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MAP Merch Shop

2025-12-04T17:39:12Z

Jessi: Added alternate URL mmsnw.com

__NOTOC__[[File:Mms banner2.png|thumb|Example of goods for sale at MMS]]
'''MAP Merch Shop''' ('''MMS''', [https://mapmerch.shop mapmerch.shop] or [https://mmsnw.com mmsnw.com], f. Mar, 2023) is a commercial [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] merchandise venture started by [[Katie Cruz]] - a [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] and graphical designer known for almost two decades in the [[Minor attracted community|community]]. The site markets a range of merchandise and clothing using the same affiliates and drop-shipping methods used by other retailers of bespoke goods.

<blockquote>
''At MAP Merch Shop, we understand the importance of expressing your identity and showing pride in who you are. That’s why we’re thrilled to offer a wide variety of high-quality products designed specifically for the MAP community.''

''Our collection includes a range of unique designs that allow MAPs to showcase their pride and share their identity with the world. From mugs featuring iconic MAP symbols to clothing with bold statements, we have something for everyone.''<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/03/27/map-merch-shop/ A MAP in Love: Introduction to MMS]</ref>
</blockquote>

Designs featured on the site include established MAP logos, such as the [[BLogo]], [[GLogo]] and the more recent [[MAP Flag]] in a few of its variations. A Progress Pride Flag can also be found on the site, which markets itself as inclusive to [[Queer]] people.

In early 2025, MAP Merch Shop went on hiatus, as Katie stepped away due to health reasons. In September 2025, MAP Merch Shop reopened with a new owner, and Katie remained on the team as Creative Director and a vendor.

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Mms banner1.png|Further example of goods ([[Youth Attracted Person]] (YAP) Flag)
File:BergquamMMS.png|One of the fringe-conservative semi-virals featuring the venture. See also livestreamer, Oreo Express<ref>[https://twitter.com/OreoExpress/status/1669407479816667136 Oreo Express- Twitter]</ref>
</gallery>

==Controversy==

[[File:MMS Trolling GAG.jpg|thumb|alt=A screenshot of MAP Merch Shop with an antagonistic message directed at GAG, featuring a product made to troll them. The message reads: "Hey GAG, cry about it! Boo Fuckin Hoo!" |Screenshot of MMS trolling GAG<ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/product/mean-tweets-gag-boo-fuckin-hoo-matte-posters/ MAP Merch Shop - Mean Tweets GAG Boo Fuckin Hoo Matte Posters]</ref>]]

Surprisingly, after over two years of operation, the site has proved more controversial within the MAP community than outside of it.

===Within the community: Operational Security===

It has been argued that:

*Bespoke goods can be ordered more affordably from independent retailers.
*Customer details might be leaked accidentally or harvested by third parties (the owner introduced analogue ordering in response to these concerns).
*The site owner is seeking to profit from the venture.
*The ability to pay with Monero (a privacy-focused crypto coin) was added, but has since been discontinued due to lack of customers using this payment method.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2024/10/10/map-merch-shop-is-discontinuing-monero-as-a-payment-option/ A MAP In Love - MAP Merch Shop is Discontinuing Monero As A Payment Option]</ref>

The former site owner has responded to these criticisms by pointing out that the chances of her ever turning a profit from this kind of venture are marginal, and that the project has novelty value as an openly MAP-owned venture and exercise of free-speech rights. She pledged any revenues exceeding her costs to her ongoing activism, and otherwise helping other MAPs and their organizations.

===Outside of the community: Right-wing outrage and mainstream acknowledgement===

MMS has occasionally been mentioned on Twitter threads (featured above), in what have generally been received as unsuccessful and unsophisticated attempts to scandalize the venture.<ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1751292918487199862 A further thread initiated by] [[Gays Against Groomers]]</ref> MMS is frequently a target of the anti-MAP hate group [[Gays Against Groomers]]. Katie responded by mocking GAG and introducing a product that trolls them for losing their product distributors.

The first arguably mainstream attention for the project came from the London free-sheet, ''Metro'', in which investigative journalist Daisy Maskell said she found the concept disturbing as it went beyond prevention and openly celebrated the MAP identity.<ref>[https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/09/discovered-murky-world-minor-attracted-people-even-disturbing-think-23594331/ Daisy Maskell's Metro piece]</ref>

==Giving Back==

From the beginning, MAP Merch Shop has given back to the MAP community, by allowing individual vendors to donate proceeds of their products to MAP organizations and spaces. After the start of the 2023 war in Gaza, Katie introduced the I Stand With Children campaign, pledging that 100% of the proceeds from I Stand With Children branded merch goes to a children's organization of the customer's choice.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/11/27/i-stand-with-children-campaign/ A MAP In Love - I Stand With Children campaign]</ref><ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/product-tag/i-stand-with-children/ MAP Merch Shop - Product Tag - I Stand With Children]</ref><ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/giving-back/ MAP Merch Shop - Giving Back]</ref>
==External links==

*[https://mapmerch.shop Site home]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Art]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: MAP]][[Category:Websites: Boylove]][[Category:Websites: Girllove]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]]

MAP Merch Shop

2025-09-06T05:24:07Z

Jessi: Hiatus and new ownership.

__NOTOC__[[File:Mms banner2.png|thumb|Example of goods for sale at MMS]]
'''MAP Merch Shop''' ('''MMS''', [https://mapmerch.shop mapmerch.shop], f. Mar, 2023) is a commercial [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] merchandise venture started by [[Katie Cruz]] - a [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] and graphical designer known for almost two decades in the [[Minor attracted community|community]]. The site markets a range of merchandise and clothing using the same affiliates and drop-shipping methods used by other retailers of bespoke goods.

<blockquote>
''At MAP Merch Shop, we understand the importance of expressing your identity and showing pride in who you are. That’s why we’re thrilled to offer a wide variety of high-quality products designed specifically for the MAP community.''

''Our collection includes a range of unique designs that allow MAPs to showcase their pride and share their identity with the world. From mugs featuring iconic MAP symbols to clothing with bold statements, we have something for everyone.''<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/03/27/map-merch-shop/ A MAP in Love: Introduction to MMS]</ref>
</blockquote>

Designs featured on the site include established MAP logos, such as the [[BLogo]], [[GLogo]] and the more recent [[MAP Flag]] in a few of its variations. A Progress Pride Flag can also be found on the site, which markets itself as inclusive to [[Queer]] people.

In early 2025, MAP Merch Shop went on hiatus, as Katie stepped away due to health reasons. In September 2025, MAP Merch Shop reopened with a new owner, and Katie remained on the team as Creative Director and a vendor.

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Mms banner1.png|Further example of goods ([[Youth Attracted Person]] (YAP) Flag)
File:BergquamMMS.png|One of the fringe-conservative semi-virals featuring the venture. See also livestreamer, Oreo Express<ref>[https://twitter.com/OreoExpress/status/1669407479816667136 Oreo Express- Twitter]</ref>
</gallery>

==Controversy==

Surprisingly, after over two years of operation, the site has proved more controversial within the MAP community than outside of it.

===Within the community: Operational Security===

It has been argued that:

*Bespoke goods can be ordered more affordably from independent retailers.
*Customer details might be leaked accidentally or harvested by third parties (the owner introduced analogue ordering in response to these concerns).
*The site owner is seeking to profit from the venture.
*The ability to pay with Monero (a privacy-focused crypto coin) was added, but has since been discontinued due to lack of customers using this payment method.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2024/10/10/map-merch-shop-is-discontinuing-monero-as-a-payment-option/ A MAP In Love - MAP Merch Shop is Discontinuing Monero As A Payment Option]</ref>

The former site owner has responded to these criticisms by pointing out that the chances of her ever turning a profit from this kind of venture are marginal, and that the project has novelty value as an openly MAP-owned venture and exercise of free-speech rights. She pledged any revenues exceeding her costs to her ongoing activism, and otherwise helping other MAPs and their organizations.

===Outside of the community: Right-wing outrage and mainstream acknowledgement===

MMS has occasionally been mentioned on Twitter threads (featured above), in what have generally been received as unsuccessful and unsophisticated attempts to scandalize the venture.<ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1751292918487199862 A further thread initiated by] [[Gays Against Groomers]]</ref> MMS is frequently a target of the anti-MAP hate group [[Gays Against Groomers]]. Katie responded by mocking GAG and introducing a product that trolls them for losing their product distributors.

[[File:MMS Trolling GAG.jpg|thumb|alt=A screenshot of MAP Merch Shop with an antagonistic message directed at GAG, featuring a product made to troll them. The message reads: "Hey GAG, cry about it! Boo Fuckin Hoo!" |Screenshot of MMS trolling GAG<ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/product/mean-tweets-gag-boo-fuckin-hoo-matte-posters/ MAP Merch Shop - Mean Tweets GAG Boo Fuckin Hoo Matte Posters]</ref>]]

The first arguably mainstream attention for the project came from the London free-sheet, ''Metro'', in which investigative journalist Daisy Maskell said she found the concept disturbing as it went beyond prevention and openly celebrated the MAP identity.<ref>[https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/09/discovered-murky-world-minor-attracted-people-even-disturbing-think-23594331/ Daisy Maskell's Metro piece]</ref>

==Giving Back==

From the beginning, MAP Merch Shop has given back to the MAP community, by allowing individual vendors to donate proceeds of their products to MAP organizations and spaces. After the start of the 2023 war in Gaza, Katie introduced the I Stand With Children campaign, pledging that 100% of the proceeds from I Stand With Children branded merch goes to a children's organization of the customer's choice.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/11/27/i-stand-with-children-campaign/ A MAP In Love - I Stand With Children campaign]</ref><ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/product-tag/i-stand-with-children/ MAP Merch Shop - Product Tag - I Stand With Children]</ref><ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/giving-back/ MAP Merch Shop - Giving Back]</ref>
==External links==

*[https://mapmerch.shop Site home]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Art]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: MAP]][[Category:Websites: Boylove]][[Category:Websites: Girllove]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]]

Pedophobia

2025-03-04T06:55:13Z

Jessi: mapmisia

{{Template:Adj}}[[File:Pedophobia.JPG|thumb|Pedophobic [[NGO]] vigilance campaign in the Philippines, 1984]]
__NOTOC__In the context of [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]], '''pedophobia''' (sometimes called "mapmisia") 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. The LGBT community are one highly prominent victim of displaced pedophobia, as per the 2020s [[grooming]] panic.

==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.

==Mechanism and public awareness==

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>

==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 passed 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 propagating [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|hoax pedophilia advocacy]] in the US.

The inclusion of pedophilia in the current classifications of mental disorders (and also debate on whether the hebephilia should be included) represents by itself one of the three basics of stigma (according to E. Goffman <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Stigma-Notes-Management-Spoiled-Identity/dp/0876681208 Erving Goffman (1974). Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity ]</ref>), namely label of mental illness (another two: label of dangerous criminal, and enemy group agent label). The DSM description of the disorder itself is riddled with stigmatizing, unsubstantiated comments (presumption of harm, presumption of malicious intent, association with sadism and others).<ref>[http://www.sexarchive.info/BIB/Kramer01.htm Richard Kramer (2011) The DSM and the Stigmatization of People who Are Attracted to Minors.] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250128084130/http://www.sexarchive.info/BIB/Kramer01.htm web.archive])</ref>

==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, Sometimes said to derive from old English prison slang. Possibly a "backronym": '''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, deriving from conspiracy theories surrounding the [[Wikipedia:Podesta emails|Podesta Brothers]] and the name's phonetic similarity to "pedophile" + "molester")
*Perv
*ChoMo/Cho (Child Molester, American, suggesting sex offenders are replacing ''homo''sexuals as a target for hate)
*Moe Lester (internet)
*Child Peeper
*Chickenhawk/Chicken Chaser (70s-90s US reference to a [[Pederasty|pederast]])
*Bush Dodger (British, novel)
*Diaper Sniper (American)
*Pedovore (American, used by [[Absolute Zero]] commenters)
*Paedosadist (British, [[Anonymous]], largely redundant from mid-10s<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anonymous-calls-for-activists-to-help-expose-international-paedophile-networks-with-operation-deatheaters-9998350.html The Independent references Paedosadists, along with multiple other titles such as the Mirror]</ref>)
*Pédocriminal(ité) (French)
*[[Wiktionary:pedocon|Pedocon]]
*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, only retreating from these activities to watch re-runs of Star Trek.<ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pedophilia-and-star-trek_b_5857 Pedophilia and Star Trek: If you're a pedophile, odds are you've watched a lot of Star Trek.]</ref>

==="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 [[Wikipedia:TARDIS|TARDIS]]-like quality. Owing to its absurdity and association with late 20th Century popular hysteria, 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 meme|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 showing a sexual interest in fictional minors.
*'''"Ok, [[grooming|groomer]]"''' (a variation of [[Wikipedia:OK boomer|"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]], which famously challenged the [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigma]] on MAPs.

===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 and transphobic [[United Nations]] PSA, in which a grizzled and ominous man replaced a character referred to as "Amanda", professing a love of "unicorns"<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/36KtAtX7zs6tohTfNnKQYQ FST: Playdate with a Predator]</ref>
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>

==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.

==Research==

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

A small but growing body of research has been carried out, not only on the effects of stigma, but on the pedophobic attitudes themselves. Here, we focus on the latter.

=== Theory ===

Pedophobia is based on a complex negative stereotype which is a set of consistently repeated biased statements about a pedophile. James Hunter lists these common assumptions as following:<ref name=":1">James Hunter (2008) [https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1080/00918360802345073 The Political Use and Abuse of the “Pedophile”]</ref>

<blockquote>
''1. He is set aside from most people in that he finds children sexually arousing.''

''2. He is a predator—a violent, dangerous man who forces himself on children.''

''3. His activities are always traumatizing and cause great harm to the victims.''

''4. He is unable to control himself and will always “re-offend.”''

''5. Although he may speak of himself as motivated by an ethic of love, the “pedophile” is actually driven by hate.''

''6. He is a brutish, disgusting, primitive, freak.''
</blockquote>

This goes along with constructing and sustaining the complementary stereotype of youth who is erotically sterile and in need of protection of their innocence.<ref name=":2">James Kincaid (1992) [https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=1CF303891E242A224E2EC92B790D9F24 Child-Loving: The Erotic Child and Victorian Culture] </ref><ref name=":3">James Kincaid (1998) [http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3FC2825F3DCE1EC49CC4594E698A746C Erotic Innocence: The Culture of Child Molesting] </ref>

Politicians, the public, and the media feed into each other maintainig pedophobia. The media and popular culture, in particular, play a crucial role in shaping and perpetuating negative stereotypes surrounding MAPs and youth-adult sexual relationships. Both fictional and journalistic portrayals consistently reveal interconnected themes of “villains” (pedophiles), “victims” (innocent youth), and “heroes” (those who fight pedophiles).<ref name=":4"> David Sonenschein (1998)
[https://libgen.is/search.php?req=pedophiles+on+parade&lg_topic=libgen&open=0&view=simple&res=25&phrase=1&column=def Pedophiles on Parade]</ref> Irresponsible media prevents any shift in public perceptions. Instead of taking responsibility for more accurate portrayal of the subject, the media tends to be simply mirroring the public lay perceptions that the media itself has previously created.<ref>Helen Gavin (2005) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255649986_The_Social_Construction_of_the_Child_Sex_Offender_Explored_by_Narrative The Social Construction of the Child Sex Offender Explored by Narrative.] DOI:10.46743/2160-3715/2005.1835 </ref> The longevity of these images can be attributed to their familiarity within society and their repeated use for entertainment purposes and as a voyeuristic outlet for forbidden desires.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />

The politicians depend on the public for votes, so they feed back to the public, making harsh social policies and censorship, which in turn makes realistic views less accessible to the public. But pedophobia by itself has political uses by the religious right, the political and economic elite:<ref name=":1" />
*to further agenda of sexual repression;
*to distract people from dealing with social, political, and economic problems;
*to establish a machinery of repression and control to keep all citizens in line.

