paraphilia|paraphilic]] during a time the pedophile hysteria was gathering pace.
*Minors may in some jurisdictions be persecuted for sex acts with other minors, or put into therapy against their will. We have seen examples of aversion therapy and penile plethysmography being used on boys.
*Minors might become anxious about their own attraction to other minors, believing this to be abnormal.
*Minors are never complimented on their appearance, due to social taboos. This may result in poor self-esteem, depression, self-harm and eventually the irrational hatred of MAPs, since they believe minors are meant to be unattractive. This is exacerbated when the person is [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|harboring hebephilic/pedophilic tendencies]] as they grow up.
*In turn, the resulting stunted and repressed adults deprive the next generation of affection, and the [[Research: Sexual repression|cycle continues]].
*Transgenerational transmission of values is made difficult as a result; the young miss mentoring opportunities and life skills that might benefit them in the future.
*We see an increase in involuntary-celibate ([[Incelosphere|incel]]) males who have internalized sexual neuroses in their childhood, and end up emotionally stunted. Counterintuitively, this contributes to the breakdown of traditional values, family structure and causes demographic decline. Increasingly strict [[Age of Consent]] laws are correlated with declining fertility.
*The young are deprived of sexual pleasures during the time of their life where they are most receptive to it - their teen years. Those who are lucky enough to experience sexual pleasure are limited to inexperienced peers who are often unlearned like them, resulting in sometimes awkward and disappointing experiences.

== Addressing pedophobic attitudes ==

:''See also - [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]''

A small number of researchers have started to address the topic of [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigma]] against people with an attraction to minors, and how best to counter it.

*'''Amy L. Lawrence & Gwenda M. Willis (2021). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348580548_Understanding_and_Challenging_Stigma_Associated_With_Sexual_Interest_in_Children_A_Systematic_Review Understanding and Challenging Stigma Associated With Sexual Interest in Children: A Systematic Review], ''International Journal of Sexual Health'', 33(1):1-20.'''
::'''visibility''':
:::"Several studies (Cacciatori, 2017; Grady et al. 2019; Lievesley et al., 2020; Moss, 2019a; Muir, 2018) identified a problematic secrecy-stigma paradox, that is, stigma generates secrecy of the sexual interest, but wider exposure of the existence of the attraction is highlighted as an integral element of stigma reduction. [...] Goffman (1963) proposes that over time, familiarization and increased frequency of contact leads to normalization and acceptance of the difference present in a stigmatized individual or group. It could therefore be argued that increased visibility has the potential to reduce the effects of stigma by encouraging more individuals to disclose their attraction"

::'''education''':
:::"Harper et al. (2018) and Wurtele (2018 ) saw educational interventions [...] were able to decrease negative affective responses and improve attitudes toward treatment by decreasing support for punitive punishment. [...] Participants in Parr and Pearson (2019) discussed that education campaigns (through social media and sex education in schools) should emphasize the importance of the stable nature of the sexual interest, and behavioral choices and responsibility which shifts focus away from secrecy and shame."

::'''narrative-based depictions''':
:::" Boardman and Bartels (2018), Gunnarsdottir (2018), Harper et al. (2018), Harper et al. (2019), Jahnke et al. (2015), and Wurtele (2018) found narrative-based depictions of individuals with sexual interest in children had the effect of reducing stigmatization via the processes of humanization. These studies consistently found that presenting tangible and accurate representations of persons with sexual interest in children who had not offended (compared to conflating the attraction and offending) had a significant effect of improving attitudes toward this population".

::'''person-first language to public discourse''':
:::"Lowe and Willis (2020) found [...] that offense-based labels like “sex offender” or “murderer” were associated with less willingness among community members to do volunteer work with these groups as compared to neutral person first language (e.g., “people who have committed crimes of a sexual nature”). To challenge labels and reduce their effects, we recommend that researchers use person-first language, particularly if it is to filter through to public discourse."

::'''usage of a positive framing instead of myth negation''':
:::"The framing of questions and statements within measurement tools is of vital importance (particularly when challenging stigma) as evoking myths in an attempt to negate them, in fact, reinforces them (Schwarz et al., 2016). [...] Research on “valence framing” effects suggests that attitude intensity is increased by the use of negative frames (Bizer et al., 2011). [...] [C]onsider including statements such as people with sexual interest in children can control their interests, can achieve psychological wellbeing or can build relationships with adults."

*'''McKillop, N. and Price, S. (2023) [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nadine-Mckillop/publication/370159588_The_Potential_for_Anti-Stigma_Interventions_to_Change_Public_Attitudes_Toward_Minor-Attracted_Persons_A_Replication_and_Extension_of_Jara_and_Jeglic%27s_Study/links/64b081da95bbbe0 "The Potential for Anti-Stigma Interventions to Change Public Attitudes Toward Minor-Attracted Persons: A Replication and Extension of Jara and Jeglic’s Study"]. ''Journal of Child Sexual Abuse'', DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2023.2204864'''
::"[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02057-x Harper and colleagues (2022)] compared two anti-stigma interventions, both 5-minute videos, one scientific fact-based video delivered by an expert, and the other using narrative humanization techniques. [...] Most notably, although reduced stigma was more pronounced in the information video in the immediate period following exposure, the narrative condition did not produce the same level of bounce-back, meaning that the longevity in attitudinal change may hold longer in narrative condition."

::"[S]imilar to [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13552600.2020.1863486 Jara and Jeglic (2021)] [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02057-x Harper et al. (2022)] found purely fact-based education increased immediate negative effects in terms of increased perceptions of deviance, leading them to conclude that intervention relying only on factual information may inadvertently reinforce the negative perceptions of minor attraction. [...] [T]he present findings are inconsistent with Jara and Jeglic’s (2021) findings, and [...] goes some way to alleviate concerns raised by them regarding potential negative consequences of educating the public[...]"

*'''Stelzmann, D., Jahnke, S., & Kuhle, L. F. (2022). [https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/9356 Media Coverage of Pedophilia and Its Impact on Help-Seeking Persons with Pedophilia in Germany - A Focus Group Study.] ''International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'' 19 (15), DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159356'''
*:“''Media Coverage of Pedophilia and Its Impact on Society''
::The low prevalence of pedophilia [1,2,3,4,5] and secret-keeping due to fear of rejection (e.g., [42]) make it unlikely that most people will knowingly have first-hand experiences with individuals with pedophilia. Nevertheless, as previously described, most people have a concept of individuals with pedophilia in their mind which is rather pejorative (e.g., [34]). Based on communication science theories such as the cultivation theory [45,46], it can be assumed that these individual concepts of pedophilia are derived from media coverage since it serves as second-hand experience by informing society about pedophilia. Therefore, persons with pedophilia as well as recipients depend on the media reporting about pedophilia accurately, thus shaping appropriate second-hand experiences [47].

::Media coverage is determined by news factors and/or news values. This means that characteristics such as proximity, damage, or personalization structure the selection of events, and thus certain events are more likely to be reported than others [48,49]. Hence, media reporting on some topics may be biased ([48], also see [47]). To counteract this bias and to protect people who are the subject of media reporting, ethical journalistic standards are established in many countries worldwide [50,51]. [...] However, in the case of pedophilia and pedophilic disorder, comprehensive recommendations are currently lacking. Typical media coverage of pedophilia is characterized by primarily mentioning the subject in the context of severe and current cases of CSA (news factor: damage [48,49]). Thereby, media coverage tends to conflate pedophilia and CSA in the public consciousness [14,15,56,57,58]. For instance, Marc Dutroux, who was found guilty of sexually abusing and killing several children and teenagers in Belgium, was referred to as a “pedophile” in the media, even though his psychological evaluation found that he was not sexually attracted to children, but had other motives for his crimes (e.g., antisocial personality disorder, making profit by selling child sexual exploitation material; [59], also see [60]).”

*'''Lawrence, A. & Willis, G.M. (2022). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amy-Lawrence-6/publication/361066296_Understanding_and_influencing_public_attitudes_surrounding_people_with_a_sexual_interest_in_children/links/62c7b2abcab7ba7426da031b/Understanding-and-Influencing-Public-Attitudes-Su Understanding and influencing public attitudes surrounding people with a sexual interest in children]. ''Stigma and Health'' 7 (3), DOI: 10.1037/sah0000391'''
*: “Previous research indicates that first-person narratives are more effective than informative interventions in reducing stigmatizing attitudes, by way of potentially reversing the process of dehumanization (Harper et al., 2018, 2021; Harper & Hogue, 2015; Jahnke, Philipp, et al., 2015). However, the humanizing narrative intervention in this study was equally effective in increasing pity and reducing negative affective responses, as well as decreasing social distance, deviance, and increasing supportive attitudes as the informative intervention.”

:: “Rydell et al. (2007) [...] suggested that the attitudinal shift was a result of the continued accumulation of information influencing the attitudinal process. Indeed, the results from Harper et al. (2021) showed negative affective responses continued and even increased, despite cognitive changes in understanding empirically accurate information regarding sexual interest in children. Similarly, Jara and Jeglic (2021) found psychoeducation intervention increased punitive attitudes within a public sample. Thus, as attitudes regarding people who have these sexual interests have developed over an extended period, it is recommended that future research employ repeated interventions in attempts to promote sustained attitudinal changes.”

:: “The process of reversing the effects of stigma has the bifold benefits of enhancing the psychological well-being of people with sexual interest in children and reducing the help-seeking barriers they face.”

* '''Jahnke, S., Blagden, N., and Hill, L. (2022). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02331-6 Pedophile, Child Lover, or Minor-Attracted Person? Attitudes Toward Labels Among People Who are Sexually Attracted to Children.] ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'' 51 (8). DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02331-6'''
:: "labels may also carry negative connotations (Mendelsohn et al., 2020), contribute to public stigma (Granello & Gibbs, 2016), or be experienced as derogatory or ill-fitting (Dunn & Andrews, 2015)"

::"person-first labels ["a person with pedophilia"] were the target of much criticism because of their implication that pedophilia is undesirable, unwanted, and innately pathological (see also Martijn et al., 2020 where this was among the least popular self-labels). Both qualitative and quantitative findings suggest that people who are sexually attracted to children prefer to embrace their sexuality as part of their identity and want this to be reflected in the professional discourse as well."

::"there is evidence that interventions that educate about the distinction between a sexual attraction to children and sexual offending lead to a decrease in stigmatizing attitudes among students, health professionals, or members of the general public [...] Therefore, by shedding the criminal connotations of the label “[[Pedophilia|pedophilia]],” labels like “[[Minor Attracted Person|minor-attracted person]]” could help the public understand the difference between having a sexual attraction toward children and committing sexual crimes with child victims"

::"Some participants in this study expressed views in favor of reappropriating the “pedophilia” label as a way to express ownership, pride, and agency in the face of a misinformed public.[...]There is nascent research on the effects of reclaiming a slur among self-labelers and observers (Galinsky et al., 2013). These studies suggest that self-labeling with a slur can lead to an increased sense of power among the self-labeled. Additionally, when others observed that members of a stigmatized group used a slur to refer to themselves, they became more likely to view the self-labeler as powerful. Galinsky et al. (2013) also demonstrated that reclaiming a slur can attenuate the negativity of the label via increased perceptions of the group’s power."

==Slang terms==

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*Paedo (British/Australian), Pedo (American)
*[[Kiddy Fiddler]]/Diddler/KF
*Baby-raper
*[[Media:Rockspider.mp3|Rockspider audio linked]] (Australian, not to be confused with use by Rhodesians, in reference to Boers - Dutch South Africans)
*Nonce/Nonse (British, Supposedly prison slang: '''n'''ot '''o'''n '''n'''ormal '''c'''ourtyard '''e'''xercise)
*Pred or Predophile (American)
*Uncle Chester/[[Wikipedia:Chester the Molester|Chester the Molester]]/[[Wikipedia:Herbert (Family Guy)|Herbert the Pervert]]
*Podesta (Pizzagate, American)
*Perv
*ChoMo/Cho (Child Molester, American)
*Moe Lester (internet)
*Chickenhawk/Chicken Chaser (70s-90s US reference to a [[Pederasty|pederast]])
*Bush Dodger (British, novel)
*Pedovore (American, used by [[Absolute Zero]] commenters)
*Pedosadist (British), Pédocriminal(ité) (French)
*Short Eyes (American)
*Sexual Deviate (American, mid-20th Century/archaic, and intended to include molesters, transgenders, effeminate or publicly active homosexuals. Pronounced with a silent "e")
</div>

==Stereotypes==

[[File:Pedovan.jpg|thumb|A stereotypical "Pedovan"]]
There are many pedophobic stereotypes, and their nature may vary according to locality. Often, pedophiles are imagined as basement dwellers, probably IQ <90, overweight or gaunt and rat-like with prescription-type spectacles. They hide behind a computer screen, using [[Grooming|crude techniques]] to entrap the vulnerable.

==="Trenchcoat"===

The infamous stereotype of a pedophile, with his trenchcoat, sweets in pockets, lurking around bushes in parks/near playgrounds or in a car waiting to lure some child off to kidnap, rape and then murder is one example of pedophobia, generally propagated by the gutter-press.

[[Wikipedia:Brass Eye|Brass Eye]] (British comedy series) released a 2001 special edition now casually referred to as ''[[Wikipedia:Paedogeddon|Paedogeddon]]'' - a spoof-documentary scripted and in part performed by the reclusive comedian [[Chris Morris]], airing on the UK's Channel 4. It exposed the pedophobic cultural/media trends prevalent at that time. The program was itself attacked in the press, fulfilling the prophecies of the scriptwriter.

===="Pedovan"====

An extension of the trenchcoat stereotype has been the ''Pedovan'' - a popular meme, related to psychopathic criminals such as Earl Shriner, who designed such a van in prison. This is usually a battered Ford Aerostar or similar standard wheelbase commercial, with the words "free candy" scrawled on the side. The interior of the pedovan is a child-pornography studio lined with shagpile carpet, and has a tardis-like quality. The pedovan is used more often to mock the common cliches surrounding child abduction, than as an attack on pedophiles

===Memes===

Various online [[Wikipedia:Internet meme|memes]] are used to signal pedophobic sentiment, including:

*The '''woodchipper''', or so-called "pedophile recycling center". According to online legend, the pedophile must be fed "feet first" into the woodchipper.
*The '''"red flag"''', intended for use in situations where a person has not admitted to pedophilic inclinations, but has given off a strong signal.
*'''[[Chris Hansen]]''''s face suddenly appearing as a riposte to "inappropriate" discussion of minors and age-gap relationships. His presence is synonymous with the Dateline: [[Wikipedia:To Catch a Predator|To Catch a Predator]] series, in which entrapment was practiced against men with a sexual interest in minors.
*'''"Ok, [[grooming|groomer]]"''' (a variation of "ok, boomer") has also been employed in recent years, gaining popularity among the alternative-right.
*Other memes place emphasis on the '''necessity of exterminating pedophiles''', such as captioning guns and boxes of ammunition as a "cure" for pedophilia. One repeatedly used meme suggests gun violence as an answer to the work of [[Allyn Walker]].

===Gallery===

<gallery>
File:Todos contra a Pedofilia (4996631189).jpg|Brazilian senator displaying a t-shirt that reads "everyone against pedophilia" in the Federal Senate (2010)
File:Graffiti Poznan Pedofilia.jpg|Anti-pedophile graffiti in Poznań, Poland. 2011
File:Wapello sign.jpg|Anti-pedophile sign in Wapello, Iowa
File:Playdate.png|2022 pedophobic [[United Nations]] PSA
File:Elliot.png|Anti-c Mapresources.info admin observes deep hatred from anti-pedophiles
File:Pedoglasses.jpg|Pedophile glasses are also commonly known as "rapist glasses"
File:Podesta.jpg|John Podesta, whose name inspired a pedophobic slang term among conspiracy theorists
File:Orcbrain.jpeg|The limited number of memes available to an [[anti]] at any given time
</gallery>

==See also==

*[[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]
*[[Often repeated themes in anti-pedophile literature|Pedophobic cliches]] - in literature and TV.
*[[Vigilantism]]
*[[Bubba]]

==External links==

*[https://www.boywiki.org/en/Pedophobia_(dictionary) Pedophobia] - BoyWiki.
*[https://www.pedofili.eu/Pedophobia.htm Pedophobia] - Pedofili.eu.
*[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Mapmisia Mapmisia] - A similar coinage of some social media activists, that avoids the dual-use problem inherent to "pedophobia".

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]]

Pedophobia

2023-12-18T23:18:00Z

Gork:

{{Template:Adj}}[[File:Pedophobia.JPG|thumb|Pedophobic [[NGO]] vigilance campaign in the Philippines, 1984]]
__NOTOC__In the context of [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]], '''pedophobia''' is an abnormal and irrational fear of all things related to "[[pedophilia]]" (using a definition so broad as to ignore its actual meaning). Since this fear is a social phenomenon, the target is very broad - including irrational disapproval towards representations of teenage bodies, [[censorship]], and antagonism towards acceptance of [[preventionism|prevention]]-oriented mental health and fellowship programs for MAPs.

Within a social media context, pedophobia manifests itself as a mental block, where the participant openly states that no amount of evidence will be able to convince them that attraction to minors can be acceptable. This failure to discriminate becomes apparent when [[anti]]-pedophiles react identically to [[anti-contact]] and [[pro-c]] MAPs - demonstrating their generalized, visceral disgust towards MAPs themselves, rather than their varying stances on [[Age of Consent]] reform and sex with minors. It is often suggested that [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|reaction formation]] might be the cause of pedophobia. This has some support, based upon [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|previous studies]] on homosexuals and the [[Anti|existence of numerous individuals]] who expressed loathing of MAPs prior to committing sex crimes involving minors.

A 2004 British study reported that 58% of participants agreed that the media had created a "witch-hunt" against pedophiles.<ref>[[Sara Jahnke|Jahnke, Sara]]; Hoyer, Juergen (2013). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Journal_of_Sexual_Health "Stigmatization of People With Pedophilia: A Blind Spot in Stigma Research". International Journal of Sexual Health. 25 (3): 169–184. doi:10.1080/19317611.2013.795921]</ref>

==Etymology==
The term stems from the roots ''pedo'' ("child") and ''phobia'' ("fear or aversion"). So its literal morphological meaning would be "fear of children" or "aversion to children". Semantically, a more appropriate term for aversion to pedophiles would be ''pedophilophobia''. However, the word is shortened to allow for a smoother pronunciation and spelling.

A very similar case occurs with the word "homophobia", whose literal meaning based solely on its morphology would be "fear of/aversion to (things that are) the same", while the ''homosexophobia'' would more accurately describe aversion to homosexuals.

==Societal and Institution-level Pedophobia==
Pedophobia, and its counterpart [[ageism]], can be seen most notably at the societal level - in the form of [[Age of Consent|consent]] and [[child pornography]] laws. Some states also prevent sex offenders from voting, even when other classes of criminal have been given the vote. This disproportionately targets and disenfranchises MAPs.

One example of almost ritualistic pedophobic "purgation" was the congressional condemnation of the [[Rind et al]] paper - a work that at no point mentioned the word "pedophile", but provoked multiple accusations of pedophile "propaganda". Institutional pedophobia is also observable in employment and education, with [[Jacob Breslow|trustees of charities]] losing their positions, and teachers being fired or transferred after suspicions of non-criminal pedophilic orientation, or unfashionable views/statements on the topic (e.g. [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|Alison Thorne]], [[Peter Melzer]], Mark Miner, [[Minor Attracted Person|Amber Parker]], [[Richard Yuill]]).

As recently as 2022, the Russian state has produced pedophobic and [[Censorship|censorious]] laws, imposing considerably more punitive fines on "pedophile", than "gay" "propagandists".<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/en/lgbtq/article/2022/10/27/russia-paves-way-for-toughening-notorious-gay-propaganda-law_6001975_211.html Le Monde: Russia Propaganda Law]</ref><ref>[https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/10/27/russian-state-duma-approves-amendments-banning-lgbt-propaganda-regardless-of-age Meduza: Exact fines for Russian pedophile advocacy]</ref> One obvious irony of this scheme of censorship, is that Russia has been accused of forcing [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|hoax pedophilia advocacy]] into the US.

==Consequences==

:''See also: [[Special Article: Adverse effects of hysteria]].''

*Massacres such as the [[Grooming|ClubQ mass shooting]] and [[Wikipedia:Dunblane massacre#Perpetrator|Dunblane]] have resulted directly from the propagation of pedophobia in the media and throughout institutions. [[Gayle Rubin]] was targeted, albeit without success by the same vigilante known for his attack on Paul Pelosi.
*The glorification of child-hating. This is because the hatred of children might be seen as excusing a person from being labeled a pedophile, particularly in situations where children are exposed to that person. Both [[List of anti-MAP quotes|Richard Griffiths]] and [[Jimmy Savile]] are known to have resorted to ritualistic expressions of child hating - the latter being both attracted to minors and [[Paraphilia|paraphilic]] during a time the pedophile hysteria was gathering pace.
*Minors may in some jurisdictions be persecuted for sex acts with other minors, or put into therapy against their will. We have seen examples of aversion therapy and penile plethysmography being used on boys.
*Minors might become anxious about their own attraction to other minors, believing this to be abnormal.
*Minors are never complimented on their appearance, due to social taboos. This may result in poor self-esteem, depression, self-harm and eventually the irrational hatred of MAPs, since they believe minors are meant to be unattractive. This is exacerbated when the person is [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|harboring hebephilic/pedophilic tendencies]] as they grow up.
*In turn, the resulting stunted and repressed adults deprive the next generation of affection, and the [[Research: Sexual repression|cycle continues]].
*Transgenerational transmission of values is made difficult as a result; the young miss mentoring opportunities and life skills that might benefit them in the future.
*We see an increase in involuntary-celibate ([[Incelosphere|incel]]) males who have internalized sexual neuroses in their childhood, and end up emotionally stunted. Counterintuitively, this contributes to the breakdown of traditional values, family structure and causes demographic decline. Increasingly strict [[Age of Consent]] laws are correlated with declining fertility.
*The young are deprived of sexual pleasures during the time of their life where they are most receptive to it - their teen years. Those who are lucky enough to experience sexual pleasure are limited to inexperienced peers who are often unlearned like them, resulting in sometimes awkward and disappointing experiences.

== Addressing pedophobic attitudes ==

:''See also - [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]''

A small number of researchers have started to address the topic of [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigma]] against people with an attraction to minors, and how best to counter it.

*'''Amy L. Lawrence & Gwenda M. Willis (2021). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348580548_Understanding_and_Challenging_Stigma_Associated_With_Sexual_Interest_in_Children_A_Systematic_Review Understanding and Challenging Stigma Associated With Sexual Interest in Children: A Systematic Review], ''International Journal of Sexual Health'', 33(1):1-20.'''
::'''visibility''':
:::"Several studies (Cacciatori, 2017; Grady et al. 2019; Lievesley et al., 2020; Moss, 2019a; Muir, 2018) identified a problematic secrecy-stigma paradox, that is, stigma generates secrecy of the sexual interest, but wider exposure of the existence of the attraction is highlighted as an integral element of stigma reduction. [...] Goffman (1963) proposes that over time, familiarization and increased frequency of contact leads to normalization and acceptance of the difference present in a stigmatized individual or group. It could therefore be argued that increased visibility has the potential to reduce the effects of stigma by encouraging more individuals to disclose their attraction"

::'''education''':
:::"Harper et al. (2018) and Wurtele (2018 ) saw educational interventions [...] were able to decrease negative affective responses and improve attitudes toward treatment by decreasing support for punitive punishment. [...] Participants in Parr and Pearson (2019) discussed that education campaigns (through social media and sex education in schools) should emphasize the importance of the stable nature of the sexual interest, and behavioral choices and responsibility which shifts focus away from secrecy and shame."

::'''narrative-based depictions''':
:::" Boardman and Bartels (2018), Gunnarsdottir (2018), Harper et al. (2018), Harper et al. (2019), Jahnke et al. (2015), and Wurtele (2018) found narrative-based depictions of individuals with sexual interest in children had the effect of reducing stigmatization via the processes of humanization. These studies consistently found that presenting tangible and accurate representations of persons with sexual interest in children who had not offended (compared to conflating the attraction and offending) had a significant effect of improving attitudes toward this population".

::'''person-first language to public discourse''':
:::"Lowe and Willis (2020) found [...] that offense-based labels like “sex offender” or “murderer” were associated with less willingness among community members to do volunteer work with these groups as compared to neutral person first language (e.g., “people who have committed crimes of a sexual nature”). To challenge labels and reduce their effects, we recommend that researchers use person-first language, particularly if it is to filter through to public discourse."

::'''usage of a positive framing instead of myth negation''':
:::"The framing of questions and statements within measurement tools is of vital importance (particularly when challenging stigma) as evoking myths in an attempt to negate them, in fact, reinforces them (Schwarz et al., 2016). [...] Research on “valence framing” effects suggests that attitude intensity is increased by the use of negative frames (Bizer et al., 2011). [...] [C]onsider including statements such as people with sexual interest in children can control their interests, can achieve psychological wellbeing or can build relationships with adults."

*'''McKillop, N. and Price, S. (2023) [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nadine-Mckillop/publication/370159588_The_Potential_for_Anti-Stigma_Interventions_to_Change_Public_Attitudes_Toward_Minor-Attracted_Persons_A_Replication_and_Extension_of_Jara_and_Jeglic%27s_Study/links/64b081da95bbbe0 "The Potential for Anti-Stigma Interventions to Change Public Attitudes Toward Minor-Attracted Persons: A Replication and Extension of Jara and Jeglic’s Study"]. ''Journal of Child Sexual Abuse'', DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2023.2204864'''
::"[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02057-x Harper and colleagues (2022)] compared two anti-stigma interventions, both 5-minute videos, one scientific fact-based video delivered by an expert, and the other using narrative humanization techniques. [...] Most notably, although reduced stigma was more pronounced in the information video in the immediate period following exposure, the narrative condition did not produce the same level of bounce-back, meaning that the longevity in attitudinal change may hold longer in narrative condition."

::"[S]imilar to [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13552600.2020.1863486 Jara and Jeglic (2021)] [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02057-x Harper et al. (2022)] found purely fact-based education increased immediate negative effects in terms of increased perceptions of deviance, leading them to conclude that intervention relying only on factual information may inadvertently reinforce the negative perceptions of minor attraction. [...] [T]he present findings are inconsistent with Jara and Jeglic’s (2021) findings, and [...] goes some way to alleviate concerns raised by them regarding potential negative consequences of educating the public[...]"

*'''Stelzmann, D., Jahnke, S., & Kuhle, L. F. (2022). [https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/9356 Media Coverage of Pedophilia and Its Impact on Help-Seeking Persons with Pedophilia in Germany - A Focus Group Study.] ''International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'' 19 (15), DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159356'''
*:“''Media Coverage of Pedophilia and Its Impact on Society''
::The low prevalence of pedophilia [1,2,3,4,5] and secret-keeping due to fear of rejection (e.g., [42]) make it unlikely that most people will knowingly have first-hand experiences with individuals with pedophilia. Nevertheless, as previously described, most people have a concept of individuals with pedophilia in their mind which is rather pejorative (e.g., [34]). Based on communication science theories such as the cultivation theory [45,46], it can be assumed that these individual concepts of pedophilia are derived from media coverage since it serves as second-hand experience by informing society about pedophilia. Therefore, persons with pedophilia as well as recipients depend on the media reporting about pedophilia accurately, thus shaping appropriate second-hand experiences [47].

::Media coverage is determined by news factors and/or news values. This means that characteristics such as proximity, damage, or personalization structure the selection of events, and thus certain events are more likely to be reported than others [48,49]. Hence, media reporting on some topics may be biased ([48], also see [47]). To counteract this bias and to protect people who are the subject of media reporting, ethical journalistic standards are established in many countries worldwide [50,51]. [...] However, in the case of pedophilia and pedophilic disorder, comprehensive recommendations are currently lacking. Typical media coverage of pedophilia is characterized by primarily mentioning the subject in the context of severe and current cases of CSA (news factor: damage [48,49]). Thereby, media coverage tends to conflate pedophilia and CSA in the public consciousness [14,15,56,57,58]. For instance, Marc Dutroux, who was found guilty of sexually abusing and killing several children and teenagers in Belgium, was referred to as a “pedophile” in the media, even though his psychological evaluation found that he was not sexually attracted to children, but had other motives for his crimes (e.g., antisocial personality disorder, making profit by selling child sexual exploitation material; [59], also see [60]).”

*'''Lawrence, A. & Willis, G.M. (2022). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amy-Lawrence-6/publication/361066296_Understanding_and_influencing_public_attitudes_surrounding_people_with_a_sexual_interest_in_children/links/62c7b2abcab7ba7426da031b/Understanding-and-Influencing-Public-Attitudes-Su Understanding and influencing public attitudes surrounding people with a sexual interest in children]. ''Stigma and Health'' 7 (3), DOI: 10.1037/sah0000391'''
*: “Previous research indicates that first-person narratives are more effective than informative interventions in reducing stigmatizing attitudes, by way of potentially reversing the process of dehumanization (Harper et al., 2018, 2021; Harper & Hogue, 2015; Jahnke, Philipp, et al., 2015). However, the humanizing narrative intervention in this study was equally effective in increasing pity and reducing negative affective responses, as well as decreasing social distance, deviance, and increasing supportive attitudes as the informative intervention.”

:: “Rydell et al. (2007) [...] suggested that the attitudinal shift was a result of the continued accumulation of information influencing the attitudinal process. Indeed, the results from Harper et al. (2021) showed negative affective responses continued and even increased, despite cognitive changes in understanding empirically accurate information regarding sexual interest in children. Similarly, Jara and Jeglic (2021) found psychoeducation intervention increased punitive attitudes within a public sample. Thus, as attitudes regarding people who have these sexual interests have developed over an extended period, it is recommended that future research employ repeated interventions in attempts to promote sustained attitudinal changes.”

:: “The process of reversing the effects of stigma has the bifold benefits of enhancing the psychological well-being of people with sexual interest in children and reducing the help-seeking barriers they face.”

* '''Jahnke, S., Blagden, N., and Hill, L. (2022). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02331-6 Pedophile, Child Lover, or Minor-Attracted Person? Attitudes Toward Labels Among People Who are Sexually Attracted to Children.] ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'' 51 (8). DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02331-6'''
:: "labels may also carry negative connotations (Mendelsohn et al., 2020), contribute to public stigma (Granello & Gibbs, 2016), or be experienced as derogatory or ill-fitting (Dunn & Andrews, 2015)"

::"person-first labels ["a person with pedophilia"] were the target of much criticism because of their implication that pedophilia is undesirable, unwanted, and innately pathological (see also Martijn et al., 2020 where this was among the least popular self-labels). Both qualitative and quantitative findings suggest that people who are sexually attracted to children prefer to embrace their sexuality as part of their identity and want this to be reflected in the professional discourse as well."

::"there is evidence that interventions that educate about the distinction between a sexual attraction to children and sexual offending lead to a decrease in stigmatizing attitudes among students, health professionals, or members of the general public [...] Therefore, by shedding the criminal connotations of the label “[[Pedophilia|pedophilia]],” labels like “[[Minor Attracted Person|minor-attracted person]]” could help the public understand the difference between having a sexual attraction toward children and committing sexual crimes with child victims"

::"Some participants in this study expressed views in favor of reappropriating the “pedophilia” label as a way to express ownership, pride, and agency in the face of a misinformed public.[...]There is nascent research on the effects of reclaiming a slur among self-labelers and observers (Galinsky et al., 2013). These studies suggest that self-labeling with a slur can lead to an increased sense of power among the self-labeled. Additionally, when others observed that members of a stigmatized group used a slur to refer to themselves, they became more likely to view the self-labeler as powerful. Galinsky et al. (2013) also demonstrated that reclaiming a slur can attenuate the negativity of the label via increased perceptions of the group’s power."

==Slang terms==

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*Paedo (British/Australian), Pedo (American)
*[[Kiddy Fiddler]]/Diddler/KF
*Baby-raper
*[[Media:Rockspider.mp3|Rockspider audio linked]] (Australian, not to be confused with use by Rhodesians, in reference to Boers - Dutch South Africans)
*Nonce/Nonse (British, Supposedly prison slang: '''n'''ot '''o'''n '''n'''ormal '''c'''ourtyard '''e'''xercise)
*Pred or Predophile (American)
*Uncle Chester/[[Wikipedia:Chester the Molester|Chester the Molester]]/[[Wikipedia:Herbert (Family Guy)|Herbert the Pervert]]
*Podesta (Pizzagate, American)
*Perv
*ChoMo/Cho (Child Molester, American)
*Moe Lester (internet)
*Chickenhawk/Chicken Chaser (70s-90s US reference to a [[Pederasty|pederast]])
*Bush Dodger (British, novel)
*Pedovore (American, used by [[Absolute Zero]] commenters)
*Pedosadist (British), Pédocriminal(ité) (French)
*Short Eyes (American)
*Sexual Deviate (American, mid-20th Century/archaic, and intended to include molesters, transgenders, effeminate or publicly active homosexuals. Pronounced with a silent "e")
</div>

==Stereotypes==

[[File:Pedovan.jpg|thumb|A stereotypical "Pedovan"]]
There are many pedophobic stereotypes, and their nature may vary according to locality. Often, pedophiles are imagined as basement dwellers, probably IQ <90, overweight or gaunt and rat-like with prescription-type spectacles. They hide behind a computer screen, using [[Grooming|crude techniques]] to entrap the vulnerable.

==="Trenchcoat"===

The infamous stereotype of a pedophile, with his trenchcoat, sweets in pockets, lurking around bushes in parks/near playgrounds or in a car waiting to lure some child off to kidnap, rape and then murder is one example of pedophobia, generally propagated by the gutter-press.

[[Wikipedia:Brass Eye|Brass Eye]] (British comedy series) released a 2001 special edition now casually referred to as ''[[Wikipedia:Paedogeddon|Paedogeddon]]'' - a spoof-documentary scripted and in part performed by the reclusive comedian [[Chris Morris]], airing on the UK's Channel 4. It exposed the pedophobic cultural/media trends prevalent at that time. The program was itself attacked in the press, fulfilling the prophecies of the scriptwriter.

===="Pedovan"====

An extension of the trenchcoat stereotype has been the ''Pedovan'' - a popular meme, related to psychopathic criminals such as Earl Shriner, who designed such a van in prison. This is usually a battered Ford Aerostar or similar standard wheelbase commercial, with the words "free candy" scrawled on the side. The interior of the pedovan is a child-pornography studio lined with shagpile carpet, and has a tardis-like quality. The pedovan is used more often to mock the common cliches surrounding child abduction, than as an attack on pedophiles

===Memes===

Various online [[Wikipedia:Internet meme|memes]] are used to signal pedophobic sentiment, including:

*The '''woodchipper''', or so-called "pedophile recycling center". According to online legend, the pedophile must be fed "feet first" into the woodchipper.
*The '''"red flag"''', intended for use in situations where a person has not admitted to pedophilic inclinations, but has given off a strong signal.
*'''[[Chris Hansen]]''''s face suddenly appearing as a riposte to "inappropriate" discussion of minors and age-gap relationships. His presence is synonymous with the Dateline: [[Wikipedia:To Catch a Predator|To Catch a Predator]] series, in which entrapment was practiced against men with a sexual interest in minors.
*'''"Ok, [[grooming|groomer]]"''' (a variation of "ok, boomer") has also been employed in recent years, gaining popularity among the alternative-right.
*Other memes place emphasis on the '''necessity of exterminating pedophiles''', such as captioning guns and boxes of ammunition as a "cure" for pedophilia. One repeatedly used meme suggests gun violence as an answer to the work of [[Allyn Walker]].

===Gallery===

<gallery>
File:Todos contra a Pedofilia (4996631189).jpg|Brazilian senator displaying a t-shirt that reads "everyone against pedophilia" in the Federal Senate (2010)
File:Graffiti Poznan Pedofilia.jpg|Anti-pedophile graffiti in Poznań, Poland. 2011
File:Wapello sign.jpg|Anti-pedophile sign in Wapello, Iowa
File:Playdate.png|2022 pedophobic [[United Nations]] PSA
File:Elliot.png|Anti-c Mapresources.info admin observes deep hatred from anti-pedophiles
File:Pedoglasses.jpg|Pedophile glasses are also commonly known as "rapist glasses"
File:Podesta.jpg|John Podesta, whose name inspired a pedophobic slang term among conspiracy theorists
File:Orcbrain.jpeg|The limited number of memes available to an [[anti]] at any given time
</gallery>

==See also==

*[[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]
*[[Often repeated themes in anti-pedophile literature|Pedophobic cliches]] - in literature and TV.
*[[Vigilantism]]
*[[Bubba]]

==External links==

*[https://www.boywiki.org/en/Pedophobia_(dictionary) Pedophobia] - BoyWiki.
*[https://www.pedofili.eu/Pedophobia.htm Pedophobia] - Pedofili.eu.
*[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Mapmisia Mapmisia] - A similar coinage of some social media activists, that avoids the dual-use problem inherent to "pedophobia".

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]]

Japinha

2023-12-18T23:08:51Z

Gork:

[[File:Japinha.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Japinha]]
'''Ricardo Di Roberto''' (born 18 September 1973), better known as '''Japinha''', is a Brazilian musician best recognized for having been the drummer of the Grammy-winning rock band [[wikipedia:CPM 22|CPM 22]] from 1999 to 2020. He has performed music since 1994, not only as a drummer but also as a guitarist and singer, and is associated with underground styles such as melodic hardcore, punk rock, and hardcore punk. His nickname can be translated as "little Japanese one", referring to his Japanese ancestry.

On 4 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that would not much later expose the YouTuber [[PC Siqueira]].</ref> published private conversations from January and March 2012 showing Japinha, who at the time was 38, talking to a 16-year-old virgin fan girl for whom he expresses romantic and sexual interest.<ref name=g1>[https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/noticia/2020/06/10/japinha-do-cpm-22-confirma-conversa-vazada-com-garota-que-diz-ter-16-anos-ele-diz-que-era-brincadeira-sem-intencao-de-seduzir.ghtml Japinha do CPM 22 confirma conversa vazada com garota que diz ter 16 anos; ele diz que era 'brincadeira' sem 'intenção de seduzir']. G1. 20 June 2020</ref> Japinha confirmed that the conversation is real, but said that he had no intention of 'seducing' or harming the girl.<ref name=extra/><ref name=g1/>

Less than a week later, on June 10, the band declared that Japinha was out, one day after another member, the bassist Fernando Sanches, announced that he would be stepping out as well, which for some suggested that there was already some kind of tension going on within the band.<ref name=extra>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/musica/saida-de-baixista-expoe-racha-no-cpm-22-em-polemica-sobre-japinha-24472416.html Saída de baixista expõe racha no CPM 22 em polêmica sobre Japinha]. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> On 17 August 2020, Japinha was officially dismissed from the band.<ref>[https://entretenimento.r7.com/musica/japinha-quebra-silencio-apos-saida-do-cpm-22-seguirei-em-frente-17082020 Japinha quebra silêncio após saída do CPM 22: 'Seguirei em frente']. R7. </ref> However, in the same month, before it could achieve more significant recognition in Brazil, Japinha's case was obscured by a more prominent one: vlogger [[PC Siqueira]]'s confessed attraction to a six-year-old girl.

Japinha has since performed with his own band, Dinossaurus, which he had founded back in 2014.