Also, there are many additional perpetuating social factors mentioned by J.Hunter:<ref name=":1" />
<blockquote>
''• The sex abuse network that has grown up around this image provides both money and prestige to its workers—many of whom are able to rise to positions of prominence as “experts.”''

''• Individuals who may be in some subliminal way aware of their own pedophilic impulses need to project this shadow side of their nature onto someone else as a way of not owning these feelings.''

''• By distancing themselves from, and even joining in on the demonization of the pedophile, gay and lesbian groups can enhance the possibility of their acceptance in the mainstream of society. ''

''• Some feminists may use the pedophile, who is usually male, as a whipping boy on which they can revenge themselves for the slights and insults they have experienced at the hands of men.''

'' • Perhaps some politicians are concerned that the conflict between divergent groups within the United States might get out of hand and cause serious harm to the country and they might see an advantage in the existence of a common enemy to rally against as a means of attaining a national cohesion—much as happened in Germany in relation to the Jews.''
</blockquote>

=== Addressing pedophobic attitudes ===

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 for 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'''
:: '''narrative intervention may be preferrable than psychoeducation:'''
:::"[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."

:: '''psychoeducation may increase negative responses but it's not a major problem:'''
:::"[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'''
:: '''narrative and informative interventions are both effective:'''
::: “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.”

:: '''negative reactions to information may be a short term effect due to rigidity of attitudes, therefore persistence is necessary:'''
::: “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.”

:: '''benefits of stigma reducing:'''
::: “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'''
::'''a problem with labels in general:'''
::: "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 are problematic in professional discourse because of devaluing sexuality:'''
:::"person-first labels [e.g. "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."

::'''the "MAP" label may be better suited for public discourse because it is free of criminal connotations:'''
:::"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"

:: '''but "pedophile" label may be beneficial if used publicly by pedophiles themselves:'''
:::"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."

*'''Nematy, Z., Flynn, S., McCarthy-Jones, S. (2023) [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-023-10117-8 YouTube Commenters' Discourse of Paedophilia: A Qualitative Social Media Analysis] ''Sexuality & Culture'', DOI: 10.1007/s12119-023-10117-8'''

:: '''origins of pedophobia:'''
::: "Hatred of PWP [people with paedophilia] presumably serves psychological functions for those who harbour it. It protects their perception of self and community members and alleviates their anxiety through a process of denial (i.e., 'evils' are not around me). One reason debunking stereotypes and humanising PWP incites anger could be the threat it poses to this denial."

:: '''who is prone to pedophobia:'''
::: "Younger age, less education, and having younger children at the age of potential victimisation predict higher social distance towards PWP [people with paedophilia]. Also, women show higher levels of fear, anger, and perceived dangerousness towards individuals with paedophilic interests, compared to men (Jahnke et al., 2015a), along with greater levels of disgust and punitive attitudes (Jahnke, 2018a). Additionally, personality traits affect attitudes towards stigmatised groups (Yuan et al., 2018). For example, higher right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) scores predict more social distance from and more hostile attitudes towards PWP (Jahnke et al., 2014)."

:: '''for whom education will be effective:'''
::: "There are [...] Fence-Sitters. A group of commenters reacted to the video in an uncertain, ambivalent way or refrained from expressing a positive or critical opinion. [...] Fence-sitters have the potential to accept evidence-based empirical information (Lawrence & Willis, 2021)."

:: '''discursive shift for humanization:'''
::: "We observed that some commenters expressed interest in listening to or befriending PWP. This evolved to a discursive shift from “What if my child is a victim of CSA?” to “What if my child has paedophilic interests?” (Theaker, 2015) among the Supporters. The shift allowed some audiences to de-other individuals whose existence as human beings had been largely excluded from public discourses."

* '''Lawrence, A. L. and Willis, G. W. (2023) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2023.2224323 Cognitive and Affective Impacts of Antistigma Interventions Surrounding People with a Sexual Interest in Children] ''Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy'', DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2023.2224323'''
:: '''try to connect with shared public values:'''
::: "Cross disciplinary research on attitudes and values conducted by Hornsey and Fielding (Citation2017) proposed that to effectively convert people who reject scientific evidence (which research suggests is associated with strong affective responses), it is essential to identify attitudinal roots (vested interests, worldviews, identity needs which sustain and motivate attitudes, fears, and ideologies,) and then to develop or adapt communication tactics to work with rather than oppose these underlying causes (Hornsey & Fielding, Citation2017). [...] Therefore, dependent on how interventions are promoted, they provide the possibility to connect with and advocate shared public values of safe communities and family security. Engaging these values may give the public a reason to care about providing support to people living with these interests."

*'''Maroño et al. (2023) [https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JCP-07-2022-0021/full/html Exploring the stigmatisation of offending and non-offending paedophiles: a terror management approach] ''Journal of Criminal Psychology'' 13 (4), DOI: 10.1108/JCP-07-2022-0021'''
:: '''origins of pedophobia:'''
::: "paedophilia is often conflated as a psychiatric/mental health disorder and an extreme violent offence [...] These findings suggest that paedophilia is believed to be associated with severe forms of mental illness where an individual is not able to control their own state of mind."

*'''Christophersen, L. & Brotto, G. (2024) [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15248380241262286 The Effectiveness of Educational Interventions for Mental Health Professionals in Reducing Stigmatization Toward People with Pedophilia: A Meta-Analysis] ''Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 00(0)'', DOI: 10.1177/15248380241262286'''
::"The findings suggest that interventions involving narratives and informational content can contribute significantly to altering attitudes and reducing stigmatization. [...] The meta-analyses reveal a significant impact of these interventions on altering MHPs’ [Mental Health Professionals] perceptions of people with pedophilia, particularly in dispelling notions of dangerousness and intentionality, diminishing the need to socially distance themselves from people with pedophilia, and fostering less punitive attitudes. However, the study did not find any significant changes in MHPs’ motivation to treat people with pedophilia [...] Mandatory educational interventions should be provided to MHPs working directly with people with pedophilia."
::'''from the [https://www.b4uact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/B4QR-Autumn-2024-4-3.pdf B4QR] on this paper:'''
:::"It should be noted that terminology such as "sexual urges" may inaccurately suggest compulsiveness and lack of control, reinforcing stigmatizing assumptions about MAPs. Using more accurate language, such as "feelings of attraction" could better reflect the complexity of MAP experiences without reinforcing stereotypes. "

==See also==

*[[Research: The Dangers of Stigma]]
*[[Often repeated themes in anti-pedophile literature|Pedophobic cliches]] - in literature and TV.
*[[Vigilantism]]
*[[Bubba]]
*[[Special Article: Adverse effects of hysteria]]
*[[Erotic Innocence|Erotic innocence]] - summary of Kincaid's books on social construction of childhood and it's innocence
*[[Pedophiles on Parade]] - more about Sonenschein's book on how "pedophile" strereotype and adjacent narratives were developed by media

==External links==

*[https://www.boywiki.org/en/Pedophobia_(dictionary) Pedophobia] - BoyWiki.
*[https://www.pedofili.eu/Pedophobia.htm Pedophobia] - Pedofili.eu.
*[https://archive.is/q7NXY 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]]

Minor attracted neologisms

2025-03-04T05:39:20Z

Jessi: NOMAP criticism.

{{MAI}}__NOTOC__Some people more or less involved in the [[minor attracted community]] have coined neologisms for attractions between adults and younger people. The primary intention of such coinages is to avoid the negative connotations of the term "pedophile", and also its misuse.

The terms see limited use in on-line communities, websites and literature, including academia.

==2nd/3rd wave (2007 onward, or ongoing long term use)==

[[File:Kinderfolk.png|200px|thumb|left|Kinderfolk ('''Kind''') Flag - Unadopted idea proposed by [[Steve Diamond]] - 2019]]
* '''Minor-attracted''' is a popular predominantly social-political, gender-neutral term with some popular variations as used in academia and on websites such as this one. Since it has been around in some form since 1998 - it is not really a neologism, but continues to produce new forks. Critics have noted that these obvious terms may serve to draw more, not less, attention to the negative connotations they seek to avoid. There is also debate around the use of "minor", with some seeing it as belittling to youth and others seeing it as a self-critiquing legal term, carrying little-to no naturalistic prejudice (as opposed to "[[child]]").

:*'''[[Minor Attracted Person]]''' (abbreviated MAP) - A generic/inclusive term first utilized in early 2007 by British MAP Activists for anybody who is sexually attracted to legal minors. The term draws meaning from legal statutes as well as personal feelings, and is therefore excellent for social-political uses but a poor specifier. For these reasons the term is currently in use by the groups [[B4U-ACT]] and [[Newgon]].

:*'''[[NOMAP|Non-Offending Minor Attracted Person]]''' (NOMAP) - An identity that places emphasis on socially acceptable conduct - some of these individuals feel they need to use drawn erotica or sex dolls. Sometimes extended to Anti-Contact Non-Offending Minor Attracted Person (ACNOMAP), or alternatively ACMAP, which MAP Wiki identifies with Instagram. The term is often criticized because the "Non-Offending" qualifier implies MAPs by default are offenders. The usage of NOMAP has fallen by the wayside in recent years.

:*'''[[Adult Attracted Minor]]''' (abbreviated AAM) - The term has been in use since the early 00s, and was also used by Californian MAP activist, [[Rookiee]]. AAM appears to have become more popular in online social media communities around 2018-20, at the same time MAP was more widely used.

:*'''Minor Attracted Adult''' (abbreviated MAA) - A term that was sometimes used as a social/clinical concept in academia (e.g. [[Sarah Goode]]), prior to the better-known MAP variant. Critics had argued that the term excluded many younger persons who aren't yet adults and also does not accurately describe people in places where the age of majority is quite low. [[AttractedToChildren.org|ANU]] therefore started to use Minor Attracted Person as an alternative, [[Minor Attracted Person (archive research)|as did others]]. Variants such as '''Minor-Attracted Man, Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors, Minor-Attracted Individual and Child-Attracted Person''' can sometimes be seen in academia.

:*'''[[Wikipedia:Cartography|Cartographer]]''' is a play on the term "MAP", and sometimes features on social media and online chats.<ref>[https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/twitter-elon-musk-child-sexual-abuse-exploitation-porn-content-moderation-automate-3140966 Mention of "cartographer"]</ref>

:*'''[[Youth Attracted Person]]''' was seen in 2022 and 2023, when it featured in a controversy involving [[Wikipedia:Elon Musk|Elon Musk]].

:*'''[[Minor MAP]]''' refers to any MAP below the age of 18, or the [[Age of Consent]] if higher.

*'''[[Youthlove]]''' is used by some people as an extra-legal alternative to MAP. Whereas youthlove refers to the love of youth, the term youthlover refers to a person who loves youth. While some do use it within their circles, there is no evidence of widespread public-facing use.

*'''Kind''' was a term (equivalent to MAP) with translingual appeal, promoted by the Irish author [[Thomas O'Carroll]]. Attached graphic was a development of the idea by [[Steve Diamond|Steve D]].

*'''Neophile''' has been suggested as another MAP equivalent. It appears to have already been used for other purposes.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neophile Wikipedia: Neophile]</ref>

*'''[[Enbylove]]''' entered use in 2019, describing attractions to gender non-binary youth.

==Early 2nd wave (2000-2007)==

*'''Adult Friend (AF)''' and '''Young Friend (YF)'''.

* '''[[Childlove]]''' - A unifying term that was particularly popular in the early online communities (pre-2010) of [[minor attracted people]] - even among some early second-wave MAP Activists. This term still sees some use, but is usually confined to peer support communities due to its reading as non-objective. It has been used in various forms as shorthand for [[boylove]]/[[girllove]] or an anglicized version of [[pedophilia]], so may in a stricter sense go back to the 1st-wave era - 80s, or earlier.

* '''Responsible Boylove''' - A term invented by the late American MAP author [[David Riegel]], who felt strongly that the term "[[boylove]]r" was employed by "irresponsible" men, who sometimes intended harm to boys. Leading the charge for responsible boylove via a number of pioneering 00s networking websites, Riegel intended to distinguish himself and his followers from other boy-attracted males. Critics of this term alleged that it implied boylove was somehow inherently ''irresponsible''. Others have described the term as a "laughably naive oxymoron", as it appears to make the assumption that true love may be at all responsible.

* '''Puersexual''' - A recoinage of "pedophile" using the Latinate root for "boy." Critics note that this term suffers from many of the same problems as "pedosexual" in addition to being more obscure.

* '''Amaros, Amarso, Amarsi''' - Identifying that "[m]any have pointed out that there is no terminology that refers collectively to both the younger and older parties in an adult-minor relationship.", [[AP]] has proposed '''A'''ttraction between '''M'''inors and '''A'''dults that is '''R'''omantic '''O'''r '''S'''exual and '''A'''dult or '''M'''inor '''A'''ttracted '''R'''omantically or '''S'''exually to the '''O'''ther. The plural of Amarso is Amarsi. Both terms are closely related to the verb “to love”. In Spanish, amar is the infinitive of the verb “to love”, whilst amaros means “to love one another” in Spanish. Amarsi has the same meaning in Italian. See [[Puellula]].

==1st Wave (pre-00s)==

*Regardless of their debatable origins, [[Boylove]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924021844950/page/n13/mode/2up Boy Love (Paiderastia) has long been coined into the English Language - one early example is John Addington Symonds, 1901.]</ref> and [[Girllove]] became considerably more popular due to the bastardization of [[pedophilia]] by mainstream media, officials and politicians in the 1980s and 1990s. We classify these as 1st-wave, because while they were popularized considerably via the internet, they existed well before that era - for example in scans of old magazines (see [[Archive]]).

* '''[[Pedosexuality|Pedosexual]]''' - An attempt to standardize pedophilia as a sexual preference or orientation, coined by analogy with the terms heterosexual and homosexual. Has existed since at least the 80s, but appears to have been [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|co-opted by 4Chan trolls]]. Critics of this term note that neologisms tend to alienate readers and listeners, and the obvious resonance with the term "pedophile" does not succeed in redefining the connotation. Where the term "sexuality" is assumed to refer exclusively to gender, the term also suffers in the same way as [[Zoophilia|Zoosexuality]]. Similarly, commenters often try to remind MAPs that, [[chronophilia]] (animals or age ranges are not sexes).

* '''[[Girllove|Heteroped/Hetped]]''' - A self-explanatory term that has fallen out of use in the internet era.