==External links==
* [https://www.instagram.com/ricardo_japinha/ Instagram]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People: Brazilian]]
[[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Law/Crime]]
[[Category:Law/Crime: Brazilian]]
[[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2010s]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:History & Events: Brazilian]]

Age of Consent

2023-12-18T22:49:51Z

Gork: /* Ages of consent around the world */

__NOTOC__[[File:Consent.png|thumb|The British National Council for One Parent Families supported abolition in 1979]]
The '''Age of [[Consent]]''' is an arbitrary age at which a person is considered legally capable of consenting to sex within a given country (or with a citizen of that country anywhere in the world, if it has extraterritorial jurisdiction laws). Where a country's age of consent laws for sexual activity treat people convicted of those offences with the same severity as criminal [[rape]], the law is often referred to as [[statutory rape]].

This definition highlights several important factors which go into determining the age of consent. To begin with, it is arbitrary. In other words, the age is not chosen based on an empirical and measurable personal quality which relates to the capacity for consent, but rather, it is chosen as a compromise number based largely on political, social, psychological and judicial precedent factors in a legislative process often only marginally related to the actual capabilities of the individuals to which it is applied. This is seen as necessary when such an age must be determined, despite the fact that no two individuals mature at precisely the same rate.

Another important factor is that of jurisdiction. A jurisdiction represents the abstract collection of individuals over whom a certain legal institution has authority. As a direct consequence of the arbitrariness of the age of consent, the actual number varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. An individual who may be capable of legally consenting in one area may, simply by crossing a border, find that his consent is no longer valid.

==Current debate==

Recent years have seen a general trend towards decriminalizing, or at least destigmatizing sexual acts which carry a burden of moral guilt, but no substantiated evidence of harm. HIV is one such example<ref>[https://thecanadiandailynews.com/news/canada/former-barrie-ont-womans-conviction-for-hiv-non-disclosure-overturned/ HIV transmission laws are being described as unscientific]</ref>, and similar trends have been seen in sex-work advocacy, [[Research: Recidivism and other offending figures|SOL Reform]] and sex education, the latter leading to accusations of so-called [[grooming]]. It appears that there is an [[Research: Prevalence of Harm and Negative Outcomes|evidentiary base]] for making similar arguments with respect to voluntary minor-adult sex, although critical mass has not yet been reached for such substantial moves.

The following positions on the age of consent are not strict categories:

*The '''authoritarian''' position holds that current age of consent laws are set at inadequately low ages, and should be revised, in some cases as high as 21 or 25. This position is sometimes based more on antipathy towards sexual behavior among young people rather than extensive authoritarian protectionism.
*The '''conservative''' position (not necessarily right-leaning conservatism) holds that current age of consent laws are appropriate and should be enforced as they stand. This would segue into a globalist conservative position holding that jurisdictions with lower ages of consent should bring themselves up to parity with jurisdictions with higher ones.
*The '''libertarian''' or '''reformist''' position holds that while at least in the cultures concerned, age of consent in itself is a valid and desirable concept, the current numbers are too high or unrealistic and should be revised downwards. This might take the form of an [[Ethos of Newgon|elective system]] whereby a minor chooses to emancipate themselves in various areas, including consent to physical relationships.
*The '''replacement''' position holds that the concept of age of consent is not valid for its purported purpose and should be replaced with another system of determining capability to legally consent. The replacements most typically take the form of marriage, or some type of preparation or education, examination or empirically graded "test" to determine whether an individual is "ready", sometimes coupled with licensing schemes.
*The '''repeal''' position holds that the concept of age of consent should be eliminated completely.

===Poll in Britain===
On November 16, 2003 Channel 4 broadcast a program; "Sex Before 16: Why the Law is Failing" and afterwards conducted a phone poll of its viewers in the United Kingdom.

Of the 3366 respondents to the four options;
*34% thought the age of consent should be reduced to 14
*35% thought it should stay at 16
*13% thought it should be raised to 18
*18% thought it should be abolished<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20031124074934/http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/A/adultat14/consent/aoc_vote.shtml</ref>

Whilst this would suggest that there is more potential to lower the age, the topic remains controversial, and the Channel 4 viewer sample is questionably libertarian.

===Popular opinion===

It is generally hard to gauge popular opinion on this topic, due to a dearth of reliable polling. '''Debate.org''' conducted a poll, in which over 2/3rds supported reform, with many radical proposals. Between 2008 and some unknown point, '''"misterpoll.com"''' published a large list of questions related to the Age of Consent. Their respondents, mainly men, answered mostly between the years of 2008 and 2011. Over half did not support the idea of an age of consent, and 86% agreed that minors should be able to perform in a strip tease. It is unclear how representative this sample is.<ref>[https://www.misterpoll.com/polls/332845/results MisterPoll Results] and [https://web.archive.org/web/2011*/https://www.misterpoll.com/polls/332845/results Misterpoll Archived Results]</ref>

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===The UN===

A 2023 controversy arose on social media<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/un-backed-legal-recommendations-normalize-sex-minors-critics-say New UN-backed legal recommendations normalize sex with minors, outraged critics say]</ref> following the publication of new legal principles problematizing the idea that adolescents are inherently unable to [[consent]], including to sex. American conservatives reacted by circulating the theory that such opinions represent an attempt to "soften up" the public prior to the release of supposedly "damning" information concerning [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s high-profile visitors.

==Ages of consent around the world==

:''For a short analysis of the historical context behind AoC laws and their interpretation, see our article on [[Consent]]. Given the constantly changing nature of AoC laws, an up-to-date list can not be provided here. See [[Wikipedia:Ages of consent by country|Wikipedia]].''

Some interesting examples of low ages of consent include Japan<ref>[https://www.ageofconsent.net/world/japan AoC.net - Japan]</ref> (who appear to be raising it<ref>[https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230314/p2g/00m/0na/027000c Japan OKs bill to reform sexual offense charge, raise age of consent]</ref> under Western pressure), Brazil and Peru. The case of Brazil is described at length, in the document, ''Sexuality, the age of consent and the Brazilian law'', which describes among other things, proposals in the 10s, to reduce the age from 14 to 12.<ref>[https://pedrapapeletesoura.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/sexualitytheageofconsentandthebrazilianlaw/ Sexuality, the age of consent and the Brazilian law, by Yure]</ref> India has faced similar calls, based upon the sheer number of adolescents engaged in illegal sexual activity.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-63953752 Age of consent: Why is consensual teen sex a crime in India?]</ref>

While the federal age of consent in Mexico is 15, state laws often override federal law, and state ages of consent vary from 12 to 15. The state law of Nayarit specifies that a person must have reached puberty in order to consent with sex. However, the state age of consent is not unrestricted and factors such as age difference and hierarchical subordination of the younger partner may play a role.

The age of consent in the Philippines was 12 until 2022, when it was raised to 16.<ref>[https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/3/7/Age-of-sexual-consent-Philippines-law.html PH raises age of sexual consent from 12 to 16]. CNN Philippines. March 7, 2022.</ref>

In the late 70s, New Jersey lowered its age of consent to 13, amid sweeping law reforms. It was raised soon after, but only because of public outcry, not any increase in sexual victimization.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/12/archives/new-jersey-law-changes-reflect-the-new-morality-a-compilation-from.html Waldron in NYT: A Decade in the Making, the State's First Criminal Code Takes Effect Next Month]</ref> A 2018 act reduced the age of consent in Malta, albeit to fall in line with the rest of Europe at 16. The same act also reduced the voting age to 16.<ref>[https://lovinmalta.com/news/local/the-age-of-consent-in-malta-has-been-lowered/ The Age Of Consent In Malta Has Been Lowered - J. Cilia for Lovin Malta]</ref>

===The case of the Netherlands===
Much discussion has been devoted to the age of consent in the Netherlands. According to a law passed in 1989 (after a much longer period of unofficial liberalization<ref>[https://www.greek-love.com/index.php/modern-europe/netherlands/dutch-policemen-understood-pederasty Dutch Policemen who understood pederasty - Brongersma]</ref>), even though the age of consent was set at 16, sex between an adult and a young person between 12 and 16 was not an offence if the young person consented to the contact. Prosecutions for coercive sex could be sought by the young person or his/her parents.

The law which stirred much discussion (see Schuijer 1991, 1993, 1995, Faust 1995) and praised as positive for adolescent sexuality ([[Judith Levine|Levine]] 2002, 89) was later repealed in 2002 by a very rare unanimous vote in the Dutch parliament ([[Gert Hekma|Hekma]] 2004).

===Initiatives to lower the UK Age of Consent===

At around the turn of the century, a [[Youth Perspectives|poll of 12-16 year old British girls suggested that the age should be lowered to 12]]. Activists such as [[Peter Tatchell]] have long sought to lower the age, arguing that this would be more in line with the lived experiences of young people.

Earlier (in the 70s and 80s), the British National Council for One Parent Families (image inset) had even advocated for abolition, being [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|joined by various Gay and MAP groups]]. In 1979, close to the peak of liberal attitudes on this topic, even the Home Office argued that the age of consent be lowered from 16 to 14, calling for a dramatic reduction in statutory punishments for consensual sex with girls as young as 12 in an internal research study obtained by the Guardian.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/08/lower-age-consent-14-1979-home-office-report Whitehall study wanted age of consent lowered to 14 and sentences for sex cut]</ref>

==Reasons for increasing the Age of Consent==

As explained by [[Wikipedia:Age of consent#History and social attitudes|Wikipedia]], ages of consent were often set around the age of puberty or marriage until the reforms of the 19th and 20th Centuries, and were very much open to interpretation. In postindustrial Victorian England, changing attitudes around the institution of childhood and prologation of education, aided by Christian/Feminist Social Purity campaigners, [[Moral Enterprise|moral entrepreneurs]] and journalists such as W. T. Stead, - led to changes that spread the world over.

It is important to note that ages of consent were not initially raised and enforced for the same reasons we presently uphold them:

:''“Sexual consent is now understood by many – although not all – as a marker of when girls (and boys) are ‘allowed’ or likely to have sexual intercourse as much as a signifier of their capacity to consent. For the Victorians, sexual consent was certainly not a recommended or permitted age of sexual activity. The 1885 law on sexual consent meant, to cite the 1908 Royal Commissioners on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded, that ‘[t]he power of consenting to unlawful defilement … '''has been taken from girls under sixteen'''’. This wording is significant: the right to consent was ‘taken away’ from girls under the age of consent, rather than given to those above it. Few commentators approved of sexual intercourse outside of marriage, which was expected to occur in the mid-20s rather than at the legal age of marriage (14 for boys and 12 for girls) or age of sexual consent.”''<ref>[https://www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/papers/the-legacy-of-1885-girls-and-the-age-of-sexual-consent The legacy of 1885: girls and the age of sexual consent, by Victoria Bates]</ref> [our emphasis]

Oftentimes, when opposition to British-style increased age of consent statutes was voiced during the empire's fall, it took the form of an anti-imperialist argument.<ref>[https://sumitamukherjee.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/sarda-act-article-version.pdf Sumita Mukherjee, ‘Using the Legislative Assembly for Social Reform: The Sarda Act 1929’, South Asia Research, 26, 3, (November 2006).] ''There were also political and nationalist concerns for reformers within the Legislative Assembly. In the 1890s, the nationalist leader Bal Gandadhar Tilak had been opposed to the Age of Consent Bill because he did not want India’s advancement to be dependent upon British help. Now that Indians were more involved and represented in the debating chamber, they could argue that their advancement was no longer dependent upon the British.''</ref>

==See also==

*[[Consent]] - Explores the concept and links to specific articles on Newgon.
*[[Debate Guide: Problems with the Age of Consent]]
*[[Mature Minor]]

==External links==

*[https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/teaching-modules/230.html Age of Consent Laws - Summary article by Stephen Robertson]
*[https://www.scarleteen.com/article/abuse_assault/the_age_of_consent_for_what_exactly The age of consent... for what, exactly?] - Heather Corinna, for ''Scarleteen''.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform AoC Reform - Wikipedia]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_by_country The definitive list] - Ages of consent on Wikipedia.
*[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1607318.htm Reading list - published on BC]

==References and further reading==
*Baker, C. (1983) [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1177/144078338301900105 "The Age of Consent Controversy: Age and Gender As Social Practice."] Australian & New Zealand Journal of Sociology 19(1): 96-112.
*Baurmann, M. (2005) "[https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1300/J056v16n02_07 Sexuality, Adolescence and the Criminal Law: The Perspective of Criminology.]" Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 71-88.
*Böllinger, L. (2005) [https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/j056v16n02_08 "Adolescence, Sexual Aggression and the Criminal Law."] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 89-104.
*[[Edward Brongersma|Brongersma, E.]] (1980) [https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/20/1/20/378071 "The meaning of 'indecency' with respect to moral offences involving children."] British Journal of Criminology 20(1): 20-34.
*[[Edward Brongersma|Brongersma, E.]] (1988) [https://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/brong_88_frame.htm "A Defence of Sexual Liberty for All Age Groups."] Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 27(1): 32-43.
*Brown, M. (1996) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13572339608420468 "The Age of Consent: The Parliamentary Campaign in the UK to Lower the Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts."] Journal of Legislative Studies 2(2): 1-7.
*[[Vern Bullough|Bullough, V. L.]] (2005) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v16n02_03 "Age of Consent: A Historical Overview."] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 25-42.
*Cocca, C. E. (2004) [https://networks.h-net.org/node/18732/reviews/19007/littauer-cocca-jailbait-politics-statutory-rape-laws-united-states Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States]. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
*Ellis, S. J. and C. Kitzinger (2002) [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Denying-equality%3A-an-analysis-of-arguments-against-Ellis-Kitzinger/184be7a20082718aa34e4eea37bac3d8232c9e4b "Denying equality: An analysis of arguments against lowering the age of consent for sex between men."] Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 12(3): 167-180.
*[[Beatrice_Faust|Faust]], B. (1995) [[Media:(1995) Faust - Child Sexuality and AOC - The Netherlands Model.pdf|"Child sexuality and age of consent laws: The Netherlands model."]] Australasian Gay and Lesbian Law Journal, 5, pp. 78-85.
*[[Helmut_Graupner|Graupner, H.]] (1999) [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10482330/ "Love versus abuse: crossgenerational sexual relations of minors: a gay rights issue?"] Journal of Homosexuality 37(4): 23-56.
*[[Helmut_Graupner|Graupner, H.]] (2000) [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1001986103125 "Sexual consent: The criminal law in Europe and overseas."] Archives of Sexual Behavior 29(5): 415-461.
*[[Helmut_Graupner|Graupner, H.]] (2005) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v16n02_02 "The 17-Year-Old Child: An Absurdity of the Late 20th Century."] Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 16(2/3): 7-24. (.pdf file)
*[[Gert Hekma|Hekma, G.]] (2004) "Queer: The Dutch case." GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies 10(2): 276-280.
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Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics

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Even though the online encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]] (founded in January 2001 by current head [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] and former head [[Wikipedia:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]]) still claims to be neutral and "consensus driven", material is frequently deleted at the behest of Wales<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Role_of_Jimmy_Wales Role Of Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia documentation]</ref> and select administrators (Arbitration Committee) when it is deemed to be politically unfavorable or harmful to its image. This flouting of principles, which has also been denounced by Sanger himself, who stated in 2020 that Wikipedia had by then become "badly biased" and completely abandoned its original neutrality policy,<ref>[https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/ Wikipedia is badly biased]. Personal website of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. May 14, 2020.</ref> is particularly obvious in relation to articles on the subjects of [[Research: Youth sexuality|child and youth sexuality]] and [[paraphilia]]s. Because of this, most Wikipedia articles that focus on [[Minor Attracted People]] and [[Adult-child sex]] for example, tend to have a medical/psychiatric bias, expressed thru a combination of undue weight, advocacy science and weasel words.

While much of the material now removed from Wikipedia appears to be legitimate, sourced content from a neutral or contrarian perspective,<ref>See for example, archives of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch&oldid=1086334416#2011 pages removed from under the auspices of Pedophile Article Watch]</ref> previous bans on a small number self-identifying [[pedophile]] editors (in late 2006 and early 2007) exacerbated perceptions of any editing that may be considered similar in style. Users who "may bring the project into disrepute" were blocked "per directive"<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=125487687&diffonly=1 Discussion of blocking as per directive of ArbCom]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:VigilancePrime&oldid=208864891 VigilancePrime UserTalk log]</ref> by the arbitration committee - a select group of site administrators who converse in private. In 2010, a policy was enacted to formalize ostracism of "pedophiles" and their apologists with no reference to children, and advice for administrators to cover-up accusations of "pedophilia" and pro-pedophile edit patterns. This policy was later rationalized as a child-protection effort, despite having never taken such a form.<ref name="PEDOpolicy" />

In practise, it is common for [[anti]]-pedophile administrators to simply block editors who they dislike (or deem to be pedophiles), with the full knowledge that ArbCom will not oppose their actions. For example, the Administrator seicer re-affirmed an appealed block on 12 February 2009 by simply stating that he did not like the editor involved. This is not exceptional behavior among Wikimedia administrators, even to this day.<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=block&user=&page=User%3A86sedan&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype= Surjection perma-banned LegitSock 86Sedan] for factual edits that [https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=MAP&diff=prev&oldid=63949483 did no more than make two longstanding controversial articles consistent with one another], accusing "advocacy of illegal activity".</ref>

==Timeline of events==
:''We refer to some editors as MAPs or MAP aligned for clarity. Please note that this term was not even coined or widely used until 2007 and 2018 respectively.''

The censorship of MAP-related information from Wikipedia has a long history, which can be broken down into roughly three distinct eras. For the first part of its life, from 2001 to the "Pedo Wars" of the late 00s, Wikipedia took a pragmatic approach to editors who self-identified as MAPs, displayed sympathies, or shared content that might be deemed [[Child Pornography|child pornography]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/tech/wikipedia-distributing-child-porn-co-founder-tells-fbi Wikipedia Distributing Child Porn, Co-Founder Tells FBI]</ref> At this point, the publicity risks were considerably lower, and the need for a growing base of quality content was first priority. This was the era before organized 2nd-wave MAP activism, so examples of dissent were limited to productive editors who had made controversial statements.<ref>[https://infogalactic.com/info/Wikipedia_and_pedophilia Infogalactic: Wikipedia and Pedophilia]</ref>

===Activism begins===
The first MAP activists to edit Wikipedia (2004 onward) didn't attempt to hide the fact. Users such as [[Rookiee]]<ref>[https://books.google.nl/books?id=y_CLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=wikipedia+pedophile+editors&source=bl&ots=WypwD9HzqJ&sig=ACfU3U0mCAydeHCpkQ5zCLCBGNyVmAMV-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizr6XjvuLyAhVJM-wKHcRvBjMQ6AF6BAgeEAI#v=onepage&q=wikipedia%20pedophile%20editors&f=false Goode - It would be useful to have the later pages of this, see what she went into]</ref> (the host of [[Pedologues]]), Zanthalon ([[AP]]) and Clayboy were blocked because of the publicity risk they posed to the project. One controversy involved a "userbox/template" which identified an editor as a Pedophile on their user page<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war Pedo userbox war]</ref> - leading to arguments among Wikipedians over freedom of speech and the temporary banning of admins who opposed the template. This would be considered a near-impossibility nowadays. The crucial period of this 2nd era, started with an uptick in the level of anonymous editing in 2007. This was a period in which numerous edit wars raged, information was removed due to the perceived ''motivation or bad faith'' of editors, and the associated publicity risks. This was the "witch hunt" we refer to as the "Pedo Wars", and our narrative of that period continues after the short commentary below.

====Interlude Commentary====

'''Wikipedia's inherent weakness'''

One inherent weakness of collaborative online information resources such as Wikipedia is their vulnerability to special interest groups and their lobbying efforts. On average, it is likely that moderate editors (those with no partisan leanings), will have less natural interest in a subject, less knowledge on it, and are less likely to care about saving their edits from hostile actors. This rule applies particularly to hot-button topics, meaning unlikely consensus has to be found on emotive, polarizing topics such as [[CSA]]. Negative bias can also creep in to some articles such as "Pro-pedophile activism", since any perception of "objectivity" towards topics that elicit visceral reactions might lead to self-censorship. At the time pro-MAP activists first appeared on Wikipedia, there was a politically-correct, "victimological", psychiatry-led bias throughout most of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch Pedophilia Article Watch]" suite of articles. This was due to a general unwillingness of specialist editors to cite a range of sources, particularly outside of medicine. There was also a marked naivety among high-ranking non-specialist editors, towards lobbyist imposters posing as CSA specialists - usually to pedal grifts such as [[repressed memory]].

====Pedo Wars====

It was at this time, around late 2006/early 2007, that pro-MAP activists responded to the previous blocks en-masse by creating anonymous accounts and attempting to alter editorial consensus. Favored edits introduced citations refuting the pathological theory of [[Pedophilia]], and cited examples of [[CSA]] research contesting the narrative of universal harm (material such as [[Rind et al]]). This sparked a number of edit-wars and confrontations, attracting both administrators and [[anti]]-pedophile activists to the articles and their discussion pages. At this point, some high level Wikipedians personally contacted some of the more influential activist editors, attempting to explain the publicity risks of rampant, polarized special interest editing. This was of course a just warning, albeit against ''exactly'' the type of editing Wikipedia had tolerated for many years from victimological, therapeutic-interventionist and traumatology-led editors posing as disinterested specialists. It was for this reason, the appeals fell on deaf ears. The reaction that followed, towards "inclusionist" pro-MAP editing patterns - was sometimes indiscriminate, leading to arbitrary accusations of sockpuppetry and "pro-pedophile disruption" - an often stated rationale for blocking. As this "witch-hunt" reaction snowballed, accounts were often blocked regardless of activist affiliation, for editing patterns no more outlandish than citations of peer-reviewed research on related articles. It is also believed that highly abusive (i.e. "simultaneous") sock-puppetry was used on multiple occasions by [[anti]]-MAP activists in order to skirt around the "three revert rule" and to fabricate editor consensus. Many pro-MAP activists fought on, creating new identities after their initial bans - some getting through 10 or more identities before giving up. According to one editor, it was a running joke to compare the number of edits they got to before being banned, with 150 the marque of a skillful activist editor. In one particularly egregious incident, Administrator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic Dominic Byrd-McDevitt] claimed that he had forensic evidence to link two accounts and justify a block by east718. We knew immediately, this was incorrect (see Louisa Petit-Ladoumegue in the list below), as both users were on our list of activists, but had never met one another. If McDevitt did indeed fabricate this evidence, we also know he lied to other sysops to cover himself.

====[[Richard Weiss]] controversy====

The pinnacle of the Pedo-Wars controversy and a major turning point, was the politically-influenced decision to retain the services of the British-born, renowned [[anti]]-pedophile edit warrior, [[Richard Weiss]] (Squeakbox) and his sockpuppets. This remains to this day, one of the all-time most blatant abuses of administrative privilege on the encyclopedia - if it is to be held that Jimbo Wales was not behind the decision.

Through various suspected sock puppet reports, it was established that accounts were being used throughout ''Pedophilia Article Watch'' to fabricate consensus and escape the three-revert-rule. These edits, particularly by the account Pol64, always reverted to the initial edits of Weiss, an avowed fighter of "pedophile disruption" known for previous sock puppetry and attempts to silence other editors by labeling them pedophiles. Interestingly, these edits also contained grammatical/typographical errors that uncannily resembled those made by Weiss. It was noted by investigating editors, that Pol64 would typically compile a list of edits that appended perfectly on to the end of Weiss' earlier session, and vice versa. These concerns were initially ignored due to Weiss' use of geographically unrelated proxy IPs to evade detection.<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/SqueakBox Squeakbox (Weiss) request for checkuser]</ref> This inspired the user '''Dyskolos''' (Daniel Lievre) to compile an exhaustive list of timed edit sessions, effectively proving that Richard Weiss was regularly and frantically switching between his main account and Pol64.<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/SqueakBox_(3rd) SqueakBox (Weiss) suspected sock puppet log]</ref> Indeed, as the detailed list revealed, Weiss was barely leaving enough time between these puppeteering vacations to afford himself a simple tea break. The report, was nevertheless dismissed out of hand, confirming that Wikipedia would now not be willing to punish even the most obvious examples of abuse, if it were deemed to be countering the "pedophile point of view". One editor familiar with these exchanges recalls seeing at least one admin's comments expressing skepticism towards Weiss' activities being "rolled back", strongly suggesting the involvement of oversight from ArbCom or above.

It is a comic irony, that in a belated 2010 investigation<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/tech/exclusive-pedophiles-find-a-home-on-wikipedia FOX News: Pedophiles find a home on Wikipedia]</ref> into pedophile-related editing activity on Wikipedia, Fox News implied that Weiss (Squeakbox) had posted on [[BoyChat]] soliciting votes against the deletion of [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]]'s article. Of course, a BoyChat user had ironically used Weiss' screen name to troll him on BC, and prevent his own Wikipedian identity from being revealed.

====2008: Adult-Child Sex - the last stand====
Having effectively lost the war over editing privileges, there was one last significant attempt by MAP-aligned or amenable Wikipedians to incorporate value-neutral information on CSA. This was the [[minor-adult sex|Adult-child sex]] article - the concept being to create a new article as opposed to altering an existing one. Amazingly, this article (which we took over, and edit to this day) survived one deletion vote handsomely, and hung on for a few months until new [[anti]]-MAP activist editors appeared to be called in to the vote.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Adult-child_sex Adult-child sex 1st deletion vote]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Adult-child_sex_(2nd_nomination) Adult-child sex 2nd deletion vote]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Adult-child_sex Adult-child sex deletion review]</ref> Editors on, or roughly aligned to our activist network continued to be active all the way through 2008, but were eventually swamped by further blocks, article protections and the appearance of special interest editors such as [[James Cantor]].

===A return to the old normal===

The Pedophilia Article Watch is now inactive after the cessation of MAP activist editing, and MAPs are frequently warned against editing Wikipedia without taking precautions such as computer security and checking their edit pattern. The events of 2007 are frequently used as a precedent to suppress "tendentious" editing, and most articles are now policed and sanitized as a matter of course. One positive outcome, is that due in part to the events of 2007, regular Wikipedia editors are now far more aware of the special interest editing patterns that led to the poisoning of many psychology, psychiatry and sexology related topics in the preceding era. In this sense, we are now able to link to a number of less contentious Wikipedia articles that are unlikely to fall foul of advocacy editing, and thus reduced the burden on our own content producers.

==List of notable editors==
All of the following editors were involved in the 2007/8 controversy. Some notables from <2006 and 2009> have been excluded.
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===Deletionist/Special Interest/Anti-MAP===
Editors with the black dot are known to have been sockpuppets.
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*'''Richard Weiss☻''' - (at the time, his screen name was SqueakBox). Multiple abusive simultaneous sock puppeteer with his own section in this article. His sock, '''Pol64☻''' was allegedly a female former police officer - eventually banned in early 2008, but astoundingly, never officially linked to Weiss.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive359 Pol64 Blocked, Weiss continues to support his own sockpuppet]</ref>
*'''AbuseTruth☻''' aka '''ResearchEditor☻''' (3000 edits, special interest, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ResearchEditor/Archive multiple socks], [[Leadership Council]]?)
*'''AWeidman☻''' aka '''DPeterson☻''' (Dr Arthur Becker Weidman, Anti-ped Attachment Therapist who eventually got a lifetime block in 07 for ban evasion. Associated with [[Phillip John Eide]] on wiki)
*'''East718''', '''El_C''' (Pedophobic Admins)
*'''Jack-A-Roe''' (Highly tendentious special interest editor and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civil_POV_pushing Civil POV pusher])
*'''Fred Bauder''' (Admin who was hugely influential in policing pedophilia and enacting blocks)
*'''PetraSchelm''' (Typical Jack/PhDarts style victimological agenda-pusher, possible $$ grift)
*'''Phdarts☻''' aka '''HeadleyDown☻''' (Similar to the above, one was reincarnation of the other)
*'''SeattleJoe''' (vile character who started threatening editors with police action, for editing)
*'''Will Beback''' (William McWhinney, disingenuous admin who supported harsh and excessive permanent blocks of other editors, while expressing no corresponding objection to them in normal editing)
*'''[[Phillip John Eide|XavierVE]]''' (Phillip John Eide) - of [[Perverted Justice]].

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===Inclusionist/MAP Activist/Adjacent===
All of these editors were banned, and got only limited support from established Wikipedians such as Springeragh and Homologeo. Editors with the black dot are known to have been sockpuppets, although some are not linked explicitly for their security. The usual form of sockpuppetry was creation of a new account after banning. Simultaneous abuse was rare among this group. [[Wikisposure]] did their own research at the time, and got some of it right.<ref>[https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Evil-unveiled.com/Wikipedia_Campaign ED: Wikipedia Campaign (originally a [[Wikisposure]] article)]</ref>

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*'''[[VigilancePrime]]''' (Disgraceful block of a productive editor)
*'''Dfpc'''
*'''Barry Jameson☻''' (171 edits)
*'''Catherine N.X.''' (Activist who helped the logic section of our [[Debate Guide]])
*'''BLueRibbon☻''' (BL Activist, one of our contributors early on)
*'''Silent War'''
*'''Digital Emotion☻''' (123 edits - profiled on [[Wikisposure]])
*'''Enrico Dirac☻''' aka '''Hermitian☻''' (Often seen, likely connected accounts, reasonable editing style)
*'''Farenhorst☻'''
*'''GroomingVictim☻''' (176 Edits)
*'''[https://www.boywiki.org/en/User:Meco Meco]'''
*'''Jillium☻''' (our former Web Admin/Producer of research lists) ran '''Tryckfelsnisse☻''' and '''Paroxysm☻'''.
*'''Jim Burton☻''' (Highly successful MAP-aligned editor, almost 1000 edits, defended right of editors to self-identify as pedophiles, and described them as ideal editors of articles related to themselves on a provocative [[Jim Burton userpage (Wikipedia)|userpage]])
*'''Karla Lindstrom☻''' (46 edits) was a sock of '''Dyskolos☻''' and '''Samantha Pignez☻''' ('''Daniel Lievre☻''' - our cofounder who had operated over 10 accounts by 2008 and ran a private email list).
*'''Louisa Petit-Ladoumegue☻''' (This alleged sock puppet of '''Voice of Britain☻''' was actually Samantha Pignez/Lievre instead. We know '''both''' individuals who operated these accounts! Administrative abuse by East718. This<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Louisa_Petit-Ladoumegue User Talk: Louisa_Petit-Ladoumegue]</ref> is where they were caught lying)
*'''Voice of Britain☻'''
*'''Jovin Lambton☻''' (Almost 1000 edits)
*'''Roman Czyborra''' (Czyborra.com - a Unix Administrator from Berlin, Germany, who threatened to sue Wikimedia)
*'''Strichmann☻''' (66 edits and sources provided for [[Adult-child sex]] in co-operation with the below, which seemingly outraged Admins)
*'''TlatoSMD''' (High quality editor with 2000+ edits - sparred with Jack-A-Roe, calling him out as a pusher. Banned incorrectly as "single purpose")
*'''AnotherSolipsist☻'''
*'''Foresticpig☻''' (over 1000)
*'''Tyciol''' (edits [[user:tyciol|here]])
*'''MikeD78☻''' (around 500 edits)
*'''A.Z.'''
*'''Equilibrist☻'''
*'''Bow Ty☻'''
*'''Leucosticte☻'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220625172936/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2018-06-14/ty-article/.premium/this-hitler-loving-pedophile-running-for-u-s-congress/0000017f-e5e1-dc7e-adff-f5ede6500000 Nathan Larson on Wikipedia]</ref>
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====What does this all mean?====

From looking at logs and known/likely socks and reincarnation of banned editors, it looks like each side had between 3 and 4 highly biased activist editors on PAW at any one time, through most of 2007 and part of 2008. These editors would contribute roughly half of the counting edits during that time.

==Pedo Wars II (2023 MAP article controversy)==

A second much shorter, but more damaging controversy took place in mid-May, 2023, when administrators on the popular online encyclopedia were seen to have conducted a [[Wikipedia:Witch-hunt|witch-hunt]] on two researchers and the former head of a [[Prostasia Foundation|child protection charity]] deemed to be engaged in "pedophile advocacy".<ref>The banned editors went by the usernames 22Spears, 86Sedan (apparently researchers), and [[Jeremy Malcolm]] (User:Qirtaiba). Observer42436 (a one-time use account) and R alvarez02 were blocked immediately for supporting one of the researchers and Malcolm in a deletion discussion. User:Pokelova was threatened with a ban for openly supporting the first two of these editors, as can be seen in the gallery, but escaped unscathed before going on to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pokelova#June_2023 lose his account] after an editor complained of him being a [[hebephilia|hebephilic]] furry with a baraag.net [[Pediverse]] account [see the Wikipediocracy thread]. Another editor banned was [[Allyn Walker]] article contributor, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:So47009 So47009] (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1132 AN/I discussion])</ref><ref name="Spears" /><ref name="Sedan" /><ref name="Malcolm" />

These events took place around a "deletion discussion"<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Minor-attracted_person_(2nd_nomination) AfD: Deletion discussion for "Minor-attracted person"], not to be confused with a previous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Minor-attracted_person AfD for Minor-attracted person], in which the article took the form of a disambiguation page</ref> for a controversial, newly-created article describing the term "[[Minor Attracted Person]]".<ref>[https://archive.is/q1ttr MAP Article - Archive]</ref> Initially, numerous editors chimed in, supporting the idea of keeping the article. With high-ranking editors and admins rattled, a series of bizarre events then unfolded. A brand new editor going by the name of "MrPinkingShears" randomly accused one of the MAP research editors of "personally knowing" [[Thomas O'Carroll]], simply because he had described him as "Tom" in an edit summary. MrPinkingShears was subsequently banned, but then reinstated after other administrators revolted, and the two MAP researchers were banned.

Other articles written by one of the researchers (including a review of Predator Poachers - a [[Predator Poachers|discredited vigilante operation]]) were deleted, as canvassing at Wikipediocracy<ref>[https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12957 Wikipediocracy thread], see also [https://wikipediasucks.co/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2809&start=10 Wikipediasucks]</ref> and most probably the Wikipedia Review forum was followed by a campaign of paranoia, hyper-vigilance, arbitration-committee-enforced bans and a [[Wikipedia:chilling effect|chilling effect]].<ref>[https://archive.is/UB6RP Stigma of Pedophilia (archive)] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stigma_of_pedophilia AfD: Stigma of Pedophilia]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Predator_Poachers AfD: Predator Poachers]</ref> Another article that was significantly effected by the bans was [[Wikipedia:Operation Underground Railroad|Operation Underground Railroad]]. Editors removed large amounts of sourced material deemed to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|potentially compromising]] to this Conservative Mormon missionary organization known (much like Predator Poachers) for conducting stings using real minors.

Another article that was deleted and redirected with little warning or explanation referred exclusively to the "Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse", but in an unusual example of [[Debate Guide: Logical fallacies and intergenerational sexuality|guilt-by-association]], was supposedly deemed far-too inappropriate, as it was written principally by one of the banned editors.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primary_prevention_of_child_sexual_abuse&oldid=1153613334 Primary Prevention of CSA (old version)], [https://archive.is/qjnfy Primary Prevention of CSA (archive)] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primary_prevention_of_child_sexual_abuse&oldid=1154985384 redirect]</ref> [[Allyn Walker]]'s article was also cut significantly, following the bans<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230418183010/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyn_Walker Archive of Allyn Walker's article as-was], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allyn_Walker&diff=prev&oldid=1154991578 Diff showing removal of material from Allyn Walker's lengthly article]</ref> and was deleted. Wikipedia's treatment of [[Chronophilia]] was cut to under half its size following the ban of 22Spears.

The Minor-attracted person article was reworded to suit the agenda of remaining editors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230517010441/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor-attracted_person Sanitized version of the MAP article, after it was "taken over" by two non-banned weak-keep editors who wanted to tackle the topic from an almost exclusively critical angle]</ref> It was nevertheless deleted following the protracted discussion and silencing of editors who wanted to keep it in its original, neutral format. Jeremy Malcolm went on to criticize the application of Wikipedia's child protection policies in a blog.<ref>[https://jere.my/three-guidelines-for-child-exploitation-policies/ Jeremy Malcolm Blog]</ref> Prostasia also addressed a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, signed and submitted by their new head, [[Gilian Tenbergen]].<ref>[https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wikimedia-Foundations-Child-sexual-exploitation-policy-project.pdf Prostasia - letter on Wikimedia CSE Policy]</ref>

===Gallery===

Detailing the 2023 controversy, these screengrabs present a chronology of those events, and document how [[anti]]-MAP extremism<ref>[https://jere.my/three-guidelines-for-child-exploitation-policies/ Jeremy Malcolm identified the presence of self-describing untrained "pedophile hunters" in high-ranking positions at Wikipedia, orchestrating their efforts via offsite forums]</ref> has become weaponized within Wikipedia's internal culture of bureaucracy and lawyering.

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Wikipediahawk1.png|The controversy was initiated by Red-tailed hawk's blanking and redirection of the MAP article
File:Wikipediasurfer.png|Another editor repeats the above trick, after next-to-no constructive efforts to add to the article
File:Keepopinion.png|Initial rash of "keep" opinions. Notice strike-throughs, signifying the "chilling effect" of anti-pedophile consensus, and deliberate tagging of editors signatures by other editors
File:Wikipediasedan.png|86Sedan debate interjection and defense of suspicious editor voting "Keep"
File:Wikipediashears2.png|Editor drags [[Thomas O'Carroll]] into the discussion in what first looked like a hilarious black-propaganda attempt, but soon became a bizarrely and somewhat worryingly successful argument in 22Spears' blocking<ref name="ANI" /><ref name="Spears">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:22spears 22Spears talk page with block and appeals]</ref><ref name="Sedan">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:86sedan 86sedan talk page with block and appeal]</ref>
File:Wikipedo.png|A user contests the potential reinstatement of accused propagandist 22Spears on the basis of his creepy interest in ancient Greek history, which by extension must mean [[Pederasty|faggotry]]
File:Wikipediahawk.png|Red-tailed hawk revises the [[Wiktionary:wikiality|Wikiality]] definition of [[Newgon]] Organization, on [[Wikipedia:List of pedophile advocacy organizations|another article]]
File:Wikipediajoeroe.png|Yet another ''unusual'' edit implying that [[Newgon]]'s [[Accounts and Testimonies]] project has been even more successful than was first intended
File:Wikipediaignore.png|This is normal... A ''delete'' editor enlightens us that it's probably best to ''ignore all rules'', then disappears
File:Wikipediamalcolm.png|The painfully short-lived [[Jeremy Malcolm]]/[[Prostasia Foundation|Prostasia]] cameo in all its glory. Banned following this contribution.<ref name="Malcolm">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Qirtaiba Jeremy Malcolm talk page, ban and appeals]</ref>
File:Wikipediamalcolmblock.png|Confirmed: Wikipedia just blocked the most hopelessly milquetoast personality ever connected to "[[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]]", for the timelessly obscure "pedophile advocacy"
File:Wikipediavalpol.png|After having their way with Jeremy Malcolm, Wikipedians deliberate over erasing his image, only for it to devolve into [[Validity Policing]] over personal interest in [[Lolicon]]. Could there be anything more archetypically Wikipedia than this?
File:Bbb23.png|The inquisition begins for the administrator who had the ''temerity'' to block an account for harassment! And yes, this did blow out into a full struggle-session, complete with forced confession.<ref name="ANI">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1127 Bbb23's struggle session]</ref>
File:Wikipediavalarian.png|Part of the deletion discussion for "Stigma of pedophilia". Move along now...
</gallery>

==Summary and commentaries==

In addition to the above-mentioned reactions of Jeremy Malcolm and Prostasia, some extended critiques have been written concerning the 2023 addendum to the controversy, for example, on BC.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1611869.htm BC - Talix criticism of 2023 Wiki cabal censorship efforts]</ref>

The incompetence and unethical behavior of Wikimedia's Administration, and Arbitration Committee on topics related to CSA, Pedophilia and attraction to [[minor]]s can be summarized in roughly 5 points, all sourced elsewhere in this article:

# The initial '''failure of Wikipedia from its inception to 2006/7/8 to detect and suppress blatant special-interest editing''' on topics in relation to Psychiatry, Memory, Dissociation, Pedophilia and Sexology in general, resulting in highly biased treatments and an incursion of avowed pedophile edit warriors who would then later respawn as sock accounts.
# Various highly-questionable, unethical, likely Arbitration committee enforced decisions - namely the use of '''false forensics to publicly link two geographically unrelated users''' engaged in inconvenient editing, initial '''failure to link the sock puppet accounts of serial harasser, Richard Weiss''', and subsequent refusal to acknowledge the long-proven link upon the sock account's banning.
# The subsequent '''creation in 2010 of a policy on "Child Protection" that in fact started as a poorly-worded essay detailing Wikipedia's erstwhile unofficial policy of banning ''self-describing'' "pedophiles"''' because of the publicity risk they posed.<ref name="PEDOpolicy">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection Wikipedia's Child Protection Policy] started not as a well thought-out trust-and-safety exercise, but as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Child_protection&oldid=358570794 formalization of an extant witch-hunt against "advocates" of "pedophilia"]</ref>
# Failure in the 10s to uniformly address '''misuse of the term "pedophile", for example on the pages of rapists and serial killers''', followed by the initial Wiktionary '''block of 86Sedan by Surjection for "advocating illegal activity", when her single article edit did nothing remotely of the sort'''.
# Carrying out a '''witch-hunt on researchers and the former head of a child protection charity in 2023''', following the publicly visible emergence of [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] identities and research in the previous five years, and introduction of notable, peer-reviewed research topics to Wikipedia. Complicity in encouraging what were multiple offsite attempts to obtain dox information on participants; repeatedly formally acting on said information and then '''systematically silencing the accused'''.