==See also==

*[[Alternative Initialism]]
*[[Transage]] - Not a MAP Neologism, but shows considerable overlap in terms of the community.

==External links==

*[https://archive.is/0d2k0 MAP-Wiki] - Some less heard of examples.

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: International]][[Category:History & Events: 1990s]][[Category:History & Events: 2000s]][[Category:History & Events: 2010s]][[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]

Katie Cruz

2025-03-04T05:03:10Z

Jessi: Christian

__NOTOC__Katie Cruz (c 1994) is a [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|korephile]] [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] from the United States. She considers herself a progressive, and a social justice warrior,<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/amapin.love Bluesky Profile: amapin.love]</ref> often advocating for non-MAP-related progressive issues, and against the far-right. Katie is a Christian, and considers helping MAPs to be her ministry.

==History==

She joined the community in 2007, after discovering [[AP]]<ref>[https://amapin.love/2019/04/24/you-are-not-alone-a-look-at-societys-pedophilia-stereotype/ A MAP In Love - You Are Not Alone: A Look At Society's Pedophilia Stereotype]</ref>, whom she credits with helping her to accept herself. Katie has been involved with many aspects of activism over the years, posting on [[GirlChat]], and [[Visions of Alice]], and writing for AliceLovers Magazine. She also became active on MAP Twitter, where she preached a message of love, self-acceptance, and pride.

Katie has expressed support for the transgender community<ref>[https://amapin.love/2024/03/01/trans-rights-are-human-rights/ A MAP In Love - Trans Rights Are Human Rights]</ref>, which has caused some of her critics to believe she is a transgender woman, despite little evidence to support this claim.

Katie is a vocal critic of contact discourse, believing it to be divisive, and that most people have similar views.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/12/17/the-philosophy-behind-contact-stances/ A MAP In Love - The Philosophy Behind Contact Stances]</ref>

===Recent history===

In 2022, Katie started her blog ''A MAP In Love''<ref>[https://amapin.love A MAP In Love]</ref> where she imported her previous written work, and continues to update the blog regularly. Her posts usually touch on MAP philosophy, activism, and the positive relationship she had with Lucy, and her grief when the relationship ended.

In late 2022, amidst health issues, Katie started preaching a message of community, encouraging people to come together. With nothing to lose, Katie decided to make herself more visible to the community, which also attracted the attention of antis. An anti by the name of Seara Adair started creating TikTok videos alleging that Katie is a predator and attempting to out her. In response, Katie removed the testimony of her relationship with Lucy from her blog.

In 2023, Katie was among the founding board members of [[MEDAL]], an organization that hopes to be the ACLU of the MAP Community. Katie continues to serve on the board of directors, advocating for MAPs' rights to exist.<ref>[https://www.minorattracted.org/author/katie-cruz/ MEDAL - Katie Cruz Author Page]</ref>

Katie continues preaching a message of love, self-acceptance, pride, and community, while maintaining a presence on the [[Pediverse]], as well as many forums and MAP spaces<ref>[https://amapin.love/contact/ A MAP In Love - Contact]</ref>.

==Merchandise project==

In March 2023, Katie started a "love project" called [[MAP Merch Shop]]<ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/about/ MAP Merch Shop - About]</ref>, to help minor-attracted people show pride in their orientation, with curated MAP-themed products, as well as to encourage activism among MAPs.

There have been various attempts to scandalize the venture within the right-wing and feminist media, however these have not led to permanent closure of the project.

In late 2023, after seeing the devastation caused by the war in Gaza, Katie felt moved to do something to help children, and started the I Stand With Children campaign.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/11/27/i-stand-with-children-campaign/ A MAP In Love - I Stand With Children campaign]</ref> She has pledged that 100% of the proceeds of I Stand With Children branded merchandise will go to a children's charity organization of the customer's choice.<ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/product-tag/i-stand-with-children/ MAP Merch Shop - Product Tag - I Stand With Children]</ref>

==References==

[[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: Artists and Poets]]

MAP Merch Shop

2025-03-04T04:40:58Z

Jessi: Fixed link. Removed Reduxx article. Added MMS trolling GAG, Added Giving Back, Crypto discontinued

__NOTOC__[[File:Mms banner2.png|thumb|Example of goods for sale at MMS]]
'''MAP Merch Shop''' ('''MMS''', [https://mapmerch.shop mapmerch.shop], f. Mar, 2023) is a commercial [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] merchandise venture set up by [[Katie Cruz]] - a [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] and graphical designer known for almost two decades in her [[Minor attracted community|community]]. The site markets a range of merchandise and clothing using the same affiliates and drop-shipping methods used by other retailers of bespoke goods.

<blockquote>
''At MAP Merch Shop, we understand the importance of expressing your identity and showing pride in who you are. That’s why we’re thrilled to offer a wide variety of high-quality products designed specifically for the MAP community.''

''Our collection includes a range of unique designs that allow MAPs to showcase their pride and share their identity with the world. From mugs featuring iconic MAP symbols to clothing with bold statements, we have something for everyone.''<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/03/27/map-merch-shop/ A MAP in Love: Introduction to MMS]</ref>
</blockquote>

Designs featured on the site include established MAP logos, such as the [[BLogo]], [[GLogo]] and the more recent [[MAP Flag]] in a few of its variations. A Progress Pride Flag can also be found on the site, which markets itself as inclusive to [[Queer]] people.

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Mms banner1.png|Further example of goods ([[Youth Attracted Person]] (YAP) Flag)
File:BergquamMMS.png|One of the fringe-conservative semi-virals featuring the venture. See also livestreamer, Oreo Express<ref>[https://twitter.com/OreoExpress/status/1669407479816667136 Oreo Express- Twitter]</ref>
</gallery>

==Controversy==

Surprisingly, after over a year of operation, the site has proved more controversial within the MAP community than outside of it.

===Within the community: Operational Security===

It has been argued that:

*Bespoke goods can be ordered more affordably from independent retailers.
*Customer details might be leaked accidentally or harvested by third parties (the owner introduced analogue ordering in response to these concerns).
*The site owner is seeking to profit from the venture.
*The ability to pay with Monero (a privacy-focused crypto coin) was added, but has since been discontinued due to lack of customers using this payment method.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2024/10/10/map-merch-shop-is-discontinuing-monero-as-a-payment-option/ A MAP In Love - MAP Merch Shop is Discontinuing Monero As A Payment Option]</ref>

The site owner has responded to these criticisms by pointing out that the chances of her ever turning a profit from this kind of venture are marginal, and that the project has novelty value as an openly MAP-owned venture and exercise of free-speech rights. She pledged any revenues exceeding her costs to her ongoing activism, and otherwise helping other MAPs and their organizations.

===Outside of the community: Right-wing outrage===

MMS has occasionally been mentioned on Twitter threads (featured above), in what have generally been received as unsuccessful and unsophisticated attempts to scandalize the venture.<ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1751292918487199862 A further thread initiated by] [[Gays Against Groomers]]</ref> MMS is frequently a target of the anti-MAP hate group [[Gays Against Groomers]]. Katie responded by mocking GAG and introducing a product that trolls them for losing their product distributors.

[[File:MMS Trolling GAG.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A screenshot of MAP Merch Shop with an antagonistic message directed at GAG, featuring a product made to troll them. The message reads: "Hey GAG, cry about it! Boo Fuckin Hoo!" |Screenshot of MMS trolling GAG]<ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/product/mean-tweets-gag-boo-fuckin-hoo-matte-posters/ MAP Merch Shop - Mean Tweets GAG Boo Fuckin Hoo Matte Posters]</ref>]] 

==Giving Back==

From the beginning, MAP Merch Shop has given back to the MAP community, by allowing individual vendors to donate proceeds of their products to MAP organizations and spaces. After the start of the 2023 war in Gaza, Katie introduced the I Stand With Children campaign, pledging that 100% of the proceeds from I Stand With Children branded merch goes to a children's organization of the customer's choice.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/11/27/i-stand-with-children-campaign/ A MAP In Love - I Stand With Children campaign]</ref><ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/product-tag/i-stand-with-children/ MAP Merch Shop - Product Tag - I Stand With Children]</ref><ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/giving-back/ MAP Merch Shop - Giving Back]</ref>
==External links==

*[https://mapmerch.shop Site home]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Art]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: MAP]][[Category:Websites: Boylove]][[Category:Websites: Girllove]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]]

File:MMS Trolling GAG.jpg

2025-03-04T03:50:09Z

Jessi:

A screenshot of MAP Merch Shop with an antagonistic message directed at GAG, featuring a product made to troll them. The message reads: "Hey GAG, cry about it! Boo Fuckin Hoo!"

MEDAL

2025-03-04T03:32:05Z

Jessi: Full name, and fixed link.

[[File:Medal2-300x159.png|thumb|Logo]]
'''MEDAL''' (MAP Equality Dignity and Liberation, [https://minorattracted.org minorattracted.org], f. Oct, 2023) is a third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] organization with a primarily US focus.

It was set up by Steve Carson, [[Katie Cruz]] and a committee, including the [[MAP Camp]] founder.<ref>[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/MEDAL MAP Wiki: MEDAL]</ref>

A list of priorities endorsed by one committee member has been mentioned on their website:

<blockquote>
*Build the MAP community, including reaching MAPs who are unaware of the community.
*Achieve protected class status.
*Access to compassionate, empathetic mental healthcare.
*Access to legal services.
*Remove “pedophilic disorder” from the DSM and ICD.
*Social justice – differentiating between rape/assault/coercion/violent crimes and statutory crimes.
*Social justice for minor MAPs, and those close in age.
*Ban conversion therapy.
*Meet the physiological needs of MAPs facing injustice/discrimination.
*High-quality factual MAP media for public consumption.
*Continued honest research into the various aspects of minor-attraction.
*Improved sex education that also talks about minor attractions.
*Legalization of all fictional sexual outlets, including loli/shota and dolls.
*Social Justice – reform the sex offender registry.
*Combat false accusations, doxing, and myths of stranger danger.
*Defeat the stigma
*A credible organization to speak on and represent these goals to the public.<ref>[https://www.minorattracted.org/2023/12/07/the-simple-list/ The Simple List: MEDAL]</ref>
</blockquote>

MEDAL includes both [[neutral-c]] and [[anti-contact]] members who participate in a range of initiatives online and in their local communities.

In 2024, MEDAL revealed plans for an in-person meeting of MAPs at a campsite; a so-called "[[MAP Camp]]" to run over three days. This then became an independent initiative before the first meeting was famously attempted.

==See also==

*[[Mu]]

==External links==

*[https://www.minorattracted.org/ Site splash]

==Notes==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]]

Katie Cruz

2025-03-04T03:29:12Z

Jessi: Added to bio. Removed B4U-ACT affiliation. Address critics' belief that Katie is transgender. Added criticism of contact discourse, Added the I Stand With Children campaign. Added MEDAL board of directors.

__NOTOC__Katie Cruz (c 1994) is a [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|korephile]] [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] from the United States. She considers herself a progressive, and a social justice warrior,<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/amapin.love Bluesky Profile: amapin.love]</ref> often advocating for non-MAP-related progressive issues, and against the far-right.

==History==

She joined the community in 2007, after discovering [[AP]]<ref>[https://amapin.love/2019/04/24/you-are-not-alone-a-look-at-societys-pedophilia-stereotype/ A MAP In Love - You Are Not Alone: A Look At Society's Pedophilia Stereotype]</ref>, whom she credits with helping her to accept herself. Katie has been involved with many aspects of activism over the years, posting on [[GirlChat]], and [[Visions of Alice]], and writing for AliceLovers Magazine. She also became active on MAP Twitter, where she preached a message of love, self-acceptance, and pride.

Katie has expressed support for the transgender community<ref>[https://amapin.love/2024/03/01/trans-rights-are-human-rights/ A MAP In Love - Trans Rights Are Human Rights]</ref>, which has caused some of her critics to believe she is a transgender woman, despite little evidence to support this claim.

Katie is a vocal critic of contact discourse, believing it to be divisive, and that most people have similar views.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/12/17/the-philosophy-behind-contact-stances/ A MAP In Love - The Philosophy Behind Contact Stances]</ref>

===Recent history===

In 2022, Katie started her blog ''A MAP In Love''<ref>[https://amapin.love A MAP In Love]</ref> where she imported her previous written work, and continues to update the blog regularly. Her posts usually touch on MAP philosophy, activism, and the positive relationship she had with Lucy, and her grief when the relationship ended.

In late 2022, amidst health issues, Katie started preaching a message of community, encouraging people to come together. With nothing to lose, Katie decided to make herself more visible to the community, which also attracted the attention of antis. An anti by the name of Seara Adair started creating TikTok videos alleging that Katie is a predator and attempting to out her. In response, Katie removed the testimony of her relationship with Lucy from her blog.

In 2023, Katie was among the founding board members of [[MEDAL]], an organization that hopes to be the ACLU of the MAP Community. Katie continues to serve on the board of directors, advocating for MAPs' rights to exist.<ref>[https://www.minorattracted.org/author/katie-cruz/ MEDAL - Katie Cruz Author Page]</ref>

Katie continues preaching a message of love, self-acceptance, pride, and community, while maintaining a presence on the [[Pediverse]], as well as many forums and MAP spaces<ref>[https://amapin.love/contact/ A MAP In Love - Contact]</ref>.

==Merchandise project==

In March 2023, Katie started a "love project" called [[MAP Merch Shop]]<ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/about/ MAP Merch Shop - About]</ref>, to help minor-attracted people show pride in their orientation, with curated MAP-themed products, as well as to encourage activism among MAPs.

There have been various attempts to scandalize the venture within the right-wing and feminist media, however these have not led to permanent closure of the project.

In late 2023, after seeing the devastation caused by the war in Gaza, Katie felt moved to do something to help children, and started the I Stand With Children campaign.<ref>[https://amapin.love/2023/11/27/i-stand-with-children-campaign/ A MAP In Love - I Stand With Children campaign]</ref> She has pledged that 100% of the proceeds of I Stand With Children branded merchandise will go to a children's charity organization of the customer's choice.<ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/product-tag/i-stand-with-children/ MAP Merch Shop - Product Tag - I Stand With Children]</ref>

==References==

[[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: Artists and Poets]]

Youth Attracted Person

2023-08-30T02:45:55Z

Jessi: /* ZeebDemon, Elon Musk and Alice Day */ trans woman instead of trans female identifying.

{{Template:MAI}}__NOTOC__'''Youth Attracted Person''' (YAP) is a sometimes-used variant of the established term [[Minor Attracted Person]] intended to repudiate the concept of [[Minor|Minority]].

American Conservatives have identified "YAP" as an attempt to push the [[MAPocalypse|"normalization of pedophilia"]] to its "logical conclusion" following the successful spread of "MAP" within academia.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%22Minor+attraction%22&btnG= Google Scholar Results]</ref> For them, that conclusion is namely the "abolition" of Minority itself; the death of childhood.

==Publicity and development==

The term has a mixed, and ambiguous history, and it is unknown when it began to be used. Nevertheless, considerable publicity was seen in 2023.

===ZeebDemon, Elon Musk and [[Alice Day]]===

"YAP" first received widespread media attention in April 2023, following an online controversy involving Twitter owner [[Wikipedia:Elon Musk|Elon Musk]] and ZeebDemon, a trans-woman, pro-[[Paraphilia|paraphilia]], [[Youth liberation movement|Youthlib]] influencer.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12017643/Elon-Musk-suspends-Twitter-user-created-pedophile-flag.html Daily Mail on Zeeb's controversy], [https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/twitter-user-pedophile-flag-account-suspended FOX on Zeeb's controversy], [https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-ex-ufc-fighter-rages-twitter-account-elon-musk-suspended-posting-pedophilia-flag UFC Fighter on Zeeb]. Now on [[Pediverse|Mastodon]] at @LittleDemonLoli@freak.university</ref> ZeebDemon also published a [[MAP Flag|"YAP Flag"]] at the same time.

<gallery>
File:Yapf1.png|YAP Flag by ZeebDemon
Yapf2.png|A rotated YAP Flag was posted at the same time
</gallery>

What is rarely mentioned about this controversy, is that ZeebDemon was at that point not a self-identifying MAP, but a [[Child Sexual Abuse]] survivor against [[Debate Guide: Power disparity|gaslighting]] and mandatory victimhood status. They had over 2000 followers<ref>[https://archive.is/http://twitter.com/ZeebDemon ZeebDemon's archives]</ref> with a high interaction rate and made regular contributions that were at best adjacent to MAP discourse. It is therefore highly likely that Musk and Twitter's actions inadvertently recruited a sizable number of followers to the [[MAP Movement]] and alliance.

===Possible prior use in trolling===

Prior to this (early in 2023), it was mentioned repeatedly on the temporarily closed video networking site [[FreeSpeechTube]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230208175207/https://www.freespeechtube.org/user/EQF-OLF Two users of the MAP Community adopted the term, but it was soon adopted by trolls]</ref> Some users believe that this promotion [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|was a hoax]] perpetuated by trolls from [[Operation Underground Railroad]] or other hostile actors, although this remains speculative and hard to prove. It is likely that some of the users adopting the term were trolls, although those who suggested its use might have been sincere.

It is hard to find examples of "YAP" on [[Pediverse]] prior to FST-derivative discussion of the term, but one long-time [[pro-c]] activist has stated that others were discussing it in late 2022.

===Derivative of "MAA/MAP"===

Researcher, [[Sarah Jahnke]] has seen the term in limited use in 2021, among her participants.<ref>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02331-6 Jahnke, S., Blagden, N. & Hill, L. Pedophile, Child Lover, or Minor-Attracted Person? Attitudes Toward Labels Among People Who are Sexually Attracted to Children. Arch Sex Behav 51, 4125–4139 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02331-6]</ref> As early as the 00s, an online magazine and forum for MAPs (at the time MAAs - Minor Attracted Adults) [[Youth Attracted Network International|used the term "Youth Attracted"]].

==See also==

*[[Youthlove]] - A term that has been used by some anti-[[assimilationism|assimilationist]] MAPs and Youthlibs.

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Censorship]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Youth]]
[[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]][[Category:History & Events: International]][[Category:History & Events: 2020s]][[Category:History & Events: Moral controversies]]

The QR Project

2023-08-09T00:18:59Z

Jessi: YesMAP-r-W - Leftistpamphlet.png

This will be a repository of beautiful AI-generated QR codes that link to articles on Newgon/Yesmap. It is an ongoing project.

== Standardized Formatting ==

When generating graphical QR codes that link to pages on Newgon, the image should be 1x1 ratio, and include the text "Scan Me - (shortlink)" below the QR code in Arial or Helvetica font. Ideally, the image resolution should be large enough to print to a 6-inch square sticker.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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|<gallery>Yesmap-r-8_-_MAP_Starting_Guide_-_QR_Link.png</gallery>
|| https://yesmap.net/r/8
|| [[MAP Starting Guide]]
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| <gallery>YesMAP-r-G - Special Article Adverse effects of hysteria.png</gallery>
|| https://yesmap.net/r/G
|| [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria]]
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|| [https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Leftistpamphlet.png Leftist Pamphlet]
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[[Category:Promotional Media]]

The QR Project

2023-07-11T03:06:55Z

Jessi: r/G Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria

This will be a repository of beautiful AI-generated QR codes that link to articles on Newgon/Yesmap. It is an ongoing project.

== Standardized Formatting ==

When generating graphical QR codes that link to pages on Newgon, the image should be 1x1 ratio, and include the text "Scan Me - (shortlink)" below the QR code in Arial or Helvetica font. Ideally, the image resolution should be large enough to print to a 6-inch square sticker.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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|<gallery>Yesmap-r-8_-_MAP_Starting_Guide_-_QR_Link.png</gallery>
|| https://yesmap.net/r/8
|| [[MAP Starting Guide]]
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| <gallery>YesMAP-r-G - Special Article Adverse effects of hysteria.png</gallery>
|| https://yesmap.net/r/G
|| [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria]]
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[[Category:Promotional Media]]

File:YesMAP-r-G - Special Article Adverse effects of hysteria.png

2023-07-11T03:03:17Z

Jessi:

The QR Project

2023-07-10T22:45:38Z

Jessi:

This will be a repository of beautiful AI-generated QR codes that link to articles on Newgon/Yesmap. It is an ongoing project.

== Standardized Formatting ==

When generating graphical QR codes that link to pages on Newgon, the image should be 1x1 ratio, and include the text "Scan Me - (shortlink)" below the QR code in Arial or Helvetica font. Ideally, the image resolution should be large enough to print to a 6-inch square sticker.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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! QR !! Short Link !! Links To
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|<gallery>Yesmap-r-8_-_MAP_Starting_Guide_-_QR_Link.png</gallery>
|| https://yesmap.net/r/8
|| [[MAP Starting Guide]]
|-
| Coming Soon || https://yesmap.net/r/G || [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria]]
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| Example || Example || Example
|}

[[Category:Promotional Media]]

Katie Cruz

2023-07-10T20:15:30Z

Jessi: Adding references

Katie Cruz (c 1994) is a [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|korephile]] [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] from the United States. She joined the community in 2007, after discovering [[AP]]<ref>[https://amapin.love/2019/04/24/you-are-not-alone-a-look-at-societys-pedophilia-stereotype/ A MAP In Love - You Are Not Alone: A Look At Society's Pedophilia Stereotype]</ref>, whom she credits with helping her to accept herself. Katie has been involved with many aspects of activism over the years, posting on [[GirlChat]], and [[Visions of Alice]], and writing for AliceLovers Magazine. Katie also became active on MAP Twitter, where she preached a message of love, self-acceptance, and pride. In 2022, Katie started her blog ''A MAP In Love''<ref>[https://amapin.love A MAP In Love]</ref> where she imported her previous written work, and continues to update the blog regularly. Her posts usually touch on MAP philosophy, activism, and the positive relationship she had with Lucy, and her grief when the relationship ended.

Katie is a volunteer for [[B4U-ACT]], helping as a moderator for their forum, and occasionally working behind the scenes.

In late 2022, amidst health issues, Katie started preaching a message of community, encouraging people to come together. With nothing to lose, Katie decided to make herself more visible to the community, which also attracted the attention of antis. An anti by the name of Seara Adair started creating TikTok videos alleging that Katie is a predator and attempting to out her. In response, Katie removed the testimony of her relationship with Lucy from her blog.

Katie continues preaching a message of love, self-acceptance, pride, and community, while maintaining a presence on the [[Pediverse]], as well as many forums and MAP spaces<ref>[https://amapin.love/contact/ A MAP In Love - Contact]</ref>.

In 2023, Katie started a "love project" called [[MAP Merch Shop]]<ref>[https://mapmerch.shop/about/ MAP Merch Shop - About]</ref>, to help minor-attracted people show pride in their orientation, with curated MAP-themed products, as well as to encourage activism among MAPs.

==References==

[[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: Artists and Poets]][[Category:Websites: Girllove]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]]

Katie Cruz

2023-07-10T20:11:27Z

Jessi:

Katie Cruz (c 1994) is a [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|korephile]] [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] from the United States. She joined the community in 2007, after discovering [[AP]]<ref>[https://amapin.love/2019/04/24/you-are-not-alone-a-look-at-societys-pedophilia-stereotype/ A MAP In Love - You Are Not Alone: A Look At Society's Pedophilia Stereotype]</ref>, whom she credits with helping her to accept herself. Katie has been involved with many aspects of activism over the years, posting on [[GirlChat]], and [[Visions of Alice]], and writing for AliceLovers Magazine. Katie also became active on MAP Twitter, where she preached a message of love, self-acceptance, and pride. In 2022, Katie started her blog ''A MAP In Love''<ref>[https://amapin.love A MAP In Love]</ref> where she imported her previous written work, and continues to update the blog regularly. Her posts usually touch on MAP philosophy, activism, and the positive relationship she had with Lucy, and her grief when the relationship ended.

Katie is a volunteer for [[B4U-ACT]], helping as a moderator for their forum, and occasionally working behind the scenes.

In late 2022, amidst health issues, Katie started preaching a message of community, encouraging people to come together. With nothing to lose, Katie decided to make herself more visible to the community, which also attracted the attention of antis. An anti by the name of Seara Adair started creating TikTok videos alleging that Katie is a predator and attempting to out her. In response, Katie removed the testimony of her relationship with Lucy from her blog.

Katie continues preaching a message of love, self-acceptance, pride, and community, while maintaining a presence on the [[Pediverse]], as well as many forums and MAP spaces<ref>[https://amapin.love/contact/ A MAP In Love - Contact]</ref>.

In 2023, Katie started a "love project" called [[MAP Merch Shop]], to help minor-attracted people show pride in their orientation, with curated MAP-themed products, as well as to encourage activism among MAPs.

==References==

[[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: Artists and Poets]][[Category:Websites: Girllove]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]]

Talk:Pediverse

2023-07-10T05:55:03Z

Jessi: Created page with "Shouldn't it be "Pedoverse?" --~~~~"

Shouldn't it be "Pedoverse?" --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 05:55, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

File:Yesmap-r-8 - MAP Starting Guide - QR Link.png

2023-06-28T21:02:52Z

Jessi: Jessi uploaded a new version of File:Yesmap-r-8 - MAP Starting Guide - QR Link.png

Talk:The QR Project

2023-06-28T01:48:54Z

Jessi: Blanked the page

The QR Project

2023-06-27T23:34:06Z

Jessi: Standardized Formatting

This will be a repository of beautiful AI-generated QR codes that link to MAP activism on Newgon/YesMAP. It is an ongoing project.

== Standardized Formatting ==
When generating graphical QR codes that link to pages on Newgon, the image should be 1x1 ratio, and include the text "Scan Me - (shortlink)" below the QR code in Arial or Helvetica font. Ideally, the image resolution should be large enough to print to a 6-inch square sticker.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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|| https://yesmap.net/r/8
|| [[MAP Starting Guide]]
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The QR Project

2023-06-27T23:26:50Z

Jessi:

This will be a repository of AI-generated QR codes that link to MAP activism on Newgon/YesMAP.
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|| [[MAP Starting Guide]]
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The QR Project

2023-06-27T23:19:36Z

Jessi: Tables!!

This will be a repository of AI-generated QR codes that link to MAP activism on Newgon/YesMAP.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Caption text
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! QR !! Short Link !! Links To
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|| [[MAP Starting Guide]]
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| Example || Example || Example
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Talk:The QR Project

2023-06-27T23:08:46Z

Jessi:

How do you make tables? Can we do something like three columns?

QR | Short Link | Links To

I'm not good at this MediaWiki stuff. --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 23:08, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Talk:The QR Project

2023-06-27T23:08:30Z

Jessi: Hellllppp

How do you make tables? Can we do something like three columns?
QR | Short Link | Links To

I'm not good at this MediaWiki stuff. --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 23:08, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

The QR Project

2023-06-27T23:05:24Z

Jessi: Starting page

This will be a repository of AI-generated QR codes that link to MAP activism on Newgon/YesMAP.

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Yesmap-r-8_-_MAP_Starting_Guide_-_QR_Link.png|Short Link: https://yesmap.net/r/8 links to https://www.newgon.net/wiki/MAP_Starting_Guide
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File:Yesmap-r-8 - MAP Starting Guide - QR Link.png

2023-06-27T23:01:58Z

Jessi:

Special Article: Adverse effects of hysteria

2023-06-20T17:38:54Z

Jessi: /* Suicide */ Banned by Reddit - A MAP In Love

<div style="margin-left: 25px; float: right;">__TOC__</div>Moral panics pertaining to [[Child|children]], sexuality and [[Minor Attracted Person|minor attracted people]], don't only cost the taxpayer money<ref>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/30/2018-09062/annual-determination-of-average-cost-of-incarceration</ref>, but have many '''unintended or otherwise negative''' consequences - especially for minors. While the obsession with Sex Offenders and creating [[Sexceptionalism|"special laws"]] for them stretches back many decades,<ref name=DeOrio>[https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/138757/sadeorio_1.pdf De Orio's Dissertation: Punishing Queer Sexuality in the Age of LGBT Rights] and [https://archive.org/details/orio-punish backup]</ref> we list just a few 21st century news sources as examples, and are well aware that we must have neglected many more recent examples, which you may alert us to. We try instead to present the breadth of unintended consequences related to the war on Sex Offenders. Other sites are more thorough, for example:
*[https://on-murders.blogspot.com/ Sex Offender Research: Murder]
*[https://on-suicides-deaths.blogspot.com/ Sex Offender Research: Suicide]
The inconsequential nature of many acts that might force a person to register as a sex offender has not only been attacked by [[SOL Reform]] activists, but increasingly mainstream charities and the media:
*[http://solresearch.org/report/Look_Whos_on_Registry_Now SOL Research: Look who's on the Registry]
*'''VIDEO:''' [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/19fj Shawna: A Life on the Sex Offender Registry]
We have also compiled a few examples of [[Special Article: Abuse of authority|abuse of authority]] on a separate page (some examples are in the gallery below).

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==Murder and suicide==

{{Template:Lists}}The number of suicides and murders that have taken place as a result of [[SOR]]s and general sex-offender panic, run well into the hundreds per year (perhaps more) and are hard to document. Ambiguity concerning the scale of these wrongs, is in part due to the threat this information poses to America's prison/security-industrial complex and corrupted legal system. [[Louis Conradt|Bill Conradt]] - a man who was effectively hounded to death by a TV crew<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080129023825/http://www.esquire.com/features/predator0907 Esquire: Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die]</ref> is perhaps the best known victim of America's punitive obsession with sexual offending.

===Suicide===

:''Unaffiliated site: [http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/search/label/Suicide SOI/Suicide]''.

Suicide is a common result of sex-laws. While documenting the full extent of sex-law suicides is not a project Newgon are working on right now due to our poor staffing, we would like to see a research project initiated within the next few decades after the unjust laws themselves have been eliminated. Others have already collected thousands of examples on various blogs listed in this article and affiliated with the [[SOL Reform]] Movement.