===Commentary following initial actions in the 00s===

We also reproduce some earlier criticism of Wikipedia's self-censorship mechanisms, in the wake of point 2 above. One anonymous '''Wikipedia Admin''' (via perma-banned ex-editor, Karla Lindstrom - probably a sock alias of Daniel Lievre):

<blockquote>
''I don't believe that Wikipedia is going to have a paedophile related article that is neutral in the proper sense of the word now or in the forseeable future. It appears to be an editorial decision that the subject matter is too sensitive, and the risk of appearing to condone (that is, not to condemn but appear impartial) the practice is one that the Foundation, Board, etc. are not prepared to take.''
</blockquote>

IP comment (probably former editor, Enrico Dirac):<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch&oldid=188506074 IP comment from Enrico Dirac]</ref>

<blockquote>
''It seems to me that characterizing criticism of the plethora of biased and misleading Wikipedia articles on sex and kids as "editors claiming adult/child sex is not harmful to children" just mirrors the tactics used by those pushing the CSA moral panic in regular society. Publish a paper debunking bogus numbers on the incidence of child porn and child abuse, propose a population-based peer-reviewed study which might produce an unpopular result, or suggest a change in the extremely value-laden terminology presently used in the CSA field, and no matter what your academic reputation, the usual Dr Lauras and Judith Reismans and "family values" organizations of the world will bombard the media with claims that "so-and-so says sexual abuse isn't harmful" and "so-and-so is pro-pedophile" and "so-and-so wants to legalize adult/child sex." This is always tremendously successful, and the resulting noise completely obscures any attempt to discuss the research on its merits.''

''Given that tremendously sucessful political strategies generally manage to get adopted in new venues, it's hardly a huge surprise that Wikipedia now has its own little cadre of True Believers, beating their little sex abuse drum, and running around shouting "pro-pedophile activism" every time they see something which violates the party line on the topic. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice that what currently passes for NPOV* in some of these articles reads like a press release from some conservative religious pressure group.''

''Sexual abuse is certainly a bad thing, but the type of hypervigilance that leads to sex abuse witch hunts like Wenatchee and the daycare scandals of the 1980's, which put scores of people in prison based on fabricated evidence, is also a bad thing.''

''I can't ever remember anyone getting banned from Wikipedia for turning a sex abuse article into a hateful pejorative-laden rant. But I've seen a lot of people banned after their edits annoyed the current Kiddie Sex Cabal that has arrogated to themselves the right to make sure that all such articles on Wikipedia contain the approved amount of [[anti]]-pedophile innuendo and vitriol. Some are banned with vague references to Pro-Pedophile POV, whatever that is. Others just disappear at the hands of Arbcom after secret proceedings. Entire articles which have been worked on by hundreds of editors, and which certainly represent community consensus, just arbitrarily disappear if someone high up decides they don't have enough anti-pedophile innuendo in them. This isn't an open and transparent process, where actions may be reviewed and commented upon. It is a fiat process in which talk pages get protected, and replaced by Wikipedia's version of what Wikipedia alleges transpired.''

''Now Wikipedia is a privately owned resource, with complete and total control over what it publishes. Oh, there's a lot of handwaving about consensus, and how it's actually run by the editors, and editorials making fun of anyone who suggests a Cabal exists. But in point of fact, Wikipedia has a certain political tone, and although anyone is free to contribute, it is a hierarchy of plebian editors, admins, Arbcom members, with Jimbo Wales at the top, and each level learns what the level above it wants, and exerts veto power over the levels below it.''

''NPOV is in reality the official Wikipedia POV, and the official Wikipedia POV on Child Sexual Abuse is fully supportive of the current hysteria and moral panic, and cares not a whit about what the actual facts are, and will always favor innacurate "mainstream perspective" over the truth. Wikiality and Truthiness aren't just amusing words on late night TV. They are an accurate description of what is produced by the Wikipedia process''
</blockquote>

<nowiki>*</nowiki>The term "NPOV" ([[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral Point Of View]]) refers to a Wikipedia policy whereby encyclopaedia content must be nonpartisan, even in relation to moderate or centrist points of view.

==References==

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Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics

2023-10-02T08:34:27Z

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Even though the online encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]] (founded in January 2001 by current head [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] and former head [[Wikipedia:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]]) still claims to be neutral and "consensus driven", material is frequently deleted at the behest of Wales<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Role_of_Jimmy_Wales Role Of Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia documentation]</ref> and select administrators (Arbitration Committee) when it is deemed to be politically unfavorable or harmful to its image. This flouting of principles, which has also been denounced by Sanger himself, who stated in 2020 that Wikipedia has become "badly biased" and completely abandoned its original neutrality policy,<ref>[https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/ Wikipedia is badly biased]. Personal website of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. May 14, 2020.</ref> is particularly obvious in relation to articles on the subjects of [[Research: Youth sexuality|child and youth sexuality]] and [[paraphilia]]s. Because of this, most Wikipedia articles that focus on [[Minor Attracted People]] and [[Adult-child sex]] for example, tend to have a medical/psychiatric bias, expressed thru a combination of undue weight, advocacy science and weasel words.

While much of the material now removed from Wikipedia appears to be legitimate, sourced content from a neutral or contrarian perspective,<ref>See for example, archives of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch&oldid=1086334416#2011 pages removed from under the auspices of Pedophile Article Watch]</ref> previous bans on a small number self-identifying [[pedophile]] editors (in late 2006 and early 2007) exacerbated perceptions of any editing that may be considered similar in style. Users who "may bring the project into disrepute" were blocked "per directive"<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=125487687&diffonly=1 Discussion of blocking as per directive of ArbCom]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:VigilancePrime&oldid=208864891 VigilancePrime UserTalk log]</ref> by the arbitration committee - a select group of site administrators who converse in private. In 2010, a policy was enacted to formalize ostracism of "pedophiles" and their apologists with no reference to children, and advice for administrators to cover-up accusations of "pedophilia" and pro-pedophile edit patterns. This policy was later rationalized as a child-protection effort, despite having never taken such a form.<ref name="PEDOpolicy" />

In practise, it is common for [[anti]]-pedophile administrators to simply block editors who they dislike (or deem to be pedophiles), with the full knowledge that ArbCom will not oppose their actions. For example, the Administrator seicer re-affirmed an appealed block on 12 February 2009 by simply stating that he did not like the editor involved. This is not exceptional behavior among Wikimedia administrators, even to this day.<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=block&user=&page=User%3A86sedan&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype= Surjection perma-banned LegitSock 86Sedan] for factual edits that [https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=MAP&diff=prev&oldid=63949483 did no more than make two longstanding controversial articles consistent with one another], accusing "advocacy of illegal activity".</ref>

==Timeline of events==
:''We refer to some editors as MAPs or MAP aligned for clarity. Please note that this term was not even coined or widely used until 2007 and 2018 respectively.''

The censorship of MAP-related information from Wikipedia has a long history, which can be broken down into roughly three distinct eras. For the first part of its life, from 2001 to the "Pedo Wars" of the late 00s, Wikipedia took a pragmatic approach to editors who self-identified as MAPs, displayed sympathies, or shared content that might be deemed [[Child Pornography|child pornography]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/tech/wikipedia-distributing-child-porn-co-founder-tells-fbi Wikipedia Distributing Child Porn, Co-Founder Tells FBI]</ref> At this point, the publicity risks were considerably lower, and the need for a growing base of quality content was first priority. This was the era before organized 2nd-wave MAP activism, so examples of dissent were limited to productive editors who had made controversial statements.<ref>[https://infogalactic.com/info/Wikipedia_and_pedophilia Infogalactic: Wikipedia and Pedophilia]</ref>

===Activism begins===
The first MAP activists to edit Wikipedia (2004 onward) didn't attempt to hide the fact. Users such as [[Rookiee]]<ref>[https://books.google.nl/books?id=y_CLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=wikipedia+pedophile+editors&source=bl&ots=WypwD9HzqJ&sig=ACfU3U0mCAydeHCpkQ5zCLCBGNyVmAMV-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizr6XjvuLyAhVJM-wKHcRvBjMQ6AF6BAgeEAI#v=onepage&q=wikipedia%20pedophile%20editors&f=false Goode - It would be useful to have the later pages of this, see what she went into]</ref> (the host of [[Pedologues]]), Zanthalon ([[AP]]) and Clayboy were blocked because of the publicity risk they posed to the project. One controversy involved a "userbox/template" which identified an editor as a Pedophile on their user page<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war Pedo userbox war]</ref> - leading to arguments among Wikipedians over freedom of speech and the temporary banning of admins who opposed the template. This would be considered a near-impossibility nowadays. The crucial period of this 2nd era, started with an uptick in the level of anonymous editing in 2007. This was a period in which numerous edit wars raged, information was removed due to the perceived ''motivation or bad faith'' of editors, and the associated publicity risks. This was the "witch hunt" we refer to as the "Pedo Wars", and our narrative of that period continues after the short commentary below.

====Interlude Commentary====

'''Wikipedia's inherent weakness'''

One inherent weakness of collaborative online information resources such as Wikipedia is their vulnerability to special interest groups and their lobbying efforts. On average, it is likely that moderate editors (those with no partisan leanings), will have less natural interest in a subject, less knowledge on it, and are less likely to care about saving their edits from hostile actors. This rule applies particularly to hot-button topics, meaning unlikely consensus has to be found on emotive, polarizing topics such as [[CSA]]. Negative bias can also creep in to some articles such as "Pro-pedophile activism", since any perception of "objectivity" towards topics that elicit visceral reactions might lead to self-censorship. At the time pro-MAP activists first appeared on Wikipedia, there was a politically-correct, "victimological", psychiatry-led bias throughout most of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch Pedophilia Article Watch]" suite of articles. This was due to a general unwillingness of specialist editors to cite a range of sources, particularly outside of medicine. There was also a marked naivety among high-ranking non-specialist editors, towards lobbyist imposters posing as CSA specialists - usually to pedal grifts such as [[repressed memory]].

====Pedo Wars====

It was at this time, around late 2006/early 2007, that pro-MAP activists responded to the previous blocks en-masse by creating anonymous accounts and attempting to alter editorial consensus. Favored edits introduced citations refuting the pathological theory of [[Pedophilia]], and cited examples of [[CSA]] research contesting the narrative of universal harm (material such as [[Rind et al]]). This sparked a number of edit-wars and confrontations, attracting both administrators and [[anti]]-pedophile activists to the articles and their discussion pages. At this point, some high level Wikipedians personally contacted some of the more influential activist editors, attempting to explain the publicity risks of rampant, polarized special interest editing. This was of course a just warning, albeit against ''exactly'' the type of editing Wikipedia had tolerated for many years from victimological, therapeutic-interventionist and traumatology-led editors posing as disinterested specialists. It was for this reason, the appeals fell on deaf ears. The reaction that followed, towards "inclusionist" pro-MAP editing patterns - was sometimes indiscriminate, leading to arbitrary accusations of sockpuppetry and "pro-pedophile disruption" - an often stated rationale for blocking. As this "witch-hunt" reaction snowballed, accounts were often blocked regardless of activist affiliation, for editing patterns no more outlandish than citations of peer-reviewed research on related articles. It is also believed that highly abusive (i.e. "simultaneous") sock-puppetry was used on multiple occasions by [[anti]]-MAP activists in order to skirt around the "three revert rule" and to fabricate editor consensus. Many pro-MAP activists fought on, creating new identities after their initial bans - some getting through 10 or more identities before giving up. According to one editor, it was a running joke to compare the number of edits they got to before being banned, with 150 the marque of a skillful activist editor. In one particularly egregious incident, Administrator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic Dominic Byrd-McDevitt] claimed that he had forensic evidence to link two accounts and justify a block by east718. We knew immediately, this was incorrect (see Louisa Petit-Ladoumegue in the list below), as both users were on our list of activists, but had never met one another. If McDevitt did indeed fabricate this evidence, we also know he lied to other sysops to cover himself.

====[[Richard Weiss]] controversy====

The pinnacle of the Pedo-Wars controversy and a major turning point, was the politically-influenced decision to retain the services of the British-born, renowned [[anti]]-pedophile edit warrior, [[Richard Weiss]] (Squeakbox) and his sockpuppets. This remains to this day, one of the all-time most blatant abuses of administrative privilege on the encyclopedia - if it is to be held that Jimbo Wales was not behind the decision.

Through various suspected sock puppet reports, it was established that accounts were being used throughout ''Pedophilia Article Watch'' to fabricate consensus and escape the three-revert-rule. These edits, particularly by the account Pol64, always reverted to the initial edits of Weiss, an avowed fighter of "pedophile disruption" known for previous sock puppetry and attempts to silence other editors by labeling them pedophiles. Interestingly, these edits also contained grammatical/typographical errors that uncannily resembled those made by Weiss. It was noted by investigating editors, that Pol64 would typically compile a list of edits that appended perfectly on to the end of Weiss' earlier session, and vice versa. These concerns were initially ignored due to Weiss' use of geographically unrelated proxy IPs to evade detection.<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/SqueakBox Squeakbox (Weiss) request for checkuser]</ref> This inspired the user '''Dyskolos''' (Daniel Lievre) to compile an exhaustive list of timed edit sessions, effectively proving that Richard Weiss was regularly and frantically switching between his main account and Pol64.<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/SqueakBox_(3rd) SqueakBox (Weiss) suspected sock puppet log]</ref> Indeed, as the detailed list revealed, Weiss was barely leaving enough time between these puppeteering vacations to afford himself a simple tea break. The report, was nevertheless dismissed out of hand, confirming that Wikipedia would now not be willing to punish even the most obvious examples of abuse, if it were deemed to be countering the "pedophile point of view". One editor familiar with these exchanges recalls seeing at least one admin's comments expressing skepticism towards Weiss' activities being "rolled back", strongly suggesting the involvement of oversight from ArbCom or above.

It is a comic irony, that in a belated 2010 investigation<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/tech/exclusive-pedophiles-find-a-home-on-wikipedia FOX News: Pedophiles find a home on Wikipedia]</ref> into pedophile-related editing activity on Wikipedia, Fox News implied that Weiss (Squeakbox) had posted on [[BoyChat]] soliciting votes against the deletion of [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]]'s article. Of course, a BoyChat user had ironically used Weiss' screen name to troll him on BC, and prevent his own Wikipedian identity from being revealed.

====2008: Adult-Child Sex - the last stand====
Having effectively lost the war over editing privileges, there was one last significant attempt by MAP-aligned or amenable Wikipedians to incorporate value-neutral information on CSA. This was the [[minor-adult sex|Adult-child sex]] article - the concept being to create a new article as opposed to altering an existing one. Amazingly, this article (which we took over, and edit to this day) survived one deletion vote handsomely, and hung on for a few months until new [[anti]]-MAP activist editors appeared to be called in to the vote.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Adult-child_sex Adult-child sex 1st deletion vote]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Adult-child_sex_(2nd_nomination) Adult-child sex 2nd deletion vote]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Adult-child_sex Adult-child sex deletion review]</ref> Editors on, or roughly aligned to our activist network continued to be active all the way through 2008, but were eventually swamped by further blocks, article protections and the appearance of special interest editors such as [[James Cantor]].

===A return to the old normal===

The Pedophilia Article Watch is now inactive after the cessation of MAP activist editing, and MAPs are frequently warned against editing Wikipedia without taking precautions such as computer security and checking their edit pattern. The events of 2007 are frequently used as a precedent to suppress "tendentious" editing, and most articles are now policed and sanitized as a matter of course. One positive outcome, is that due in part to the events of 2007, regular Wikipedia editors are now far more aware of the special interest editing patterns that led to the poisoning of many psychology, psychiatry and sexology related topics in the preceding era. In this sense, we are now able to link to a number of less contentious Wikipedia articles that are unlikely to fall foul of advocacy editing, and thus reduced the burden on our own content producers.

==List of notable editors==
All of the following editors were involved in the 2007/8 controversy. Some notables from <2006 and 2009> have been excluded.
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===Deletionist/Special Interest/Anti-MAP===
Editors with the black dot are known to have been sockpuppets.
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*'''Richard Weiss☻''' - (at the time, his screen name was SqueakBox). Multiple abusive simultaneous sock puppeteer with his own section in this article. His sock, '''Pol64☻''' was allegedly a female former police officer - eventually banned in early 2008, but astoundingly, never officially linked to Weiss.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive359 Pol64 Blocked, Weiss continues to support his own sockpuppet]</ref>
*'''AbuseTruth☻''' aka '''ResearchEditor☻''' (3000 edits, special interest, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ResearchEditor/Archive multiple socks], [[Leadership Council]]?)
*'''AWeidman☻''' aka '''DPeterson☻''' (Dr Arthur Becker Weidman, Anti-ped Attachment Therapist who eventually got a lifetime block in 07 for ban evasion. Associated with [[Phillip John Eide]] on wiki)
*'''East718''', '''El_C''' (Pedophobic Admins)
*'''Jack-A-Roe''' (Highly tendentious special interest editor and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civil_POV_pushing Civil POV pusher])
*'''Fred Bauder''' (Admin who was hugely influential in policing pedophilia and enacting blocks)
*'''PetraSchelm''' (Typical Jack/PhDarts style victimological agenda-pusher, possible $$ grift)
*'''Phdarts☻''' aka '''HeadleyDown☻''' (Similar to the above, one was reincarnation of the other)
*'''SeattleJoe''' (vile character who started threatening editors with police action, for editing)
*'''Will Beback''' (William McWhinney, disingenuous admin who supported harsh and excessive permanent blocks of other editors, while expressing no corresponding objection to them in normal editing)
*'''[[Phillip John Eide|XavierVE]]''' (Phillip John Eide) - of [[Perverted Justice]].

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===Inclusionist/MAP Activist/Adjacent===
All of these editors were banned, and got only limited support from established Wikipedians such as Springeragh and Homologeo. Editors with the black dot are known to have been sockpuppets, although some are not linked explicitly for their security. The usual form of sockpuppetry was creation of a new account after banning. Simultaneous abuse was rare among this group. [[Wikisposure]] did their own research at the time, and got some of it right.<ref>[https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Evil-unveiled.com/Wikipedia_Campaign ED: Wikipedia Campaign (originally a [[Wikisposure]] article)]</ref>

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*'''[[VigilancePrime]]''' (Disgraceful block of a productive editor)
*'''Dfpc'''
*'''Barry Jameson☻''' (171 edits)
*'''Catherine N.X.''' (Activist who helped the logic section of our [[Debate Guide]])
*'''BLueRibbon☻''' (BL Activist, one of our contributors early on)
*'''Silent War'''
*'''Digital Emotion☻''' (123 edits - profiled on [[Wikisposure]])
*'''Enrico Dirac☻''' aka '''Hermitian☻''' (Often seen, likely connected accounts, reasonable editing style)
*'''Farenhorst☻'''
*'''GroomingVictim☻''' (176 Edits)
*'''[https://www.boywiki.org/en/User:Meco Meco]'''
*'''Jillium☻''' (our former Web Admin/Producer of research lists) ran '''Tryckfelsnisse☻''' and '''Paroxysm☻'''.
*'''Jim Burton☻''' (Highly successful MAP-aligned editor, almost 1000 edits, defended right of editors to self-identify as pedophiles, and described them as ideal editors of articles related to themselves on a provocative [[Jim Burton userpage (Wikipedia)|userpage]])
*'''Karla Lindstrom☻''' (46 edits) was a sock of '''Dyskolos☻''' and '''Samantha Pignez☻''' ('''Daniel Lievre☻''' - our cofounder who had operated over 10 accounts by 2008 and ran a private email list).
*'''Louisa Petit-Ladoumegue☻''' (This alleged sock puppet of '''Voice of Britain☻''' was actually Samantha Pignez/Lievre instead. We know '''both''' individuals who operated these accounts! Administrative abuse by East718. This<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Louisa_Petit-Ladoumegue User Talk: Louisa_Petit-Ladoumegue]</ref> is where they were caught lying)
*'''Voice of Britain☻'''
*'''Jovin Lambton☻''' (Almost 1000 edits)
*'''Roman Czyborra''' (Czyborra.com - a Unix Administrator from Berlin, Germany, who threatened to sue Wikimedia)
*'''Strichmann☻''' (66 edits and sources provided for [[Adult-child sex]] in co-operation with the below, which seemingly outraged Admins)
*'''TlatoSMD''' (High quality editor with 2000+ edits - sparred with Jack-A-Roe, calling him out as a pusher. Banned incorrectly as "single purpose")
*'''AnotherSolipsist☻'''
*'''Foresticpig☻''' (over 1000)
*'''Tyciol''' (edits [[user:tyciol|here]])
*'''MikeD78☻''' (around 500 edits)
*'''A.Z.'''
*'''Equilibrist☻'''
*'''Bow Ty☻'''
*'''Leucosticte☻'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220625172936/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2018-06-14/ty-article/.premium/this-hitler-loving-pedophile-running-for-u-s-congress/0000017f-e5e1-dc7e-adff-f5ede6500000 Nathan Larson on Wikipedia]</ref>
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====What does this all mean?====

From looking at logs and known/likely socks and reincarnation of banned editors, it looks like each side had between 3 and 4 highly biased activist editors on PAW at any one time, through most of 2007 and part of 2008. These editors would contribute roughly half of the counting edits during that time.

==Pedo Wars II (2023 MAP article controversy)==

A second much shorter, but more damaging controversy took place in mid-May, 2023, when administrators on the popular online encyclopedia were seen to have conducted a [[Wikipedia:Witch-hunt|witch-hunt]] on two researchers and the former head of a [[Prostasia Foundation|child protection charity]] deemed to be engaged in "pedophile advocacy".<ref>The banned editors went by the usernames 22Spears, 86Sedan (apparently researchers), and [[Jeremy Malcolm]] (User:Qirtaiba). Observer42436 (a one-time use account) and R alvarez02 were blocked immediately for supporting one of the researchers and Malcolm in a deletion discussion. User:Pokelova was threatened with a ban for openly supporting the first two of these editors, as can be seen in the gallery, but escaped unscathed before going on to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pokelova#June_2023 lose his account] after an editor complained of him being a [[hebephilia|hebephilic]] furry with a baraag.net [[Pediverse]] account [see the Wikipediocracy thread]. Another editor banned was [[Allyn Walker]] article contributor, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:So47009 So47009] (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1132 AN/I discussion])</ref><ref name="Spears" /><ref name="Sedan" /><ref name="Malcolm" />

These events took place around a "deletion discussion"<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Minor-attracted_person_(2nd_nomination) AfD: Deletion discussion for "Minor-attracted person"], not to be confused with a previous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Minor-attracted_person AfD for Minor-attracted person], in which the article took the form of a disambiguation page</ref> for a controversial, newly-created article describing the term "[[Minor Attracted Person]]".<ref>[https://archive.is/q1ttr MAP Article - Archive]</ref> Initially, numerous editors chimed in, supporting the idea of keeping the article. With high-ranking editors and admins rattled, a series of bizarre events then unfolded. A brand new editor going by the name of "MrPinkingShears" randomly accused one of the MAP research editors of "personally knowing" [[Thomas O'Carroll]], simply because he had described him as "Tom" in an edit summary. MrPinkingShears was subsequently banned, but then reinstated after other administrators revolted, and the two MAP researchers were banned.

Other articles written by one of the researchers (including a review of Predator Poachers - a [[Predator Poachers|discredited vigilante operation]]) were deleted, as canvassing at Wikipediocracy<ref>[https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12957 Wikipediocracy thread], see also [https://wikipediasucks.co/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2809&start=10 Wikipediasucks]</ref> and most probably the Wikipedia Review forum was followed by a campaign of paranoia, hyper-vigilance, arbitration-committee-enforced bans and a [[Wikipedia:chilling effect|chilling effect]].<ref>[https://archive.is/UB6RP Stigma of Pedophilia (archive)] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stigma_of_pedophilia AfD: Stigma of Pedophilia]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Predator_Poachers AfD: Predator Poachers]</ref> Another article that was significantly effected by the bans was [[Wikipedia:Operation Underground Railroad|Operation Underground Railroad]]. Editors removed large amounts of sourced material deemed to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|potentially compromising]] to this Conservative Mormon missionary organization known (much like Predator Poachers) for conducting stings using real minors.

Another article that was deleted and redirected with little warning or explanation referred exclusively to the "Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse", but in an unusual example of [[Debate Guide: Logical fallacies and intergenerational sexuality|guilt-by-association]], was supposedly deemed far-too inappropriate, as it was written principally by one of the banned editors.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primary_prevention_of_child_sexual_abuse&oldid=1153613334 Primary Prevention of CSA (old version)], [https://archive.is/qjnfy Primary Prevention of CSA (archive)] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primary_prevention_of_child_sexual_abuse&oldid=1154985384 redirect]</ref> [[Allyn Walker]]'s article was also cut significantly, following the bans<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230418183010/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyn_Walker Archive of Allyn Walker's article as-was], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allyn_Walker&diff=prev&oldid=1154991578 Diff showing removal of material from Allyn Walker's lengthly article]</ref> and was deleted. Wikipedia's treatment of [[Chronophilia]] was cut to under half its size following the ban of 22Spears.

The Minor-attracted person article was reworded to suit the agenda of remaining editors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230517010441/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor-attracted_person Sanitized version of the MAP article, after it was "taken over" by two non-banned weak-keep editors who wanted to tackle the topic from an almost exclusively critical angle]</ref> It was nevertheless deleted following the protracted discussion and silencing of editors who wanted to keep it in its original, neutral format. Jeremy Malcolm went on to criticize the application of Wikipedia's child protection policies in a blog.<ref>[https://jere.my/three-guidelines-for-child-exploitation-policies/ Jeremy Malcolm Blog]</ref> Prostasia also addressed a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, signed and submitted by their new head, [[Gilian Tenbergen]].<ref>[https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wikimedia-Foundations-Child-sexual-exploitation-policy-project.pdf Prostasia - letter on Wikimedia CSE Policy]</ref>

===Gallery===

Detailing the 2023 controversy, these screengrabs present a chronology of those events, and document how [[anti]]-MAP extremism<ref>[https://jere.my/three-guidelines-for-child-exploitation-policies/ Jeremy Malcolm identified the presence of self-describing untrained "pedophile hunters" in high-ranking positions at Wikipedia, orchestrating their efforts via offsite forums]</ref> has become weaponized within Wikipedia's internal culture of bureaucracy and lawyering.

<gallery>
Wikipediahawk1.png|The controversy was initiated by Red-tailed hawk's blanking and redirection of the MAP article
File:Wikipediasurfer.png|Another editor repeats the above trick, after next-to-no constructive efforts to add to the article
File:Keepopinion.png|Initial rash of "keep" opinions. Notice strike-throughs, signifying the "chilling effect" of anti-pedophile consensus, and deliberate tagging of editors signatures by other editors
File:Wikipediasedan.png|86Sedan debate interjection and defense of suspicious editor voting "Keep"
File:Wikipediashears2.png|Editor drags [[Thomas O'Carroll]] into the discussion in what first looked like a hilarious black-propaganda attempt, but soon became a bizarrely and somewhat worryingly successful argument in 22Spears' blocking<ref name="ANI" /><ref name="Spears">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:22spears 22Spears talk page with block and appeals]</ref><ref name="Sedan">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:86sedan 86sedan talk page with block and appeal]</ref>
File:Wikipedo.png|A user contests the potential reinstatement of accused propagandist 22Spears on the basis of his creepy interest in ancient Greek history, which by extension must mean [[Pederasty|faggotry]]
File:Wikipediahawk.png|Red-tailed hawk revises the [[Wiktionary:wikiality|Wikiality]] definition of [[Newgon]] Organization, on [[Wikipedia:List of pedophile advocacy organizations|another article]]
File:Wikipediajoeroe.png|Yet another ''unusual'' edit implying that [[Newgon]]'s [[Accounts and Testimonies]] project has been even more successful than was first intended
File:Wikipediaignore.png|This is normal... A ''delete'' editor enlightens us that it's probably best to ''ignore all rules'', then disappears
File:Wikipediamalcolm.png|The painfully short-lived [[Jeremy Malcolm]]/[[Prostasia Foundation|Prostasia]] cameo in all its glory. Banned following this contribution.<ref name="Malcolm">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Qirtaiba Jeremy Malcolm talk page, ban and appeals]</ref>
File:Wikipediamalcolmblock.png|Confirmed: Wikipedia just blocked the most hopelessly milquetoast personality ever connected to "[[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]]", for the timelessly obscure "pedophile advocacy"
File:Wikipediavalpol.png|After having their way with Jeremy Malcolm, Wikipedians deliberate over erasing his image, only for it to devolve into [[Validity Policing]] over personal interest in [[Lolicon]]. Could there be anything more archetypically Wikipedia than this?
File:Bbb23.png|The inquisition begins for the administrator who had the ''temerity'' to block an account for harassment! And yes, this did blow out into a full struggle-session, complete with forced confession.<ref name="ANI">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1127 Bbb23's struggle session]</ref>
File:Wikipediavalarian.png|Part of the deletion discussion for "Stigma of pedophilia". Move along now...
</gallery>

==Summary and commentaries==

In addition to the above-mentioned reactions of Jeremy Malcolm and Prostasia, some extended critiques have been written concerning the 2023 addendum to the controversy, for example, on BC.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1611869.htm BC - Talix criticism of 2023 Wiki cabal censorship efforts]</ref>

The incompetence and unethical behavior of Wikimedia's Administration, and Arbitration Committee on topics related to CSA, Pedophilia and attraction to [[minor]]s can be summarized in roughly 5 points, all sourced elsewhere in this article:

# The initial '''failure of Wikipedia from its inception to 2006/7/8 to detect and suppress blatant special-interest editing''' on topics in relation to Psychiatry, Memory, Dissociation, Pedophilia and Sexology in general, resulting in highly biased treatments and an incursion of avowed pedophile edit warriors who would then later respawn as sock accounts.
# Various highly-questionable, unethical, likely Arbitration committee enforced decisions - namely the use of '''false forensics to publicly link two geographically unrelated users''' engaged in inconvenient editing, initial '''failure to link the sock puppet accounts of serial harasser, Richard Weiss''', and subsequent refusal to acknowledge the long-proven link upon the sock account's banning.
# The subsequent '''creation in 2010 of a policy on "Child Protection" that in fact started as a poorly-worded essay detailing Wikipedia's erstwhile unofficial policy of banning ''self-describing'' "pedophiles"''' because of the publicity risk they posed.<ref name="PEDOpolicy">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection Wikipedia's Child Protection Policy] started not as a well thought-out trust-and-safety exercise, but as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Child_protection&oldid=358570794 formalization of an extant witch-hunt against "advocates" of "pedophilia"]</ref>
# Failure in the 10s to uniformly address '''misuse of the term "pedophile", for example on the pages of rapists and serial killers''', followed by the initial Wiktionary '''block of 86Sedan by Surjection for "advocating illegal activity", when her single article edit did nothing remotely of the sort'''.
# Carrying out a '''witch-hunt on researchers and the former head of a child protection charity in 2023''', following the publicly visible emergence of [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] identities and research in the previous five years, and introduction of notable, peer-reviewed research topics to Wikipedia. Complicity in encouraging what were multiple offsite attempts to obtain dox information on participants; repeatedly formally acting on said information and then '''systematically silencing the accused'''.

===Commentary following initial actions in the 00s===

We also reproduce some earlier criticism of Wikipedia's self-censorship mechanisms, in the wake of point 2 above. One anonymous '''Wikipedia Admin''' (via perma-banned ex-editor, Karla Lindstrom - probably a sock alias of Daniel Lievre):

<blockquote>
''I don't believe that Wikipedia is going to have a paedophile related article that is neutral in the proper sense of the word now or in the forseeable future. It appears to be an editorial decision that the subject matter is too sensitive, and the risk of appearing to condone (that is, not to condemn but appear impartial) the practice is one that the Foundation, Board, etc. are not prepared to take.''
</blockquote>

IP comment (probably former editor, Enrico Dirac):<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch&oldid=188506074 IP comment from Enrico Dirac]</ref>

<blockquote>
''It seems to me that characterizing criticism of the plethora of biased and misleading Wikipedia articles on sex and kids as "editors claiming adult/child sex is not harmful to children" just mirrors the tactics used by those pushing the CSA moral panic in regular society. Publish a paper debunking bogus numbers on the incidence of child porn and child abuse, propose a population-based peer-reviewed study which might produce an unpopular result, or suggest a change in the extremely value-laden terminology presently used in the CSA field, and no matter what your academic reputation, the usual Dr Lauras and Judith Reismans and "family values" organizations of the world will bombard the media with claims that "so-and-so says sexual abuse isn't harmful" and "so-and-so is pro-pedophile" and "so-and-so wants to legalize adult/child sex." This is always tremendously successful, and the resulting noise completely obscures any attempt to discuss the research on its merits.''

''Given that tremendously sucessful political strategies generally manage to get adopted in new venues, it's hardly a huge surprise that Wikipedia now has its own little cadre of True Believers, beating their little sex abuse drum, and running around shouting "pro-pedophile activism" every time they see something which violates the party line on the topic. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice that what currently passes for NPOV* in some of these articles reads like a press release from some conservative religious pressure group.''

''Sexual abuse is certainly a bad thing, but the type of hypervigilance that leads to sex abuse witch hunts like Wenatchee and the daycare scandals of the 1980's, which put scores of people in prison based on fabricated evidence, is also a bad thing.''

''I can't ever remember anyone getting banned from Wikipedia for turning a sex abuse article into a hateful pejorative-laden rant. But I've seen a lot of people banned after their edits annoyed the current Kiddie Sex Cabal that has arrogated to themselves the right to make sure that all such articles on Wikipedia contain the approved amount of [[anti]]-pedophile innuendo and vitriol. Some are banned with vague references to Pro-Pedophile POV, whatever that is. Others just disappear at the hands of Arbcom after secret proceedings. Entire articles which have been worked on by hundreds of editors, and which certainly represent community consensus, just arbitrarily disappear if someone high up decides they don't have enough anti-pedophile innuendo in them. This isn't an open and transparent process, where actions may be reviewed and commented upon. It is a fiat process in which talk pages get protected, and replaced by Wikipedia's version of what Wikipedia alleges transpired.''

''Now Wikipedia is a privately owned resource, with complete and total control over what it publishes. Oh, there's a lot of handwaving about consensus, and how it's actually run by the editors, and editorials making fun of anyone who suggests a Cabal exists. But in point of fact, Wikipedia has a certain political tone, and although anyone is free to contribute, it is a hierarchy of plebian editors, admins, Arbcom members, with Jimbo Wales at the top, and each level learns what the level above it wants, and exerts veto power over the levels below it.''

''NPOV is in reality the official Wikipedia POV, and the official Wikipedia POV on Child Sexual Abuse is fully supportive of the current hysteria and moral panic, and cares not a whit about what the actual facts are, and will always favor innacurate "mainstream perspective" over the truth. Wikiality and Truthiness aren't just amusing words on late night TV. They are an accurate description of what is produced by the Wikipedia process''
</blockquote>

<nowiki>*</nowiki>The term "NPOV" ([[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral Point Of View]]) refers to a Wikipedia policy whereby encyclopaedia content must be nonpartisan, even in relation to moderate or centrist points of view.

==References==

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Ephebophilia

2023-09-24T20:58:35Z

Gork:

{{MAI}}__NOTOC__'''Ephebophilia''' is defined as an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) for sexually mature youth, usually between 15-19 years of age. It is often used to distinguish an attraction to older teenagers from an attraction to prepubescent or pubescent youth (described as [[pedophilia]] and [[hebephilia]] respectively). A person with such attractions is referred to as an '''ephebophile'''. Researchers connected to [[CAMH]] tend to distinguish hebephilia ("preference for 11–14 year-olds") from ephebophilia ("preference for 15–19 year-olds").<ref>Blanchard, R., Lykins, A. D., Wherrett, D., Kuban, M. E., Cantor, J. M., Blak, T., Dickey, R., & Klassen, P. E. (2009). "Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V," ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38(3), 335-350.</ref> There is presently no clinical diagnosis of ephebophilia, and the concept is also of questionable validity as a chronophilia due in part to its normativity and lack of a clear boundary.

==Etymology==
The term comes from the Ancient Greek words ἔφηβος (''éphēbos'', meaning "adolescent") and φιλία (''philía'', meaning "love" or "friendship").

==Lack of concept validity and confusion re. distinction vs Hebephilia==

Some [[minor attracted person|minor attracted people]], sexologists, psychiatrists and psychologists question the conceptual validity of this category,<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/00918369.2019.1613856 Walker, A. (2019). “I’m Not like That, So Am I Gay?” The Use of Queer-Spectrum Identity Labels Among Minor-Attracted People. Journal of Homosexuality, 1–24. doi:10.1080/00918369.2019.1613856]</ref><ref>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02271-7 Lievesley, R., Swaby, H., Harper, C.A. et al. Primary Health Professionals’ Beliefs, Experiences, and Willingness to Treat Minor-Attracted Persons. Arch Sex Behav 51, 923–943 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02271-7]</ref> sometimes arguing or implying that for the majority of men, [[Research: Prevalence|heterosexual ephebophilia]] might be "normative" or [[Teleiophilia|teleiophilic]]. One of the most frequent criticisms of "''ephebophilia''" is the implausibility of a chronophilia category that orients itself roughly to the beginning of the final [[Tanner Stage]] (5), and then ends in a developmental "no man's land" at around age 18/19. Pedophilia and hebephilia, on the other hand, can at least be seen as well-aligned with "developmental milestones". One commonly stated criticism of ephebophilia as a discrete clinical concept is the implausibility of an "exclusive" or strongly preferential ephebophile ever existing, when adjacent labels describe attractions that are in fact very similar in nature.