*'''[https://amapin.love/2023/06/16/banned-by-reddit-for-offering-support-to-a-map-in-crisis/ Banned by Reddit for offering support to a MAP in crisis.] (2023)'''
*:''"A few days ago, I was directed to a Reddit post where someone was suicidal because they realized they were attracted to children. I created an account on Reddit and posted a reply with all sorts of resources to help. Next day, I log in, and I’m permabanned from that Subreddit. No reason given. I appealed to the mods, and got no reply. I started attempting to message the user in crisis directly to offer them support, but it wouldn’t let me send messages. After sharing the screenshots on the fediverse, a user attempted to lookup my account, only to find that my account wasn’t accessible, thus meaning I am shadowbanned.”"''

*'''[https://dentonrc.com/news/new-details-emerge-on-man-who-died-after-hearing-guilty-verdict-in-denton-county/article_02d7ab75-a394-5250-89ff-0a8a17bb938c.html New details emerge on man who died after hearing guilty verdict in Denton County] (2022)'''
*:''"Shortly after the guilty verdict was announced in the 16th District courtroom, he began chugging what appeared to be murky water, according to people familiar with the case. At the suggestion of a county investigator, a bailiff checked on and found Leclair unresponsive in the holding cell next to the courtroom. ''[...]'' His victim had posted an ad under the personal section on Craigslist, according to the July 19, 2018, search warrant affidavit. Leclair, a corporate recruiter, replied to the ad, met with the victim and drove to a hotel where they had sex. He gave her $200, and she sent him a nude photograph via email. After their initial encounter, the victim told Leclair she was 14. Leclair continued to communicate with her for sex. According to the search warrant, they had three additional sexual encounters between them, one of which occurred at Leclair’s residence in Frisco. Two years later, in May 2019, Leclair’s girlfriend, Melody “Mel” Shae, discovered Leclair’s communication with the victim. She met with the victim — the victim said Shae had threatened her — and told her Leclair was, according to the search warrant affidavit, “grooming her.”"''

*'''[http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_10290595?nclick_check=1 Feds push child-porn cases; penalty can be years in prison] (2008)'''
*:''"In the Bay Area alone, five defendants facing child-porn charges have committed suicide over the past two years. This year, on the eve of a court appearance on child-porn charges in the spring, one of the defendants, Los Gatos businessman George Halldin was found dead in his car inside a burning warehouse. Authorities ruled it a suicide."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080701221828/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23867394-2761,00.html Teacher charged with sex offence commits suicide] (2008)'''
*:''"A RESPECTED Perth school-teacher committed suicide within hours of being charged with child sex offences. Jeff Cahill, 48, was the head of science at Carmel School, a Jewish college in Dianella. He was a finalist last year for the esteemed $50,000 Premier's Prize for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching. Mr Cahill took his life on Friday, June 6, after detectives searched his home the previous day and charged him with child sex offences. Police were investigating allegations about sexual activities with a 15-year-old boy he met on the internet ''[...]'' Mr Cahill was well-respected in education circles and had written papers used to develop WA's high school science curriculum. A police source told The Sunday Times the boy went to Mr Cahill's Mt Lawley home on Sunday, May 11, where they engaged in sex. ''[...]'' It is alleged that though the sex was agreed to by both parties, it was illegal because the boy was under the age of consent."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081202004753/http://www.leaderpost.com/Pedophile+Philpott+ends+life/1000364/story.html Pedophile Philpott ends his own life] (2008)'''
*:''"Darren Philpott said he was afraid of being harmed by other inmates, and he had good reason for his fears. He was assaulted at least once, attacked by another inmate while at a court appearance in Regina, and he had to be kept in segregation at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre for his safety. The months that followed Philpott's arrest would see him rapidly and visibly deteriorating, appearing increasingly haggard during his appearances in court, and looking ever more grim as additional charges were laid and the spectre of his future loomed large. ''[...]'' Having already attempted to kill himself at least once while in custody, Philpott was on suicide watch, where inmates are checked by guards every 15 minutes and are barred from having items such as razors and pop cans, which they could use to harm themselves. In late August or early September, Philpott hanged himself in his cell. His heart had stopped when he was discovered by correctional officers and cut down from the ceiling, but he was revived with CPR and made an almost miraculous recovery. Then, on the evening of Sept. 24, left alone behind a closed door to shower, Philpott hanged himself again. Sources say he used a bedsheet to hang himself from a pipe, and he was blue and unconscious by the time he was discovered by guards."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080606195117/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23817903-2,00.html Teacher kills himself after child porn charges] (2008)'''
*:''"A QUEENSLAND teacher has committed suicide and another was taken to hospital after they were charged as part of Australia's largest [[anti]]-pedophile investigation. More than 90 men across Australia have been arrested or summonsed to court over the child porn sweep, including an Australian Federal Police officer, four teachers, youth workers, bankers and company directors, The Australian reports."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070306003742/http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/02/Hillsborough/Friends_say_child_por.shtml Friends say child porn charges crushed ex-Marine] (2007)'''
*:''"TAMPA - Tuesday was going to be Cody Lee Liberty's day of reckoning. In June 2005, the 26-year-old Iraq War veteran was arrested on 11 felony charges of possessing child pornography. On Tuesday he would go to court. He could plea bargain and suffer the brand of being a registered pedophile for the rest of his life. Or he could fight the charge and risk up to 55 years in jail. "I feel I'm backed into a corner and have to plead guilty, but I DID NOT commit the crimes," Mr. Liberty wrote on his MySpace Web site last Friday. The next evening, while Gasparilla festivities filled Tampa's streets, he killed himself."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100328042845/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/UCAS-worker-s-child-porn-shame/article-1136916-detail/article.html "UCAS worker's child porn shame] (2009)'''
*:''"A FORMER languages teacher who worked for UCAS drowned himself because he feared his interest in child porn websites would be discovered, an inquest heard. Administrator at the university admissions service Graham Jowett, 60, had developed an "unhealthy interest in paedophilia" and felt guilty about it, his GP told an inquest in Gloucester. "He said he had drifted into internet paedophilic websites and photographs and he was very concerned his employers might find out about this," said Dr Alexander Owen." (...) "He asserted his belief that his interest in these images was innocent and he would never harm a child. "In my opinion he was a sensitive and slightly vulnerable individual who had developed an unhealthy interest in paedophilia." The inquest heard that before committing suicide in the River Severn, Mr Jowett destroyed his home computer and posted the key of his house to his brother. (...) He was found dead in the river by a canoeist at Wainlodes on June 17."''

===Registry-abetted Murder===

The public availability of Sex Offender data has repeatedly allowed other criminals and vigilantes who believe they are doing God's work to carry out targeted attacks, sometimes even slaying family members of people on the registry. At least ten murders are known to have directly resulted from the public listing of details on a sex offender registry.

*'''[https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/james-fairbanks-sentenced-40-70-years-in-murder-of-convicted-sex-offender James Fairbanks sentenced: 40–70 years in murder of convicted sex offender] (2020)'''
*:''"On May 16, 2020, Condoluci, 64, was found dead inside his home near 43rd & Pinkney St. Fairbanks sent an anonymous email to the media, including KMTV, and later admitted he was the one who sent the letter in which he detailed why he killed Condoluci. ''[...]'' It said he was looking for an apartment in the area, knew of Condoluci’s past and saw him staring at children."''
::Editor's note: Rather disturbingly, it appears that the [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8347705/Mother-campaigns-free-vigilante-murdered-5-year-old-sons-abuser.html unnecessarily aggravating] legal language (rape) used on the registry was an aggravating factor behind this registry murder, as well as the murderer's extremist "child protection" ideology. The victim's son and daughter appeared to be split on the matter, with the daughter even campaigning for the killer's release.

*'''[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205288/Patrick-Drum-Vigilante-killed-sex-offenders-sentenced-life-prison.html 'They deserved to die': Vigilante who gunned down two registered sex offenders is unrepentant as judge sentences him to life in prison] (2012)'''
*:''"A vigilante who gunned down two registered sex offenders in Washington state was unrepentant as he was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. Patrick Drum, 34, told a judge that his victims deserved to die. Drum, who is himself a convicted felon, admitted to stalking Gary Lee Blanton, 28, and Jerry Wayne Ray, 57, and shooting them multiple times in their homes near Port Angeles, Washington."''

*'''[https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060311&slug=mullen11m Murderer of two sex offenders sentenced to 44 years] (2006)'''
*:''"Michael A. Mullen, 36, escaped a potential life sentence in a plea deal reached this week, ending a case considered one of the nation's worst cases of [[vigilantism]] against sex offenders. Mullen had confessed to the high-profile killings in letters to the news media, expressing a desire to be executed as a symbol of retribution against sex offenders. ''[...]'' In letters to The Seattle Times, Mullen said he targeted Eisses through the sex-offender registry and was surprised when he found two other sex offenders, Vasquez and James Russell, also were living in Eisses' Bellingham house. Mullen claims he interviewed the three before letting Russell go. "... Out of the three only one showed remorse or guilt. He is the one I let go," he wrote. "... I came to the conclusion that they must die, along with my own execution at the hands of the state, to drive my point home that 'WE' will protect 'our' children.""''

*'''[https://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/07/justice/south-carolina-neo-nazis-murder-sex-offender/index.html Neo-Nazis feign remorse, taunt family of murdered sex offender] (2013)'''
*:''"In court, the South Carolina neo-Nazi couple seemed remorseful for the 2013 murder of a sex offender, but they changed their tunes when their life sentences were handed down. "Child molesters do not deserve to live," Jeremy Moody said as he was led out of a Union County courthouse Tuesday wearing handcuffs and striped prison scrubs. "Had to do it over again, I'd kill more." As his wife, Christine Moody, was placed into a police car for transport to prison, she added, "I have no regrets. Killing that pedophile was the best day of my life." The couple was charged in the murders of Charles Parker, 59, and his wife, Gretchen, 51, in July. The Moodys went to their Jonesville home pretending to have car trouble, entered the home and killed the couple, Union County Chief Deputy Perry Haney said at the time. ''[...]'' "See you perverts later," Jeremy Moody said as he was escorted out of the courtroom. "That's what child molesters get." ''[...]'' And did she have anything to say to Parkers' families? "May they die also," she said before officers placed her in the back of a squad car."''

::Further, from the same case:

:*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20151030050334/https://www.foxcarolina.com/story/22906138/sheriff-2-bodies-found-in-union-county-home/ Homicide suspect calls victim 'pedophile' and 'demon'] (2013)'''
:::''"The victims were shot with a .380 handgun at close range and stabbed, according to Taylor. Taylor said surveillance video helped them identify and arrest Christine Moody, 36, and Jeremy Moody, 30, in connection with the Parkers' deaths. Both were arrested and charged with two counts of murder. ''[...]'' In court, Christine Moody told FOX Carolina that Charles Parker was a "pedophile" and a "demon." ''[...]'' According to the sheriff, Jeremy Moody told deputies he killed Charles Parker because he was a registered sex offender and planned to kill another registered sex offender on his list Wednesday had he not been caught, Taylor said. Taylor said Gretchen Parker was killed because she was with Charles Parker."''

*'''[[Wikipedia:Stephen Marshall (murderer)|Stephen Marshall (murderer): Wikipedia]] (2006)'''
*:''"Stephen Marshall (9 August 1985 – 16 April 2006) was an American-Canadian vigilante who searched publicly available sex offender registries in the United States for the names and addresses of convicted sex offenders before traveling to Maine in the Northeastern United States and murdering two. ''[...]'' After his suicide, authorities investigated his computer. They found an animation of Jesus armed with an assault rifle while knocking on someone's door. Witnesses reported that Marshall had converted to Christianity shortly before the killings. At one point, he referred to pedophiles as "scums of the Earth"."''
::*Among Marshall's victims was William Elliott. At age 19, Elliott had voluntary sex with a 15-year-old girl who was turning 16 ([[Age of Consent]] in their state Maine) in 3 weeks. The girl’s parents found out about this, and Elliott was accused of sexual abuse of a minor and spent 2 years in prison. After leaving prison, William decided to live separately from his mother, bought a trailer and got a job as a construction worker. On April 16, 2006, Stephen Marshall came to William's house and shot William in the face from the threshold. During the arrest, Stephen committed suicide. William was 24 years old when he died. His killer was 20 years old. Marshall found William's address on the Maine sex offenders registry. Joe Reisdorf, a friend of Stephen Marshall, said that in their teens they sometimes discussed sex offenders they had heard about in the news. Stephen and Joe agreed then that sex offenders are disgusting and useless people and that they are worse than killers. On the same day, another registered sex offender, 57-year-old Joseph Gray, became a Marshall victim. The Maine Sex Offender Registry is still publicly available.

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020072046/https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501203_162-3597422.html/ Did Sex Offender Listing Lead To Murder?] (2009)'''
*:''"Convicted rapist Michael Dodele had been free just 35 days when sheriff's deputies found him dead from stab wounds last month in his mobile home. They quickly arrested his neighbor, 29-year-old construction worker Ivan Garcia Oliver, who made "incriminating comments, essentially admitting to his attacking Dodele," police said. Oliver pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, burglary and elder abuse on Nov. 30. A neighbor of Oliver's said that two days before the killing, he "told every house" in the trailer park that he found Dodele's name listed on the Web site of convicted sexual offenders, and was uncomfortable living near him. In a jailhouse interview with the Los Angeles Times, Oliver said he had a son who was molested in the past and he took action to protect the child. "Society may see the action I took as unacceptable in the eyes of 'normal' people," Oliver said. "I felt that by not taking evasive action as a father in the right direction, I might as well have taken my child to some swamp filled with alligators and had them tear him to pieces. It's no different." As it turned out, Dodele was not actually a child molester. His records show he sexually assaulted adult women."''

*'''[http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/12/05/man_defends_attacks_on_sex_offenders?pg=full Man defends attacks on sex offenders] (2004)'''
*:''"Lawrence Trant sees himself as a righteous crusader who put muscle behind his boiling outrage against pedophiles. The state of New Hampshire sees Trant differently. He is serving a 10- to 30-year sentence in New Hampshire State Prison after pleading guilty to attempting to murder two convicted sex offenders whose names and addresses he found on an Internet registry posted by the state. "I don't want people to steal the souls of little kids," Trant, 57, said in an interview in prison last week. "I'm doing 30 years for something I think is morally justified." But prosecutor John Weld says Trant is one of the most cold-blooded criminals he has encountered. If Trant had not been arrested, Weld said, the native of Cambridge, Mass., probably would have killed someone convicted of a sex crime against children. "He doesn't seem to have any conscience about violence to other people," Weld said. "These people have as much right to justice as anybody else." ''[...]'' "I hope I've done a service to the community," Trant said. "These guys are sexual terrorists.""''

===Vigilante/Hate-motivated Murder===

[[File:Axtell.png|thumb|Formerly sectioned [[pedophobia|pedophobic]] murderer Levi Axtell (right) received the support of his community]]
There are numerous examples of murders not resulting directly from registered sex offender status, but instead hearsay in the local community re. a person's status. In one particularly disgusting 2022 example, a teenager who repeatedly stabbed her partner to death (later alleging he was "trafficking" her), escaped prison, later benefitting from a fundraiser to pay her fines.<ref>[https://www.gofundme.com/f/vxgt7q Pieper Lewis Gofundme, following deadly assault on 37 year old Zachary Brooks]</ref> The limits on the fundraiser were raised after it was exceded, and she was praised as "brave" in parts of the mainstream media:

::''"She said she did not fear the prospect of going to prison, and that she will go on to be a fashion designer and open a business called Pie. She also said she will become a juvenile justice advocate. "My story can change things. My story has changed me," Lewis said. "The events that took place on that horrific day cannot be changed, as much as I wish I could. That day a combination of complicated actions took place resulting in the death of a person, as well as a stolen innocence of a child.""''<ref>[https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2022/09/13/pieper-lewis-speaks-sentencing-killing-alleged-rapist-des-moines-sex-trafficking/10358999002/ Des Moines teen Pieper Lewis, who killed alleged rapist, gets probation, deferred judgment]</ref>

*'''[https://www.idahotribune.org/news/un-happy-fathers-day-pervert-killed-in-kellogg-idaho-after-police-and-school-admins-took-no-action Un-Happy Father’s Day: Pervert Killed In Kellogg, Idaho After Police And School Admins Took NO ACTION — Caught Masturbating While Looking At Neighbor’s Kids And In School] (2023)'''
*:''"A shooting in Kellogg Idaho has left 4 people dead, after reports of indecent exposure, perversion, and pedophilia were ignored by local law enforcement and Kellogg High School staff. The Idaho Tribune has learned, according to several sources, that the name of one of the victims is 18 year old Devin Smith, a recent graduate of Kellogg High School. Those same sources told the Idaho Tribune that Smith was caught masturbating in class and “was only given one, maybe 2 days of in school suspension” as punishment for his perverted acts. These allegations remain unconfirmed at this time. ''[...]'' According to a Facebook post by Sarah Lindsay, it appears as though despite Kaylie’s call to the Police, no action was taken, and that Smith was again seen committing perverted acts while watching the Kaylor children. Based on available information it appears as though Kaylie’s husband, a 31 year old miner named Majorjon Kaylor came home from work, found out about what happened, and in a crime of passion killed Smith, and 3 other individuals in the house."''

*'''[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-17/albert-thorn-guilty-of-bradley-lyons-murder-lakes-entrance/102426248 Albert Thorn found guilty of executing Bradley Lyons in shallow bush grave after vigilantes tortured him] (2023)'''
*:''"Leading the charge was eastern Victorian man, self-styled vigilante Albert Thorn, who suspected 30-year-old Mr Lyons was a paedophile. After a three-week trial and five days of deliberations, a Supreme Court jury in Melbourne yesterday found Thorn, 57, guilty of murdering Mr Lyons by shooting him in the back of the head while he lay bound, beaten and burnt in a shallow grave in remote bushland in eastern Victoria. ''[...]'' Mr Lyons — a father of three — was ambushed at his home on December 2, 2018, by a posse of four men intent on torturing a confession out of him. ''[...]'' The attack on Mr Lyons stemmed from Stefani's belief that his landlord was sexually abusing children. No evidence was ever provided to corroborate his opinion, and prosecutors in court labelled them "flimsy claims"."''

*'''[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11848881/Minnesota-dad-uses-shovel-moose-antler-kill-77-year-old-sex-offender-stalked-daughter.html Minnesota dad uses moose antler to slaughter 77-year-old sex offender he claims was stalking daughter - before turning himself in to police station 'covered in blood'] (2023)'''
*:''"A Minnesota father slaughtered a 77-year-old convicted sex offender using a moose antler and shovel after he accused the victim of stalking his young daughter. Levi Axtell, 27, walked into at the sheriff's office covered in blood and with his head in his hands as he admitted killing Lawrence Scully - who was jailed for molesting a six-year-old girl in 1979. Axtell, from Cook County, Minnesota, had long been suspicious of Scully parking his vehicle at locations where children were present. In 2018 Axtell filed an order of protection against the elderly man which was initially granted but later dropped. Court records also show Scully was committed to a mental institution in 2020 but was later released and prescribed anti-psychotic drugs. ''[...]'' On Saturday a woman believed to be Axtell's sister said she had received lots of support from the local community and the family were planning to set up an online fundraiser to help with the case."''
[[File:Tcap.png|thumb|Posted by a murderer's wife on Facebook]]
:*'''[https://cnycentral.com/news/nation-world/man-charged-with-murder-for-killing-former-sex-offender-with-a-shovel-and-an-antler-second-degree-murder-pedophile-sexual-assault-stalking-harassment-trespassing-moose Man charged with murder for killing former sex offender with a shovel and an antler]'''
:*:''"Axtell made public posts on social media expressing violent thoughts towards people like Scully starting in 2020. He posted a photo on Facebook featuring someone holding a gun with the caption, “Only cure for pedophiles. A bullet." He added additional thoughts in the comment thread below the photo, saying, "People always ask me why I hate pedophiles. They assume I've been abused. But really I think being protective is just an Axtell trait.""''

*'''[https://www.essexlive.news/news/basildon-man-steven-keeble-who-1505785 Basildon man Steven Keeble who beat dad John Masser to death in the street is jailed for life] (2018)'''
*:''"A man who brutally beat a dad-of-three to death in a residential street shouted and screamed as he was taken away to serve a life sentence in prison. ''[...]'' Six weeks prior Mr Masser appeared at Basildon Crown Court for a historic sex offence allegation, in which he denied raping a teenager in 1986. ''[...]'' When he saw Mr Masser on the street outside the home of a friend he became very angry by Mr Masser’s presence and his behaviour. “Having left that man bleeding and badly injured on the road, he described him after the attack as a ‘nonce’." ''[...]'' The violent attack was witnessed by a number of residents of Moss Drive, including a pregnant woman. ''[...]'' "Detective inspector Alan Pitcher, from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said after the guilty verdict: “On a Sunday, early evening last October, Keeble brutally attacked Mr Masser, subjecting him to a sustained and violent attack. He punched him to the ground and repeatedly kicked and stamped on his head while in a rage. He fled the scene and then denied the assault when he was arrested by the police. By the end of the attack, Mr Masser was lying critically injured. He survived for a few days, but these injuries, viciously inflicted by Keeble, had done too much damage.""''

*'''[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137467/Suspect-accused-murdering-gay-supermarket-worker-used-military-strategy-track-uncaught-paedophiles.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Suspect accused of murdering gay supermarket worker used 'military strategy to track down uncaught paedophiles'] (2013)'''
*:''"A man accused of murdering a gay supermarket worker embarked on a campaign against uncaught paedophiles using 'military strategy' to track them down after overhearing convicted prisoners planning new offences while in prison, a court heard. Christopher Hunnisett, who is on trial accused of killing supermarket worker Peter Bick, told the court he used the internet and a network of 'live sources' - some made in prison - to investigate rumours of child abuse. ''[...]'' 'There are so many paedophiles in this country, over 600,000 who just offend against children,' he said. 'Even if I stopped more than 100 a day I would take over 20 years to deal with them. It is impossible for one person to stop them all. ''[...]'' While in the witness box Hunnisett used military terms like 'in the field' to describe how he investigated claims of sex offending, using call signs like 'Sierra' to describe a 'suspect' and 'Tango' to describe a 'target' against whom he had proof of illegal activities. One they had been 'dealt with' they were reclassified as 'x-ray'. ''[...]'' Mr Bick was killed during the early hours of January 11 last year after Hunnisett, whom he had met for sex, inflicted five severe blows to his head with a hammer and strangled him with a shoelace, the court has been told previously. ''[...]'' 'It's disgusting and they have no idea how much it destroys a person and damages them, and no one gives a damn about it.' ''[he said] [...]'' The trial has already heard there is no evidence that Mr Bick was a paedophile."''

*'''[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bijan-ebrahimi-murdered-vigilante-lee-2651168 Disabled man burned to death by vigilantes who wrongly suspected him of being a paedophile] (2013)'''
*:''"Thugs beat up a vulnerable disabled man and burned him to death because they mistakenly believed he was a paedophile. Neighbours accused Bijan Ebrahimi, 44, of being a pervert when he was seen taking photos of youths vandalising his hanging baskets. A court heard the rumours led to the keen gardener’s horrific death when Lee James, 24, kicked him unconscious. With the help of pal Stephen Norley, James then dragged him outside, soaked him in white spirit and set him alight. Police earlier took Mr Ebrahami away for questioning as an angry mob chanted “paedo, paedo”, but he was released when officers found he had done nothing wrong. One resident in Brislington, Bristol, said: “When the police took him away everyone was cheering. Then he was released back into that.” Another added: “Whoever started those rumours now has to live with that. "He wasn’t a paedophile and now he’s dead. That’s a hell of a thing to have on your conscience.”"''

*'''[https://www.brongersma.info/Founding_member_of_NAMBLA_murdered_by_man_he_befriended Founding member of NAMBLA murdered by man he befriended] (1986)''' (also see our gallery)
*:''"Robert Burdick, a 78-year-old retired teacher, was brutally murdered in his New York apartment July 24. A drifter named Edward Joseph Patterson, 37, has admitted committing the crime. Burdick's body was found, stabbed at least ten times in the chest, that afternoon following phone calls by Patterson to reporters in Philadelphia and Baltimore, in which he described the crime. He was arrested that evening in Baltimore. ''[...]'' Patterson, who has a record of 50 arrests and is listed in police records under some 23 aliases, is apparently a deranged antihomosexual psychopath and has reportedly threatened to kill all American presidents from Richard Nixon on. He told reporters after killing Burdick that he planned to kill eight members of his own family in Camden, New Jersey, "in a more terrible and violent way." He asserted that someone in his family had "molested" him when he was nine years old, and sought to justify his murder of Burdick by alleging that Burdick had had sex with children. What is more likely is that he murdered Burdick because of Burdick's involvement with NAMBLA and his support of man/boy love. Burdick had never been arrested or charged with any crime of any kind. He was a committed fighter for sexual freedom and gay liberation who will be missed not only by his comrades in NAMBLA, but by the entire gay movement."''

*'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6182286.stm Probe into police attack response] (2005)'''
*:''"Paul Cooper was killed at his flat in Heywood, Greater Manchester, in 2005. ''[...]'' The 42-year-old suffered a "brutal and prolonged attack", Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Read attacked and killed Mr Cooper after becoming fixated with the idea he had been indecently assaulted by him when he was a child, the court heard. Police said there was no suggestion that Mr Cooper was ever involved in sexual offences."''

*'''[https://nashaniva.com/?c=ar&i=229960&lang=ru Закон района: товарищ бьет — и ты должен бить». Что говорят в Полоцке о подозреваемых в жестоком убийстве ] (2019)'''
*:[Editor summary] On April 22, 2019, the 26-year-old resident of Polotsk, Roman Tsyro, was severely beaten and buried alive. The killers were three of his acquaintances - Slava (16 years old), Yuri (17 years old) and Vadim (20 years old). Roman had a relationship with a 16-year-old schoolgirl. He was probably in love with her. The girl herself considered their relationship a friendship. Nevertheless, Slava, Yuri and Vadim considered this unacceptable. On the night of April 21-22, they called Roman, asked to take a taxi and call for them, which he did. They came home to Roman. Young people demanded him leave his girlfriend and confirm in writing the end of the relationship. After Roman refused to do this, they began to beat him. He was beaten with hands, a shovel and other means. Then the killers buried him in the yard. Presumably, Roman was still alive. Further stories.<ref>[https://nashaniva.com/?c=ar&i=229917&lang=ru Supplementary story re. Tsyro (in Russian)]</ref>

*'''[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11364461/amp/Father-forced-paedophile-friend-dig-grave-freed-jail-early.html Russian father who forced his paedophile best friend to dig his own grave and kill himself after discovering he had sexually abused his daughter, six, is freed from jail a year early after serving just six months] (2022)'''
*:''"A distraught father who forced his best friend to kill himself when he discovered the man had sexually abused his daughter has been freed from jail after only six months. ''[...]'' Prominent TV journalist and former Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak told her followers: "All parents are standing up for the paedophile's killer.""''

*'''[https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/id/tag:RD.nl,20000925:newsml_6b6e6108c4660fb6ff444d2075ed0aaf Oosterhouter bekent neersteken plaatsgenoot] (2000)'''
*:[Editor summary] On September 22, 2000, 37-year-old Lucien met the 22-year-old Dennis Brocken at the supermarket and inflicted 10 stab wounds on him. The motive for the murder was the fact that Dennis had previously committed a sexual “crime”, one of the “victims” of which was Lucien’s son. For this, Dennis was convicted and served his sentence. Dennis’ crime was that he downloaded child pornography and invited a group of youths to his home, played computer games with them and played with them sexually. Brocken was applauded in some quarters as a national hero. Further stories.<ref>[https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Fnieuws-achtergrond%2Fsympathisanten-maken-volksheld-van-pedokiller%7Eb1c5707e%2F 12ft unpaywalled supplementary article in Dutch re. Brocken]</ref><ref>[https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/pedofiel-mogelijk-gedood-door-vader-slachtoffer~bdc8cc8d/ 12ft unpaywalled further supplementary article in Dutch re. Brocken]</ref>

*'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7778891.stm Stab murder man was sex offender] and [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1094055/Convicted-paedophile-struck-stabbed-death-stripped-mutilated-suspected-vigilante-attack.htm Convicted paedophile 'who struck again' stabbed to death, stripped and mutilated in suspected vigilante attack] (2008)'''
*:''"A man found stabbed to death in south London was a convicted child sex offender, it has been revealed. Andrew Cunningham, 52, was found dead in his caravan in Riverside Road, in Wandsworth, on Wednesday. A post-mortem examination said the cause of death was multiple wounds including mutilation to the groin." // "A paedophile was hacked to death in a frenzied assault by a suspected mob of vigilantes. Andrew Cunningham, 52, was found naked and soaked in blood at his caravan home after suffering multiple stab wounds to his head, neck and chest ''[...]'' Recently, drinkers at a pub claimed he had assaulted another girl. This allegation was never reported to police but mobs reportedly drove past his caravan chanting: 'Die, paedo, die.' Cunningham moved there because vigilantes had set fire to a bag of rubbish outside his former house in Wandsworth in 2003. ''[...]'' A police source said detectives were focusing on recent incidents rather than his earlier conviction. He added: 'Damage was caused to his genitals. He was loathed by a large number of people so we have a lot of potential suspects.' Yesterday Wazir Zadran, 23, a worker at a nearby fish factory, said: 'I heard it was a planned attack. Everyone knew he lived there and was a paedophile.' ''[...]'' Cunningham's body was found by his employer, known as Rodney, who said: 'There was blood everywhere. The bed was soaked and his head was lying in it.' He added: 'He was a lovely man, he couldn't do enough for me.' But yesterday there was little sympathy from motorists passing the scene, with one van driver shouting: 'He deserved it.' However, a bunch of flowers was laid by a 15-year-old called Lucy. She said: 'I used to go round his caravan instead of going to school. He never laid a finger on me. He told me to go back to school.' The teenager, who was accompanied by her father, later made a statement to police. A tag on her flowers read: 'To Andy, the best man alive no matter what people say. Me and the family will miss you. May you rest in peace.'"''
[[File:Blair.png|thumb|Mitchelle Blair launched into a rage, tortured and murdered her children, she says, when one confessed that the other was "humping" him (described in the story as "rape")]]
*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081006024755/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081002.BCVIGILANTE02/TPStory/National Slaying provoked by false accusation, police say] (2008)'''
*:''"VICTORIA -- The sexual touching allegations that provoked the beating death of a Courtenay man this week lacked credibility and may have been fabricated, police said yesterday. Comox RCMP Inspector Tom Gray said a follow-up investigation of the allegations, made by two girls aged 13 and 15 who had been "hanging out" at the victim's house, found no evidence of any wrongdoing. "We're not so sure the people ''[the teenage girls]'' making these allegations are credible," said Insp. Gray, noting that RCMP detectives had interviewed the girls at length. "The issue, in my view, was somewhat consensual and in any event it didn't go very far. I just don't want anyone in the public to think the [slaying] victim did anything bad or anything to deserve this.""''