===Paraphilia?===

Skye Stephens and Michael C. Seto argue that ephebophilia contrasts what a [[paraphilia]] entails, since "older adolescents are reproductively viable and the fact that typically men are sexually attracted to older adolescents, as reflected in self-report, psychophysiological, and pornography use studies."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NhEpCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 Phenix A, Hoberman H (2015). Sexual Offending: Predisposing Antecedents, Assessments and Management. Springer. p. 30. ISBN 978-1493924165.]</ref> According to psychologist and sexologist [[James Cantor]], it is "very common for regular men to be attracted to 18-year-olds or 20-year-olds. It's not unusual for a typical 16-year-old to be attractive to many men and the younger we go the fewer and fewer men are attracted to that age group."<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28526106 Stephenson, Wesley (30 July 2014). "How many men are paedophiles?". BBC Magazine. London, England: BBC.]</ref>

Ephebophilia might, then be reclassified as [[teleiophilia]] directed towards minors, since a special attraction to those who are sexually mature but with less legal rights, has no basis in nature, and is more akin to a medicalization of ''[[Jailbait]]''.

===History, and conflation with Hebephilia===

The concept of Ephebophilia has been described in both artistic<ref>Buffière, F. (1980). Éros adolescent : la pédérastie dans la Grèce antique, Paris, p.11.</ref> and more recently in pseudomedical terms. The first known mention of Ephebophilia was in French (éphébophilie), in Georges Saint-Paul's 1896 book, ''Tares et Poisons: Perversion et Perversité Sexuelles''.<ref name=janssen>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595948 Janssen, Diederik F. (2015). "'Chronophilia': Entries of Erotic Age Preference into Descriptive Psychopathology". Medical History. 59 (4): 575–98.]</ref> It has been used in publications by Dutch psychologist [[Frits Bernard]], in 1950, under a pseudonym.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081916/http://www.ihlia.nl/documents/pdflib/Vriendschap/1960/1960-04.pdf Vriendschap]</ref> The term derives from the Ancient Greek: ἔφηβος (ephebos) variously defined as "one arrived at puberty", "a youth of eighteen who underwent his dokimasia and was registered as a citizen (Athens)", and "arriving at man's estate"; and φιλία (-''philia'') i.e. "love".<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1093%2Ffmls%2FXXIV.2.126 Rahman, T. (1988). "Ephebophilia: the case for the use of a new word". Forum for Modern Language Studies. 24 (2): 126–141.]</ref> ''Hebephilia'', on the other hand, was first seen in 1955, in forensic work by Hammer and Glueck.<ref name=janssen /> Despite the long dates of first-use, Google Ngram Viewer tells us that neither term gained widespread use in the literature, until the 1980s (Ephebophilia) and late 00s/10s (where Hebephilia, as popularized by [[Ray Blanchard]] has slowly come to predominate).

The terms have even been used interchangeably, depending upon the gender of the minor. This is something that was common in the late 00s, when the concept of Hebephilia first became popular among MAPs, and Ephebophilia was mentioned incidentally in the same or similar publications - by authors such as Ray Blanchard.<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-008-9399-9 Blanchard, Ray; Lykins, Amy D.; Wherrett, Diane; Kuban, Michael E.; Cantor, James M.; Blak, Thomas; Dickey, Robert; Klassen, Philip E. (2009). "Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 38 (3): 335–50.]</ref> This alternative mode of use may owe to the somewhat gendered etymological underpinnings of the original Greek terms, with ''Ephebe'' implying masculinity, as described earlier, and ''Hebe'' taking on a gender-neutral or feminine meaning, as in the Greek Goddess of Youth.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hebe Merriam Webster: Hebe]</ref> [[Karen Franklin]] suggested that Hebephilia may have been used as a simple variation of Ephebophilia.<ref>[https://ajustfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Franklin-HebephiliaPretextuality-BSL2010.pdf Franklin, K. (2010). "Hebephilia: Quintessence of diagnostic pretextuality" (PDF). Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 28 (6): 751–768.]</ref>

===The "Ephebophilia Cliché"===

The term ''Ephebophilia'' is sometimes considered to be a cliché of online debates concerning sexual relationships between adults and older youths. It is said by some that the marque of a nitpicker and "pedophile apologist" is that he or she mentions the term "Ephebophilia" whenever such an adult (Jeffrey Epstein being the most cliché)<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/world-news/woke-experts-say-only-those-28884765 Express article featuring the Cliche]</ref> is [[Debate Guide: Misdefinitions and Rhetorical Manipulation|misdefined]] as a pedophile. This might, however, be an outdated cliché, as since the 10s, popular discourse has tended towards using Hebephilia to distinguish attractions (and sometimes erroneously - actions) from Pedophilia.

==References==
<references />

==See also==
*[[Boylove]]
*[[Girllove]]
*[[Pederasty]]
*[[Pedophilia]]

==External Links==

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia "Ephebophilia"] - Wikipedia article, containing some references, and seemingly no criticism.

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Nepiophilia

2023-09-24T20:55:48Z

Gork:

{{MAI}}__NOTOC__
'''Nepiophilia''' (from Greek ''nepio-'', "infant," + ''-philia'', "love"), also called '''infantophilia''', is an erotic attraction to, or age preference, for infants or toddlers. The term is commonly used in [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] [[Minor attracted community|communities]] to distinguish this attraction from an attraction to older prepubescent children (which is called [[pedophilia]]) and adolescents (which is called [[Ephebophilia|ephebophilia]] or [[hebephilia]]). The age range nepiophilia covers is generally 0 to 3 years old. '''Toddlercon''' is a type of [[Lolicon]] or [[Shotacon]] that features drawn toddlers and babies.

[[File:Nepio-pappy.png|thumb|upright=0.3|Nepio Caterpillar]]Nepiophilia/Infantophilia is often categorised as a subset of pedophilia - notably by psychiatrists and psychologists. MAPs, who instead tend to view pedophilia as a rare but non-paraphilic [[chronophilia]], might occasionally debate to what extent nepiophilia is a fixation. Generally, MAPs do not condemn nepiophilia per se, and include it in their lexicon, regardless of their [[pro-c]] stance or otherwise. In a number of cases, MAPs who are generally pro-c, are anti-c with regard to nepiophilia, or support law reforms that would not encompass nepiophiliac behavior.

== Symbolism ==
It is unknown at this point, whether there is any widely accepted symbol for nepiophiles, although the featured graphic was said by another online resource to have been created by an artist called Pappy.<ref>[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Childlove MAP Wiki: Childlove]</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Research: Nonwestern Intergenerational Relationships]] - and its resources such as Growing Up Sexually, includes many references to Nepi-compatible behaviours among primitive people (baby play). These, however would tend to have arisen due to (the lack of) cultural norms, as opposed to higher levels of Nepiophilia. In these less restrictive societies, the coddling of infants includes the genitals, and is thought to play a role in pacifying them.

* [[Pedophilia]]
* [[Hebephilia]]
* [[Ephebophilia]]

==External Links==

*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infantophilia Wiktionary]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia Wikipedia] - considers Nepi to be a subset of Pedophilia.

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]]
[[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research on Minor Attraction]]

Teleiophilia

2023-09-24T20:51:03Z

Gork:

__NOTOC__
'''Teleiophilia''' (from Greek τέλειος, ''teleios'', meaning "full grown") is an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) for biological adults (of undefined age). The term was coined by sexologist [[Ray Blanchard]]. As with every other chronophilia, legal majority is not prerequisite for teleiophilia.

It has been suggested that another chronophilia, [[ephebophilia]], be merged into teleiophilia as they are effectively the same thing.

==Pseudoexclusive teleiophilia==
''[[Media:Pseudo-e-t.png|Pseudoexclusive teleiophile]]'' is a neologistic term for an individual who expresses his or her dislike for [[Minor Attracted People|MAPs]] in an animated way, attempting to repress or deny their own attractions to minors. Usually, said attractions are actually [[Research: Prevalence|normative]], for example - nonexclusive [[hebephilia]] or teleiophilia with a strong hebephilic component. Nevertheless, this can lead to significant ego-dystonic angst in the individual, given their social leanings. This psychological mechanism is also known as [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|reaction formation]].

==See also==
*[[Adult Attracted Minor]]
*[[Minor Attracted Person]]
*[[Ephebophilia]]
*[[Pederasty]]
*[[Pedophilia]]

==External Links==

*[https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Teleiophilia "Teleiophilia"] - Psychology Wiki.

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Ephebophilia

2023-09-24T20:43:34Z

Gork:

{{MAI}}__NOTOC__'''Ephebophilia''' is defined as an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) for sexually mature youth, usually between 15-19 years of age. It is often used to distinguish an attraction to older teenagers from an attraction to prepubescent or pubescent youth (described as [[pedophilia]] and [[hebephilia]] respectively). A person with such attractions is referred to as an '''ephebophile'''. Researchers connected to [[CAMH]] tend to distinguish hebephilia ("preference for 11–14 year-olds") from ephebophilia ("preference for 15–19 year-olds").<ref>Blanchard, R., Lykins, A. D., Wherrett, D., Kuban, M. E., Cantor, J. M., Blak, T., Dickey, R., & Klassen, P. E. (2009). "Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V," ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38(3), 335-350.</ref> There is presently no clinical diagnosis of Ephebophilia, and the concept is also of questionable validity as a chronophilia - due in part to its normativity and lack of a clear boundary.

==Etymology==
The term comes from the Ancient Greek words ἔφηβος (''éphēbos'', meaning "adolescent") and φιλία (''philía'', meaning "love" or "friendship").

==Lack of concept validity and confusion re. distinction vs Hebephilia==

Some [[minor attracted person|minor attracted people]], sexologists, psychiatrists and psychologists question the conceptual validity of this category,<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/00918369.2019.1613856 Walker, A. (2019). “I’m Not like That, So Am I Gay?” The Use of Queer-Spectrum Identity Labels Among Minor-Attracted People. Journal of Homosexuality, 1–24. doi:10.1080/00918369.2019.1613856]</ref><ref>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02271-7 Lievesley, R., Swaby, H., Harper, C.A. et al. Primary Health Professionals’ Beliefs, Experiences, and Willingness to Treat Minor-Attracted Persons. Arch Sex Behav 51, 923–943 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02271-7]</ref> sometimes arguing or implying that for the majority of men, [[Research: Prevalence|heterosexual ephebophilia]] might be "normative" or [[Teleiophilia|teleiophilic]]. One of the most frequent criticisms of "''Ephebophilia''", is the implausibility of a chronophilia category that orients itself roughly to the beginning of the final [[Tanner Stage]] (5), and then ends in a developmental "no man's land" at around age 18/19. Pedophilia and Hebephilia on the other hand, can at least be seen as well-aligned with "developmental milestones". One commonly stated criticism of Ephebophilia as a discrete clinical concept, is the implausibility of an "exclusive" or strongly preferential ephebophile ever existing, when adjacent labels describe attractions that are in fact very similar in nature.

===Paraphilia?===

Skye Stephens and Michael C. Seto argue that ephebophilia contrasts what a [[paraphilia]] entails, since "older adolescents are reproductively viable and the fact that typically men are sexually attracted to older adolescents, as reflected in self-report, psychophysiological, and pornography use studies."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NhEpCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 Phenix A, Hoberman H (2015). Sexual Offending: Predisposing Antecedents, Assessments and Management. Springer. p. 30. ISBN 978-1493924165.]</ref> According to psychologist and sexologist [[James Cantor]], it is "very common for regular men to be attracted to 18-year-olds or 20-year-olds. It's not unusual for a typical 16-year-old to be attractive to many men and the younger we go the fewer and fewer men are attracted to that age group."<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28526106 Stephenson, Wesley (30 July 2014). "How many men are paedophiles?". BBC Magazine. London, England: BBC.]</ref>

Ephebophilia might, then be reclassified as [[teleiophilia]] directed towards minors, since a special attraction to those who are sexually mature but with less legal rights, has no basis in nature, and is more akin to a medicalization of ''[[Jailbait]]''.

===History, and conflation with Hebephilia===

The concept of Ephebophilia has been described in both artistic<ref>Buffière, F. (1980). Éros adolescent : la pédérastie dans la Grèce antique, Paris, p.11.</ref> and more recently in pseudomedical terms. The first known mention of Ephebophilia was in French (éphébophilie), in Georges Saint-Paul's 1896 book, ''Tares et Poisons: Perversion et Perversité Sexuelles''.<ref name=janssen>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595948 Janssen, Diederik F. (2015). "'Chronophilia': Entries of Erotic Age Preference into Descriptive Psychopathology". Medical History. 59 (4): 575–98.]</ref> It has been used in publications by Dutch psychologist [[Frits Bernard]], in 1950, under a pseudonym.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081916/http://www.ihlia.nl/documents/pdflib/Vriendschap/1960/1960-04.pdf Vriendschap]</ref> The term derives from the Ancient Greek: ἔφηβος (ephebos) variously defined as "one arrived at puberty", "a youth of eighteen who underwent his dokimasia and was registered as a citizen (Athens)", and "arriving at man's estate"; and φιλία (-''philia'') i.e. "love".<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1093%2Ffmls%2FXXIV.2.126 Rahman, T. (1988). "Ephebophilia: the case for the use of a new word". Forum for Modern Language Studies. 24 (2): 126–141.]</ref> ''Hebephilia'', on the other hand, was first seen in 1955, in forensic work by Hammer and Glueck.<ref name=janssen /> Despite the long dates of first-use, Google Ngram Viewer tells us that neither term gained widespread use in the literature, until the 1980s (Ephebophilia) and late 00s/10s (where Hebephilia, as popularized by [[Ray Blanchard]] has slowly come to predominate).

The terms have even been used interchangeably, depending upon the gender of the minor. This is something that was common in the late 00s, when the concept of Hebephilia first became popular among MAPs, and Ephebophilia was mentioned incidentally in the same or similar publications - by authors such as Ray Blanchard.<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-008-9399-9 Blanchard, Ray; Lykins, Amy D.; Wherrett, Diane; Kuban, Michael E.; Cantor, James M.; Blak, Thomas; Dickey, Robert; Klassen, Philip E. (2009). "Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 38 (3): 335–50.]</ref> This alternative mode of use may owe to the somewhat gendered etymological underpinnings of the original Greek terms, with ''Ephebe'' implying masculinity, as described earlier, and ''Hebe'' taking on a gender-neutral or feminine meaning, as in the Greek Goddess of Youth.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hebe Merriam Webster: Hebe]</ref> [[Karen Franklin]] suggested that Hebephilia may have been used as a simple variation of Ephebophilia.<ref>[https://ajustfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Franklin-HebephiliaPretextuality-BSL2010.pdf Franklin, K. (2010). "Hebephilia: Quintessence of diagnostic pretextuality" (PDF). Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 28 (6): 751–768.]</ref>

===The "Ephebophilia Cliché"===

The term ''Ephebophilia'' is sometimes considered to be a cliché of online debates concerning sexual relationships between adults and older youths. It is said by some that the marque of a nitpicker and "pedophile apologist" is that he or she mentions the term "Ephebophilia" whenever such an adult (Jeffrey Epstein being the most cliché)<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/world-news/woke-experts-say-only-those-28884765 Express article featuring the Cliche]</ref> is [[Debate Guide: Misdefinitions and Rhetorical Manipulation|misdefined]] as a pedophile. This might, however, be an outdated cliché, as since the 10s, popular discourse has tended towards using Hebephilia to distinguish attractions (and sometimes erroneously - actions) from Pedophilia.

==References==
<references />

==See also==
*[[Boylove]]
*[[Girllove]]
*[[Pederasty]]
*[[Pedophilia]]

==External Links==

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia "Ephebophilia"] - Wikipedia article, containing some references, and seemingly no criticism.

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Hebephilia

2023-09-24T20:41:59Z

Gork:

{{MAI}}__NOTOC__'''Hebephilia''' is an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) for pubescent youth, usually between 11-14 years of age. It is often used to distinguish an attraction to pubescents from an attraction to prepubescent or sexually immature youth (described as [[pedophilia]] and [[ephebophilia]] respectively). A person with such attractions is called a '''hebephile'''. Researchers connected to [[CAMH]] tend to distinguish hebephilia ("preference for 11–14 year-olds") from ephebophilia ("preference for 15–19 year-olds").<ref>Blanchard, R., Lykins, A. D., Wherrett, D., Kuban, M. E., Cantor, J. M., Blak, T., Dickey, R., & Klassen, P. E. (2009). "Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V," ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38(3), 335-350.</ref> These age ranges are approximate, as the boundaries of puberty vary from person to person. There is presently no medical diagnosis of hebephilia, although as detailed by [[Wikipedia:Hebephilia|Wikipedia]], there have been recent, unsuccessful attempts to pathologize it.

==Etymology==
The term comes from the Greek terms ἥβη (hḗbē, "youth") and φῐλος (philos, "love").

==Controversy outline==
In 2009, Psychologist [[Ray Blanchard]] argued for a distinction between pedophilia and hebephilia based on [[plethysmography]] studies. He suggested that these two categories should be pathologised as a single disorder (pedohebephilia) in the [[DSM]]. This attracted controversy from others in the field, such as [[Karen Franklin]], who argued that hebephilia represents a normative adaptation from an evolutionary science perspective. The full details of the controversy are covered in the Wikipedia article below.

American psychologist, [[Bruce Rind]] and Scottish queer theorist [[Richard Yuill]] produced a large paper arguing against the idea that hebephilia is pathological.<ref>[https://www.ipce.info/library/journal-article/rind-yuill-hebephilia Rind, Bruce, & Yuill Richard. "Hebephilia as Mental Disorder?" ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', Jun 28 2012]</ref>

==Prevalence==
According to phallometric studies, equal or preferential hebephilia may have a [[Research: Prevalence|prevalence of around 20%]] in men, (or more, should girls aged 13 and 14 be frequently featured in stimulus material).

==Confusion with/distinction from ''Ephebophilia''==
Hebephilia was first mentioned in the 1950s<ref name=janssen>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595948 Janssen, Diederik F. (2015). "'Chronophilia': Entries of Erotic Age Preference into Descriptive Psychopathology". Medical History. 59 (4): 575–98.]</ref>, but barely used until the late 00s and 10s, when it was popularized by Blanchard and others in his field. It has been confused with, and distinguished from [[ephebophilia]] (a concept of questionable validity) in various ways - described in the article on said subject.

==References==
<references />

==See also==
*[[Boylove]]
*[[Girllove]]
*[[Pederasty]]
*[[Pedophilia]]

==External Links==

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebephilia "Hebephilia"] - Wikipedia article - describing the full controversy and various attempts to pathologize Hebephilia.

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Pedophilia

2023-09-24T20:41:35Z

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__NOTOC__{{MAI}}
'''Pedophilia''' (or '''paedophilia''', originally Greek παιδοφιλια; paidophilia) is an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) and orientation towards pre-pubescent children. It is to be distinguished from '''pedophilic disorder''' – a medical diagnosis of disputed merit.

While the exact definition varies by context, the medical definition of pedophilic disorder most commonly referred to is that of the [[Wikipedia:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual]] of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|American Psychiatric Association]].

Common usage does not follow either the etymological meaning or the strict medical definitions of an adult or teen who is attracted to prepubescent children. In colloquial use, the term instead refers indiscriminately to any adult who is attracted to, or has sexual contact with, a person under the [[Age of Consent]], or the [[Wikipedia:Age of majority|age of majority]] (which varies from 14 to 18 in most western jurisdictions). As even [[Wikipedia]] acknowledges,<ref>As of 24 September 2023</ref> researchers recommend that these imprecise uses be avoided.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_mayo-clinic-proceedings_2007-04_82_4/page/457 A profile of pedophilia: definition, characteristics of offenders, recidivism, treatment outcomes, and forensic issues (archived URL)]. Hall RC, Mayo Clin. Proc., 2007. Volume 82, issue 4, pages 457–71. PMID 17418075, DOI 10.4065/82.4.457.</ref><ref>[http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12435259 Pedophilia (dead link)]. JAMA, November 2002. Volume 288, issue 19, pages 2458–65. Fagan PJ, Wise TN, Schmidt CW, Berlin FS. PMID 12435259, DOI 10.1001/jama.288.19.2458.</ref> The correct term for an attraction to pubescents would be [[hebephilia]].

In many societies and cultures, the term pedophile is highly [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigmatized]], and represents an image of an evil, callous monster. This spurs many self-identified pedophiles to adopt names such as [[boylove]]r, [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]], [[girllove]]r, and [[childlove]]r, among others, to assist in differentiating themselves and their values from this stereotype.

Some believe that pedophiles have made great contributions to past societies, and that their influence is often ignored or their attraction to children is greatly played down. Others disagree with this idea, and claim that alleged historical pedophiles actually preferred the company of persons who were in their late teens or early 20s.

== Etymology ==
The terms "pedophilia" and "pedophile" stem from the Greek roots παῖς (''paîs'', meaning "child") and‎ φῐλος (''philos'', meaning "love"), so their literal morphological translations are, respectively, "love for children" and "child lover". In Byzantine Greek, the term "παιδοφιλία" meant simply "love for children" and had no sexual connotations.

The term '''paedophilia erotica''' was coined in an 1886 article by the German psychiatrist [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], who also happened to be anti-masturbation, classify homosexuality as a disease, and be against most forms of sexuality in children.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64931/64931-h/64931-h.htm Krafft-Ebing - For example:] "Zambaco (L’Encéphale, 1882, Nr. 1, 2) tells the disgusting story of two sisters affected with premature and perverse sexual desire. The elder, R., masturbated at the age of seven, practiced lewdness with boys, stole wherever she could, seduced her four-year-old sister into masturbation, and at the age of ten was given up to the practice of the most revolting vices. Even ferrum candens ad clitoridem had no effect in overcoming the practice, and she masturbated with the cassock of a priest while he was exhorting her to reformation."</ref>

== Pedophilia according to... ==
For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia|Wikipedia]].''

The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a "disorder and not a crime" is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

===The DSM===
According to the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|APA's]] DSM-5, there are three criteria for '''pedophilic disorder''':

*The individual has had arousing fantasies about, urges for, or behaviors with a prepubescent child or children.
*The individual has acted out these sexual desires, or is experiencing significant distress or difficulty as a result of these desires.
*The individual is at least sixteen years of age and at least five years older than the child or children noted in Criterion A.

Specifiers are:

*Exclusive type - sexual attraction to children only.
*Non-exclusive type - sexual attraction to adults and children.
*Attraction to boys.
*Attraction to girls.
*Incestuous only.

According to the DSM-5, the actual prevalence of pedophilic disorder is unknown, with an estimate of up to 3-5% (American Psychiatric Association, 2013a).<ref>[https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/pedophilic-disorder-dsm--5-302.2-(f65.4) DSM-5] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=717 Exact Copy (paraphilia)] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=729 Exact Copy (pedophilic disorder)].</ref>

===The ICD-11===
According to the [[Wikipedia:World Health Organization|WHO's]] ICD-11 diagnostic manual:

:''"Paraphilic disorders are characterized by persistent and intense patterns of atypical sexual arousal, manifested by sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours, in which the focus of the arousal pattern involves others whose age or status renders them unwilling or unable to [[consent]] (e.g., '''pre-pubertal children''', an unsuspecting individual being viewed through a window, an animal). Paraphilic disorders may also involve other atypical sexual arousal patterns if they cause marked distress to the individual or involve significant risk of injury or death."''

:''"Many sexual crimes involve actions or behaviours that are not associated with a sustained underlying paraphilic arousal pattern. Rather, these behaviours may be transient and occur impulsively or opportunistically, or in relation to substance use or intoxication. A diagnosis of a Paraphilic disorder should not be assigned in such cases. ''[...]'' Paraphilic disorders should not be diagnosed among children and should be diagnosed only with utmost caution among adolescents. Sexual experimentation is typical during adolescence and sexual acts may occur impulsively or opportunistically rather than representing a recurrent pattern of sexual arousal."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f2110604642 Paraphilic disorders - ICD 11]</ref>

Paraphilic disorders include the following:
*'''Pedophilic Disorder'''. Specifically:
:''"Pedophilic disorder is characterised by a sustained, focused, and intense pattern of sexual arousal—as manifested by persistent sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours—involving pre-pubertal children. In addition, in order for Pedophilic Disorder to be diagnosed, the individual must have acted on these thoughts, fantasies or urges or be markedly distressed by them. This diagnosis does not apply to sexual behaviours among pre- or post-pubertal children with peers who are close in age."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/517058174 ICD 11: 6D32 Pedophilic disorder]</ref>

===Calls for declassification===
:''See also: [[Research: Psychopathy and abnormal psychology]]''.
There are many voices past and present in favor of declassifying pedophilia as a mental disorder, or removal of the broader, and scientifically questionable [[paraphilia]] category. These are not limited to activist organizations such as [[Ethos of Newgon|Newgon]], and have included influential psychologists such as [[Richard Green]], who was instrumental in the declassification of [[homosexuality]], and [[Philip Tromovitch]]:

*[[Erwin Haeberle|Haeberle, Erwin J.]] (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109095903/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/paraphiliapre.htm "Paraphilia - A Prescientific Concept,"] Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology.
*[[Richard Green|Green, R.]] (2002, Dec). [https://www.ipce.info/library_2/files/green_asb_2002.html Is Pedophilia a Mental Disorder?], in ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'', 31, 467–471.
*[[Agustin Malon|Malón, Agustin]] (2012). "[https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-012-9919-5 Pedophilia: A Diagnosis in Search of a Disorder]", Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(5), pp. 1083-1097.
*[[Stephen Kershnar]], ‘Pedophilia and Mental Disorder’, in ''[https://library.lol/main/2DDF535B06A3E12BB1933E9BEB234E6F Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]'' (London: Lexington Books, 2015), pp. 7-31.
*[[Horst Vogt|Vogt, H.]] (2006). ''Pädophilie: Leipzicher Studie zur gesellschaftlichen und psychischen Situation pädophiler Männer'' ([https://www.ipce.info/host/vogt/vogt_content.htm ''Pedophilia: The Leipziger Study of the Social and Psychical Situation of Pedophilic Men'']). Pabst Science Publishers.
*[[Philip Tromovitch|Tromovitch, P.]] (2008, Oct. 16). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9426-x Manufacturing Mental Disorder by Pathologizing Erotic Age Orientation: A Comment on Blanchard et al.] (2008). ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 328.
*Hinderliter, Andrew C. (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121212182834/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/hinderliter2010.htm "Defining Paraphilia: Excluding Exclusion,"] ''Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology'', 2, 241–272.
*Moser, C., & Kleinplatz, P. J. (2005). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v17n03_05 DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal]. ''Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality'', 17(3/4), 91–109.
*Moser, C. (2008 Oct. 23). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9436-8 When Is an Unusual Sexual Interest a Mental Disorder?] ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 323–325.
*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.

==Quotes==

:''“There is nothing wrong with pedophilia in the sense of the word, that is, against liking, even loving, children ''[...]'' The sensuality that spontaneously unfolds between a child and an adult is something wonderful. Nothing can remind us more intensely of the paradises of childhood. Nothing is purer and more harmless than this eroticism of the body and the heart. Childish eroticism is not only full of delights, it is also necessary.”'' - Sexologist, '''[[Volkmar Sigusch]]'''.<ref>[https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0030-1262531 Sexualwissenschaftliche Thesen zur Missbrauchsdebatte]</ref>

:''"Experiencing ongoing sexual attractions to prepubescent children is, in essence, a form of sexual orientation, and acknowledging that reality can help to distinguish the mental makeup that is inherent to Pedophilia, from acts of child sexual abuse."'' - Sexologist, '''[[Fred Berlin]]'''.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/404 Pedophilia and DSM-5: The Importance of Clearly Defining the Nature of a Pedophilic Disorder]</ref>

:''"According to my experience, pedophilia constitutes a nearly normal component of the sexual impulse. Nearly everybody may, at times, detect such thoughts in himself. But they will be rejected, disclaimed, and condemned with all the emotionality of moral indignation. Many people of high intellectual standing admitted to me that sinful thoughts had surprised them when they were looking at children. We fail to appreciate the immense degree to which pedophilia is prevalent among women and men."'' - Psychoanalyst '''[[Wilhelm Stekel]]''' in 1922.<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/0160-2527(84)90007-4 Brongersma, E. (1984). Aggression against pedophiles. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 7(1), 79–87.]</ref>

:''"Pedophilia has been considered the norm by the vast majority of individuals in the history of the world. ''[...]'' It is because our society overreacts to it that children suffer. ''[...]'' Pedophilia may enhance the survival of the human species by serving "procreative purposes.""'' - Sexologist, '''[[Richard Gardener]]'''.<ref>Gardner, R.A. (1992). True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse. Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics.</ref>

:''"Paedophiles must be prevented from 'coming out'. Every attempt to display their vice as a legitimate 'alternative' to conventional morality must be, not refuted, but silenced."'' - Philosopher, '''Roger Scruton'''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26352378 BBC article including the quote from Scruton]</ref>

==See also==

*[[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]

==External links==

*[https://www.sexualskills.co.uk/sex-society/sexual-variants/paedophilia/ NVSH - Paedophilia].
*[http://williamapercy.com/wiki/images/Pedophilia.pdf 1990 Encyclopedia of Homosexuality entry] - Some authors have claimed that this article wrongly appropriates Greek [[Pederasty]] as inclusive of pedophilia.
*[https://famouspedophiles.wordpress.com/ Famous Pedophiles] - "Pedophiles" who contributed to society.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia Wikipedia] - Describes Pedophilia as a mental disorder.
*[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Mapmedicalism Mapmedicalism] - Collection of revisions to the diagostic criteria.

==References==

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Hebephilia

2023-09-24T20:40:12Z

Gork:

{{MAI}}__NOTOC__'''Hebephilia''' is an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) for pubescent youth, usually between 11-14 years of age. It is often used to distinguish an attraction to pubescents from an attraction to prepubescent or sexually immature youth (described as [[pedophilia]] and [[ephebophilia]] respectively). A person with such attractions is called a '''hebephile'''. Researchers connected to [[CAMH]] tend to distinguish hebephilia ("preference for 11–14 year-olds") from ephebophilia ("preference for 15–19 year-olds").<ref>Blanchard, R., Lykins, A. D., Wherrett, D., Kuban, M. E., Cantor, J. M., Blak, T., Dickey, R., & Klassen, P. E. (2009). "Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V," ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38(3), 335-350.</ref> These age ranges are approximate, as the boundaries of puberty vary from person to person. There is presently no medical diagnosis of hebephilia, although as detailed by [[Wikipedia:Hebephilia|Wikipedia]], there have been recent, unsuccessful attempts to pathologize it.

==Controversy outline==
In 2009, Psychologist [[Ray Blanchard]] argued for a distinction between pedophilia and hebephilia based on [[plethysmography]] studies. He suggested that these two categories should be pathologised as a single disorder (pedohebephilia) in the [[DSM]]. This attracted controversy from others in the field, such as [[Karen Franklin]], who argued that hebephilia represents a normative adaptation from an evolutionary science perspective. The full details of the controversy are covered in the Wikipedia article below.

American psychologist, [[Bruce Rind]] and Scottish queer theorist [[Richard Yuill]] produced a large paper arguing against the idea that hebephilia is pathological.<ref>[https://www.ipce.info/library/journal-article/rind-yuill-hebephilia Rind, Bruce, & Yuill Richard. "Hebephilia as Mental Disorder?" ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', Jun 28 2012]</ref>

==Prevalence==
According to phallometric studies, equal or preferential hebephilia may have a [[Research: Prevalence|prevalence of around 20%]] in men, (or more, should girls aged 13 and 14 be frequently featured in stimulus material).

==Confusion with/distinction from ''Ephebophilia''==
Hebephilia was first mentioned in the 1950s<ref name=janssen>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595948 Janssen, Diederik F. (2015). "'Chronophilia': Entries of Erotic Age Preference into Descriptive Psychopathology". Medical History. 59 (4): 575–98.]</ref>, but barely used until the late 00s and 10s, when it was popularized by Blanchard and others in his field. It has been confused with, and distinguished from [[ephebophilia]] (a concept of questionable validity) in various ways - described in the article on said subject.

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Boylove]]
*[[Girllove]]
*[[Pederasty]]
*[[Pedophilia]]

==External Links==

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebephilia "Hebephilia"] - Wikipedia article - describing the full controversy and various attempts to pathologize Hebephilia.

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Pedophilia

2023-09-24T20:36:32Z

Gork: /* Etymology */

__NOTOC__{{MAI}}
'''Pedophilia''' (or '''paedophilia''', originally Greek παιδοφιλια; paidophilia) is an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) and orientation towards pre-pubescent children. It is to be distinguished from '''pedophilic disorder''' – a medical diagnosis of disputed merit.

While the exact definition varies by context, the medical definition of pedophilic disorder most commonly referred to is that of the [[Wikipedia:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual]] of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|American Psychiatric Association]].

Common usage does not follow either the etymological meaning or the strict medical definitions of an adult or teen who is attracted to prepubescent children. In colloquial use, the term instead refers indiscriminately to any adult who is attracted to, or has sexual contact with, a person under the [[Age of Consent]], or the [[Wikipedia:Age of majority|age of majority]] (which varies from 14 to 18 in most western jurisdictions). As even [[Wikipedia]] acknowledges,<ref>As of 24 September 2023</ref> researchers recommend that these imprecise uses be avoided.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_mayo-clinic-proceedings_2007-04_82_4/page/457 A profile of pedophilia: definition, characteristics of offenders, recidivism, treatment outcomes, and forensic issues (archived URL)]. Hall RC, Mayo Clin. Proc., 2007. Volume 82, issue 4, pages 457–71. PMID 17418075, DOI 10.4065/82.4.457.</ref><ref>[http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12435259 Pedophilia (dead link)]. JAMA, November 2002. Volume 288, issue 19, pages 2458–65. Fagan PJ, Wise TN, Schmidt CW, Berlin FS. PMID 12435259, DOI 10.1001/jama.288.19.2458.</ref> The correct term for an attraction to pubescents would be [[hebephilia]].

In many societies and cultures, the term pedophile is highly [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigmatized]], and represents an image of an evil, callous monster. This spurs many self-identified pedophiles to adopt names such as [[boylove]]r, [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]], [[girllove]]r, and [[childlove]]r, among others, to assist in differentiating themselves and their values from this stereotype.

Some believe that pedophiles have made great contributions to past societies, and that their influence is often ignored or their attraction to children is greatly played down. Others disagree with this idea, and claim that alleged historical pedophiles actually preferred the company of persons who were in their late teens or early 20s.

== Etymology ==
The terms "pedophilia" and "pedophile" stem from the Greek roots παῖς (''paîs'', meaning "child") and‎ φῐλος (''philos'', meaning "loving"), so their literal morphological translations are, respectively, "love for children" and "child lover". In Byzantine Greek, the term "παιδοφιλία" meant simply "love for children" and had no sexual connotations.

The term '''paedophilia erotica''' was coined in an 1886 article by the German psychiatrist [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], who also happened to be anti-masturbation, classify homosexuality as a disease, and be against most forms of sexuality in children.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64931/64931-h/64931-h.htm Krafft-Ebing - For example:] "Zambaco (L’Encéphale, 1882, Nr. 1, 2) tells the disgusting story of two sisters affected with premature and perverse sexual desire. The elder, R., masturbated at the age of seven, practiced lewdness with boys, stole wherever she could, seduced her four-year-old sister into masturbation, and at the age of ten was given up to the practice of the most revolting vices. Even ferrum candens ad clitoridem had no effect in overcoming the practice, and she masturbated with the cassock of a priest while he was exhorting her to reformation."</ref>

== Pedophilia according to... ==
For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia|Wikipedia]].''

The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a "disorder and not a crime" is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

===The DSM===
According to the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|APA's]] DSM-5, there are three criteria for '''pedophilic disorder''':

*The individual has had arousing fantasies about, urges for, or behaviors with a prepubescent child or children.
*The individual has acted out these sexual desires, or is experiencing significant distress or difficulty as a result of these desires.
*The individual is at least sixteen years of age and at least five years older than the child or children noted in Criterion A.

Specifiers are:

*Exclusive type - sexual attraction to children only.
*Non-exclusive type - sexual attraction to adults and children.
*Attraction to boys.
*Attraction to girls.
*Incestuous only.

According to the DSM-5, the actual prevalence of pedophilic disorder is unknown, with an estimate of up to 3-5% (American Psychiatric Association, 2013a).<ref>[https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/pedophilic-disorder-dsm--5-302.2-(f65.4) DSM-5] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=717 Exact Copy (paraphilia)] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=729 Exact Copy (pedophilic disorder)].</ref>

===The ICD-11===
According to the [[Wikipedia:World Health Organization|WHO's]] ICD-11 diagnostic manual:

:''"Paraphilic disorders are characterized by persistent and intense patterns of atypical sexual arousal, manifested by sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours, in which the focus of the arousal pattern involves others whose age or status renders them unwilling or unable to [[consent]] (e.g., '''pre-pubertal children''', an unsuspecting individual being viewed through a window, an animal). Paraphilic disorders may also involve other atypical sexual arousal patterns if they cause marked distress to the individual or involve significant risk of injury or death."''