*'''[http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/primal-rage-pedo-stomped-to-death/2008/07/22/1216492426387.html Primal rage: 'pedo' stomped to death] (2008)'''
*:''"A convicted pedophile represented everyone who had ever abused the young Adelaide man who killed him in a primal rage, a court was told today. Timothy Hemi Schaefer, 19, went to the home of Jeffrey Edwin Payne, 56, in Adelaide in April 2007, called him a "pedo", punched him and stabbed him in the leg. ''[...]'' "In fact, during his interview with police he referred to Mr Payne as a sack of shit," Ms Powell said. "He would have had to hear and feel the sounds of the bones fracturing under foot.""''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080612173740/https://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1305413.php Killing in jail decried] (2006)'''
*:''"SANTA ANA – John Derek Chamberlain feared the inmates at Theo Lacy Facility in Orange knew he was in for child pornography charges, his longtime friend Dorothy Schell recalled Friday. "You've got to talk to my attorney to get me out of here," Schell said Chamberlain told her from a jail phone on Tuesday and Wednesday. "I'm afraid. I'm afraid. I'm really afraid. They know. They know. I'm afraid something is going to happen to me." He was right. A group of inmates beat and kicked Chamberlain to death in a shower Thursday night, Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said."''

===Filicide===

Parents have for decades been known to beat and abuse their own children because of misguided beliefs about sexuality. But in some cases, this has escalated to murder. A few such examples follow.

*'''[https://crownheights.info/crime/30903/man-sentenced-to-25-years-for-killing-4-year-old/ Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Killing 4-Year-Old] (2010)'''
*:''"A New York City man was sentenced to 25 years behind bars Friday for teaming up with his girlfriend to savagely beat her 4-year-old son to death. Steven Dadaille, 27, and his girlfriend, Myrna Chenphang, 26, both of Brooklyn, had avoided second-degree murder charges by pleading guilty to the lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter in the October 2009 pummeling of young Jayden Lenescar. Dadaille and Chenphang repeatedly battered the boy’s legs, arms and torso with their hands and a belt buckle over a two day period at their home in Crown Heights. Both adults admitted they beat the boy because he was touching his genitals, and they wanted to find out who taught him to do it."'

*'''[https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-kids-sexually-abused-each-other-their-mom-killed-them-as-punishment-87c8bb653795 The Kids Sexually Abused Each Other, Their Mom Killed Them as Punishment] (2021)'''
*:''"One day, Blair came home and found her youngest son, Matthew putting his dolls in inappropriate positions. When Blair questioned Matthew, he confided in her that his elder brother, Stephen, had been raping him. Thus, for the next week, Blair severely beat Stephen, choked him, and threw hot water at him whilst he was naked in the bathroom. In the end, Stephen died, and Blair hid his body in the freezer. ''[...]'' “I went upstairs and I said, Stephen, Matthew said you were humping on him. He stood up and looked at me like he had lost his mind. He said yes…So I started punching Stephen… I put a bag over his head, he lost consciousness, I did that a couple of times.” ''[...]'' After nine months, Blair also discovered that Stoni was abusing Matthew. Stoni’s case was personal to Blair because of what Matthew confessed. She would squeeze blood out of her menstrual pad and drop it in Matthew’s mouth. So, Blair repeated the torture routine. For days, Blair beat Stoni, starved her, threw hot water at her naked body, and finally strangled her until she died. Then, she asked her oldest daughter, Gabrielle, to put Stoni’s body in the freezer."'

*'''[https://registryreport.org/2019/03/26/dad-executed-his-15-year-old-son-for-touching-sister/ Dad Executed His 15-Year Old Son for Touching Sister] (2009)'''
*:''"When her 15-year-old son confessed to Lazette Cherry that he’d touched a 3-year-old girl in a sexual way, Cherry called a meeting with family members and friends the next day to discuss what to do next. When Jamar Pinkney Jr. came into the room, Cherry testified Monday that his father asked: “Is there anything you want to tell me?" The family left to allow the parents to talk with the boy. Then they heard screaming as Jamar Pinkney Sr. started kicking, punching and pistol-whipping his son. The witness accounts of the boy’s final minutes came during the father’s preliminary exam Tuesday in 30th District Court, in which he was ordered to stand trial on a charge of first-degree premeditated murder in the slaying of his son Nov. 16. The boy’s aunt, Yolanda Cherry, testified that she heard Jamar pleading: ‘Daddy, don’t!’ Yolanda Cherry said the boy’s father replied: ‘You want to see some counseling?’ in reference to the boy’s earlier requests to get help. ''[...]'' After hearing a single gunshot, Yolanda Cherry found her nephew lying mortally wounded. “His heart was still beating. I said, ‘Hold on. He’s choking on his blood'” Yolanda Cherry testified. “All these police cars. Where is the ambulance? When I felt again, I couldn’t feel any heartbeat.” “And he started to pull Jamar’s pants off,” Yolanda Cherry testified. “Jamar Jr. is saying, ‘No, Daddy, no.’”"'

*'''[https://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/activist-blames-quack-satanic-abuse-psychology-after-paranoid-mom-murders-her-autistic-son/ Mom murdered her autistic son after seeking help from therapist who believes in 'Satanic mind control'] (2016)'''
*:''"In May, New York millionaire Gigi Jordan was sentenced to 18 years in prison for crushing a lethal dose of Ambien and Xanax into a cocktail of juice and vodka and forcing her 8-year-old autistic son, Jude Mirra, to drink it with a syringe while holed up in a luxury hotel room. ''[...]'' News reports and court records about Jordan seem to illustrate a deeply disturbed, delusional mother who believed a complex, winding conspiracy between her two ex-husbands to both defraud her of large sums of money and horrifically, sexually abuse her son. In the end, Jordan maintains she killed Jude because she thought it was the only way to protect him from the ongoing abuse -- abuse she believed caused his autism symptoms. Both men adamantly denied the accusations. Neither has been charged with a crime. "I wanted him to be safe and at peace at any cost," Jordan said in an interview with CBS New York."'

*'''[https://www.denverpost.com/2009/11/18/michigan-dad-accused-of-killing-son-over-sex-abuse-claim/ Michigan dad accused of killing son over sex-abuse claim] (2009)'''
*:''"A 37-year-old father irate over hearing that his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said. Michigan authorities filed a first-degree murder charge Wednesday against Jamar Pinkney Sr. in the shooting death Monday of Jamar Pinkney Jr. in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park. ''[...]'' Cherry said the elder Pinkney arrived at the home with a gun, ordered his son to strip and marched him outside despite her protests. “He got on his knees and begged, ‘No, Daddy, no,’ and he pulled the trigger,” Cherry said."''

===State murder===

In some instances, the death penalty has been used against Sex Offenders against minors.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/herry-wirawan-indonesia-teacher-rape-b2051063.html Herry Wirawan: Indonesian teacher sentenced to death for raping 13 students and impregnating eight of them]</ref> In 2023, FL Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that allows for the execution of some sex offenders.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/01/politics/desantis-child-rapists-death-penalty-bill-scotus/index.html DeSantis signs bill making child rapists eligible for death penalty at odds with US Supreme Court ruling]</ref> Gay activists even claimed that it could lead to the death penalty for gay and trans people.<ref>[https://www.intomore.com/impact/a-new-florida-bill-could-spell-literal-death-for-queer-and-trans-citizens/ A New Florida Bill Could Spell Literal Death for Queer and Trans Citizens]</ref>

==Vigilante justice and rage==

:''[http://on-vigilantism.blogspot.com/ Sex Offender Research: Vigilantism] is far more comprehensive.''
[[File:Vigilante.jpg|thumb|Jason Vukovich was praised for a series of crazed hammer attacks on "pedophiles"]]
The "nonce hunting" situation in the UK has often been described as "out of control", with the pursuit of sexual deviants considered an "underground sport" much like cock fighting, dog fighting, bare-knuckle fighting and hare coursing. [[List of CSA/anti-pedophile proponents]] covers the British tradition of nonce-hunting and some of the highly localized groups involved. Elsewhere, [[Wikipedia:Occupy Pedophilia|homophobic groups]] have even sprung up, using hatred of [[pedophilia]] as an excuse for their existence.

*'''[https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/man-used-internet-registry-to-track-down-and-beat-up-pedophiles/ Police: Man used internet registry to track down and beat up pedophiles and sex offenders] (2019)'''
*:''"Back in the summer of 2016, he carried a notebook with a list of names, including Charles Albee, Andres Barbosa and Wesley Demarest. Over five days, he entered the homes of the three men, uninvited, and hit them, sometimes with his fists and in the case of Demarest, with a hammer, knocking him unconscious. He also stole from them, taking items including a truck and a laptop, according to assistant district attorney Patrick McKay. Vukovich called himself the “avenging angel” for children hurt by abusers. Vukovich told police that he targeted his victims based on their listings on Alaska’s sex offender registry, according to the memorandum. The online registry includes their home addresses, work addresses and convictions. Vukovich carried out his first attack the day after he got out of jail."''

*'''[https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2017/may/5/vigilantes-assault-rob-and-murder-registered-sex-offenders/ Vigilantes Assault, Rob and Murder Registered Sex Offenders] (2017)'''
*:''"In July 2015, Nebraska registered sex offender Phillip McDaniel lost his appeal seeking workers compensation for an attack that had occurred two years earlier at the Western Sugar Cooperative, when a co-worker assaulted him with a brass hammer while calling him a “chimo” – slang for “child molester.” The co-worker, Jason Bates, had become enraged after discovering that McDaniel was a registered sex offender. McDaniel suffered injuries to his nose, clavicle and left shoulder. He applied for workers compensation but was denied; after he appealed, the Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld the denial, finding that the attack was due to personal reasons even if the only relationship between the two was as co-workers. See: McDaniel v. Western Sugar Coop., 23 Neb. App. 35, 867 N.W.2d 302 (Neb. Ct. App. 2015)."''

*'''[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2700872/My-son-saved-attackers-life-Father-pounded-admitted-child-molester-bloody-puddle-claims-son-stopped-stabbing-admitted-pedophile-death.html 'My son saved his attacker's life': Father who brutally beat teen he caught raping his son, 11, reveals it was only his boy's pleas that saved the pedophile from death...] (2014)'''
*:[Summary] ''"Jason Browning, 35, shockingly admits he would have killed Raymond Frolander, 18, if not for his son stopping him. Mr Browning beat Frolander unconscious after walking in on the pervert performing a sex act on his son while naked. 'I just snapped,' he admitted after the beating at his Florida home - he will not be charged with any crime for his actions. Frolander admitted to police he has been molesting the boy for three years and was charged with sexual battery on a child under 12. The father created a Gofundme donations page asking for $1million for his son - but later took it down."''

*'''[https://www.courthousenews.com/doing-gods-work-with-a-hammer/ ‘Doing God’s Work’ With a Hammer] (2011)'''
*:''"A man attacked a 74-year-old registered sex offender with a hammer, claiming he was "doing God's work," police said. John Joseph Huffmaster, 29, of Hazelwood, allegedly crossed the street at about 6 a.m. on June 16 to the home of his 74-year-old neighbor under the guise of asking to borrow some sugar. When the man agreed to give him the sugar, Huffmaster walked inside the house and attacked him with a hammer, police said. Huffmaster then called police and told them that the man was molesting a child and that he had gone there to stop it, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Police arrived, but did not find a child. They found the neighbor semi-conscious and bleeding, with multiple skull and facial fractures."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081019044538/http://www.russiatoday.com/features/news/31969 Half a million for a paedophile's head] (2008)'''
*:''A parents' committee in Ekaterinburg, a city of over a million people in the Urals, has decided to tackle the problem of paedophilia using their own methods. They have instigated a "reward for the head of a paedophile". They will award 100,000 rubles (roughly US$ 4,000) to anyone who helps hand a paedophile over to the police and 500,000 rubles (US$ 19,000) to anyone who kills or severely injures one. The first reward has already been given to Evgeny Ivin, a student, who detained a paedophile and thereby saved a nine-year-old girl from rape earlier this year. The aspect of the story which most worried the committee was the fact that, allegedly, three passers-by saw the crime being committed, before the fourth, Ivin, decided to intervene. The new award will, according to them, make ordinary citizens more attentive in such situations. The second, more substantial, award is destined for those who have been jailed for "dealing" with a paedophile. The committee insists that society turns away from such individuals, but their actions can be understood. The money, according to the committee, can be used to pay attorneys and for moral compensation that the government all too often doesn't provide."''
[[File:Pedoph.png|thumb|Would be [[Pedophobia|pedophobic]] murderer Jason Browning had his 11-year old son to thank for preventing such an outcome after walking in on a homosexual encounter and brutalizing the older partner. He was still not charged for the attack, despite his cynical attempts to capitalize financially upon the "heroic" act.]]
*'''[https://www.ipce.info/newsletters/e_26/absurdities.htm Man walks free after stabbing pedophile] (2008)'''
*:''"A BLIND man who once acted as a lookout for a robbery yesterday walked from court after pleading guilty to stabbing a confessed pedophile. Raymond Cox - who has a list of criminal convictions 10 pages long - stabbed his neighbour after discovering he was a convicted child sex offender. The pair were drinking together when the neighbour confessed he had served time in prison for having sex with minors."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081003155050/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24425596-2761,00.html Police issue stern warning to vigilante] (2008)'''
*:''"LEAFLETS naming a convicted sex offender and his victims have been distributed in Booragoon, prompting police to warn people against vigilante action. ''[...]'' The pamphlets were designed to look like official documentation with the WA Police and Neighbourhood Watch logos printed on them. ''[...]'' "We are concerned about this vigilante type action, said Senior Sergeant Paul van Noort, officer-in-charge of Palmyra police station. ``Quite clearly, it's not an official document but somebody has been distributing information about a potential sex offender and unfortunately it also lists names of innocent parties as well. ``That can be very distressing for the victim and also the families as well"''

*'''Pueblo Chieftain article from October 18 (2008)'''
*:''"Reputation is a hard thing to restore. One Puebloan is trying, however, after his neighborhood was plastered with fliers last week falsely stating he was a child sex offender. "I was very fortunate that most of my neighbors that I talked to thought it was a bunch of crap," the 67-year-old man who preferred not to be identified said Friday. "My wife and I went door-to-door to tell people that I am not a sexual offender. I wanted to make sure that people who have children in the neighborhood knew it was a bunch of crap." As many as 25 fliers were distributed in the victim's neighborhood between midnight Oct. 6 and 4:30 a.m. Oct. 7, according to police. The fliers were distributed under the guise of a neighborhood watch group. It stated that the victim was charged with sexual assault on a child and stressed children's safety. "Remember there is no cure for these people," the flier said. "Help each other by watching your neighbor's children . . . Protect the Children!"''<ref>Nick Bonham's article from the Chieftain, now unarchived at '''chieftain.com/articles/2008/10/18/news/local/doc48f978e821a9e505539832.txt'''</ref>

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218054813/https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/man-stabbed-16-times-by.4790119.jp Man stabbed 16 times by son after downloading child porn] (2008)'''
*:''"Martyn Croft, aged 31, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment last month for repeatedly stabbing his father Brian during a violent confrontation over child porn. He drove to Kingsthorpe from Birmingham armed with an eight-inch kitchen knife in January, angry after discovering his father's interest in abusive images of children. After a violent confrontation in the early hours of January 24, he attacked his father in his bedroom, stabbing him 16 times in the back and chest, leaving him for dead."'