:''"Many sexual crimes involve actions or behaviours that are not associated with a sustained underlying paraphilic arousal pattern. Rather, these behaviours may be transient and occur impulsively or opportunistically, or in relation to substance use or intoxication. A diagnosis of a Paraphilic disorder should not be assigned in such cases. ''[...]'' Paraphilic disorders should not be diagnosed among children and should be diagnosed only with utmost caution among adolescents. Sexual experimentation is typical during adolescence and sexual acts may occur impulsively or opportunistically rather than representing a recurrent pattern of sexual arousal."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f2110604642 Paraphilic disorders - ICD 11]</ref>

Paraphilic disorders include the following:
*'''Pedophilic Disorder'''. Specifically:
:''"Pedophilic disorder is characterised by a sustained, focused, and intense pattern of sexual arousal—as manifested by persistent sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours—involving pre-pubertal children. In addition, in order for Pedophilic Disorder to be diagnosed, the individual must have acted on these thoughts, fantasies or urges or be markedly distressed by them. This diagnosis does not apply to sexual behaviours among pre- or post-pubertal children with peers who are close in age."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/517058174 ICD 11: 6D32 Pedophilic disorder]</ref>

===Calls for declassification===
:''See also: [[Research: Psychopathy and abnormal psychology]]''.
There are many voices past and present in favor of declassifying pedophilia as a mental disorder, or removal of the broader, and scientifically questionable [[paraphilia]] category. These are not limited to activist organizations such as [[Ethos of Newgon|Newgon]], and have included influential psychologists such as [[Richard Green]], who was instrumental in the declassification of [[homosexuality]], and [[Philip Tromovitch]]:

*[[Erwin Haeberle|Haeberle, Erwin J.]] (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109095903/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/paraphiliapre.htm "Paraphilia - A Prescientific Concept,"] Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology.
*[[Richard Green|Green, R.]] (2002, Dec). [https://www.ipce.info/library_2/files/green_asb_2002.html Is Pedophilia a Mental Disorder?], in ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'', 31, 467–471.
*[[Agustin Malon|Malón, Agustin]] (2012). "[https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-012-9919-5 Pedophilia: A Diagnosis in Search of a Disorder]", Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(5), pp. 1083-1097.
*[[Stephen Kershnar]], ‘Pedophilia and Mental Disorder’, in ''[https://library.lol/main/2DDF535B06A3E12BB1933E9BEB234E6F Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]'' (London: Lexington Books, 2015), pp. 7-31.
*[[Horst Vogt|Vogt, H.]] (2006). ''Pädophilie: Leipzicher Studie zur gesellschaftlichen und psychischen Situation pädophiler Männer'' ([https://www.ipce.info/host/vogt/vogt_content.htm ''Pedophilia: The Leipziger Study of the Social and Psychical Situation of Pedophilic Men'']). Pabst Science Publishers.
*[[Philip Tromovitch|Tromovitch, P.]] (2008, Oct. 16). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9426-x Manufacturing Mental Disorder by Pathologizing Erotic Age Orientation: A Comment on Blanchard et al.] (2008). ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 328.
*Hinderliter, Andrew C. (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121212182834/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/hinderliter2010.htm "Defining Paraphilia: Excluding Exclusion,"] ''Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology'', 2, 241–272.
*Moser, C., & Kleinplatz, P. J. (2005). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v17n03_05 DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal]. ''Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality'', 17(3/4), 91–109.
*Moser, C. (2008 Oct. 23). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9436-8 When Is an Unusual Sexual Interest a Mental Disorder?] ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 323–325.
*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.

==Quotes==

:''“There is nothing wrong with pedophilia in the sense of the word, that is, against liking, even loving, children ''[...]'' The sensuality that spontaneously unfolds between a child and an adult is something wonderful. Nothing can remind us more intensely of the paradises of childhood. Nothing is purer and more harmless than this eroticism of the body and the heart. Childish eroticism is not only full of delights, it is also necessary.”'' - Sexologist, '''[[Volkmar Sigusch]]'''.<ref>[https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0030-1262531 Sexualwissenschaftliche Thesen zur Missbrauchsdebatte]</ref>

:''"Experiencing ongoing sexual attractions to prepubescent children is, in essence, a form of sexual orientation, and acknowledging that reality can help to distinguish the mental makeup that is inherent to Pedophilia, from acts of child sexual abuse."'' - Sexologist, '''[[Fred Berlin]]'''.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/404 Pedophilia and DSM-5: The Importance of Clearly Defining the Nature of a Pedophilic Disorder]</ref>

:''"According to my experience, pedophilia constitutes a nearly normal component of the sexual impulse. Nearly everybody may, at times, detect such thoughts in himself. But they will be rejected, disclaimed, and condemned with all the emotionality of moral indignation. Many people of high intellectual standing admitted to me that sinful thoughts had surprised them when they were looking at children. We fail to appreciate the immense degree to which pedophilia is prevalent among women and men."'' - Psychoanalyst '''[[Wilhelm Stekel]]''' in 1922.<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/0160-2527(84)90007-4 Brongersma, E. (1984). Aggression against pedophiles. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 7(1), 79–87.]</ref>

:''"Pedophilia has been considered the norm by the vast majority of individuals in the history of the world. ''[...]'' It is because our society overreacts to it that children suffer. ''[...]'' Pedophilia may enhance the survival of the human species by serving "procreative purposes.""'' - Sexologist, '''[[Richard Gardener]]'''.<ref>Gardner, R.A. (1992). True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse. Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics.</ref>

:''"Paedophiles must be prevented from 'coming out'. Every attempt to display their vice as a legitimate 'alternative' to conventional morality must be, not refuted, but silenced."'' - Philosopher, '''Roger Scruton'''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26352378 BBC article including the quote from Scruton]</ref>

==See also==

*[[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]

==External links==

*[https://www.sexualskills.co.uk/sex-society/sexual-variants/paedophilia/ NVSH - Paedophilia].
*[http://williamapercy.com/wiki/images/Pedophilia.pdf 1990 Encyclopedia of Homosexuality entry] - Some authors have claimed that this article wrongly appropriates Greek [[Pederasty]] as inclusive of pedophilia.
*[https://famouspedophiles.wordpress.com/ Famous Pedophiles] - "Pedophiles" who contributed to society.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia Wikipedia] - Describes Pedophilia as a mental disorder.
*[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Mapmedicalism Mapmedicalism] - Collection of revisions to the diagostic criteria.

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]] [[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]]
[[Category:Terminology: Popular]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research on Minor Attraction]]

Pedophilia

2023-09-24T20:34:40Z

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'''Pedophilia''' (or '''paedophilia''', originally Greek παιδοφιλια; paidophilia) is an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) and orientation towards pre-pubescent children. It is to be distinguished from '''pedophilic disorder''' – a medical diagnosis of disputed merit.

While the exact definition varies by context, the medical definition of pedophilic disorder most commonly referred to is that of the [[Wikipedia:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual]] of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|American Psychiatric Association]].

Common usage does not follow either the etymological meaning or the strict medical definitions of an adult or teen who is attracted to prepubescent children. In colloquial use, the term instead refers indiscriminately to any adult who is attracted to, or has sexual contact with, a person under the [[Age of Consent]], or the [[Wikipedia:Age of majority|age of majority]] (which varies from 14 to 18 in most western jurisdictions). As even [[Wikipedia]] acknowledges,<ref>As of 24 September 2023</ref> researchers recommend that these imprecise uses be avoided.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_mayo-clinic-proceedings_2007-04_82_4/page/457 A profile of pedophilia: definition, characteristics of offenders, recidivism, treatment outcomes, and forensic issues (archived URL)]. Hall RC, Mayo Clin. Proc., 2007. Volume 82, issue 4, pages 457–71. PMID 17418075, DOI 10.4065/82.4.457.</ref><ref>[http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12435259 Pedophilia (dead link)]. JAMA, November 2002. Volume 288, issue 19, pages 2458–65. Fagan PJ, Wise TN, Schmidt CW, Berlin FS. PMID 12435259, DOI 10.1001/jama.288.19.2458.</ref> The correct term for an attraction to pubescents would be [[hebephilia]].

In many societies and cultures, the term pedophile is highly [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigmatized]], and represents an image of an evil, callous monster. This spurs many self-identified pedophiles to adopt names such as [[boylove]]r, [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]], [[girllove]]r, and [[childlove]]r, among others, to assist in differentiating themselves and their values from this stereotype.

Some believe that pedophiles have made great contributions to past societies, and that their influence is often ignored or their attraction to children is greatly played down. Others disagree with this idea, and claim that alleged historical pedophiles actually preferred the company of persons who were in their late teens or early 20s.

== Etymology ==
The terms "pedophilia" and "pedophile" stem from the Greek roots παῖς (''paîs'', meaning "child") and‎ φῐλος (''philos'', meaning "loving"), so their literal morphological translations are, respectively "love for children" and "child lover". In Byzantine Greek, the term "παιδοφιλία" meant simply "love for children" and had no sexual connotations.

The term '''paedophilia erotica''' was coined in an 1886 article by the German psychiatrist [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], who also happened to be anti-masturbation, classify homosexuality as a disease, and be against most forms of sexuality in children.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64931/64931-h/64931-h.htm Krafft-Ebing - For example:] "Zambaco (L’Encéphale, 1882, Nr. 1, 2) tells the disgusting story of two sisters affected with premature and perverse sexual desire. The elder, R., masturbated at the age of seven, practiced lewdness with boys, stole wherever she could, seduced her four-year-old sister into masturbation, and at the age of ten was given up to the practice of the most revolting vices. Even ferrum candens ad clitoridem had no effect in overcoming the practice, and she masturbated with the cassock of a priest while he was exhorting her to reformation."</ref>

== Pedophilia according to... ==
For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia|Wikipedia]].''

The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a "disorder and not a crime" is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

===The DSM===
According to the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|APA's]] DSM-5, there are three criteria for '''pedophilic disorder''':

*The individual has had arousing fantasies about, urges for, or behaviors with a prepubescent child or children.
*The individual has acted out these sexual desires, or is experiencing significant distress or difficulty as a result of these desires.
*The individual is at least sixteen years of age and at least five years older than the child or children noted in Criterion A.

Specifiers are:

*Exclusive type - sexual attraction to children only.
*Non-exclusive type - sexual attraction to adults and children.
*Attraction to boys.
*Attraction to girls.
*Incestuous only.

According to the DSM-5, the actual prevalence of pedophilic disorder is unknown, with an estimate of up to 3-5% (American Psychiatric Association, 2013a).<ref>[https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/pedophilic-disorder-dsm--5-302.2-(f65.4) DSM-5] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=717 Exact Copy (paraphilia)] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=729 Exact Copy (pedophilic disorder)].</ref>

===The ICD-11===
According to the [[Wikipedia:World Health Organization|WHO's]] ICD-11 diagnostic manual:

:''"Paraphilic disorders are characterized by persistent and intense patterns of atypical sexual arousal, manifested by sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours, in which the focus of the arousal pattern involves others whose age or status renders them unwilling or unable to [[consent]] (e.g., '''pre-pubertal children''', an unsuspecting individual being viewed through a window, an animal). Paraphilic disorders may also involve other atypical sexual arousal patterns if they cause marked distress to the individual or involve significant risk of injury or death."''

:''"Many sexual crimes involve actions or behaviours that are not associated with a sustained underlying paraphilic arousal pattern. Rather, these behaviours may be transient and occur impulsively or opportunistically, or in relation to substance use or intoxication. A diagnosis of a Paraphilic disorder should not be assigned in such cases. ''[...]'' Paraphilic disorders should not be diagnosed among children and should be diagnosed only with utmost caution among adolescents. Sexual experimentation is typical during adolescence and sexual acts may occur impulsively or opportunistically rather than representing a recurrent pattern of sexual arousal."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f2110604642 Paraphilic disorders - ICD 11]</ref>

Paraphilic disorders include the following:
*'''Pedophilic Disorder'''. Specifically:
:''"Pedophilic disorder is characterised by a sustained, focused, and intense pattern of sexual arousal—as manifested by persistent sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours—involving pre-pubertal children. In addition, in order for Pedophilic Disorder to be diagnosed, the individual must have acted on these thoughts, fantasies or urges or be markedly distressed by them. This diagnosis does not apply to sexual behaviours among pre- or post-pubertal children with peers who are close in age."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/517058174 ICD 11: 6D32 Pedophilic disorder]</ref>

===Calls for declassification===
:''See also: [[Research: Psychopathy and abnormal psychology]]''.
There are many voices past and present in favor of declassifying pedophilia as a mental disorder, or removal of the broader, and scientifically questionable [[paraphilia]] category. These are not limited to activist organizations such as [[Ethos of Newgon|Newgon]], and have included influential psychologists such as [[Richard Green]], who was instrumental in the declassification of [[homosexuality]], and [[Philip Tromovitch]]:

*[[Erwin Haeberle|Haeberle, Erwin J.]] (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109095903/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/paraphiliapre.htm "Paraphilia - A Prescientific Concept,"] Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology.
*[[Richard Green|Green, R.]] (2002, Dec). [https://www.ipce.info/library_2/files/green_asb_2002.html Is Pedophilia a Mental Disorder?], in ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'', 31, 467–471.
*[[Agustin Malon|Malón, Agustin]] (2012). "[https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-012-9919-5 Pedophilia: A Diagnosis in Search of a Disorder]", Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(5), pp. 1083-1097.
*[[Stephen Kershnar]], ‘Pedophilia and Mental Disorder’, in ''[https://library.lol/main/2DDF535B06A3E12BB1933E9BEB234E6F Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]'' (London: Lexington Books, 2015), pp. 7-31.
*[[Horst Vogt|Vogt, H.]] (2006). ''Pädophilie: Leipzicher Studie zur gesellschaftlichen und psychischen Situation pädophiler Männer'' ([https://www.ipce.info/host/vogt/vogt_content.htm ''Pedophilia: The Leipziger Study of the Social and Psychical Situation of Pedophilic Men'']). Pabst Science Publishers.
*[[Philip Tromovitch|Tromovitch, P.]] (2008, Oct. 16). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9426-x Manufacturing Mental Disorder by Pathologizing Erotic Age Orientation: A Comment on Blanchard et al.] (2008). ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 328.
*Hinderliter, Andrew C. (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121212182834/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/hinderliter2010.htm "Defining Paraphilia: Excluding Exclusion,"] ''Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology'', 2, 241–272.
*Moser, C., & Kleinplatz, P. J. (2005). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v17n03_05 DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal]. ''Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality'', 17(3/4), 91–109.
*Moser, C. (2008 Oct. 23). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9436-8 When Is an Unusual Sexual Interest a Mental Disorder?] ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 323–325.
*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.

==Quotes==

:''“There is nothing wrong with pedophilia in the sense of the word, that is, against liking, even loving, children ''[...]'' The sensuality that spontaneously unfolds between a child and an adult is something wonderful. Nothing can remind us more intensely of the paradises of childhood. Nothing is purer and more harmless than this eroticism of the body and the heart. Childish eroticism is not only full of delights, it is also necessary.”'' - Sexologist, '''[[Volkmar Sigusch]]'''.<ref>[https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0030-1262531 Sexualwissenschaftliche Thesen zur Missbrauchsdebatte]</ref>

:''"Experiencing ongoing sexual attractions to prepubescent children is, in essence, a form of sexual orientation, and acknowledging that reality can help to distinguish the mental makeup that is inherent to Pedophilia, from acts of child sexual abuse."'' - Sexologist, '''[[Fred Berlin]]'''.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/404 Pedophilia and DSM-5: The Importance of Clearly Defining the Nature of a Pedophilic Disorder]</ref>

:''"According to my experience, pedophilia constitutes a nearly normal component of the sexual impulse. Nearly everybody may, at times, detect such thoughts in himself. But they will be rejected, disclaimed, and condemned with all the emotionality of moral indignation. Many people of high intellectual standing admitted to me that sinful thoughts had surprised them when they were looking at children. We fail to appreciate the immense degree to which pedophilia is prevalent among women and men."'' - Psychoanalyst '''[[Wilhelm Stekel]]''' in 1922.<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/0160-2527(84)90007-4 Brongersma, E. (1984). Aggression against pedophiles. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 7(1), 79–87.]</ref>

:''"Pedophilia has been considered the norm by the vast majority of individuals in the history of the world. ''[...]'' It is because our society overreacts to it that children suffer. ''[...]'' Pedophilia may enhance the survival of the human species by serving "procreative purposes.""'' - Sexologist, '''[[Richard Gardener]]'''.<ref>Gardner, R.A. (1992). True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse. Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics.</ref>

:''"Paedophiles must be prevented from 'coming out'. Every attempt to display their vice as a legitimate 'alternative' to conventional morality must be, not refuted, but silenced."'' - Philosopher, '''Roger Scruton'''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26352378 BBC article including the quote from Scruton]</ref>

==See also==

*[[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]

==External links==

*[https://www.sexualskills.co.uk/sex-society/sexual-variants/paedophilia/ NVSH - Paedophilia].
*[http://williamapercy.com/wiki/images/Pedophilia.pdf 1990 Encyclopedia of Homosexuality entry] - Some authors have claimed that this article wrongly appropriates Greek [[Pederasty]] as inclusive of pedophilia.
*[https://famouspedophiles.wordpress.com/ Famous Pedophiles] - "Pedophiles" who contributed to society.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia Wikipedia] - Describes Pedophilia as a mental disorder.
*[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Mapmedicalism Mapmedicalism] - Collection of revisions to the diagostic criteria.

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]] [[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]]
[[Category:Terminology: Popular]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research on Minor Attraction]]

Pedophilia

2023-09-24T20:32:19Z

Gork:

__NOTOC__{{MAI}}
'''Pedophilia''' (or '''paedophilia''', originally Greek παιδοφιλια; paidophilia) is an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) and orientation towards pre-pubescent children. It is to be distinguished from '''pedophilic disorder''' – a medical diagnosis of disputed merit.

While the exact definition varies by context, the medical definition of pedophilic disorder most commonly referred to is that of the [[Wikipedia:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual]] of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|American Psychiatric Association]].

Common usage does not follow either the etymological meaning or the strict medical definitions of an adult or teen who is attracted to prepubescent children. In colloquial use, the term instead refers indiscriminately to any adult who is attracted to, or has sexual contact with, a person under the [[Age of Consent]], or the [[Wikipedia:Age of majority|age of majority]] (which varies from 14 to 18 in most western jurisdictions). As even [[Wikipedia]] acknowledges,<ref>As of 24 September 2023</ref> researchers recommend that these imprecise uses be avoided.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_mayo-clinic-proceedings_2007-04_82_4/page/457 A profile of pedophilia: definition, characteristics of offenders, recidivism, treatment outcomes, and forensic issues (archived URL)]. Hall RC, Mayo Clin. Proc., 2007. Volume 82, issue 4, pages 457–71. PMID 17418075, DOI 10.4065/82.4.457.</ref><ref>[http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12435259 Pedophilia (dead link)]. JAMA, November 2002. Volume 288, issue 19, pages 2458–65. Fagan PJ, Wise TN, Schmidt CW, Berlin FS. PMID 12435259, DOI 10.1001/jama.288.19.2458.</ref> The correct term for an attraction to pubescents would be [[hebephilia]].

In many societies and cultures, the term pedophile is highly [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigmatized]], and represents an image of an evil, callous monster. This spurs many self-identified pedophiles to adopt names such as [[boylove]]r, [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]], [[girllove]]r, and [[childlove]]r, among others, to assist in differentiating themselves and their values from this stereotype.

Some believe that pedophiles have made great contributions to past societies, and that their influence is often ignored or their attraction to children is greatly played down. Others disagree with this idea, and claim that alleged historical pedophiles actually preferred the company of persons who were in their late teens or early 20s.

== Etymology ==
The terms "pedophilia" and "pedophile" stem from the Greek roots παῖς (''paîs'', meaning "child") and‎ φῐλος (''philos'', meaning "loving"), so their literal morphological translations are, respectively "love for children" and "child lover". In Byzantine Greek, the term "παιδοφιλία" meant simply "love for children" and had no sexual connotations.

The term '''paedophilia erotica''' was coined in an 1886 article by the German psychiatrist [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], who also happened to be anti-masturbation, classify homosexuality as a disease, and be against most forms of sexuality in children.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64931/64931-h/64931-h.htm Krafft-Ebing - For example:] "Zambaco (L’Encéphale, 1882, Nr. 1, 2) tells the disgusting story of two sisters affected with premature and perverse sexual desire. The elder, R., masturbated at the age of seven, practiced lewdness with boys, stole wherever she could, seduced her four-year-old sister into masturbation, and at the age of ten was given up to the practice of the most revolting vices. Even ferrum candens ad clitoridem had no effect in overcoming the practice, and she masturbated with the cassock of a priest while he was exhorting her to reformation."</ref>

== Pedophilia according to... ==
For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia|Wikipedia]].''

The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a "disorder and not a crime" is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

===The DSM===
According to the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|APA's]] DSM-5, there are three criteria for '''pedophilic disorder''':

*The individual has had arousing fantasies about, urges for, or behaviors with a prepubescent child or children.
*The individual has acted out these sexual desires, or is experiencing significant distress or difficulty as a result of these desires.
*The individual is at least sixteen years of age and at least five years older than the child or children noted in Criterion A.

Specifiers are:

*Exclusive type - sexual attraction to children only.
*Non-exclusive type - sexual attraction to adults and children.
*Attraction to boys.
*Attraction to girls.
*Incestuous only.

According to the DSM-5, the actual prevalence of pedophilic disorder is unknown, with an estimate of up to 3-5% (American Psychiatric Association, 2013a).<ref>[https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/pedophilic-disorder-dsm--5-302.2-(f65.4) DSM-5] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=717 Exact Copy (paraphilia)] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=729 Exact Copy (pedophilic disorder)].</ref>

===The ICD-11===
According to the [[Wikipedia:World Health Organization|WHO's]] ICD-11 diagnostic manual:

:''"Paraphilic disorders are characterized by persistent and intense patterns of atypical sexual arousal, manifested by sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours, in which the focus of the arousal pattern involves others whose age or status renders them unwilling or unable to [[consent]] (e.g., '''pre-pubertal children''', an unsuspecting individual being viewed through a window, an animal). Paraphilic disorders may also involve other atypical sexual arousal patterns if they cause marked distress to the individual or involve significant risk of injury or death."''

:''"Many sexual crimes involve actions or behaviours that are not associated with a sustained underlying paraphilic arousal pattern. Rather, these behaviours may be transient and occur impulsively or opportunistically, or in relation to substance use or intoxication. A diagnosis of a Paraphilic disorder should not be assigned in such cases. ''[...]'' Paraphilic disorders should not be diagnosed among children and should be diagnosed only with utmost caution among adolescents. Sexual experimentation is typical during adolescence and sexual acts may occur impulsively or opportunistically rather than representing a recurrent pattern of sexual arousal."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f2110604642 Paraphilic disorders - ICD 11]</ref>

Paraphilic disorders include the following:
*'''Pedophilic Disorder'''. Specifically:
:''"Pedophilic disorder is characterised by a sustained, focused, and intense pattern of sexual arousal—as manifested by persistent sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours—involving pre-pubertal children. In addition, in order for Pedophilic Disorder to be diagnosed, the individual must have acted on these thoughts, fantasies or urges or be markedly distressed by them. This diagnosis does not apply to sexual behaviours among pre- or post-pubertal children with peers who are close in age."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/517058174 ICD 11: 6D32 Pedophilic disorder]</ref>

===Calls for declassification===
:''See also: [[Research: Psychopathy and abnormal psychology]]''.
There are many voices past and present in favor of declassifying pedophilia as a mental disorder, or removal of the broader, and scientifically questionable [[paraphilia]] category. These are not limited to activist organizations such as [[Ethos of Newgon|Newgon]], and have included influential psychologists such as [[Richard Green]], who was instrumental in the declassification of [[homosexuality]], and [[Philip Tromovitch]]:

*[[Erwin Haeberle|Haeberle, Erwin J.]] (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109095903/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/paraphiliapre.htm "Paraphilia - A Prescientific Concept,"] Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology.
*[[Richard Green|Green, R.]] (2002, Dec). [https://www.ipce.info/library_2/files/green_asb_2002.html Is Pedophilia a Mental Disorder?], in ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'', 31, 467–471.
*[[Agustin Malon|Malón, Agustin]] (2012). "[https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-012-9919-5 Pedophilia: A Diagnosis in Search of a Disorder]", Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(5), pp. 1083-1097.
*[[Stephen Kershnar]], ‘Pedophilia and Mental Disorder’, in ''[https://library.lol/main/2DDF535B06A3E12BB1933E9BEB234E6F Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]'' (London: Lexington Books, 2015), pp. 7-31.
*[[Horst Vogt|Vogt, H.]] (2006). ''Pädophilie: Leipzicher Studie zur gesellschaftlichen und psychischen Situation pädophiler Männer'' ([https://www.ipce.info/host/vogt/vogt_content.htm ''Pedophilia: The Leipziger Study of the Social and Psychical Situation of Pedophilic Men'']). Pabst Science Publishers.
*[[Philip Tromovitch|Tromovitch, P.]] (2008, Oct. 16). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9426-x Manufacturing Mental Disorder by Pathologizing Erotic Age Orientation: A Comment on Blanchard et al.] (2008). ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 328.
*Hinderliter, Andrew C. (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121212182834/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/hinderliter2010.htm "Defining Paraphilia: Excluding Exclusion,"] ''Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology'', 2, 241–272.
*Moser, C., & Kleinplatz, P. J. (2005). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v17n03_05 DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal]. ''Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality'', 17(3/4), 91–109.
*Moser, C. (2008 Oct. 23). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9436-8 When Is an Unusual Sexual Interest a Mental Disorder?] ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 323–325.
*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.

==Quotes==

:''“There is nothing wrong with pedophilia in the sense of the word, that is, against liking, even loving, children ''[...]'' The sensuality that spontaneously unfolds between a child and an adult is something wonderful. Nothing can remind us more intensely of the paradises of childhood. Nothing is purer and more harmless than this eroticism of the body and the heart. Childish eroticism is not only full of delights, it is also necessary.”'' - Sexologist, '''[[Volkmar Sigusch]]'''.<ref>[https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0030-1262531 Sexualwissenschaftliche Thesen zur Missbrauchsdebatte]</ref>

:''"Experiencing ongoing sexual attractions to prepubescent children is, in essence, a form of sexual orientation, and acknowledging that reality can help to distinguish the mental makeup that is inherent to Pedophilia, from acts of child sexual abuse."'' - Sexologist, '''[[Fred Berlin]]'''.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/404 Pedophilia and DSM-5: The Importance of Clearly Defining the Nature of a Pedophilic Disorder]</ref>

:''"According to my experience, pedophilia constitutes a nearly normal component of the sexual impulse. Nearly everybody may, at times, detect such thoughts in himself. But they will be rejected, disclaimed, and condemned with all the emotionality of moral indignation. Many people of high intellectual standing admitted to me that sinful thoughts had surprised them when they were looking at children. We fail to appreciate the immense degree to which pedophilia is prevalent among women and men."'' - Psychoanalyst '''[[Wilhelm Stekel]]''' in 1922.<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/0160-2527(84)90007-4 Brongersma, E. (1984). Aggression against pedophiles. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 7(1), 79–87.]</ref>

:''"There is a bit of pedophilia in every one of us."''

:''"Pedophilia has been considered the norm by the vast majority of individuals in the history of the world. ''[...]'' It is because our society overreacts to it that children suffer. ''[...]'' Pedophilia may enhance the survival of the human species by serving "procreative purposes.""'' - Sexologist, '''[[Richard Gardener]]'''.<ref>Gardner, R.A. (1992). True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse. Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics.</ref>

:''"Paedophiles must be prevented from 'coming out'. Every attempt to display their vice as a legitimate 'alternative' to conventional morality must be, not refuted, but silenced."'' - Philosopher, '''Roger Scruton'''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26352378 BBC article including the quote from Scruton]</ref>

==See also==

*[[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]

==External links==

*[https://www.sexualskills.co.uk/sex-society/sexual-variants/paedophilia/ NVSH - Paedophilia].
*[http://williamapercy.com/wiki/images/Pedophilia.pdf 1990 Encyclopedia of Homosexuality entry] - Some authors have claimed that this article wrongly appropriates Greek [[Pederasty]] as inclusive of pedophilia.
*[https://famouspedophiles.wordpress.com/ Famous Pedophiles] - "Pedophiles" who contributed to society.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia Wikipedia] - Describes Pedophilia as a mental disorder.
*[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Mapmedicalism Mapmedicalism] - Collection of revisions to the diagostic criteria.

==References==

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Pedophilia

2023-09-24T19:51:06Z

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'''Pedophilia''' (or '''paedophilia''', originally Greek παιδοφιλια; paidophilia) is an erotic age preference ([[chronophilia]]) and orientation towards pre-pubescent children. It is to be distinguished from '''pedophilic disorder''' – a medical diagnosis of disputed merit.

While the exact definition varies by context, the medical definition of pedophilic disorder most commonly referred to is that of the [[Wikipedia:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual]] of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|American Psychiatric Association]].

Common usage does not follow either the etymological meaning or the strict medical definitions of an adult or teen who is attracted to prepubescent children. In colloquial use, the term instead refers indiscriminately to any adult who is attracted to, or has sexual contact with, a person under the [[Age of Consent]], or the [[Wikipedia:Age of majority|age of majority]] (which varies from 14 to 18 in most western jurisdictions). As even [[Wikipedia]] acknowledges,<ref>As of 24 September 2023</ref> researchers recommend that these imprecise uses be avoided.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_mayo-clinic-proceedings_2007-04_82_4/page/457 A profile of pedophilia: definition, characteristics of offenders, recidivism, treatment outcomes, and forensic issues (archived URL)]. Hall RC, Mayo Clin. Proc., 2007. Volume 82, issue 4, pages 457–71. PMID 17418075, DOI 10.4065/82.4.457.</ref><ref>[http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12435259 Pedophilia (dead link)]. JAMA, November 2002. Volume 288, issue 19, pages 2458–65. Fagan PJ, Wise TN, Schmidt CW, Berlin FS. PMID 12435259, DOI 10.1001/jama.288.19.2458.</ref> The correct term for an attraction to pubescents would be [[hebephilia]].

In many societies and cultures, the term pedophile is highly [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigmatized]], and represents an image of an evil, callous monster. This spurs many self-identified pedophiles to adopt names such as [[boylove]]r, [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]], [[girllove]]r, and [[childlove]]r, among others, to assist in differentiating themselves and their values from this stereotype.

Some believe that pedophiles have made great contributions to past societies, and that their influence is often ignored or their attraction to children is greatly played down. Others disagree with this idea, and claim that alleged historical pedophiles actually preferred the company of persons who were in their late teens or early 20s.

== Pedophilia according to... ==

:''The term '''paedophilia erotica''' was coined in an 1886 article by the Viennese psychiatrist [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], who also happened to be anti-masturbation, and against most forms of sexuality in children<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64931/64931-h/64931-h.htm Krafft-Ebing - For example:] "Zambaco (L’Encéphale, 1882, Nr. 1, 2) tells the disgusting story of two sisters affected with premature and perverse sexual desire. The elder, R., masturbated at the age of seven, practiced lewdness with boys, stole wherever she could, seduced her four-year-old sister into masturbation, and at the age of ten was given up to the practice of the most revolting vices. Even ferrum candens ad clitoridem had no effect in overcoming the practice, and she masturbated with the cassock of a priest while he was exhorting her to reformation."</ref>. For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia|Wikipedia]].''

The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a "disorder and not a crime" is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

===The DSM===

According to the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association|APA's]] DSM-5, there are three criteria for '''Pedophilic Disorder''':

*An individual who has had arousing fantasies about, urges for, or behaviors with a prepubescent child or children.
*The individual has acted out these sexual desires, or is experiencing significant distress or difficulty as a result of these desires.
*The Individual is 16 years of age, and at least five years older than the child or children noted in Criterion A.

Specifiers are:

*Exclusive type - sexual attraction to children only.
*Non-exclusive type - sexual attraction to adults and children.
*Attraction to boys.
*Attraction to girls.
*Incestuous only.

According to the DSM-5, the actual prevalence of Pedophilic Disorder is unknown, with an estimate of up to 3-5% (American Psychiatric Association, 2013a).<ref>[https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/pedophilic-disorder-dsm--5-302.2-(f65.4) DSM-5] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=717 Exact Copy (paraphilia)] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=729 Exact Copy (pedophilic disorder)].</ref>

===The ICD-11===

According to the [[Wikipedia:World Health Organization|WHO's]] ICD-11 diagnostic manual:

:''"Paraphilic Disorders are characterized by persistent and intense patterns of atypical sexual arousal, manifested by sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours, in which the focus of the arousal pattern involves others whose age or status renders them unwilling or unable to [[consent]] (e.g., '''pre-pubertal children''', an unsuspecting individual being viewed through a window, an animal). Paraphilic Disorders may also involve other atypical sexual arousal patterns if they cause marked distress to the individual or involve significant risk of injury or death."''

:''"Many sexual crimes involve actions or behaviours that are not associated with a sustained underlying paraphilic arousal pattern. Rather, these behaviours may be transient and occur impulsively or opportunistically, or in relation to substance use or intoxication. A diagnosis of a Paraphilic Disorder should not be assigned in such cases. ''[...]'' Paraphilic Disorders should not be diagnosed among children and should be diagnosed only with utmost caution among adolescents. Sexual experimentation is typical during adolescence and sexual acts may occur impulsively or opportunistically rather than representing a recurrent pattern of sexual arousal."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f2110604642 Paraphilic disorders - ICD 11]</ref>

Paraphilic Disorders include the following:

*'''Pedophilic Disorder'''. Specifically:

:''"Pedophilic disorder is characterised by a sustained, focused, and intense pattern of sexual arousal—as manifested by persistent sexual thoughts, fantasies, urges, or behaviours—involving pre-pubertal children. In addition, in order for Pedophilic Disorder to be diagnosed, the individual must have acted on these thoughts, fantasies or urges or be markedly distressed by them. This diagnosis does not apply to sexual behaviours among pre- or post-pubertal children with peers who are close in age."''<ref>[https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/517058174 ICD 11: 6D32 Pedophilic disorder]</ref>

===Calls for declassification===

:''See also: [[Research: Psychopathy and abnormal psychology]]''.

There are many voices past and present in favor of declassifying pedophilia as a mental disorder, or removal of the broader, and scientifically questionable [[paraphilia]] category. These are not limited to activist organizations such as [[Ethos of Newgon|Newgon]], and have included influential psychologists such as [[Richard Green]], who was instrumental in the declassification of Homosexuality, and [[Philip Tromovitch]]:

*[[Erwin Haeberle|Haeberle, Erwin J.]] (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109095903/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/paraphiliapre.htm "Paraphilia - A Prescientific Concept,"] Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology.
*[[Richard Green|Green, R.]] (2002, Dec). [https://www.ipce.info/library_2/files/green_asb_2002.html Is Pedophilia a Mental Disorder?], in ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'', 31, 467–471.
*[[Agustin Malon|Malón, Agustin]] (2012). "[https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-012-9919-5 Pedophilia: A Diagnosis in Search of a Disorder]", Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(5), pp. 1083-1097.
*[[Stephen Kershnar]], ‘Pedophilia and Mental Disorder’, in ''[https://library.lol/main/2DDF535B06A3E12BB1933E9BEB234E6F Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis]'' (London: Lexington Books, 2015), pp. 7-31.
*[[Horst Vogt|Vogt, H.]] (2006). ''Pädophilie: Leipzicher Studie zur gesellschaftlichen und psychischen Situation pädophiler Männer'' ([https://www.ipce.info/host/vogt/vogt_content.htm ''Pedophilia: The Leipziger Study of the Social and Psychical Situation of Pedophilic Men'']). Pabst Science Publishers.
*[[Philip Tromovitch|Tromovitch, P.]] (2008, Oct. 16). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9426-x Manufacturing Mental Disorder by Pathologizing Erotic Age Orientation: A Comment on Blanchard et al.] (2008). ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 328.
*Hinderliter, Andrew C. (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121212182834/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/hinderliter2010.htm "Defining Paraphilia: Excluding Exclusion,"] ''Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology'', 2, 241–272.
*Moser, C., & Kleinplatz, P. J. (2005). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v17n03_05 DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal]. ''Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality'', 17(3/4), 91–109.
*Moser, C. (2008 Oct. 23). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/s10508-008-9436-8 When Is an Unusual Sexual Interest a Mental Disorder?] ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 38, 323–325.
*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.

==Quotes==

:''“There is nothing wrong with pedophilia in the sense of the word, that is, against liking, even loving, children ''[...]'' The sensuality that spontaneously unfolds between a child and an adult is something wonderful. Nothing can remind us more intensely of the paradises of childhood. Nothing is purer and more harmless than this eroticism of the body and the heart. Childish eroticism is not only full of delights, it is also necessary.”'' - Sexologist, '''[[Volkmar Sigusch]]'''.<ref>[https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0030-1262531 Sexualwissenschaftliche Thesen zur Missbrauchsdebatte]</ref>

:''"Experiencing ongoing sexual attractions to prepubescent children is, in essence, a form of sexual orientation, and acknowledging that reality can help to distinguish the mental makeup that is inherent to Pedophilia, from acts of child sexual abuse."'' - Sexologist, '''[[Fred Berlin]]'''.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/404 Pedophilia and DSM-5: The Importance of Clearly Defining the Nature of a Pedophilic Disorder]</ref>

:''"According to my experience, pedophilia constitutes a nearly normal component of the sexual impulse. Nearly everybody may, at times, detect such thoughts in himself. But they will be rejected, disclaimed, and condemned with all the emotionality of moral indignation. Many people of high intellectual standing admitted to me that sinful thoughts had surprised them when they were looking at children. We fail to appreciate the immense degree to which pedophilia is prevalent among women and men."'' - Psychoanalyst '''[[Wilhelm Stekel]]''' in 1922.<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/0160-2527(84)90007-4 Brongersma, E. (1984). Aggression against pedophiles. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 7(1), 79–87.]</ref>

:''"There is a bit of pedophilia in every one of us."''

:''"Pedophilia has been considered the norm by the vast majority of individuals in the history of the world. ''[...]'' It is because our society overreacts to it that children suffer. ''[...]'' Pedophilia may enhance the survival of the human species by serving "procreative purposes.""'' - Sexologist, '''[[Richard Gardener]]'''.<ref>Gardner, R.A. (1992). True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse. Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics.</ref>

:''"Paedophiles must be prevented from 'coming out'. Every attempt to display their vice as a legitimate 'alternative' to conventional morality must be, not refuted, but silenced."'' - Philosopher, '''Roger Scruton'''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26352378 BBC article including the quote from Scruton]</ref>

==See also==

*[[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]

==External links==

*[https://www.sexualskills.co.uk/sex-society/sexual-variants/paedophilia/ NVSH - Paedophilia].
*[http://williamapercy.com/wiki/images/Pedophilia.pdf 1990 Encyclopedia of Homosexuality entry] - Some authors have claimed that this article wrongly appropriates Greek [[Pederasty]] as inclusive of pedophilia.
*[https://famouspedophiles.wordpress.com/ Famous Pedophiles] - "Pedophiles" who contributed to society.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia Wikipedia] - Describes Pedophilia as a mental disorder.
*[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Mapmedicalism Mapmedicalism] - Collection of revisions to the diagostic criteria.

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]] [[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]]
[[Category:Terminology: Popular]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research on Minor Attraction]]

Guide To Computer Security (2022)

2023-09-24T18:20:09Z

Gork: /* Linux */

<div style="margin-left: 25px; float: right;">__TOC__</div>The original '''Guide to Computer Security''' was produced by the [[Newgon Support Team]] after consultation with the [[Newgon]] forum community in 2008. It explained how you could protect data stored on your hard drive and stay anonymous on the internet. This guide represents an updated version, and is up-to-date as of 2023.

While simple, [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Perspective|behavioral considerations]] are enough to keep most MAPs safe online if they are not engaged in illicit activity, this guide is an essential read for non-offending MAPs who are concerned about, yet not familiar with advanced computer security.

==Operating Systems==

===Windows===

As of December 2021, Windows 10 is the world's most popular desktop operating system. Although convenient and coming pre-installed on many devices, it is widely considered to be a very poor choice for data security and privacy.

Multiple guides exist online describing how to reduce the risk posed by using Windows 10. However, it is inherently insecure and best avoided for anyone who is concerned about the leakage of sensitive information.

[[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Windows_7|Windows 7]] is no longer supported by Microsoft and its continued usage is recommended against. Nonetheless some tips relevant to it remain available [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Windows_7|below]].

Windows 11 continues its predecessor's model of pervasive data collection which is only expected to expand, as such it is highly discouraged as well (no data stored on a Windows computer should be considered secure).

In any case, installing a free/open source operating system such as [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Linux|Linux]] is recommended instead.

===Linux===
Linux-based operating systems are strongly recommended over proprietary operating systems like Windows due to the latter's inherent privacy and security issues. 
Installing a Linux distribution (popularly called 'distro') is easy. All that is needed is an .iso file downloaded from the distribution's official website, flashing it to a USB drive with a tool such as [https://rufus.ie/en/ Rufus] or burning to a CD/DVD. 
Booting a computer from this USB or DVD drive will begin the installation.
*'''Ubuntu'''
:[https://ubuntu.com/desktop Ubuntu] is the most popular and one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions. If you're looking for a place to start while switching away from Windows, Ubuntu, as well as distros based on it, such as Mint and Elementary OS, are a decent choice.
*'''Fedora'''
:[https://getfedora.org/ Fedora] is another very popular Linux distribution, and in user friendliness equals Ubuntu. It also uses the most up to date releases of software and drivers, making it a good choice for newer hardware. Which also means less of a chance to run into problems at the installation step.

====Tips====
Virtually every popular Linux distribution will offer you to enable full disk encryption ([[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#LUKS|LUKS]]) during the installation process. It is highly recommended to enable this option (see [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Linux_installation|screenshots]]).

====Installation examples====
<Gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:ubuntu1.png|Ubuntu
File:fedora1.png|Fedora
File:Pop_os1.png|POP OS
</gallery>

===Live CDs===
Live operating systems require no installation except a USB or DVD drive they are flashed/burned onto and then booted from.
*'''Tails OS'''
:[https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] is a live operating system configured to be fully amnesic (leave no trace on the computer it is booted from) and use the Tor anonymity network.
*Many Linux distributions can be run in live mode as an alternative to installation.

===Windows 7===

Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft; as such, known security issues are unlikely to be patched barring exceptional circumstances. Usage of the Internet Explorer browser is not recommended.

There are a number of settings that should be changed in order to improve user privacy.

=====Indexing Service=====

The indexing service provides a book-like index of all files stored on any drive for which it is enabled. It enables faster searches of drives and folders. However, names of all indexed files and some of their contents will be stored in plain-text on the drive on which Windows is installed, even if those files are encrypted.

To turn off the indexing service:

Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off. Deselect 'Indexing Service'.

=====Recent Items=====

By default, Windows 7 stores a list of recently opened items. To disable this, right click on Start, select 'Properties', select the 'Start Menu' tab, then uncheck 'Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu' and 'Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar'.

=====System Restore=====

Windows 7 is normally configured to automatically backup system files and personal documents. This can be disabled via Control Panel -> System -> System Protection. Make sure it is turned off for all disks.

=====Swap File=====

Windows 7 uses a swap file in which it temporarily stores data from RAM on the disk in order to conserve RAM usage. This is unnecessary for most modern computers, and it is a security issue because almost any data could theoretically be written to the disk, including encryption keys.

To disable, System -> Advanced System Settings -> under performance, click 'Settings' -> Advanced tab -> under Virtual Memory, click 'Change' -> set 'No paging file' for all drives.

=====Hibernation=====

The hibernation feature of Windows 7 stores data from your current session to your hard drive and puts your computer in a very low power state. This has similar security implications to the swap file.

To disable hibernation: Start -> Type 'run' -> Type 'cmd' -> type 'powercfg -h off'.

=====Thumbnail cache=====

Windows 7 stores thumbnails in a central cache on the drive on which Windows is installed. Thumbnails of encrypted images will also be stored in this central cache when the folder in which the images are located is accessed.

Built-in methods and [https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10794-thumbnail-cache-enable-disable.html software]for disabling the cache exist, but there are reports of these solutions not working perfectly. People living in particularly oppressive regimes should consider wiping their thumbnail cache regularly.

=====Telemetry=====

Windows 7 sends data about your computer usage to Microsoft. The relevant 'features', designed for Windows 10, were introduced to Windows 7 via Windows Updates.

The following updates should be uninstalled if present:

*KB3068708
*KB3022345
*KB3075249
*KB3080149

==Data Protection==

===Encryption===

Encrypting files renders the data within them unintelligible. While Microsoft, hard drive manufacturers and other companies offer free encryption tools, these cannot be trusted in the event of a highly motivated adversary.

Regardless of the program used, it is important to use a secure password. Long passwords are essential, and it is preferable to use a password containing character strings that are not words found in a dictionary.

====Recommended Programs====

The following programs can probably be trusted to protect against the vast majority of adversaries, assuming that their settings are configured correctly and the operating system has been appropriately secured.

=====VeraCrypt=====

VeraCrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt, a program whose development is alleged by many to have been shut down by the US government. VeraCrypt is widely considered to provide the highest level of security of any free program. Donations to the project would always be welcome.

=====LUKS=====
LUKS is [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Linux|Linux]] inbuilt encryption utility. An option to encrypt the entire disk is offered while installing Linux. Afterwards it can be easily used to encrypt external devices through a graphical interface offered by the distribution's desktop environment.

=====BestCrypt=====

BestCrypt is a paid encryption product with similar functionality to VeraCrypt. It can be purchased along with highly effective data erasure software. Although expensive, it is a long established and very well trusted product.

====Encryption Options====

There are two main methods of encryption that are still relevant in 2022.

=====Whole Disk Encryption=====

Encrypting the entire disk renders all contents unreadable unless a password is provided. If you do not require plausible deniability and you do not care about giving the appearance of compliance, you can simply encrypt the entire disk and refuse to provide the password.

=====Volume Encryption=====

Volume encryption creates a file on your disk that functions as a virtual drive. These virtual drives have the same functionality as a physical drive. Using volume encryption allows you to encrypt only a portion of your disk, instead of encrypting the whole drive.

A major benefit of volume encryption for activists [https://web.archive.org/web/20221007143346/https://proprivacy.com/privacy-service/guides/veracrypt-hidden-volumes is the ability to create hidden volumes]. Hidden volumes are created within the free space of a standard volume. Due to the way they're created, they are extremely difficult to detect. This provides excellent plausible deniability; you can hand over a key to the main volume and still nobody can prove that there is a second hidden volume containing the data that you really wish to keep private.

VeraCrypt has a feature allowing users to run an operating system from within a hidden container, reducing the risk of data leakage from improper operating system configuration.

Encrypted containers holding hidden volumes should never be copied; any changes to one of the containers can be used to prove the existence of a hidden volume.

===Secure Erasure===
In most cases, files deleted through conventional methods are '''still recoverable''', even after trash is emptied. Several tools exist to securely erase either specific files, entire partitions, or wipe free space on a disk to get rid of any remnants of files that were not erased securely.

====Windows-specific====
[https://eraser.heidi.ie/ Eraser] can be used to erase select files, external drives, or wipe free space on the currently used drive.

====All operating systems====
[https://www.bleachbit.org/ Bleachbit] is an example of software which can be used for this purpose on Linux, version for Windows is also available. In addition, the software includes features useful for general data cleanup.

====Other (entire disk)====
[https://dban.org/ DBAN] (Darik's Boot and Nuke), is used for wiping entire drives. It must be booted from an external drive. '''Warning: All data''' will be erased, including the operating system. If there are files you want to keep, you must back them up on another drive and unplug it from the computer before using DBAN.
An operating system must be reinstalled on the computer afterwards.

===SSD Issues===

Wiping techniques that are effective on traditional hard drives may be ineffective on SSDs. People with highly sensitive data should not trust the aforementioned programs to securely erase their SSD. For activists in difficult locations, a traditional hard drive is probably a better choice.

===Firewalls and Anti-Virus Protection===

Avoiding malicious software on your computer is crucial. These days, most operating systems come with effective firewall and anti-virus solutions. However, there are also more complex and configurable third-party options.

Users of hidden containers should not allow firewall and anti-virus programs to keep logs, as logs may reveal the existence of a hidden container.

These programs should also have their reporting features disabled; sensitive information such as MAP-related data and websites accessed could be reported.

==Network Security==

===Proxies===

Proxies are used to hide your true IP address from another server or client. Many proxies are insecure and not suitable for use by MAP activists. Use of a malicious or unfriendly proxy server can be more dangerous than a direct connection.

====Web-based proxy servers====

Web-based proxies are of very limited utility for the MAP activist community. They provide a minimal level of obfuscation suitable only for circumventing bans and geographic restrictions, and many will already be blocked from popular websites. The service operator has the ability to monitor users and may well comply with authorities wrongly targeting MAPs.

====VPNs====

Similar to web-based proxies, VPNs place users at risk of monitoring by the service provider and anyone to whom they choose to provide access. They have the same practical purpose as web-based proxies for the MAP community.

====Tor====

Unlike web-based proxies and VPNs, [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor] forwards data via an entry node and two more random nodes operated by volunteers. Data sent by the client is encrypted up to the exit node. Upon leaving the exit node, data is visible if not encrypted by other means (such as HTTPS), although the source of the data is unknown. In the modern age, almost all sites use HTTPS and as such, this is no longer much of a concern (see below).

There are weaknesses within the Tor design, but it is the safest option for anonymous communication online. People who do not make themselves a major global target are unlikely to be identified due to any of the inherent weaknesses. User error is the biggest risk.

=====Using Tor safely=====

In 2022, Tor is most often used with Tor Browser, which is automatically configured to connect via the Tor network.

Tor Browser has three pre-configured security levels.

* 'Safest' disables any functionality that could be used to identify you. However, a lot of website features will no longer work. Social media, webmail and many other services will be unusable.

* 'Safer' disables some features that could be used to identify you, but not all. JavaScript is enabled on HTTPS sites. Social media, webmail and many other services will will usable, but there is a small risk of being identified via malicious scripts.

* 'Standard' does not disable any potentially dangerous functionality. There is a higher risk of being identified or attacked.

The final connection in the Tor circuit (between the exit node and the destination) is not encrypted by the Tor client. Therefore, any unencrypted data sent will be visible by the operator of the exit node. Any sensitive information should be encrypted by other means. A simple HTTPS connection is one solution. Tor Browser, since recent versions, forces a HTTPS connection for all compatible services by default and warns a user when plain HTTP connection is attempted.

===E-mail===
====Providers====
* [https://tutanota.com/ Tutanota] is a privacy-respecting e-mail provider that offers both a free and paid model. There is a two-day waiting period on newly registered accounts before they can be used.
* [https://proton.me/ ProtonMail], while having faced some skepticism, should still be considered a better alternative to most mainstream e-mail providers.
* [http://dnmxjaitaiafwmss2lx7tbs5bv66l7vjdmb5mtb3yqpxqhk3it5zivad.onion/ DNMX] is a darknet e-mail service that does not require JavaScript. E-mails are not encrypted.

====Clients====
Email clients can be used for using an email account outside of a browser. Depending on user practices, this can have a number of security advantages (such as OpenPGP). However, if it is desired to stay anonymous while accessing email (such as through Tor), the email client must be properly configured to connect through the desired proxy before using any accounts.

* [https://www.thunderbird.net/ Thunderbird] is a full-featured, free and open source email client.
::Tor configuration should be possible through '''General''' > '''Connection''' > '''Settings''' > '''Manual proxy configuration''': '''SOCKS Host''': <code>127.0.0.1</code> '''Port''': <code>9050</code>. [https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/ TorBirdy] may be of use. Tor Browser, or a Tor client must be running for connectivity to work. Users are advised to test their configuration works properly.
::'''OpenPGP''' (end-to-end encryption) can be configured in '''Account Settings''' > '''End-To-End Encryption''' > '''Add Key''' after logging into an account. You have to share the public portion with your contacts (Thunderbird can automatically attach it to emails), and you have to import your contact's public keys to encrypt emails to them.

===Chat===
General recommendations for chat and instant messaging software is avoiding proprietary solutions and anything lacking end-to-end encryption. A work-in-progress list of open source messaging software with end-to-end encryption capability is offered below:
* [https://element.io/get-started Element] is a modern chat application powered by the Matrix protocol. It supports end-to-end encryption and general features expected from a modern chat client.
* '''XMPP''' is an instant messaging protocol that can be used through a number of chat applications (clients) designed to be compatible with it; the client used is a matter of user choice. One example of a cross-platform desktop client is [https://gajim.org/ Gajim]. An example of a mobile client is [https://conversations.im/ Conversations].
::Modern '''XMPP''' clients, including these two examples, generally have support for end-to-encryption (OMEMO). This encryption can be toggled on in private messages and private group chats.
::An '''XMPP''' user selects a particular server to register on, acquiring an address such as user@example.org. Much like e-mail these addresses resemble, users registered on different servers can still communicate and chat with each other; it is not necessary for them to use the same server.
::'''XMPP''' clients usually have a selection built in and support registration directly through the client.

==Operational Security==

===Search engines / Googling===
It is recommended to use a privacy-respecting search engine instead of Google.
*[https://www.startpage.com/ Startpage] offers results from Google without Google's tracking mechanisms. This also means the results are not personalized.
*[https://duckduckgo.com/ DuckDuckGo] is a popular search engine that claims to respect privacy of its users.

===Fingerprinting===
====Metadata====
<Gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:Metadata GPS.png|GPS coordinates saved in the metadata of an image taken on an iPhone.
</gallery>
Metadata, or EXIF data, is information that is stored along with most saved files, including photos. Some of the information that can be stored in metadata includes '''GPS coordinates for where the photo was taken (automatically like this on iPhones)''', author information of a document, and information about the camera or device that was used to take a photo. Whenever you upload a file somewhere, '''always check''' that the metadata contains no information that could be used to identify or fingerprint you.
*[https://exiftool.org Exiftool] offers the ability to not only view metadata, but also strip/remove it from an image or document.
**Commands:
***Read metadata: exiftool your_file.jpg
***Delete metadata: exiftool -All= your_file.jpg

===Social Engineering===
====Infiltration====
Federal agents, or other adversaries often infiltrate movements to sabotage or acquire information of a group's plans. [https://www.rooshv.com/how-the-fbi-infiltrates-movements-and-what-you-can-do-to-stop-them This site] contains information about how to spot infiltrators.

==Phone Security==
Securing mobile phones offers additional factors to take into account over PC security, such as the phone's GPS location capability, connection to cellular networks, unique phone number, and video and audio recording capabilities which can all be used to identify and track its user if the phone is compromised, including through untrusted software running on the phone.

These reasons are why utmost care should be taken to secure the phone and make sure it only runs trusted and secure software if it is to be used for any sensitive activities at all.

===Custom ROMs===
Most phones come with the Android operating system. Because manufacturers tend to pre-install many apps and make other modifications which can threaten the user's privacy and security, using the stock Android ROM that came with the phone is very non-ideal.

Before doing anything else, it is ''strongly recommended'' to replace the stock Android ROM with a custom Android ROM such as [https://www.lineageos.org/ LineageOS]. This is essentially reinstalling the phone's operating system. Therefore, as with most reinstallations, any data desired to be kept by the user must be backed up elsewhere, because all data on the phone will be lost.

Guides for installation of custom ROMs are available on the specific project's website, as well as a list of phones which are compatible with the ROM. If you are buying a new phone, make sure your phone is on this list prior to purchasing it. LineageOS has the broadest compatibility. Alternative ROMs exist as well but not all are compatible with every phone.

====List of custom ROMs====
* [https://www.lineageos.org/ LineageOS]

===Apps===
For a trusted application base, your apps should come from a trusted source, such as the [https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid] store. Do not install or use the proprietary Google Play store, as ubiquitous on most Android devices as it is. Prefer open source apps from F-Droid instead. If you really need an app only available on Google Play, consider alternative stores like [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/ Aurora Store].

==Cryptocurrency==
Cryptocurrencies (cryptos) offer activists a valuable tool for financial privacy and freedom. In countries with oppressive governments or strict controls on financial transactions, activists can use cryptos to securely send and receive funds without fear of being tracked or censored. Cryptos also provide an alternative to traditional financial systems, allowing activists to bypass bank restrictions or sanctions. Additionally, the decentralized nature of cryptos gives activists a level of autonomy and control over their own funds, enabling them to support causes and organizations without fear of interference. Cryptos may increase and decrease considerably in value, as measured in fiat currencies such as the US Dollar. Privacy-related, and more illiquid cryptos tend to be more stable in their value over time as compared to Bitcoin, which is much less secure, easily traceable by authorities, and forms the basis for numerous scams.

*[https://www.getmonero.org Monero (XMR)] is a decentralized, open-source cryptocurrency that focuses on privacy and anonymity. It allows users to securely send and receive funds without revealing their identity. Unlike Bitcoin, which publicly displays all transactions on a transparent ledger, Monero uses advanced cryptographic techniques to make transactions untraceable and unlinkable.

==Perspective==

Possibly the biggest threat to your privacy and security is the information you post about yourself online. Activists should avoid posting information on MAP sites that could be linked to information they posted on non-MAP sites. People posting on MAP sites should take care in not disclosing excessive information about their personal lives, as this could be compiled over time and linked to their real identity.

A significant number of 'outings' in the late 2000s occurred due to [[Perverted Justice]] vigilantes searching Google and social media for correlations between pseudonymous posts on MAP websites and easily traceable posts on non-MAP websites. One of the biggest mistakes was using the same e-mail address for MAP-related and unrelated activities.

Activists should also be careful about participating in online MAP communities while intoxicated. One simple mistake may lead to identification.

Furthermore, unsafe offline activities may lead to search warrants that allow authorities to analyze computer equipment. Any MAP-related material found (including legal photographs or videos of children) can be used to support allegations.

==Useful Links==

===Safety Guides by and for MAPs===

*[https://blsafety.net/?safety/online BLSafety] - Predominantly behavioral guide. Somewhat outdated.
*[https://blog.mapcommunity.org/omc/security-privacy OMC]
*[http://fuckthefeds.pro/ Fuckthefeds] (may be offline, consider viewing via [https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://fuckthefeds.pro/ Web Archive])
*[https://www.mapresources.info/guides/safety MAPResources] - '''Please note, this is a Google site, and may be used to track you if you are logged in to your Google account. Consider using Tor Browser or Web Archive to view this site.'''

==Screenshots==
===Linux installation===
During the installation step that asks you about the disk to use for your operating system, tick the checkbox to '''Encrypt your data''' (under '''Advanced Features''' in the Ubuntu example). 
 
'''Ubuntu''' 

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'''Fedora''' 

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[[Category:Advice]]

Guide To Computer Security (2022)

2023-09-24T18:15:19Z

Gork: /* Windows */

<div style="margin-left: 25px; float: right;">__TOC__</div>The original '''Guide to Computer Security''' was produced by the [[Newgon Support Team]] after consultation with the [[Newgon]] forum community in 2008. It explained how you could protect data stored on your hard drive and stay anonymous on the internet. This guide represents an updated version, and is up-to-date as of 2023.

While simple, [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Perspective|behavioral considerations]] are enough to keep most MAPs safe online if they are not engaged in illicit activity, this guide is an essential read for non-offending MAPs who are concerned about, yet not familiar with advanced computer security.

==Operating Systems==

===Windows===

As of December 2021, Windows 10 is the world's most popular desktop operating system. Although convenient and coming pre-installed on many devices, it is widely considered to be a very poor choice for data security and privacy.

Multiple guides exist online describing how to reduce the risk posed by using Windows 10. However, it is inherently insecure and best avoided for anyone who is concerned about the leakage of sensitive information.

[[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Windows_7|Windows 7]] is no longer supported by Microsoft and its continued usage is recommended against. Nonetheless some tips relevant to it remain available [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Windows_7|below]].

Windows 11 continues its predecessor's model of pervasive data collection which is only expected to expand, as such it is highly discouraged as well (no data stored on a Windows computer should be considered secure).

In any case, installing a free/open source operating system such as [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Linux|Linux]] is recommended instead.

===Linux===
Linux-based operating systems are strongly recommended over proprietary operating systems like Windows due to the latter's inherent privacy and security issues. 
Installing a Linux distribution is easy. All that is needed is an .iso file downloaded from the distribution's official website, flashing it to a USB drive with a tool such as [https://rufus.ie/en/ Rufus] or burning to a CD/DVD. 
Booting a computer from this USB or DVD drive will begin the installation.
*'''Ubuntu'''
:[https://ubuntu.com/desktop Ubuntu] is the most popular and one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions. If you're looking for a place to start while switching away from Windows, Ubuntu is a decent choice.
*'''Fedora'''
:[https://getfedora.org/ Fedora] is another very popular Linux distribution, and in user friendliness equals Ubuntu. It also uses the most up to date releases of software and drivers, making it a good choice for newer hardware. Which also means less of a chance to run into problems at the installation step.

====Tips====
Virtually every popular Linux distribution will offer you to enable full disk encryption ([[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#LUKS|LUKS]]) during the installation process. It is highly recommended to enable this option (see [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Linux_installation|screenshots]]).

====Installation examples====
<Gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:ubuntu1.png|Ubuntu
File:fedora1.png|Fedora
File:Pop_os1.png|POP OS
</gallery>
===Live CDs===
Live operating systems require no installation except a USB or DVD drive they are flashed/burned onto and then booted from.
*'''Tails OS'''
:[https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] is a live operating system configured to be fully amnesic (leave no trace on the computer it is booted from) and use the Tor anonymity network.
*Many Linux distributions can be run in live mode as an alternative to installation.

===Windows 7===

Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft; as such, known security issues are unlikely to be patched barring exceptional circumstances. Usage of the Internet Explorer browser is not recommended.

There are a number of settings that should be changed in order to improve user privacy.

=====Indexing Service=====

The indexing service provides a book-like index of all files stored on any drive for which it is enabled. It enables faster searches of drives and folders. However, names of all indexed files and some of their contents will be stored in plain-text on the drive on which Windows is installed, even if those files are encrypted.

To turn off the indexing service:

Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off. Deselect 'Indexing Service'.

=====Recent Items=====

By default, Windows 7 stores a list of recently opened items. To disable this, right click on Start, select 'Properties', select the 'Start Menu' tab, then uncheck 'Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu' and 'Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar'.

=====System Restore=====

Windows 7 is normally configured to automatically backup system files and personal documents. This can be disabled via Control Panel -> System -> System Protection. Make sure it is turned off for all disks.

=====Swap File=====

Windows 7 uses a swap file in which it temporarily stores data from RAM on the disk in order to conserve RAM usage. This is unnecessary for most modern computers, and it is a security issue because almost any data could theoretically be written to the disk, including encryption keys.

To disable, System -> Advanced System Settings -> under performance, click 'Settings' -> Advanced tab -> under Virtual Memory, click 'Change' -> set 'No paging file' for all drives.

=====Hibernation=====

The hibernation feature of Windows 7 stores data from your current session to your hard drive and puts your computer in a very low power state. This has similar security implications to the swap file.

To disable hibernation: Start -> Type 'run' -> Type 'cmd' -> type 'powercfg -h off'.

=====Thumbnail cache=====

Windows 7 stores thumbnails in a central cache on the drive on which Windows is installed. Thumbnails of encrypted images will also be stored in this central cache when the folder in which the images are located is accessed.

Built-in methods and [https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10794-thumbnail-cache-enable-disable.html software]for disabling the cache exist, but there are reports of these solutions not working perfectly. People living in particularly oppressive regimes should consider wiping their thumbnail cache regularly.

=====Telemetry=====

Windows 7 sends data about your computer usage to Microsoft. The relevant 'features', designed for Windows 10, were introduced to Windows 7 via Windows Updates.

The following updates should be uninstalled if present:

*KB3068708
*KB3022345
*KB3075249
*KB3080149

==Data Protection==

===Encryption===

Encrypting files renders the data within them unintelligible. While Microsoft, hard drive manufacturers and other companies offer free encryption tools, these cannot be trusted in the event of a highly motivated adversary.

Regardless of the program used, it is important to use a secure password. Long passwords are essential, and it is preferable to use a password containing character strings that are not words found in a dictionary.

====Recommended Programs====

The following programs can probably be trusted to protect against the vast majority of adversaries, assuming that their settings are configured correctly and the operating system has been appropriately secured.

=====VeraCrypt=====

VeraCrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt, a program whose development is alleged by many to have been shut down by the US government. VeraCrypt is widely considered to provide the highest level of security of any free program. Donations to the project would always be welcome.

=====LUKS=====
LUKS is [[Guide_To_Computer_Security_(2022)#Linux|Linux]] inbuilt encryption utility. An option to encrypt the entire disk is offered while installing Linux. Afterwards it can be easily used to encrypt external devices through a graphical interface offered by the distribution's desktop environment.

=====BestCrypt=====

BestCrypt is a paid encryption product with similar functionality to VeraCrypt. It can be purchased along with highly effective data erasure software. Although expensive, it is a long established and very well trusted product.

====Encryption Options====

There are two main methods of encryption that are still relevant in 2022.

=====Whole Disk Encryption=====

Encrypting the entire disk renders all contents unreadable unless a password is provided. If you do not require plausible deniability and you do not care about giving the appearance of compliance, you can simply encrypt the entire disk and refuse to provide the password.

=====Volume Encryption=====

Volume encryption creates a file on your disk that functions as a virtual drive. These virtual drives have the same functionality as a physical drive. Using volume encryption allows you to encrypt only a portion of your disk, instead of encrypting the whole drive.

A major benefit of volume encryption for activists [https://web.archive.org/web/20221007143346/https://proprivacy.com/privacy-service/guides/veracrypt-hidden-volumes is the ability to create hidden volumes]. Hidden volumes are created within the free space of a standard volume. Due to the way they're created, they are extremely difficult to detect. This provides excellent plausible deniability; you can hand over a key to the main volume and still nobody can prove that there is a second hidden volume containing the data that you really wish to keep private.

VeraCrypt has a feature allowing users to run an operating system from within a hidden container, reducing the risk of data leakage from improper operating system configuration.

Encrypted containers holding hidden volumes should never be copied; any changes to one of the containers can be used to prove the existence of a hidden volume.

===Secure Erasure===
In most cases, files deleted through conventional methods are '''still recoverable''', even after trash is emptied. Several tools exist to securely erase either specific files, entire partitions, or wipe free space on a disk to get rid of any remnants of files that were not erased securely.

====Windows-specific====
[https://eraser.heidi.ie/ Eraser] can be used to erase select files, external drives, or wipe free space on the currently used drive.

====All operating systems====
[https://www.bleachbit.org/ Bleachbit] is an example of software which can be used for this purpose on Linux, version for Windows is also available. In addition, the software includes features useful for general data cleanup.

====Other (entire disk)====
[https://dban.org/ DBAN] (Darik's Boot and Nuke), is used for wiping entire drives. It must be booted from an external drive. '''Warning: All data''' will be erased, including the operating system. If there are files you want to keep, you must back them up on another drive and unplug it from the computer before using DBAN.
An operating system must be reinstalled on the computer afterwards.

===SSD Issues===

Wiping techniques that are effective on traditional hard drives may be ineffective on SSDs. People with highly sensitive data should not trust the aforementioned programs to securely erase their SSD. For activists in difficult locations, a traditional hard drive is probably a better choice.

===Firewalls and Anti-Virus Protection===

Avoiding malicious software on your computer is crucial. These days, most operating systems come with effective firewall and anti-virus solutions. However, there are also more complex and configurable third-party options.

Users of hidden containers should not allow firewall and anti-virus programs to keep logs, as logs may reveal the existence of a hidden container.

These programs should also have their reporting features disabled; sensitive information such as MAP-related data and websites accessed could be reported.

==Network Security==

===Proxies===

Proxies are used to hide your true IP address from another server or client. Many proxies are insecure and not suitable for use by MAP activists. Use of a malicious or unfriendly proxy server can be more dangerous than a direct connection.

====Web-based proxy servers====

Web-based proxies are of very limited utility for the MAP activist community. They provide a minimal level of obfuscation suitable only for circumventing bans and geographic restrictions, and many will already be blocked from popular websites. The service operator has the ability to monitor users and may well comply with authorities wrongly targeting MAPs.

====VPNs====

Similar to web-based proxies, VPNs place users at risk of monitoring by the service provider and anyone to whom they choose to provide access. They have the same practical purpose as web-based proxies for the MAP community.

====Tor====

Unlike web-based proxies and VPNs, [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor] forwards data via an entry node and two more random nodes operated by volunteers. Data sent by the client is encrypted up to the exit node. Upon leaving the exit node, data is visible if not encrypted by other means (such as HTTPS), although the source of the data is unknown. In the modern age, almost all sites use HTTPS and as such, this is no longer much of a concern (see below).

There are weaknesses within the Tor design, but it is the safest option for anonymous communication online. People who do not make themselves a major global target are unlikely to be identified due to any of the inherent weaknesses. User error is the biggest risk.

=====Using Tor safely=====

In 2022, Tor is most often used with Tor Browser, which is automatically configured to connect via the Tor network.

Tor Browser has three pre-configured security levels.

* 'Safest' disables any functionality that could be used to identify you. However, a lot of website features will no longer work. Social media, webmail and many other services will be unusable.

* 'Safer' disables some features that could be used to identify you, but not all. JavaScript is enabled on HTTPS sites. Social media, webmail and many other services will will usable, but there is a small risk of being identified via malicious scripts.

* 'Standard' does not disable any potentially dangerous functionality. There is a higher risk of being identified or attacked.

The final connection in the Tor circuit (between the exit node and the destination) is not encrypted by the Tor client. Therefore, any unencrypted data sent will be visible by the operator of the exit node. Any sensitive information should be encrypted by other means. A simple HTTPS connection is one solution. Tor Browser, since recent versions, forces a HTTPS connection for all compatible services by default and warns a user when plain HTTP connection is attempted.

===E-mail===
====Providers====
* [https://tutanota.com/ Tutanota] is a privacy-respecting e-mail provider that offers both a free and paid model. There is a two-day waiting period on newly registered accounts before they can be used.
* [https://proton.me/ ProtonMail], while having faced some skepticism, should still be considered a better alternative to most mainstream e-mail providers.
* [http://dnmxjaitaiafwmss2lx7tbs5bv66l7vjdmb5mtb3yqpxqhk3it5zivad.onion/ DNMX] is a darknet e-mail service that does not require JavaScript. E-mails are not encrypted.

====Clients====
Email clients can be used for using an email account outside of a browser. Depending on user practices, this can have a number of security advantages (such as OpenPGP). However, if it is desired to stay anonymous while accessing email (such as through Tor), the email client must be properly configured to connect through the desired proxy before using any accounts.

* [https://www.thunderbird.net/ Thunderbird] is a full-featured, free and open source email client.
::Tor configuration should be possible through '''General''' > '''Connection''' > '''Settings''' > '''Manual proxy configuration''': '''SOCKS Host''': <code>127.0.0.1</code> '''Port''': <code>9050</code>. [https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/ TorBirdy] may be of use. Tor Browser, or a Tor client must be running for connectivity to work. Users are advised to test their configuration works properly.
::'''OpenPGP''' (end-to-end encryption) can be configured in '''Account Settings''' > '''End-To-End Encryption''' > '''Add Key''' after logging into an account. You have to share the public portion with your contacts (Thunderbird can automatically attach it to emails), and you have to import your contact's public keys to encrypt emails to them.

===Chat===
General recommendations for chat and instant messaging software is avoiding proprietary solutions and anything lacking end-to-end encryption. A work-in-progress list of open source messaging software with end-to-end encryption capability is offered below:
* [https://element.io/get-started Element] is a modern chat application powered by the Matrix protocol. It supports end-to-end encryption and general features expected from a modern chat client.
* '''XMPP''' is an instant messaging protocol that can be used through a number of chat applications (clients) designed to be compatible with it; the client used is a matter of user choice. One example of a cross-platform desktop client is [https://gajim.org/ Gajim]. An example of a mobile client is [https://conversations.im/ Conversations].
::Modern '''XMPP''' clients, including these two examples, generally have support for end-to-encryption (OMEMO). This encryption can be toggled on in private messages and private group chats.
::An '''XMPP''' user selects a particular server to register on, acquiring an address such as user@example.org. Much like e-mail these addresses resemble, users registered on different servers can still communicate and chat with each other; it is not necessary for them to use the same server.
::'''XMPP''' clients usually have a selection built in and support registration directly through the client.

==Operational Security==

===Search engines / Googling===
It is recommended to use a privacy-respecting search engine instead of Google.
*[https://www.startpage.com/ Startpage] offers results from Google without Google's tracking mechanisms. This also means the results are not personalized.
*[https://duckduckgo.com/ DuckDuckGo] is a popular search engine that claims to respect privacy of its users.

===Fingerprinting===
====Metadata====
<Gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:Metadata GPS.png|GPS coordinates saved in the metadata of an image taken on an iPhone.
</gallery>
Metadata, or EXIF data, is information that is stored along with most saved files, including photos. Some of the information that can be stored in metadata includes '''GPS coordinates for where the photo was taken (automatically like this on iPhones)''', author information of a document, and information about the camera or device that was used to take a photo. Whenever you upload a file somewhere, '''always check''' that the metadata contains no information that could be used to identify or fingerprint you.
*[https://exiftool.org Exiftool] offers the ability to not only view metadata, but also strip/remove it from an image or document.
**Commands:
***Read metadata: exiftool your_file.jpg
***Delete metadata: exiftool -All= your_file.jpg

===Social Engineering===
====Infiltration====
Federal agents, or other adversaries often infiltrate movements to sabotage or acquire information of a group's plans. [https://www.rooshv.com/how-the-fbi-infiltrates-movements-and-what-you-can-do-to-stop-them This site] contains information about how to spot infiltrators.

==Phone Security==
Securing mobile phones offers additional factors to take into account over PC security, such as the phone's GPS location capability, connection to cellular networks, unique phone number, and video and audio recording capabilities which can all be used to identify and track its user if the phone is compromised, including through untrusted software running on the phone.

These reasons are why utmost care should be taken to secure the phone and make sure it only runs trusted and secure software if it is to be used for any sensitive activities at all.

===Custom ROMs===
Most phones come with the Android operating system. Because manufacturers tend to pre-install many apps and make other modifications which can threaten the user's privacy and security, using the stock Android ROM that came with the phone is very non-ideal.

Before doing anything else, it is ''strongly recommended'' to replace the stock Android ROM with a custom Android ROM such as [https://www.lineageos.org/ LineageOS]. This is essentially reinstalling the phone's operating system. Therefore, as with most reinstallations, any data desired to be kept by the user must be backed up elsewhere, because all data on the phone will be lost.

Guides for installation of custom ROMs are available on the specific project's website, as well as a list of phones which are compatible with the ROM. If you are buying a new phone, make sure your phone is on this list prior to purchasing it. LineageOS has the broadest compatibility. Alternative ROMs exist as well but not all are compatible with every phone.

====List of custom ROMs====
* [https://www.lineageos.org/ LineageOS]

===Apps===
For a trusted application base, your apps should come from a trusted source, such as the [https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid] store. Do not install or use the proprietary Google Play store, as ubiquitous on most Android devices as it is. Prefer open source apps from F-Droid instead. If you really need an app only available on Google Play, consider alternative stores like [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/ Aurora Store].

==Cryptocurrency==
Cryptocurrencies (cryptos) offer activists a valuable tool for financial privacy and freedom. In countries with oppressive governments or strict controls on financial transactions, activists can use cryptos to securely send and receive funds without fear of being tracked or censored. Cryptos also provide an alternative to traditional financial systems, allowing activists to bypass bank restrictions or sanctions. Additionally, the decentralized nature of cryptos gives activists a level of autonomy and control over their own funds, enabling them to support causes and organizations without fear of interference. Cryptos may increase and decrease considerably in value, as measured in fiat currencies such as the US Dollar. Privacy-related, and more illiquid cryptos tend to be more stable in their value over time as compared to Bitcoin, which is much less secure, easily traceable by authorities, and forms the basis for numerous scams.

*[https://www.getmonero.org Monero (XMR)] is a decentralized, open-source cryptocurrency that focuses on privacy and anonymity. It allows users to securely send and receive funds without revealing their identity. Unlike Bitcoin, which publicly displays all transactions on a transparent ledger, Monero uses advanced cryptographic techniques to make transactions untraceable and unlinkable.

==Perspective==

Possibly the biggest threat to your privacy and security is the information you post about yourself online. Activists should avoid posting information on MAP sites that could be linked to information they posted on non-MAP sites. People posting on MAP sites should take care in not disclosing excessive information about their personal lives, as this could be compiled over time and linked to their real identity.

A significant number of 'outings' in the late 2000s occurred due to [[Perverted Justice]] vigilantes searching Google and social media for correlations between pseudonymous posts on MAP websites and easily traceable posts on non-MAP websites. One of the biggest mistakes was using the same e-mail address for MAP-related and unrelated activities.

Activists should also be careful about participating in online MAP communities while intoxicated. One simple mistake may lead to identification.

Furthermore, unsafe offline activities may lead to search warrants that allow authorities to analyze computer equipment. Any MAP-related material found (including legal photographs or videos of children) can be used to support allegations.

==Useful Links==

===Safety Guides by and for MAPs===

*[https://blsafety.net/?safety/online BLSafety] - Predominantly behavioral guide. Somewhat outdated.
*[https://blog.mapcommunity.org/omc/security-privacy OMC]
*[http://fuckthefeds.pro/ Fuckthefeds] (may be offline, consider viewing via [https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://fuckthefeds.pro/ Web Archive])
*[https://www.mapresources.info/guides/safety MAPResources] - '''Please note, this is a Google site, and may be used to track you if you are logged in to your Google account. Consider using Tor Browser or Web Archive to view this site.'''

==Screenshots==
===Linux installation===
During the installation step that asks you about the disk to use for your operating system, tick the checkbox to '''Encrypt your data''' (under '''Advanced Features''' in the Ubuntu example). 
 
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[[Category:Advice]]

Debate Guide: Religious arguments

2023-09-22T23:51:28Z

Gork: /* Typical argument and rebuttals */

[[File:Millst.jpg|thumb|Better A Millstone was also the name of a "pedo hunter" website founded by the late [[Mike Echols]].]]
In this age, religion-based arguments are not considered effective when discussing the morality of a particular subject. Still, they are sometimes used, so it may be worth refuting any erroneous arguments on the supposed immorality of [[pedophilia]], [[Minor Attracted Person|minor attractions]], adult-child relationships - and by extension even adult-minor relationships well beyond adulthood/marrigeable age for biblical times.

===Typical argument and rebuttals===

Religious [[anti]]-MAPs, namely anti-MAP Christians, tend to present a distorted narrative using misconstrued or misunderstood verses from the Bible to justify the view that Christianity condemns [[pedophilia]] in particular, or at the very least adult-child relationships or the act of sex between a child and an adult.

This is false, and should be refuted because the narrative is used to justify specific contemporary views on pedophilia associated with modern Western culture. These arguments present a distorted view of history, and a book written two millennia ago, with parts that are much older. This is [[Wikipedia:Historical revisionism|ahistorical and revisionist]], assuming widely held views were the same back then, and by implication throughout known history.

In short, there are no verses in the Bible specifically against pedophilia. The most popularly (mis)quoted verse by anti-MAPs is the following:

<blockquote>''But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.'' '''Matthew 18:6'''</blockquote>

This passage, if it even refers to children ("little ones"), rather than believers in general as sources would interpret,<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/little-ones.html Who are the “little ones” in Matthew 18:6?]</ref> refers to making them sin (for example, harming or deceiving others), in general, sometimes translated as "to stumble", i.e. making them stray from faith in God.

While there are many verses in the Bible condemning of fornication (sex outside of marriage) which as such could be considered a sin, this argument alone definitely does not cut it as an anti-MAP/anti-pedophilia argument, considering child marriage historically being commonplace, and certainly would not work as an argument against the mere attraction.

This works as a general refutation of anti-MAP interpretations such verses, and any further examples will be added at a later date.

There are also several verses in the Bible that seem to approve of adult-child ''marriage'':
[[File:Judaeoc.png|thumb|Judaeo-Christian legal and scriptural takes on younger-older relations (expands)]][[File:Permittedislam.png|thumb|Some behaviors permitted in Islamic [[Youth-Adult Marriage]]s<ref>[https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Thighing Thighing - WikiIslam]</ref>]]
<blockquote>''And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites ... And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males ... And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones ... And Moses was wroth with the officers ... And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? ... Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.'' '''Numbers 31:1-18'''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it ... And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself.'' '''Deuteronomy 20:10-14'''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? ... And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh.'' '''Judges 21:7-11'''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh ... And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught.'' '''Judges 21:20-23'''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.'' '''1 Corinthians 7:36'''</blockquote>

Some scholars also argue that Isaac married his wife when she was ten (Genesis 24:12-20, Numbers 31:18). The bible also directly opposes hate as sinful (Matthew 5:44-48, Luke 6:27-35, Luke 6:37), and therefore one must assume, the witch-hunt on "pedophiles" exemplified by obscene and demonic imagery in media and literary representations since at least the 1970s (e.g. [[David Sonenschein]] - ''Pedophiles on Parade'', vol.1). Bringing harm unto children is also sinful (1st John 3:11, 3:18, 3:23), meaning that [[Wikipedia:sociogenesis|sociogenic harm]] (invasion of privacy, criminal processing and social shaming of children) is thusly condemned.

==References==

[[Category:Debate]][[Category:Debating Points: Adults]][[Category:Debating Points: Adult-Minor sex]]

Japinha

2023-09-22T19:06:25Z

Gork:

[[File:Japinha.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Japinha]]
'''Ricardo Di Roberto''' (born 18 September 1973), better known as '''Japinha''', is a Brazilian musician best recognized for having been the drummer of the Grammy-winning rock band [[wikipedia:CPM 22|CPM 22]] from 1999 to 2020. He has performed music since 1994, not only as a drummer but also as a guitarist and singer, and is associated with underground styles such as melodic hardcore, punk rock, and hardcore punk.

On 4 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that would not much later expose the YouTuber [[PC Siqueira]].</ref> published private conversations from January and March 2012 showing Japinha, who at the time was 38, talking to a 16-year-old virgin fan girl for whom he expresses romantic and sexual interest.<ref name=g1>[https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/noticia/2020/06/10/japinha-do-cpm-22-confirma-conversa-vazada-com-garota-que-diz-ter-16-anos-ele-diz-que-era-brincadeira-sem-intencao-de-seduzir.ghtml Japinha do CPM 22 confirma conversa vazada com garota que diz ter 16 anos; ele diz que era 'brincadeira' sem 'intenção de seduzir']. G1. 20 June 2020</ref> Japinha confirmed that the conversation is real, but said that he had no intention of 'seducing' or harming the girl.<ref name=extra/><ref name=g1/>

Less than a week later, on June 10, the band declared that Japinha was out, one day after another member, the bassist Fernando Sanches, announced that he would be stepping out as well, which for some suggested that there was already some kind of tension going on within the band.<ref name=extra>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/musica/saida-de-baixista-expoe-racha-no-cpm-22-em-polemica-sobre-japinha-24472416.html Saída de baixista expõe racha no CPM 22 em polêmica sobre Japinha]. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> On 17 August 2020, Japinha was officially dismissed from the band.<ref>[https://entretenimento.r7.com/musica/japinha-quebra-silencio-apos-saida-do-cpm-22-seguirei-em-frente-17082020 Japinha quebra silêncio após saída do CPM 22: 'Seguirei em frente']. R7. </ref> However, in the same month, before it could achieve more significant recognition in Brazil, Japinha's case was obscured by a more prominent one: vlogger [[PC Siqueira]]'s confessed attraction to a six-year-old girl.

Japinha has since performed with his own band, Dinossaurus, which he had founded back in 2014.

==External links==
* [https://www.instagram.com/ricardo_japinha/ Instagram]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People: Brazilian]]
[[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Law/Crime]]
[[Category:Law/Crime: Brazilian]]
[[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2010s]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:History & Events: Brazilian]]

Japinha

2023-09-22T18:51:10Z

Gork: Created page with "Japinha '''Ricardo Di Roberto''' (born 18 September 1973), better known as '''Japinha''', is a Brazilian musician best recognized for having been the drummer of the Grammy-winning rock band CPM 22 from 1999 to 2020. He has performed music since 1994, not only as a drummer but also as a guitarist and singer, and is associated with underground styles such as melodic hardcore, punk rock, and hardcore punk. On 4 Ju..."

[[File:Japinha.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Japinha]]
'''Ricardo Di Roberto''' (born 18 September 1973), better known as '''Japinha''', is a Brazilian musician best recognized for having been the drummer of the Grammy-winning rock band [[wikipedia:CPM 22|CPM 22]] from 1999 to 2020. He has performed music since 1994, not only as a drummer but also as a guitarist and singer, and is associated with underground styles such as melodic hardcore, punk rock, and hardcore punk.

On 4 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that would not much later expose the YouTuber [[PC Siqueira]].</ref> published private conversations from January and March 2012 showing Japinha, who at the time was 38, talking to a 16-year-old virgin fan girl for whom he expresses romantic and sexual interest.<ref name=g1>[https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/noticia/2020/06/10/japinha-do-cpm-22-confirma-conversa-vazada-com-garota-que-diz-ter-16-anos-ele-diz-que-era-brincadeira-sem-intencao-de-seduzir.ghtml Japinha do CPM 22 confirma conversa vazada com garota que diz ter 16 anos; ele diz que era 'brincadeira' sem 'intenção de seduzir']. G1. 20 June 2020</ref> Japinha confirmed that the conversation is real, but said that he had no intention of 'seducing' or harming the girl.<ref name=extra/><ref name=g1/>

Less than a week later, on June 10, the band declared that Japinha was out, one day after another member, the bassist Fernando Sanches, announced that he would be stepping out as well, which for some suggested that there was already some kind of tension going on within the band.<ref name=extra>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/musica/saida-de-baixista-expoe-racha-no-cpm-22-em-polemica-sobre-japinha-24472416.html Saída de baixista expõe racha no CPM 22 em polêmica sobre Japinha]. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> On 17 August 2020, Japinha was officially dismissed from the band.<ref>[https://entretenimento.r7.com/musica/japinha-quebra-silencio-apos-saida-do-cpm-22-seguirei-em-frente-17082020 Japinha quebra silêncio após saída do CPM 22: 'Seguirei em frente']. R7. </ref>

Japinha has since performed with his own band, Dinossaurus, which he had founded back in 2014.

==External links==
* [https://www.instagram.com/ricardo_japinha/ Instagram]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People: Brazilian]]
[[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Law/Crime]]
[[Category:Law/Crime: Brazilian]]
[[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2010s]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:History & Events: Brazilian]]

File:Japinha.jpg

2023-09-22T17:49:26Z

Gork:

PC Siqueira

2023-09-22T17:44:01Z

Gork:

__NOTOC__[[File:PC Siqueira.png|200px|right|thumb|PC Siqueira in September 2023]]
'''Paulo Cezar Goulart Siqueira''' (born 18 April 1986), better known by his nickname '''PC Siqueira''' or simply as '''PC''', is a Brazilian Internet and television personality. From 2010, he made a name for himself by vlogging on YouTube, earning him millions of subscribers, collabs with other famous YouTubers, and even television contracts. His career seemed to be going pretty well until June 2020, when private conversations where he admits his attraction for a six-year-old girl were leaked.<ref name="extra">[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. 11 June 2020. extra.globo.com.</ref>

==Biography==
A victim of bullying in his childhood due to his strabismus, PC was homeschooled and began working as a comic drawer and colorist at the age of 15. He confessed that he suffered from depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. At age 23 in February 2010, he created his famous vlogging channel ''maspoxavida'', which would last for a decade. In his videos, he approached contentious subjects such as politics and religion in a light-hearted and often comedic tone. He drew some controversy for being an outspoken atheist and often making comments on religion that were perceived as offensive or blasphemous. However, no controversy would be worse for him than what would come later.

PC began appearing on television as early as March 2011, when he premiered as the host of the variety show ''PC na TV'' on MTV Brazil, where he discussed mainly technology and video games. Before MTV Brazil ended in 2013, he hosted other similar shows in the channel. He continued with his YouTube career while still occasionally appearing on several television channels.

In June 2016, PC announced that he would be making a surgery to correct his strabismus, which he in fact did. Around this time, he also began to comment more on politics, with his opinions being more oriented towards the left, supporting left-wing politicians such as the then-president Dilma Rousseff and attacking well-known right-wing ones such as Jair Bolsonaro. Around that time he also became known as a "cuck" when his red-haired girlfriend Karol cheated on him.

In February 2017, he starred in the movie ''Internet: O Filme'' ("Internet: the Movie"), which featured several famous YouTubers from Brazil.

==== The case ====
On 10 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that had previously exposed the musician [[Japinha]] from the CPM 22 band.</ref> posted a video of a private Instagram conversation where PC shows an unidentified friend a nude photo depicting the buttocks of a six-year-old girl, sent to him by the girl's mother during a "face time" (the photo itself, which had already been deleted, does not appear in the video, which only shows PC telling his friend to quickly erase it from the conversation, as it was before the feature of self-destructing photos existed).<ref name="metropoles>[https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/youtube/pc-siqueira-e-acusado-de-pedofilia-por-compartilhar-foto-de-criancas-nuas PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia por compartilhar foto de crianças nuas]. Metrópoles. 11 June 2020.</ref> In the following day, PC claimed on his Instagram that the video was faked and part of a plot to taint his image.<ref>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> Hours later, however, journalist Erlan Bastos published audios where PC admits that he "has traces" of [[pedophilia]] and that he in fact felt ''aroused'' upon seeing the photograph.<ref name=PortalT5>[https://blog.portalt5.com.br/nemteconto/2020/06/21/apos-acusacoes-de-pedofilia-pc-siqueira-perde-selo-de-autenticidade-no-instagram-veja/ Após acusações de pedofilia, PC Siqueira perde selo de autenticidade no Instagram; veja]. Portal T5. 21 June 2020.</ref> Hours after that new revelation, PC deleted the post where he claims to be innocent and made his account private.

After the incident caused a severe backlash, PC lost many subscribers, and fellow YouTubers who were close to him such as Cauê Moura, Rafinha Bastos and even Felipe Neto, the most subscribed-to YouTuber in Brazil, cut professional and personal relations with PC. A few days later, he deactivated his ten-year-old channel. At the time, PC was devastated and considered suicide.

PC's electronics were eventually apprehended, several months after the public backlash (a time frame that was the target of some criticism), and police found no evidence of [[child pornography]] or [[child sexual abuse]] in them, so no criminal charges were pressed against the YouTuber.<ref>[https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,pericia-policial-nao-encontra-provas-de-pedofilia-contra-pc-siqueira,70003626448 Perícia policial não encontra provas de pedofilia contra PC Siqueira]. UOL. 24 February 2021.</ref><ref>https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/celebridades/apos-pericia-policia-nao-encontra-provas-para-incriminar-pc-siqueira-por-pedofilia-51943 Após perícia, polícia não encontra provas para incriminar PC Siqueira por pedofilia]. Estado de S. Paulo. 24 February 2021</ref>

Even though the incident left his career in ruins, PC returned to social media after a hiatus and is still active to this day.

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@maspoxavidapc YouTube]
* [https://www.instagram.com/pecesiqueira/ Instagram]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People: Brazilian]]
[[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Law/Crime]]
[[Category:Law/Crime: Brazilian]]
[[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:History & Events: Brazilian]]

PC Siqueira

2023-09-22T17:42:51Z

Gork:

__NOTOC__[[File:PC Siqueira.png|200px|right|thumb|PC Siqueira in September 2023]]
'''Paulo Cezar Goulart Siqueira''' (born 18 April 1986), better known by his nickname '''PC Siqueira''' or simply as '''PC''', is a Brazilian Internet and television personality. From 2010, he made a name for himself by vlogging on YouTube, earning him millions of subscribers, collabs with other famous YouTubers, and even television contracts. His career seemed to be going pretty well until June 2020, when private conversations where he admits his attraction for a six-year-old girl were leaked.<ref name="extra">[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. 11 June 2020. extra.globo.com.</ref>

==Biography==
A victim of bullying in his childhood due to his strabismus, PC was homeschooled and began working as a comic drawer and colorist at the age of 15. He confessed that he suffered from depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. At age 23 in February 2010, he created his famous vlogging channel ''maspoxavida'', which would last for a decade. In his videos, he approached contentious subjects such as politics and religion in a light-hearted and often comedic tone. He drew some controversy for being an outspoken atheist and often making comments on religion that were perceived as offensive or blasphemous. However, no controversy would be worse for him than what would come later.

PC began appearing on television as early as March 2011, when he premiered as the host of the variety show ''PC na TV'' on MTV Brazil, where he discussed mainly technology and video games. Before MTV Brazil ended in 2013, he hosted other similar shows in the channel. He continued with his YouTube career while still occasionally appearing on several television channels.

In June 2016, PC announced that he would be making a surgery to correct his strabismus, which he in fact did. Around this time, he also began to comment more on politics, with his opinions being more oriented towards the left, supporting left-wing politicians such as the then-president Dilma Rousseff and attacking well-known right-wing ones such as Jair Bolsonaro. Around that time he also became known as a "cuck" when his red-haired girlfriend Karol cheated on him.

In February 2017, he starred in the movie ''Internet: O Filme'' ("Internet: the Movie"), which featured several famous YouTubers from Brazil.

==== The case ====
On 10 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that had previously exposed the musician [[Rafinha]] from the CPM 22 band.</ref> posted a video of a private Instagram conversation where PC shows an unidentified friend a nude photo depicting the buttocks of a six-year-old girl, sent to him by the girl's mother during a "face time" (the photo itself, which had already been deleted, does not appear in the video, which only shows PC telling his friend to quickly erase it from the conversation, as it was before the feature of self-destructing photos existed).<ref name="metropoles>[https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/youtube/pc-siqueira-e-acusado-de-pedofilia-por-compartilhar-foto-de-criancas-nuas PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia por compartilhar foto de crianças nuas]. Metrópoles. 11 June 2020.</ref> In the following day, PC claimed on his Instagram that the video was faked and part of a plot to taint his image.<ref>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> Hours later, however, journalist Erlan Bastos published audios where PC admits that he "has traces" of [[pedophilia]] and that he in fact felt ''aroused'' upon seeing the photograph.<ref name=PortalT5>[https://blog.portalt5.com.br/nemteconto/2020/06/21/apos-acusacoes-de-pedofilia-pc-siqueira-perde-selo-de-autenticidade-no-instagram-veja/ Após acusações de pedofilia, PC Siqueira perde selo de autenticidade no Instagram; veja]. Portal T5. 21 June 2020.</ref> Hours after that new revelation, PC deleted the post where he claims to be innocent and made his account private.

After the incident caused a severe backlash, PC lost many subscribers, and fellow YouTubers who were close to him such as Cauê Moura, Rafinha Bastos and even Felipe Neto, the most subscribed-to YouTuber in Brazil, cut professional and personal relations with PC. A few days later, he deactivated his ten-year-old channel. At the time, PC was devastated and considered suicide.

PC's electronics were eventually apprehended, several months after the public backlash (a time frame that was the target of some criticism), and police found no evidence of [[child pornography]] or [[child sexual abuse]] in them, so no criminal charges were pressed against the YouTuber.<ref>[https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,pericia-policial-nao-encontra-provas-de-pedofilia-contra-pc-siqueira,70003626448 Perícia policial não encontra provas de pedofilia contra PC Siqueira]. UOL. 24 February 2021.</ref><ref>https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/celebridades/apos-pericia-policia-nao-encontra-provas-para-incriminar-pc-siqueira-por-pedofilia-51943 Após perícia, polícia não encontra provas para incriminar PC Siqueira por pedofilia]. Estado de S. Paulo. 24 February 2021</ref>

Even though the incident left his career in ruins, PC returned to social media after a hiatus and is still active to this day.

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@maspoxavidapc YouTube]
* [https://www.instagram.com/pecesiqueira/ Instagram]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People: Brazilian]]
[[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Law/Crime]]
[[Category:Law/Crime: Brazilian]]
[[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:History & Events: Brazilian]]

PC Siqueira

2023-09-22T01:46:47Z

Gork: /* The case */

[[File:PC Siqueira.png|200px|right|thumb|PC Siqueira in September 2023]]
'''Paulo Cezar Goulart Siqueira''' (born 18 April 1986), better known by his nickname '''PC Siqueira''' or simply as '''PC''', is a Brazilian Internet and television personality. From 2010, he made a name for himself by vlogging on YouTube, earning him millions of subscribers, collabs with other famous YouTubers, and later television contracts. His career seemed to be going pretty well until June 2020, when private conversations of him admitting his attraction for a six-year-old girl were leaked.<ref name="extra">[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. 11 June 2020. extra.globo.com.</ref>

==Biography==
A victim of bullying in his childhood due to his strabismus, PC was homeschooled and began working as a comic drawer and colorist at the age of 15. He confessed that he suffered from depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. At age 23 in February 2010, he created his famous vlogging channel ''maspoxavida'', which would last for a decade. In his videos, he approached contentious subjects such as politics and religion in a light-hearted and often comedic tone. He drew some controversy for being an outspoken atheist and often making comments on religion that were perceived as offensive or blasphemous. However, no controversy would be worse for him than what would come later.

PC began appearing on television as early as March 2011, when he premiered as the host of the variety show ''PC na TV'' on MTV Brazil, where he discussed mainly technology and video games. Before MTV Brazil ended in 2013, he hosted other similar shows in the channel. He continued with his YouTube career while still occasionally appearing on several television channels.

In June 2016, PC announced that he would be making a surgery to correct his strabismus, which he in fact did. Around this time, he also began to comment more on politics, with his opinions being more oriented towards the left, supporting left-wing politicians such as the then-president Dilma Rousseff and attacking well-known right-wing ones such as Jair Bolsonaro. Around that time he also became known as a "cuck" when his red-haired girlfriend Karol cheated on him.

In February 2017, he starred in the movie ''Internet: O Filme'' ("Internet: the Movie"), which featured several famous YouTubers from Brazil.

==== The case ====
On 10 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that had previously exposed the musician [[Rafinha]] from the CPM 22 band.</ref> posted a video showing a private Instagram conversation where PC shows an unidentified friend a nude photo depicting the buttocks of a six-year-old girl, sent to him by the girl's mother during a "face time" (the photo itself, which had already been deleted, does not appear in the video, which only shows PC telling his friend to quickly erase it from the conversation, as it was before the feature of self-destructing photos existed).<ref name="metropoles>[https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/youtube/pc-siqueira-e-acusado-de-pedofilia-por-compartilhar-foto-de-criancas-nuas PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia por compartilhar foto de crianças nuas]. Metrópoles. 11 June 2020.</ref> In the following day, PC claimed on his Instagram that the video was faked and part of a plot to taint his image.<ref>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> Hours later, however, journalist Erlan Bastos published audios where PC admits that he "has traces" of [[pedophilia]] and that he in fact felt ''aroused'' upon seeing the photograph.<ref name=PortalT5>[https://blog.portalt5.com.br/nemteconto/2020/06/21/apos-acusacoes-de-pedofilia-pc-siqueira-perde-selo-de-autenticidade-no-instagram-veja/ Após acusações de pedofilia, PC Siqueira perde selo de autenticidade no Instagram; veja]. Portal T5. 21 June 2020.</ref> Hours after that new revelation, PC deleted the post where he claims to be innocent and made his account private.

After the incident caused a severe backlash, PC lost many subscribers, and fellow YouTubers who were close to him such as Cauê Moura, Rafinha Bastos and even Felipe Neto, the most subscribed-to YouTuber in Brazil, cut professional and personal relations with PC. A few days later, he deactivated his ten-year-old channel. At the time, PC was devastated and considered suicide.

PC's electronics were eventually apprehended, several months after the public backlash (a time frame that was the target of some criticism), and police found no evidence of [[child pornography]] or [[child sexual abuse]] in them, so no criminal charges were pressed against the YouTuber.<ref>[https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,pericia-policial-nao-encontra-provas-de-pedofilia-contra-pc-siqueira,70003626448 Perícia policial não encontra provas de pedofilia contra PC Siqueira]. UOL. 24 February 2021.</ref><ref>https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/celebridades/apos-pericia-policia-nao-encontra-provas-para-incriminar-pc-siqueira-por-pedofilia-51943 Após perícia, polícia não encontra provas para incriminar PC Siqueira por pedofilia]. Estado de S. Paulo. 24 February 2021</ref>

After a hiatus, even though the incident left his career in ruins, PC is still active on his social media to this day.

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@maspoxavidapc YouTube]
* [https://www.instagram.com/pecesiqueira/ Instagram]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People: Brazilian]]
[[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Law/Crime]]
[[Category:Law/Crime: Brazilian]]
[[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:History & Events: Brazilian]]

PC Siqueira

2023-09-22T01:41:18Z

Gork: Created page with "PC Siqueira in September 2023 '''Paulo Cezar Goulart Siqueira''' (born 18 April 1986), better known by his nickname '''PC Siqueira''' or simply as '''PC''', is a Brazilian Internet and television personality. From 2010, he made a name for himself by vlogging on YouTube, earning him millions of subscribers, collabs with other famous YouTubers, and later television contracts. His career seemed to be going pretty well until June 20..."

[[File:PC Siqueira.png|200px|right|thumb|PC Siqueira in September 2023]]
'''Paulo Cezar Goulart Siqueira''' (born 18 April 1986), better known by his nickname '''PC Siqueira''' or simply as '''PC''', is a Brazilian Internet and television personality. From 2010, he made a name for himself by vlogging on YouTube, earning him millions of subscribers, collabs with other famous YouTubers, and later television contracts. His career seemed to be going pretty well until June 2020, when private conversations of him admitting his attraction for a six-year-old girl were leaked.<ref name="extra">[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. 11 June 2020. extra.globo.com.</ref>

==Biography==
A victim of bullying in his childhood due to his strabismus, PC was homeschooled and began working as a comic drawer and colorist at the age of 15. He confessed that he suffered from depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. At age 23 in February 2010, he created his famous vlogging channel ''maspoxavida'', which would last for a decade. In his videos, he approached contentious subjects such as politics and religion in a light-hearted and often comedic tone. He drew some controversy for being an outspoken atheist and often making comments on religion that were perceived as offensive or blasphemous. However, no controversy would be worse for him than what would come later.

PC began appearing on television as early as March 2011, when he premiered as the host of the variety show ''PC na TV'' on MTV Brazil, where he discussed mainly technology and video games. Before MTV Brazil ended in 2013, he hosted other similar shows in the channel. He continued with his YouTube career while still occasionally appearing on several television channels.

In June 2016, PC announced that he would be making a surgery to correct his strabismus, which he in fact did. Around this time, he also began to comment more on politics, with his opinions being more oriented towards the left, supporting left-wing politicians such as the then-president Dilma Rousseff and attacking well-known right-wing ones such as Jair Bolsonaro. Around that time he also became known as a "cuck" when his red-haired girlfriend Karol cheated on him.

In February 2017, he starred in the movie ''Internet: O Filme'' ("Internet: the Movie"), which featured several famous YouTubers from Brazil.

==== The case ====
On 10 June 2020, an anonymous Twitter account<ref>The same account that had previously exposed the musician [[Rafinha]] from the CPM 22 band.</ref> posted a video showing a private Instagram conversation where PC shows an unidentified friend a nude photo depicting the buttocks of a six-year-old girl, sent to him by the girl's mother during a "face time" (the photo itself, which had already been deleted, does not appear in the video, which only shows PC telling his friend to quickly erase it from the conversation, as it was before the feature of self-destructing photos existed).<ref name="metropoles>[https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/youtube/pc-siqueira-e-acusado-de-pedofilia-por-compartilhar-foto-de-criancas-nuas PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia por compartilhar foto de crianças nuas]. Metrópoles. 11 June 2020.</ref> In the following day, PC claimed on his Instagram that the video was faked and part of a plot to taint his image.<ref>[https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/pc-siqueira-acusado-de-pedofilia-apos-vazamento-de-mensagens-atribuidas-ele-youtuber-nega-jamais-cometi-24474094.html PC Siqueira é acusado de pedofilia após vazamento de mensagens atribuídas a ele; youtuber nega: 'Jamais cometi']. extra.globo.com. 11 June 2020.</ref> Hours later, however, journalist Erlan Bastos published audios where PC admits that he "has traces" of [[pedophilia]] and that he in fact felt ''aroused'' upon seeing the photograph.<ref name=PortalT5>[https://blog.portalt5.com.br/nemteconto/2020/06/21/apos-acusacoes-de-pedofilia-pc-siqueira-perde-selo-de-autenticidade-no-instagram-veja/ Após acusações de pedofilia, PC Siqueira perde selo de autenticidade no Instagram; veja]. Portal T5. 21 June 2020.</ref> Hours after that new revelation, PC deleted the post where he claims to be innocent and made his account private.

After the incident caused a severe backlash, PC lost many subscribers, and fellow YouTubers who were close to him such as Cauê Moura, Rafinha Bastos and even Felipe Neto, the most subscribed-to YouTube in Brazil, cut professional and personal relations with PC. A few days later, he deactivated his ten-year-old channel. At the time, PC was devastated and considered suicide.

PC's electronics were eventually apprehended, several months after the public backlash (a time frame that was the target of some criticism), and police found no evidence of [[child pornography]] or [[child sexual abuse]] in them, so no criminal charges were pressed against the YouTuber.<ref>[https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,pericia-policial-nao-encontra-provas-de-pedofilia-contra-pc-siqueira,70003626448 Perícia policial não encontra provas de pedofilia contra PC Siqueira]. UOL. 24 February 2021.</ref><ref>https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/celebridades/apos-pericia-policia-nao-encontra-provas-para-incriminar-pc-siqueira-por-pedofilia-51943 Após perícia, polícia não encontra provas para incriminar PC Siqueira por pedofilia]. Estado de S. Paulo. 24 February 2021</ref>

After a hiatus, even though the incident left his career in ruins, PC is still active on his social media to this day.

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@maspoxavidapc YouTube]
* [https://www.instagram.com/pecesiqueira/ Instagram]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People: Brazilian]]
[[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Law/Crime]]
[[Category:Law/Crime: Brazilian]]
[[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]]
[[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:History & Events: Brazilian]]

File:PC Siqueira.png

2023-09-21T22:04:34Z

Gork:

Alain Robbe-Grillet

2023-09-21T03:53:12Z

Gork:

[[File:Robbie-Grillet-photo.jpg|thumb|Alain Robbe-Grillet]]
'''Alain Robbe-Grillet''' (born Aug. 18, 1922, Brest, France — died Feb. 18, 2008, Caen, France), was a representative writer and leading theoretician of the ''nouveau roman'' ("new novel")<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouveau_Roman Wikipedia: Nouveau Roman]</ref>, French "anti-novel" that emerged in the 1950s, as well as a screenwriter and film director. He is best known in the anglosphere for his screenplay ''Last Year at Marienbad'' (1961)<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Year_at_Marienbad Wikipedia: ''Last Year at Marienbad'']</ref>, which was nominated for the 1963 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Writing_Original_Screenplay Wikipedia: 1963 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay]</ref> and won the Golden Lion award, the highest prize of the Venice Film Festival<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Lion Wikipedia: Golden Lion award]</ref>, when it came out in 1961. He also won the prestigious Louis Delluc Prize of 1962<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Delluc_Prize Wikipedia: Louis Delluc Prize]</ref> for his film ''L'Immortelle'' ("The Immortal One").

The year before his death, Robbe-Grillet published his last novel, ''Un roman sentimental'' ("A Sentimental Novel", 2007), based on his own sexual fantasies about barely pubescent females. The book was translated into English by D.E. Brooke and published in 2014 by‎ Dalkey Archive Press<ref>www.dalkeyarchive.com</ref>, being available for purchase online.<ref>See for example, https://www.amazon.com/Sentimental-Novel-French-Literature/dp/1628970065</ref>

The translator's preface makes clear that the book contains detailed fictions of progressive sadism and torture, a growing harem of young females, and a pedagogical master/slave intergenerational relationship between the main 14-year-old female character Gigi, and her father. The translator also points out that the project of translating the original French novel was rejected by numerous American publishers “due to its subject matter, which was considered beyond the pale.” “This pious exhibition of moral opprobrium,” he wrote of American publishers, “can be classified as wrongheaded, springing from a comfort zone of profound and habitual moral hypocrisy.” He maintains that,

<blockquote>''In case the reader might imagine that the book is a one note tale of grim horror, it is important to mention that, odd though it may appear, lighter touches do abound. There is tenderness between the girls, as well as in the development of the father-daughter relationship, even as Gigi submits to, or with her father's collusion delivers, gruesome punishments.''</blockquote>
[[File:A Sentimental Novel book cover.jpg|thumb|''A Sentimental Novel'' book cover in English]]

The English text has been thoughtfully reviewed multiple times.<ref>[https://complete-review.com/reviews/robbega/sentimental.htm Archive of reviews from completereviews website]; see also [https://www.musicandliterature.org/reviews/2014/4/29/alain-robbe-grillets-a-sentimental-novel Zach Maher, ''Review of A Sentimental Novel'' (published online April 29, 2014)]; [https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/translating-novel-sadism Elisabeth Zerofsky, Translating a Novel of Sadism, ''the New Yorker'' (September 16, 2014)]. On [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13490185-un-roman-sentimental goodreads], "PaperBird" (March 15, 2015) wrote: "The writing is impeccable, as expected. It's the dynamics between the characters where I feel he fails. Most good porn the heroine undergoes a transformation / degradation / awakening (and sometimes empowerment) of pussy-consciousness, the more 180 from start to finish the better. In this story the heroine at the start is already mostly on board with the father / daughter incest / BDSM program. Her lack of resistance, her eagerness to please, makes me feel like we're missing a couple of juicy "fight" chapters.

This leads the role of resistance to a cast of secondary characters we don't really care about, they're so disposable, it just becomes a slaughterfest and you're left feeling as if you were just tested on how much you can stomach. I did however enjoy the conceit of girls found guilty and subjected to arrest and rape by the police, then sexual servitude / torture / death, because of the "crime" of being too beautiful." [...]

"By setting all this down, he probably didn't realize how big an arena he was entering and how he could do battle with the inherent enemies of morality and social mores in an interesting way, and so became immediately "dated" as someone two or three steps behind and falling back farther the less prudish / more jaded the world gets. (His solution is to throw spears at everyone, which speaks to how threatened he probably felt, as this was his way of balancing or getting some power back. I could be wrong about this.)

At the very least this could be regarded as an artifact for case study of a brilliant 20th century novelist. The richness of detail makes me wonder if there was a dearth of pornographic materials when the author was a kid. Conversely, does anyone nowadays have sexual fantasies this ornate, or even at all, when any variety of porn is just taps away?"</ref> One reviewer explains and quotes from the novel<ref>[https://artsfuse.org/108254/fuse-book-review-grim-light-reading-alain-robbe-grillets-a-sentimental-novel/ John Taylor, Book Review: Grim Light Reading — Alain Robbe-Grillet’s “A Sentimental Novel” (published online June 9, 2014)]</ref>:

"Consisting of 239 numbered paragraphs, “the novel purports to transform into a work of literary fiction,” as the translator states in his thoughtfully argued introduction, “the author’s own avowed catalog of perverse fantasies, which he claimed had remained unchanged since the age of twelve, and that he had been making notes of over the years" [...]
"The sadism slowly but surely begins on page four. As Gigi reads aloud, her “master” father is “as attentive to the prosody as he is to posture, [appraising] his lovely schoolgirl without the slightest indulgence, prepared to punish with a single, dry snap of his baton the smallest mistake in reading, rhythm, or even diction.”

"Several other girls become involved in the tale, which is of the story-within-a-story-within-a-story genre. They will be enslaved and tortured each in turn. No details are spared, even in this relatively moderate passage:

<blockquote>''Domenica, Domi for short, then drags her prisoner along on a leash, forcing her to advance on her knees, which she is not allowed to bring any closer to one another. If she fails to move quickly enough, or looks like she might be bringing her thighs any closer together, one of the little girls assisting with punishments (young than their leader, even) jabs her bottom with a porker’s needle, ever delighted to add to the sufferings of a disgraced rival being led to her death.''</blockquote>

The novel is often compared to the French [[Marquis de Sade]]’s famous sexual sadism novel ''120 Days of Sodom'', with one commentator writing: "the dispassionate way it's told is neither shocking nor horrible. Yet, again, the actions are perfectly monstrous. If you are a fan of Sade, or serious erotic writing that conveys more than sex, this book may be of interest to you."<ref>See [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13490185-un-roman-sentimental "Tosh" on goodreads]. Another commentator wrote: "the structure and subject matter is the same as 120 days of Sodom, although not nearly as grim. It’s not a nod, it’s identical." See web comment by "Kevin" dated Oct 4th, 2022, published on John Taylor's website referenced above.</ref> One reviewer compares the novel to Georges Battaille's ''Story of the Eye'' (1926),<ref>On goodreads and amazon, [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13490185-un-roman-sentimental Roger Brunyate wrote]: "The French have long had a fascination with literary sadism, especially among intellectual authors. For example, take the very similar Story of the Eye, the 1928 novella by no less than Georges Battaille, the Surrealist and major philosopher. For a long time, "Pauline Réage," the pseudonymous author of Story of O, was suspected of being a member of the Académie Française, perhaps Henri de Montherlant or André Malraux. Robbe-Grillet's book, like de Sade's own and most of their successors, is characterized by a cool refinement at odds with its subject-matter. These horrors do not take place in suburban basements, but in country mansions, private libraries, chateaux whose torture chambers have historical precedents and Latin names. They presuppose an international trade among connoisseurs for condemned criminals (young and female, naturally), vagrant girls, and even unwanted daughters. Everything is described in much the way you would discuss the exotic foods at an ultra-exclusive restaurant."</ref> while another interprets the text as an unremarkable commentary on the normalization of violence upon females, historical patriarchy, and how females now learn to participate willingly in violence through the normalization of contemporary BDSM culture.<ref>"[P]" wrote (February 25, 2017) on [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13490185-un-roman-sentimental goodreads]: I do not believe that the exploring of forbidden, if common, fantasies, nor the sexual gratification of his readers, was Robbe-Grillet’s aim. In fact, far from being a dirty and immoral book, I would argue that one of its principle themes is indoctrination and the harmful effects of what people are exposed to, including pornography. The young girl – who, as noted, has several names, but is mostly called Gigi – is groomed to be her father’s sex slave, is made a willing participant, by virtue of a systematic normalising of the behaviour and acts that please him. She lives, for example, in a house that is essentially a brothel, one that is equipped with torture chambers. She knows no other world. There are, moreover, pictures on the walls showing young girls being tortured; and, as previously noted, she is made to read from texts featuring abuse and torture, and listen to her father’s own anecdotes on the subject. She is even given alcohol and drugs in order to make her pliable.

As a consequence of her training, Gigi is the only character in the book who goes on a kind of journey [...] I am most interested in is Gigi’s transformation from slave to master by way of her education. The most persuasive evidence of this is that upon discovery of the pictures of her mother being tortured, Gigi fantasises about Odile being strung up in the same way. She is not pretending out of fear, she has come to find sexual enjoyment in the pain and suffering of others through relentless exposure to it. There are, of course, those who claim that we do not learn in this way, that, to use an analogy, violent computer games cannot create violent people, but I disagree. I do not believe that exposure to unpleasant things has the same effect upon everyone, but I do think that human beings are incredibly suggestible, and our preferences, especially our sexual preferences, are fluid and malleable and are often directly related to our experiences, especially those early in life.

It is significant that there is not a single act of aggression or abuse perpetrated against a male in the novel, significant because this too is, for me, one of Robbe-Grillet’s principle preoccupations. Throughout, he repeatedly highlights the cultural and historical persecution and torture of women. He references the martyrdom of Sankt Giesela, the ‘sacrifices listed in the works of Apuleius, Tertullian, and Juvenal’, the rape and murder of women in religious paintings, the burning and disfigurement of concubines who displeased the emperor of the Tang dynasty with their ‘nocturnal activities’, etc. He also notes that girls from the Middle East and Eastern Europe, amongst other places, who have escaped ill-treatment in their home countries, often find themselves sold into sex slavery. Indeed, Robbe-Grillet himself points out that sinners made to perish in front of witnesses are very seldom men, and are most often girls, not mature women. This he puts down to being a consequence of the power being held by men, of, therefore, patriarchy.

None of that is particularly profound, or insightful, but it is certainly at odds with the common perception of A Sentimental Novel as the outpourings of a dirty old modernist. As with Octave Mirbeau’s The Torture Garden, Robbe-Grillet appears to be making a comment about humanity-at-large, and our well-documented, natural but lamentable, sadistic and masochistic impulses, impulses that, at least in the case of sadism, we go to great lengths these days to hide."</ref>

In interviews, Robbe-Grillet stated that he “loved little girls” but had never acted on his fantasies (Shatz, 2014):

<blockquote>''Yes, he had ‘loved little girls’ since he was 12, but he had never acted on his fantasies. In fact he had ‘mastered’ them. And he continued in this half-facetious, half-moralising vein: ‘someone who writes about his perversion is someone who has control over it.’'' […]

''The virile looks, however, were deceptive, as his wife Catherine discovered. She was the daughter of Armenians from Iran; they met in 1951 in the Gare de Lyon, as they were both boarding a train to Istanbul. He was instantly taken by her. Barely out of her teens, not quite five feet tall and only forty kilos, Catherine Rstakian ‘looked so young then that everyone thought she was still a child’. She inspired in him (as he later wrote) ‘desperate feelings of paternal love – incestuous, needless to say’. ''[…]'' ‘His fantasies turned obsessively around sadistic domination of (very) young women, by default little girls,’ she wrote in her memoir of their life together, Alain. He gave her ‘drawings of little girls, bloodied’. (‘Reassure yourself, he never transgressed the limits of the law,’ she adds.)'' […]

''From then on, she says, he ‘isolated himself in an ivory tower populated with prepubescent fantasies, in the pursuit, in his “retirement”, of the waking dreams in his Roman sentimental – reveries of a solitary sadist.’'' […]

''In "Les Derniers jours de Corinthe", the second of these romanesques, he wrote that while working in Martinique he had become infatuated with a ‘pink and blonde’ girl who had ‘the air of a bonbon’; Marianne, the 12-year-old daughter of a local magistrate, would sit on his knee, ‘conscious without doubt’ of the effect these ‘lascivious demonstrations’ had on him.''<ref>[http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n15/adam-shatz/at-the-crime-scene Shatz A. (2014). “At the Crime Scene,” London Review of Books, 36 (15): 21-26.]</ref></blockquote>

His crime/detecive novel "The Voyeur", first published in French in 1955 and translated into English in 1958, was awarded the Prix des Critiques. According to Wikipedia:

<blockquote>''"The Voyeur" relates the story of Mathias, a traveling watch salesman who returns to the island of his youth with a desperate objective. As with many of his novels, "The Voyeur" revolves around an apparent murder: throughout the novel, Mathias unfolds a newspaper clipping about the details of a young girl's murder and the discovery of her body among the seaside rocks. Mathias' relationship with a dead girl, possibly that hinted at in the story, is obliquely revealed in the course of the novel so that we are never actually sure if Mathias is a killer or simply a person who fantasizes about killing. Importantly, the "actual murder," if such a thing exists, is absent from the text. The narration contains little dialogue, and an ambiguous timeline of events.''<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Robbe-Grillet#Novels Wikipedia: Alain Robbe-Grillet/Novels]</ref></blockquote>

Robbe-Grillet recieved many prestigious appointments and awards during his working life. In addition to the awards he won, he led the Centre for the Sociology of Literature (Centre de sociologie de la littérature) at the Belgian ''Université Libre de Bruxelles''<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Libre_de_Bruxelles Wikipedia: Université Libre de Bruxelles]</ref> from 1980 to 1988, and from 1971 to 1995, he was a professor at New York University where he lectured on his own novels. Robbe-Grillet was elected to the Académie française (the French Academy)<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_fran%C3%A7aise Wikipedia: Académie française]</ref> in 2004.

==See also==

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*[[Charlie Chaplin]]
*[[Pierre Louys]]
*[[Andre Gide]]
*[[Michel Foucault]]
*[[Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen]]
*[[GRED]] and [[CRIES]] - French 1970-1980s MAP organizations
*[[Henry de Montherlant]]
*[[Jean-Claude Féray]]
*[[Tony Duvert]]
*[[Norman Douglas]]
*[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
*[[Thomas Mann]]
</div>

==References==

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Pierre Louys

2023-09-21T03:52:59Z

Gork:

[[File:Pierre Louÿs portrait.jpg|thumb|Pierre Louÿs]]
'''Pierre Louÿs''' (Born 10 December 1870 – Died 4 June 1925), born '''Pierre Félix Louis''', was a French poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical (ancient Greek) themes in some of his writings. He was made first a ''Chevalier'', and then an Officer of the ''Légion d'honneur'', for his contributions to French literature. His most significant works are the erotic novel ''Aphrodite'' (1896) and a poetry collection of translated Sapphic, Ancient Greek lesbian poetry, titled ''Les Chansons de Bilitis'' or - in English - [[Wikipedia:The_Songs_of_Bilitis|''The Songs of Bilitis'']] (1894). Telling the life story of a fictional character called Bilitis who is said to be a contemporary of the Ancient Greek lesbian icon Sappho, the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States, formed in San Francisco in 1955, called itself [[Wikipedia:Daughters_of_Bilitis|''Daughters of Bilitis'']] after the character.

Louÿs studied at the ''École Alsacienne'' in Paris, and there developed a good friendship with a future Nobel Prize winner and champion of [[Pederasty|pederasty]] and homosexual rights, [[Andre Gide]]. During the 1890s, he became a friend of the Irish homosexual dramatist [[Oscar_Wilde|Oscar Wilde]], and was the dedicatee of Wilde's 1891 play ''Salomé'' in its original (French) edition. Louÿs was thus able to socialize with homosexuals. He started writing his first erotic texts at the age of 18.

==Louÿs's Handbook for Little Girls==

In 1917, Louÿs wrote the erotic literary work ''The Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l'usage des maisons d'éducation'' (English: '''Handbook of behaviour for little girls to be used in educational establishments'''). It was published anonymously after his death in 1927, and was translated and released as an English paperback book in 2010, available for purchase online.<ref>The Young Girl's Handbook of Good Manners for Use in Educational Establishments (Wakefield Handbooks) Paperback – February 28, 2010 by Pierre Louÿs (Author), Geoffrey Longnecker (Translator). ([https://www.amazon.com/Young-Handbook-Manners-Educational-Establishments-ebook/dp/B08FMY6JV4?ref_=ast_author_mpb amazon.com link])</ref> [[Wikipedia:Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l'usage des maisons d'éducation|Wikipedia described]] the book:

[[File:Pierre Louÿs handbook cover.jpg|thumb|One of many book covers for the ''Handbook'']]
<blockquote>''It takes the form of a parody of the rigorous educational handbooks of the time, and is thus composed of short pieces of advice (generally a sentence or two) arranged into topics: "At home", "Duties towards your mother", "In class", etc. The tone of the work is sharp, even concise, the style particularly believable and chatty. Pierre Louÿs uses irony readily to evoke the cheap loves of the perverse young girls, and this relative distance enables him to despise any moral censure (incest, pedophilia...). ''[...]'' "The Handbook of civility" is undoubtedly the most subversive work of Louÿs, a true attack against the middle-class puritanism of the Belle Époque.''

''By the way of illustration, the "Glossary" which opens the work comprises this warning:''

''"We have considered it useless to explain the words: cunt, slit, fanny, mound, cock, tail, bollock, testicle, cum (verb), cum (noun), erection, masturbate, suck, lick, pump, kiss, fellate, screw, fuck, ass-fuck, ejaculate, dildo, lesbian, dyke, sixty-nine, cunnilingus, cute, whore, brothel. These words are familiar to all little girls.''"</blockquote>

Other quotes include:

<blockquote>
*''"If you sit on your father's left thigh, do not grind your butt against his cock to make him hard, unless you are both alone."''
*''"Rest assured of this truth: Everyone around, whatever their age or sex may be, wants to be fellated by you; though the majority would never dare say so."''
*''"Marvel at the Lord's generosity, for he gives every little girl a pussy to welcome all cocks in the world, and - for variety - Allows the tongue to be used in place of the cock, the finger in place of the tongue, the anus in place of the pussy and the mouth in place of the anus."''</blockquote>

A compilation of rhyming erotic poetry by Louÿs, written in secret and published after his death, received an English translation in 2014 as "'''Pybrac'''". Available for purchase online,<ref>
Pybrac Paperback – May 31, 2014 by Pierre Louÿs (Author), Toyen (Illustrator), Geoffrey Longnecker (Translator) ([https://www.amazon.com/Pybrac-Pierre-Lou%C3%BFs/dp/1939663024/ref=sr_1_7?qid=1680650602&refinements=p_27%3APierre+Lou%C3%BFs&s=books&sr=1-7&text=Pierre+Lou%C3%BFs amazon.com link]).</ref> the book is described as "possibly the filthiest collection of poetry ever published, and offers a taste of what the [[Marquis de Sade]] might have produced if he had ever turned his hand to verse."

<blockquote>''First published posthumously in 1927, Pybrac was, with The Young Girl’s Handbook of Good Manners, one of the first of Louÿs’ secret erotic manuscripts to see clandestine publication. Composed of 313 rhymed alexandrine quatrains, the majority of them starting with the phrase "I do not like to see…," Pybrac is in form a mockery of sixteenth-century chancellor poet Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac, whose moralizing quatrains were common literary fare for young French readers until the nineteenth century.''</blockquote>

==See also==
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*[[Andre Gide]]
*[[Roger Peyrefitte]]
*[[Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen]]
*[[GRED]] and [[CRIES]] - French 1970-1980s MAP organizations
*[[Henry de Montherlant]]
*[[Jean-Claude Féray]]
*[[Alain Robbe-Grillet]]
*[[Tony Duvert]]
*[[Norman Douglas]]
*[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
*[[Thomas Mann]]
</div>

==References==

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Robin Sharpe

2023-09-21T03:52:50Z

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__NOTOC__[[Image:Rsharpe.PNG|frame|Robin Sharpe]]'''John Robin Sharpe''' (ca. 1933-2015) was a Canadian writer, world traveler and [[boylover]]. Sharpe is particularly noted for successfully challenging several portions of Canada's [[Child Pornography (Wikipedia)|child pornography]] laws. He was also the first Canadian citizen to mount a successful constitutional challenge without legal representation.

==Life and career==
Sharpe grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. A bursary from the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, enabled him to go to university and study architecture. He eventually gave up architecture and got interested in economics and political science and took postgraduate work in town planning. Sharpe provided an account of his career in his website:

<blockquote>
''"After working a dozen years as a planner in various parts of Canada he became a group home parent, got divorced, worked a dozen years as a self employed home renovation contractor, became a foster father, taught economics and social studies for four years at a visa college, and began writing and traveling at the age of fifty."''
</blockquote>

Sharpe also travelled extensively to the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand and recorded his experiences in Manilamanic: A Philippine Journal (2002). His writings, which often follow the transgressive traditions of [[Marquis de Sade]] and D.H. Lawrence, have appeared in the homosexually-themed magazines Passport and Sodomite Invasion Review. Sharpe is also known as an advocate for the legalization of recreational drugs and sexual relations between adults and minors.

Since April 1995 he has been working as a defendant in his continuing legal troubles.

==Legal troubles==

Sharpe was arrested and charged with two counts of possessing child pornography and two counts of distributing child pornography in 1995 after police raided his apartment and found photographs of adolescents involved in sexual activity and journals and manuscripts depicting fictitious adolescents engaged in sexual activity. In January 1999, he was acquitted of the charge of possession of child pornography by the British Columbia Supreme Court and, in May 1999, the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld the ruling by a 2-1 vote. The Court of Appeal stated that current child pornography laws "[are] truly one step removed from criminalizing simply having objectionable thoughts." Shortly thereafter, British Columbia appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada which, in the landmark ruling of R. v. Sharpe in January 2001, upheld most of the child pornography law but said that people can't be prosecuted for creating works of their own imagination for their own use.

The case went back to the British Columbia Supreme Court which ruled in March 2002 that Sharpe was not guilty of possession of child pornography related to his sexually-explicit writings but was guilty of two counts of possession of pornographic pictures of children. He was sentenced to four months of house arrest. British Columbia Supreme Court Judge Duncan Shaw condemned Sharpe's writings as "morally repugnant" but defended them as within Sharpe's legal rights because they "[did] not actively advocate or counsel the reader to engage in the acts described" and had "artistic merit". The ruling angered many family and child advocacy groups who claimed the "artistic merit" defense would open the door to wide-spread distribution of child pornography and limit the abilities of police forces to crack down on "child exploitation", therefore placing children at risk.

Later in 2002, Sharpe was arrested again on the charges of gross indecency and indecent assault stemming from activities which allegedly took place from 1979 to 1982. Pictures of a teenager, who was aged 11 through 14 during the alleged "assaults", were among the over 500 for which he had been previously charged. In 2004, Sharpe was found guilty of indecent assault and sentenced to two years in prison, which he has promised to appeal. He has maintained that the boy was never harmed and wanted to have sex. During the trial, the boy said, "I like Robin, but if somebody did that to my kids, I'd want to kill him."

==List of works==

* Rupert Unexpurgated (1983), semi-autobiographical novel
* Peter's Path (1986), novel
* Robin's Rude Songs and Poems (1990), poetry
* Politically Incorrect Poems and Songs (1992), poetry
* Life on the Corner: The Moon Eyed Beggar's Tale (1996), novel
* Recent Accumulations and Appropriated Voices (1997), poetry
* Remnants and Recoveries (1998), poetry
* Sam Paloc's BOYABUSE: Flogging, Fun & Fortitude 1982-1994 (2002), short stories
* Manilamanic: A Philippine Journal (2002), journals and prose
* R. v. Sharpe: A Personal Account (2002), personal account

==External links==

* [http://www.robinsharpe.ca Robin Sharpe's Official website]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Sharpe R vs Sharpe] - Legal case.

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Andreas Embiricos

2023-09-21T03:52:39Z

Gork:

'''Andreas Embiricos''' (1901-1975) was a Greek writer, psychoanalyst and photographer.

Embiricos was born in Raila, Romania by Greek parents and raised in Athens. After taking some time in the business ventures of his family in ship broking, he moved to Paris where he lived between 1926 and 1931 and met with Andre Breton and his surrealist circle. He published several collections of surrealist writings (poetry and prose): ''Ypsikaminos'' ("Blast-Furnace" 1935), ''Endochora'' ("Hinterland" 1945), ''Grapta, e Prosopike mythologia'' ("Writings, or Personal Mythology" 1960) and ''Argo, e plous aerostatou'' ("Argo, or the Voyage of a Balloon" 1964-65). Most of his works, however, including his sex-themed eight-volume novel ''O Megas Anatolikos'' ("The Great Eastern") appeared posthumously.

In parallel with his career as a writer, he began practicing in Greece the profession of psychoanalyst after he was accredited by the French Psychoanalytic Association, continuously until 1951. Embiricos also took an interest in photography and made his first retrospective exhibition in 1965 in Athens.

In 2001 the Greek Ministry of Culture, to commemorate 100 years from Embiricos' birth, declared that year as "The Year of Andreas Embiricos" and sponsored a number of events in Greece and abroad, including public lectures about ''The Great Eastern'' and the publication of a collection of photographs titled ''Fotofraktes'' ("Shutter" 2001).

==The Great Eastern==

''The Great Eastern'' is Embiricos' ''magnum opus'' novel, written in the 1940s and developed during the next decades as he read parts of the manuscripts to enthusiastic friends.

The novel recounts the sexual goings-on in "The Great Eastern", a steamship leaving England for the New World. In ''The Great Eastern'' all Embiricos' fantasies, doctrines and visions are developed under a formally polished style and archaic language. Full of literary references, his transgressive writting, which could put [[Marquis de Sade]] to shame, develops in several episodes of multi-level narrative, which features all the sexual taboos of his era, including [[homosexuality]], interacial sex, bestiality, sado-masochism and all four variants (man/boy, man/girl, woman/boy and woman/girl) of [[pedophilia]].

Embiricos must have based the characters of ''The Great Eastern'' on people he met during his experience as a psychoanalyst but also, as his correspondence reveals, in his study of sexual histories in sexological books. From his research, Embiricos knew well what went on in the sexual underground across Europe and the episodes in ''Great Eastern'', though sometimes parodically hilarious or exaggerated, do not sound completely unbelievable.

Embiricos himself wrote a note that he would like to see ''The Great Eastern'' published after his death uncensored. His only compromise would be the use of a pseudonym to avoid implications for his family. Nevertheless, the latter, which owns his estate, decided to publish it using his real name. The work, based on the unfinished manuscripts which Embricos continuously re-edited up to his death, came out in eight volumes from Agra Publications in Athens between 1990 and 1992 and surprisingly, given its content, there was little, if any, controversy. Surely the Greek literary community's unanimous endorsement and praise of the work as great fiction must have helped.

Even though the eight volume work is primarily preoccupied with heterosexual practices and [[girllove|man/girl pedophilia]], the book is of particular interest to [[boylovers]] in Greece, since there are several instances of sex between men and [[boy]]s. Consider the following extracts, originally written by Embiricos in English (which does not do justice to the stylish Greek language used in most of the book) about a woman secretly reading the narrative of a diary:

<blockquote>"The well-known novelist (he was a man of about 60), who has just read a letter delivered by a good-looking messenger boy of about 13 years old, was asking the boy his name and how old he was and telling him he thought he looked very handsome." (Vol. 3, Part 6, Chapter 65, pp. 71-72)</blockquote>

The man makes a sexual advance, offering to pay the boy an extra half a crown. The boy reluctantly accepts the offer and scenes of mutual masturbation and oral sex follow.

==Photography==

As noted, Embiricos was also a prolific photographer. His early work includes surrealistic images of masks and other objects, while he later concentrated on portaiture and street photography. An important and much acclaimed aspect of his photographic work regards his candid and often erotic pictures of little [[girl]]s. His contemporaries, like Nobelist poet Odysseas Elytis wrote favorably of this fascination of his, while his photography of little girls has often been compared to that of [[Lewis Carroll]] (of ''Alice'' fame). Embriricos also took many pictures of boys, some of them in the nude, that, nevertheless, were never erotic (an example of which can be found at the ''Fotofraktes'' collection).

==External links==

[http://www.embiricos2001.gr Official "Embiricos 2001" website] by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the National Book Centre of Greece.

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Gert Hekma

2023-09-21T03:52:27Z

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[[File:Gert Hekma library.jpg|thumb|220px|left|An elderly Gert Hekma pictured amongst his enormous book collection]]__NOTOC__{{Template:Ac}}
'''Gert Hekma''' (24 September 1951 – 19 April 2022) was a Dutch anthropologist and sociologist, known for his research, publications, and public statements about (homo)sexuality, including pedophilia and sadomasochism. He taught gay and lesbian studies at the University of Amsterdam from 1984 to 2017. He served as editor or editorial board member of many periodicals, including ''Sexualities'' (1998-death), founded by [[Ken Plummer]], [[Paidika]]: The Journal of Paedophilia (1988-1997), ''GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies'' (1993-2005) , and the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (1985-death), ran until recently by the MAP ally psychologist [[John P. De Cecco]].

In youth, Hekma was a member of the radical "Red Faggots" (Dutch: "Rooie Flikkers"). Hekma was a prolific book collector, and had a fetish for satin. Hekma advocated against masculinity, paternalism, traditional gender roles, and for a return to sexual practice over sexual identity.

==Hekma and MAP politics==

In the book reviews section for ''Sexualities'', Hekma wrote on relevant authors including [[Bruce Rind]], historian [https://en.ua1lib.org/book/13428246/825aac Phillip Jenkins], and [[Rudiger Lautmann]]. On the [[Rind_et_al|Rind et al. (1998) controversy]], Hekma wrote:

<blockquote>''The conclusions are clear. There are victims but for most boys sex with adults does not create damage. Relations with adult women are experienced as a form of sexual initiation. Those with men are more problematic because boys will often start to feel insecure about sexual orientation and gender identity. These problems are not inherent in the relation but ''[exist]'' in a social context that abhors unmasculinity and homosexuality.'' (Book Ends, [https://doi.org/10.1177/136346000003003005 Vol. 1, No. 4, 1999, p. 505]).</blockquote>

After Rind et al. was unanimously condemned (but not refuted) by the United States Congress, Hekma wrote: "''It is incredible that there was not one sane and thinking member of Congress to oppose this resolution.''" (Book Ends, [https://www.gerthekma.nl/ewExternalFiles/Book%20Ends%204.pdf?target=%20blank Volume 3, No. 3, 2000, p. 368]).

Hekma wrote an obituary for [[Frits Bernard]] (died May 2006), a Dutch psychologist, sexologist, homosexual activist, and key figure of the 1st wave of the [[MAP Movement]], in ''Sexualities'' (2007, below).

===Media scandals===

In an interview with Martijn for ''OK Magazine'' (2004)<ref>[https://www.brongersma.info/Interview_with_Gert_Hekma_(Gay-_%26_Lesbian_Teacher) Brongersma.info: Interview with Gert Hekma]</ref>, Hekma recalls that he had erotic dreams about Santa Claus at 6 years of age, and said of his childhood:

<blockquote>''I was a happy child, that is beyond dispute. But, of course, it was a life without sex though. I masturbated many, many times and extensively and played with friends in the attic. It was erotic, but not sexual. It was a repressive milieu, so in that sense I do not look back at it that positively. I think that when you look at boys and yearn for them and that you don't know that you are gay or what it is; that is terrible.''</blockquote>

In the same interview, however, he gave controversial commentary on the [[Marquis de Sade]] and [[pedophilia]], arguing that Sade's philosophy demonstrates that pressure can be a benevolent force in sexual relations. He said:

<blockquote>''Sade gives you the impression that actually people need to be forced to enjoy sexual pleasure. De Sade's small book ''Philosophie dans le boudoir'' (1795) ''[...]'' is a lesbian novel ''[...]'' about a woman who has fallen in love with a girl. This woman invites this girl to her and she is then given lessons in love by a number of gentlemen and by the woman herself. And within one day she knows then that this entire Catholic faith which she adhered to so much, and which especially her mother adhered to; that it is talking total nonsense. [... T]his sexual initiation happens under a certain pressure, by both the Catholics and Sade. There is the idea that if it is about sex, no pressure may happen. That is the big problem with [[pedophilia]], because this involves unequal balances of power, and these men, they force boys to sex they do not want. As for Sade it is like''[,]'' you need to be forced a bit to learn what you like. We accept this in many, many areas. You are forced to go to school. You are forced as a child to eat your food. You are forced to crap and pee neatly at certain times. The child is being forced endlessly, but as for sex it suddenly is not allowed anymore. Sade indicates: exactly with a little pressure you learn how nice sex is.''</blockquote>

In 2007, Hekma received media coverage and death threats after supporting the idea proposed by a group of adolescents, to include a canal boat for gay youth at the Amsterdam Gay Pride. Hekma's discussion and response to these scandals can be found here.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20200807015936/http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Scandal_2007 Archive of Percy Wiki: 2007 Scandal]</ref> In 2014, he co-created a petition addressed to the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, requesting that the Dutch Supreme Court not ban the MAP association [[Vereniging MARTIJN]]. His support of MARTIJN resulted in death threats and an attempted burglary.

===Broader perspective===

Hekma was not himself a pedophile, and was in a lifelong adult-adult partnership with sociologist Mattias Duyves (b. 1953). The couple were together for more than 40 years, with Hekma meeting Duyves in 1977 and marrying in 2007. Previously, Duyves had once been a sexual partner of [[Michel Foucault]].
[[File:Gert Hekma (left) and partner Mattias, in Portugal, 1984.jpg|thumb|220px|Gert Hekma (left) and partner Mattias, in Portugal, 1984]]

In a 2013 book chapter "Same Sex, Different Ages: On Pederasty in Gay History", co-authored with [[Donald Mader]] (linked in publications below), they argued that expansive child pornography law inhibits modern scholars from observing the evidence for pederastic homosexual visual culture which has been open to scholars of the early 20th century, but is now increasingly gatekept in highly restricted archives due to the risk of criminalization and destruction of archival material. This has the added consequence of "''eliminating material culture that could be evidence that “pederasts” or “pedophiles” had a culture and history''" to begin with, "''precisely the tactic that was used against colonial peoples in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, ''[...]'' or the tactic of Nazi Germany in its effort to destroy all remnants of Jewish culture to justify their destruction''" (p. 180). Through an extensive survey of past scholarly investigation into homosexuality, they argued that [[pederasty]] comprised the vast majority of homosexuality's recorded history:

<blockquote>''Nowhere in this alphabet soup is there a P for Pederasts — who, on the basis of our survey, have as much right if not more to be part of it. We are well aware that discourses create realities — or rather, rearrange them, making them comprehensible — and that it is the perfect prerogative of the LGBTTTQQI to define (homo)sexuality in terms of equal and symmetrical relations only. But there is a certain dialectic here: discourses can change realities by reshaping their dynamics, but they cannot create them out of the whole cloth. The history of pederasty is to a large extent the history of homosexuality, and vice versa ''[... and]'' desire that transcends age differences remains stubbornly alive in the LGBT community.'' [e.g. age-play and legal age-disparate sex - Newgon] (p. 187).</blockquote>

In a 2014 conference paper available to watch on YouTube (external link below), later published as "Kinderen, seks en zelfbepaling" [En: Children, sex and self-determination] - read in his absence by [[Thomas Hubbard]] - Hekma gave a historical overview of Dutch movements around pedophilia and pederasty. He proposes explanations for "the surprising demonization of pedophilia".

Hekma was PhD supervisor to Rachel Mosbacher, whose thesis was titled ''A Generation Silenced: The Role of Children as Seen Through the Discourse on Age of Consent Legislation'' (2007).<ref>[https://www.ipce.info/library/thesis/generation-silenced-role-children-seen-throug A Generation Silenced (IPCE, external link)]</ref>

==External links==

*[https://youtu.be/4zF6xwIlEoI?t=2159 Children, sex and self-determination] - Read (from 36.00) by [[Thomas Hubbard]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220420042651/https://marthijn.nl/p/231 Gert Hekma Overleden] - In Dutch by [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]].

==Selected Publications==
[[File:Hekma sexuality book cover.jpg|thumb|220px|''A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Modern Age'' (2014), edited by Gert Hekma]]
*[https://www.gerthekma.nl/ewExternalFiles/Wrong%20lovers%20in%2019th-century%20Netherlands.pdf?target=_blank Wrong lovers in 19th-century Netherlands], in: [[''Journal of Homosexuality'']] 13:2-3 (1987), pp. 43-54 (Also in the book: A.X. van Naerssen (ed), ''Gay life in Dutch society'' (New York: Harrington Press, 1987).
*[https://www.gerthekma.nl/ewExternalFiles/Sodomites%20Platonic%20Lovers%201989.pdf?target=_blank Sodomites, platonic lovers, wrong lovers. The backgrounds of the modern homosexual], in ''Journal of Homosexuality'' 16:1/2 (1988/89); also in Kent Gerard & Gert Hekma (eds), ''The Pursuit of Sodomy: Male Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment Europe'' (New York 1989, pp. 433-455).
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3704465 Rewriting the history of Sade], in: ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'' 1:1 (July 1990), pp. 131-136.
*[https://www.gerthekma.nl/ewExternalFiles/A%20Female%20Soul%20in%20a%20Male%20Body%20-%20Sexual%20Inversion%20as%20Gen%C2%ADder%20Inversion%20in%20Nineteenth-Century%20Sexology.pdf?target=_blank "A Female Soul in a Male Body": Sexual Inversion as Gender Inversion in Nineteenth-Century Sexology], in: [[Gilbert Herdt]] (ed), ''Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History'' (New York: Zone Books, 1994).
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20200807015936/http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sexual_Minority_Rights_in_Europe Sexual Minority Rights in Europe]
*[http://Queering%20Anthropology Queering Anthropology], in: Jan Willem Duyvendak, Theo Sandfort, Judith Schuyf & Jeffrey Weeks (eds), ''Lesbian and Gay Studies'' (London: Sage, 2000), pp. 81-97.
*The decline of sexual radicalism in the Netherlands (in English, published in Gert Hekma (ed) ''Past and Present of Radical Sexual Politics'' (Amsterdam: Mosse Foundation, 2004).
*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/31403935_Queer_The_Dutch_Case Queer: The Dutch case], in: ''GLQ'' 10:2 (2004), pp. 276-280.
* [https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460706075843 Obituary: Frits Bernard (28 August 1920–23 May 2006)], in ''Sexualities'', 10:1 (February 2007), pp. 127-128.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20200807015936/http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Pro-Gay_and_Anti-Sex._Sexual_Politics_at_a_Turning_Point_in_The_Netherlands_(2008) Pro-Gay and Anti-Sex. Sexual Politics at a Turning Point in The Netherlands (2008)]
*[http://‘The%20Drive%20for%20Sexual%20Equality’ ‘The Drive for Sexual Equality’], in: ''Sexualities'' 11:1 (2008), 51-55.
*Gert Hekma & Jan Willem Duyvendak, [https://www.gerthekma.nl/ewExternalFiles/The%20Netherlands%20Depoliticization%20of%20Homosexuality%20and%20Homosexualization%20of%20Politics%20-%20Gert%20Hekma.pdf?target=_blank ‘The Netherlands: Depoliticization of Homosexuality and Homosexualization of Politics’]. In: Manon Tremblay, David Paternotte & Carol Johnson (eds), ''The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State'' (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. 103-118.
*Gert Hekma and Jan Willem Duyvendak, [https://www.gerthekma.nl/ewExternalFiles/Queer%20Netherlands%20A%20puzzling%20example.pdf?target=_blank Queer Netherlands: A puzzling example], in Sexualities, 14:6 (2011), pp. 625–631 (see p. 628 - Newgon).
*D.H. Mader and Gert Hekma, "Same Sex, Different Ages: On Pederasty in Gay History", in ''[https://archive.org/details/censoringsexresearch Censoring Sex Research: The Debate Over Male Intergenerational Relationships]'', ed. by Thomas K. Hubbard and Beert Verstraete (Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2013), pp. 161-193.
*[https://www.gerthekma.nl/ewExternalFiles/pedofilie%20sociologie.pdf?target=_blank Kinderen, seks en zelfbepaling: Praten over pedofilie [EN: Children, sex and self-determination Talking about pedophilia<nowiki>]</nowiki>], in ''Sociologie'', 9:3-4 (2013), pp. 276-293.
*[https://www.gerthekma.nl/ewExternalFiles/Jacob%20Israe%CC%88l%20de%20Haan.%20Pederast%20poet%20between%20Amsterdam%20and%20Jerusalem.pdf?target=_blank Jacob Israël de Haan: Pederast poet between Amsterdam and Jerusalem], in: [[Beispiel_Peter_Schult|Florian Mildenberger]] (ed), ''Die andere Fakultät. Theorie, Geschichte, Gesellschaft'' (Hamburg: Männerschwarm Verlag, 2015), pp. 90-110.
*[https://www.gerthekma.nl/docs/the-relevance-of-sade-for-society-today.html The relevance of Sade for society today], in: Gert Hekma & Lode Lauwaert (eds), ''De Sade Symposia'', in: ''Journal of the International Network of Sexual Ethics and Politics'' 3:1, (2015), 5-6.
*[[Tony Duvert]]: The sad ending of a promising writer. ''Gay News'' (Dutch and English magazine), No. 307; March 2017.

==Notes==

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Marquis de Sade

2023-09-21T03:50:20Z

Gork: Created page with "Marquis de Sade '''Donatien Alphonse François''' (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), better known by his title '''Marquis de Sade''', was a French nobleman, revolutionary and author known for his advocacy and practice of libertine sexuality. It is from his title that the words "sadist", "sadism", etc. stem from. Sade's works, which include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts, mix philosophical and p..."

[[File:Marquis de sade.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Marquis de Sade]]
'''Donatien Alphonse François''' (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), better known by his title '''Marquis de Sade''', was a French nobleman, revolutionary and author known for his advocacy and practice of libertine sexuality. It is from his title that the words "sadist", "sadism", etc. stem from. Sade's works, which include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts, mix philosophical and political discourse with extreme pornography and eroticism, such as sodomy (anal sex), blasphemy, torture, and rape, often involving children and teenagers. One such example is his 1785 unfinished novel ''The 120 Days of Sodom''. Sade openly supported state brothels for people to relieve their sexual desires.

Sade was imprisoned numerous times throughout his life because of his works, spending a total of over thirty years enclosed in cells. Towards the end of his life he was declared insane and sent to the Charenton Asylum in Paris, where he was allowed to stage many of his plays. From 1810, when he was around 70, until his death, Sade is known to have had a sexual relationship with 14-year-old Madeleine LeClerc, daughter of an employee at Charenton.

Sade continues to be a relevant figure to this day, with both haters and admirers. He may be considered one of the fathers of BDSM, with his work being influential in the lives of those who live their sexuality freely. Prolific French intellectuals such as Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault have written on Sade.

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2023-09-21T03:18:23Z

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Caetano Veloso

2023-09-21T03:17:21Z

Gork:

[[File:Caetano Veloso.png|250px|right|thumb|Caetano Veloso]]
'''Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso''' (born 7 August 1942) is one of the most celebrated musicians of the Brazilian popular music. A best-selling and Grammy-winning composer, singer, and guitarist, Caetano has appeared in the Brazilian media since the late 1960s when he joined the artistic movement Tropicalismo.

Veloso's first wife was Andrea Gadelha, whom he married in 1967 and had two children with. In 1986, after having divorced Gadelha in 1983, Veloso married Rio native Paula Lavigne, with whom he had two more sons, Zeca Lavigne Veloso, born in 1992, and Tom Lavigne Veloso, born in 1997. Paula, who went on to become Veloso's business manager for much of his career, confirmed to Playboy magazine in 1998 that she was 13 years old when she lost her virginity to the musician, who was 40 years old at the time.<ref name="auto">[https://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2017/10/22/paula-lavigne-fala-sobre-polemica-com-caetano-e-pede-fim-de-ataques-de-odio.htm Mulher de Caetano fala sobre polêmica e pede fim dos ataques do MBL]. Musica.uol.com.br - In Portuguese</ref> Caetano has since been accused of "[[pedophilia]]" by those who do not know the actual meaning of the term.<ref name="auto"/> Their marriage lasted twenty years, and the two still worked together after their separation in 2004. In 2016, the couple reunited.<ref>[https://revista.cifras.com.br/artigo/o-polemico-relacionamento-de-caetano-veloso-e-paula-lavigne O polêmico relacionamento de Caetano Veloso e Paula Lavigne]</ref>

Although many correctly pointed that the event would be considered [[statutory rape]] under the current Brazilian law (under which the [[age of consent]] is 14), the legal framework was very different at the time. Not only were such events analysed more on a case-by-case perspective, but the law also required the victim or its legal guardians to press charges for the authorities to act, which did not happen.

Since Veloso is also a left-wing political activist, many right-wing politicians and other personalities in Brazil brought the case back in the internet era in order to taint his image and criticize him on political grounds. Both Veloso and Lavigne sued over 20 people for slander and libel against them.<ref>[https://revista.cifras.com.br/noticia/internautas-sobem-tag-caetanopedofilo-apos-cantor-processar-frota-e-mbl_13056 Internautas sobem tag #CaetanoPedofilo após cantor processar Frota e MBL] ''Revista Cifras''. 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220324113012/https://revista.cifras.com.br/noticia/internautas-sobem-tag-caetanopedofilo-apos-cantor-processar-frota-e-mbl_13056 Archive]}}</ref>

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Romeo and Juliet

2023-09-21T00:29:20Z

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[[File:DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg|140px|thumb|right|The balcony scene as imagined by Sir Frank Dicksee. 1884 oil painting.]]
'''''Romeo and Juliet''''' is a classic work of [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]. It serves as a historical example of controversial love with a tragic ending rooted in the anguish the lovers feel at one another's loss.

In the story, it is said that Juliet's 14th birthday is approaching, so we know that she is still 13. Romeo's age is not explicitly stated, but we know that he is older than Juliet while still a youth, so he can be as young as 15 or as old as 25 or more. It is generally agreed that he is in his late teens or early twenties. If Romeo is not underage, that would make their romance illegal or below the [[Age of Consent]] in most modern ('Western') jurisdictions.

==Legal reference==
The term ''Romeo and Juliet exemption'' is used in law sometimes to refer to exemptions to [[statutory rape]] prosecution based on closeness in age between 'victim' and 'perpetrator'. Such exemptions do not apply in all jurisdictions by any means.

Some writers such as [[Feminism|Germaine Greer]] point out that Romeo's exact age can not be determined from the literary work, so the relationship may well have fallen foul of any modern laws so described.

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Romeo and Juliet

2023-09-20T21:48:05Z

Gork:

[[File:DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg|140px|thumb|right|The balcony scene as imagined by Sir Frank Dicksee. 1884 oil painting.]]
'''''Romeo and Juliet''''' is a classic work of [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]. It serves as a historical example of controversial love with a tragic ending rooted in the anguish the lovers feel at one another's loss.

In the story, it is said that Juliet's 14th birthday is approaching, so we know that she is still 13. Romeo's age is not explicitly stated, but we know that he is older than Juliet while still a youth, so he can be as young as 15 or as old as 25 or more. If Romeo is not underage, that would make their romance illegal or below the [[Age of Consent]] in most modern ('Western') jurisdictions.

==Legal reference==
The term ''Romeo and Juliet exemption'' is used in law sometimes to refer to exemptions to [[statutory rape]] prosecution based on closeness in age between 'victim' and 'perpetrator'. Such exemptions do not apply in all jurisdictions by any means.

Some writers such as [[Feminism|Germaine Greer]] point out that Romeo's exact age can not be determined from the literary work, so the relationship may well have fallen foul of any modern laws so described.

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2023-09-20T21:38:41Z

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Caetano Veloso

2023-09-20T20:16:44Z

Gork:

[[File:Caetano Veloso.png|250px|right|thumb|Caetano Veloso]]
'''Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso''' (born 7 August 1942) is one of the most celebrated musicians of the Brazilian popular music. A best-selling and Grammy-winning composer, singer, and guitarist, Caetano has appeared in the Brazilian media since the late 1960s when he joined the artistic movement Tropicalismo.

Veloso's first wife was Andrea Gadelha, whom he married in 1967 and had two children with. In 1986, after having divorced Gadelha in 1983, Veloso married Rio native Paula Lavigne, with whom he had two more sons, Zeca Lavigne Veloso, born in 1992, and Tom Lavigne Veloso, born in 1997. Paula, who went on to become Veloso's business manager for much of his career, confirmed to Playboy magazine in 1998 that she was 13 years old when she lost her virginity to the musician, who was 40 years old at the time.<ref name="auto">[https://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2017/10/22/paula-lavigne-fala-sobre-polemica-com-caetano-e-pede-fim-de-ataques-de-odio.htm Mulher de Caetano fala sobre polêmica e pede fim dos ataques do MBL]. Musica.uol.com.br - In Portuguese</ref> Caetano has since been accused of "[[pedophilia]]" by those who do not know the actual meaning of the term.<ref name="auto"/> Their marriage lasted twenty years, and the two still worked together after their separation in 2004. In 2016, the couple reunited.<ref>[https://revista.cifras.com.br/artigo/o-polemico-relacionamento-de-caetano-veloso-e-paula-lavigne O polêmico relacionamento de Caetano Veloso e Paula Lavigne]</ref>

Although many correctly pointed that the event would be considered [[statutory rape]] under the current Brazilian law (under which the [[age of consent]] is 14), the legal framework was very different at the time. Not only were such events analysed more on a case-by-case perspective, but the law also required the victim or its legal guardians to press charges for the authorities to act, which did not happen.

Since Veloso is also a left-wing political activist, many right-wing politicians and other personalities in Brazil brought the case back in the internet era in order to taint his image and criticize him on political grounds. Both Veloso and Lavigne sued over 20 people for slander and libel against them.<ref>[https://revista.cifras.com.br/noticia/internautas-sobem-tag-caetanopedofilo-apos-cantor-processar-frota-e-mbl_13056 Internautas sobem tag #CaetanoPedofilo após cantor processar Frota e MBL] ''Revista Cifras''. 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220324113012/https://revista.cifras.com.br/noticia/internautas-sobem-tag-caetanopedofilo-apos-cantor-processar-frota-e-mbl_13056 Archive]}}</ref>

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Caetano Veloso

2023-09-20T20:05:16Z

Gork:

[[File:Caetano Veloso.png|250px|right|thumb|Caetano Veloso]]
'''Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso''' (born 7 August 1942) is one of the most celebrated musicians of the Brazilian popular music. A best-selling and Grammy-winning composer, singer, and guitarist, Caetano has appeared in the Brazilian media since the late 1960s when he joined the artistic movement Tropicalismo.

Veloso's first wife was Andrea Gadelha, whom he married in 1967 and had two children with. In 1986, after having divorced Gadelha in 1983, Veloso married Rio native Paula Lavigne, with whom he had two more sons, Zeca Lavigne Veloso, born in 1992, and Tom Lavigne Veloso, born in 1997. Paula, who went on to become Veloso's business manager for much of his career, confirmed to Playboy magazine in 1998 that she was 13 years old when she lost her virginity to the musician, who was 40 years old at the time.<ref name="auto">[https://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2017/10/22/paula-lavigne-fala-sobre-polemica-com-caetano-e-pede-fim-de-ataques-de-odio.htm Mulher de Caetano fala sobre polêmica e pede fim dos ataques do MBL]. Musica.uol.com.br - In Portuguese</ref> Caetano has since been accused of "[[pedophilia]]" by those who do not know the actual meaning of the term.<ref name="auto"/> Their marriage lasted twenty years, and the two still worked together after their separation in 2004. In 2016, the couple reunited.<ref>[https://revista.cifras.com.br/artigo/o-polemico-relacionamento-de-caetano-veloso-e-paula-lavigne O polêmico relacionamento de Caetano Veloso e Paula Lavigne]</ref>

Although many correctly pointed that the event would be considered [[statutory rape]] under the current Brazilian law (under which the [[age of consent]] is 14), the legal framework was very different at the time. Not only were such events analysed more on a case-by-case perspective, but the law also required the victim or its legal guardians to press charges for the authorities to act, which did not happen.

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Caetano Veloso

2023-09-20T19:43:36Z

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