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071203094131/https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20780983/ Police: Vigilante justice led to unintended death] (2007)'''
*:''"Everybody in this little mountain community knew that Timothy Chandler had been arrested on child pornography charges. It was in the newspaper and all over the TV news. Two of Chandler’s neighbors decided to do something about it, police say. They were accused of trying to scare him off by setting fire to his tiny house tucked away in a hardscrabble Appalachian hollow. Chandler, 53, escaped from the flames. But his wife was killed in what authorities were calling an example of vigilante justice. ''[...]'' “I really wish it wasn’t me who got out,” Chandler told Knoxville television station WBIR. “I wish it was her. She didn’t deserve that.” ''[...]'' The fire is one of many examples of suspected [[vigilantism]] against sex offenders, ranging from harassment and arson to more violent crimes. A Nova Scotia man used Maine’s sex offender registry last year to find and fatally shoot two registered sex offenders. Two convicted child rapists were killed in Washington state."''

===Police-supported===

:''See also: [[To Catch a Predator]], [[Vigilantism]] and any number of [[Wikipedia:Anti-pedophile activism|Anti "Paedophile" Organizations]] listed in our [[List of CSA/anti-pedophile proponents|compendium]].''

*'''[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna31214450 Philly case rekindles debate on vigilante justice] (2009)'''
*:''"A dozen neighbors were so outraged by the rape of an 11-year-old girl that they chased a suspect and beat him, holding him until police arrived. Two of them were honored with an $11,500 police union reward even before the beaten man was charged in the girl's assault. Hailed by their community as heroes, none of the neighbors is being charged in the beating. "We put out a call to bring this savage beast off the street, and they stepped up," McNesby ''[LEO]'' said of the decision to hand out reward money Friday to Fernando Genval and David Vargas. "I think that these two guys did an outstanding job." Police distributed a photo of 27-year-old Jose Carrasquillo, calling him a person of interest in the case ''[...]'' '''They ''[locals]'' roughed up the first man they targeted — not Carrasquillo.''' Later, in an altercation caught by a store surveillance camera, they found and confronted Carrasquillo, beating him with their hands, feet and what appears on the videotape to be a board or a large stick. Carrasquillo was taken to a hospital in serious condition and was released into police custody two days later."''

==False accusations==

[[File:Sra.jpg|thumb|A 1994 "expert" in "satanic indicators".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q5kDm9eOTM Video (YT) - Got Satanists?]</ref>]]
False accusations are a frequent occurence within this emotive arena, and are thus dotted throughout this article on adverse consequences. What we repeatedly see is that the supposed "magnitude" of this issue makes it incredibly easy for authorities to react in a way that may have life-altering consequences for the falsely accused.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061219022834/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/08/05/nsue05.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/08/05/ixhome.html Businessman sues police who told school he is sex pest]</ref>

===Leading to massacre of children and others===

False accusations and harassment by the child protection bureaucracy were the explicit reasons given by the perpetrator of the [[Wikipedia:Dunblane massacre#Perpetrator|Dunblane Massacre]]. If enough men are unfairly targeted in such a way, it is only a matter of time before the authorities end up picking a fight with someone who is willing to carry out unforgivable acts<ref>[https://www.rt.com/usa/514392-florida-fbi-agents-shot/ FBI confirms 2 agents killed, 3 wounded in suspected child porn raid in Florida ]</ref> as revenge.

In late-2022, a crazed gunman shot 5 dead in a Colorado Gay Nightclub.<ref>[https://www.them.us/story/club-q-colorado-springs-lgbtq-nightclub-shooting-drag-brunch?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=syndication&mbid=synd_msn_rss At Least Five Dead and 18 Injured in LGBTQ+ Nightclub Shooting in Colorado]</ref> The nightclub had advertised an "all ages drag brunch" on that very day, in a year marred by the emergence of [[Pedophobia|pedophobic]] attacks on the LGBT community, using the false [[grooming]] trope.

===Defamation===

Academics in particular are targeted for defamation, due to hysterical attitudes. The "pedophile slur" has been repeatedly hurled at controversial male and trans academics such as [[Allyn Walker]], [[Stephen Kershnar]], [[Richard Yuill]] and [[Thomas Hubbard]], as it is widely (and sometimes wrongly) assumed to be a "zero risk strategy", i.e. "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". See our gallery at the top of the page, for some examples.

===Worship of satan, blood libel, "Recovered Memory"===

This is a particularly insidious form of moral panic, whose repercussions are still felt.<ref>[https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explained The history of Satanic Panic in the US — and why it's not over yet - Vox]</ref> See for example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic Wikipedia]. Fortunately, this specific form of moral panic is less active right now, but lives on in alternative-right conspiratorialism, QAnon, etc, slowing political progress and providing a distraction handle to divert attention away from the wrongdoings of public officials. Police agencies in the UK have also claimed that SRA is still a problem.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220319031245/https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/caa/child-abuse/faith-based-abuse Met Police: Faith Based Abuse]</ref>

===Botched [[child pornography]] investigations===

In the late 00s, [[Wikipedia:Operation Ore|Operation Ore]] was uncovered as a large scale injustice. Similarly, many questions remain unanswered concerning Ore's American counterpart, [[Wikipedia:Operation Avalanche (child pornography investigation)|Avalanche]] (see gallery at head of page). If you are so inclined, find a decent mirror of [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://inquisition21.com Inquisition 21] from back in the day, and please contact us if you have more information as we would like to publish more thorough accounts of these investigations.

===As an easy handle for state intervention===

In March, 2009, [[NAMBLA]] were accused by the New York Post and MSNBC of putting a $10,000 bounty on the head of Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]] following a completely anonymous posting on usenet, made by someone claiming to represent them. MSNBC claimed that the bounty was "sponsored by the monsters at NAMBLA, the nation's largest pro-pedophilia group".<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03092009/news/columnists/perv_group_puts_10g_hit_on_andy_158663.htm PERV GROUP PUTS 10G ‘HIT’ ON ANDY - NYP]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090312042014/https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29593394 Pedophiles Gunning for Cuomo - MSNBC]</ref> Apparently unaware or ignorant of the fact that such claims were made frequently, and in similar mocking-tones on newsgroups, where NAMBLA is the butt of numerous jokes, American authorities used this threat as the launchpad for a criminal investigation, again, gleefully reported upon by the ''Post''.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102009/news/regionalnews/probe_fails_to_keep_price_off_cuomos_hea_158910.htm PROBE FAILS TO KEEP PRICE OFF CUOMO’S HEAD - NYP]</ref> Thus, gutter press journalists were effectively allowed to defame a virtually defunct and cash-strapped organization<ref>[http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88255 Is NAMBLA Gunning (Literally) for New York AG? - EdgeBoston]</ref> that would have been able to sue against such claims if it had $10,000 at its disposal.

==Unconstitutionality==

*'''[http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0814/p09s01-coop.html "Protecting our kids – or jeopardizing everyone's freedom?"] (2008)'''
*:''"Residency restrictions, unconstitutional laws that bar sex offenders from living in a specified area, are on the rise ''[...]'' Twenty-two states have prohibited sex offenders from living within a minimum distance of family facilities, such as schools and day-care centers. The distance ranges from 500 feet to five times that. And further restrictions are on the way. ''[...]'' The more crucial problem, though, is that residency restrictions clearly violate the constitutional limits on statutory law. Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution reads in part: "No bill, or attainder, or ex post facto law shall be passed." The Latin phrase "ex post facto" literally translates as "from after the fact." The Founding Fathers wisely realized that law must not be retroactive. ''[...]'' Most state laws require their state to build schools and family facilities according to the population of a constituency. Therefore, inevitably a case arises when changes in demographics require construction of a school within the restricted range of a convicted child sex offender. We may feel no sympathy when an ex-convict is forced to sell his home because of it, but this practice is retroactive punishment."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081204064252/http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/11/25/georgia_sex_offender.html Court strikes down life sentence for sex offender] (2008)'''
*:''"In a 6-1 decision, written by Justice Robert Benham, the court said the life sentence imposed upon 26-year-old Cedric Bradshaw of Statesboro violates the Eighth Amendment’s guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment. “We conclude the imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment is so harsh in comparison to the crime for which it was imposed that it is unconstitutional,” Benham wrote."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090502005908/http://cfcamerica.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=507:the-girls-diary-later-revealed-she-had-been-sneaking-out-of-her-parents-bloomfield-township-home-in-the-middle-of-the-night-to-have-oral-and-anal-sex-with-22-boys-and-men-&catid=3:news&Itemid=1 CFC America on "Oakland youth in sex diary case found dead"] (2009)'''
*:''"Pleading to seduction as Fawcett did in 2002 meant his name would not appear on the sex-offender list. But changes last year require those who pleaded guilty to seduction to appear on the list, said the county's Chief Deputy Prosecutor Deborah Carley. ''[...]'' His parents called it a devastating blow to their son. The state enacted New Laws and applied them Retroactively, which is against the United States Constitution. His parents said it was wrong to for the state to break an agreement, their plea agreement, and do this to their son. They said they believe the plea agreement he made two years ago should stand."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090726094327/http://www.itworld.com/legal/61143/supreme-court-refuses-internet-age-restrictions-case Supreme Court refuses Internet age restrictions case] (2009)'''
*:''"For over a decade the government has been trying to thwart freedom of speech on the Internet, and for years the courts have been finding the attempts unconstitutional," Chris Hansen, senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said in a statement. "It is not the role of the government to decide what people can see and do on the Internet. Those are personal decisions that should be made by individuals and their families."''

==Broad sweep registries==

:''See [[Research: Recidivism and other offending figures#Facts and figures according to SOL Reform Groups and their allies|our research article]].''

When the same overbearing restrictions are applied to minor offenses (public urination, "[[statutory rape]]", etc), we simultaneously undermine the magnitude of serious crimes and impose cruel and unusual punishments on less serious offenders. See [[Research: Recidivism and other offending figures#Facts and figures according to SOL Reform Groups and their allies|SOR problems]].

==Homelessness==

[[File:Sotents.jpg|thumb|A Floridian sex-offender "tent city" in 2008]]
Homelessness is a widely acknowledged result of [[Jessica's Law]] and almost certainly increases the rate of offending. Ghettos such as [[Wikipedia:Miracle Village (community)|Miracle Village]] have sprung up in response. Homelessness is an ongoing problem that does not receive as much attention as it did in the 00s.

*'''[https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-news/calif-seeks-solutions-homeless-sex-offender-rate/20977/ Panel: Calif. Seeks Solutions to Homeless Sex Offender Rate] (2017)'''
*:''"California has as many homeless sex offenders now as it did 2½ years ago, when a state Supreme Court ruling that overturned restrictions on where they could live was seen as a way to increase housing options and allow law enforcement to better track them. Sex offenders must register with the state and provide new addresses when they move. Those who are homeless are less apt to keep their locations updated and more likely to commit new crimes. The number of homeless offenders more than tripled after voters banned sex offenders from living near schools and parks a decade ago, and it was thought the number would fall with the Supreme Court's March 2015 decision. But as of early July, there were 6,329 homeless sex offenders on the California Justice Department's sex offender registry — down only a hair from the 6,422 in January 2015."''

*'''[https://www.wral.com/homeless-sex-offenders-living-in-tents-in-busy-section-of-fayetteville/20380739/ Homeless sex offenders living in tents in busy section of Fayetteville] (2022)'''
*:''"There are 843 registered sex offenders living in Cumberland County. For dozens in Fayetteville, their home is a tent alongside the road. Deputies in the Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Registration Enforcement Unit (SOREU) learned the group of offenders are homeless and stay in a tent community along where the busy Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway (Highway 87) goes over Gillespie Street. Some live under the overpass while others live in a nearby field beside Gillespie Street. A man who didn't want be identified told WRAL News he is a registered sex offender who lives in a tent. He has a job and was living with his sister, but the law requires sex offenders to live at least 1,000 feet from a school, which she didn't, he explained. "It's also hard to find houses and hard to find rent," he said."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150719141727/https://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/10/23/3583307/in-miami-dade-sex-offenders-are-relegated-to-outdoor-encampments/ Inside Miami’s Hidden Tent City For ‘Sex Offenders’] (2014)'''
*:''"In 2009, Miami-Dade County drew national criticism when reports emerged that more than 100 individuals on the sex offender registry were camping under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in the middle of the Biscayne Bay with the blessing of the corrections department, because a patchwork of restrictive laws made it so they had nowhere else to go. In response, officials cleared out the camp and changed the law, in a shift that was supposed to give these offenders a habitable place to live. But four years after that new law was passed, those on the sex offender registry who consider Miami-Dade County home are just camping somewhere else — in makeshift encampments on the outskirts of the county near a railroad track. There is no sanitary water source, no bathrooms, and no shelter from the elements. Many of them used to sleep in an empty warehouse. But after the owners complained, they moved north to a small strip of land, where the only shelter they can find is from their own tents or cars, and sometimes another abandoned warehouse. ''[...]'' How does this happen? Like many places, Miami-Dade County has restrictions on where those on the sex offender registry can live, often known as “child safety zones.” In their case, they cannot live within 2,500 feet of a school. Miami-Dade’s law was passed two years ago after several even stricter laws that created buffer zones around a range of facilities were deemed too restrictive. But since the law was passed, more and more places have been classified as “schools.” And the significant radius — much greater than the 1,000-foot requirement in the state law — has left those on the sex offender registry with few options for affordable, habitable living space. For a time, these individuals were living at River Park mobile home. But residents lobbied to have a youth emergency homeless shelter defined as a “school” under the law, and dozens of those on the offender registry were ejected."''

*'''[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-offenders14-2009jan14,0,1944251.story Panel: Take another look at sex offender restrictions] (2009)'''
*:''"Reporting from Sacramento -- A state panel is urging the governor and legislators to change "Jessica's Law," saying its restrictions on where sex offenders can live are counterproductive and calling the nearly $25 million a year spent to house them a poor use of taxpayers' money. The residency restrictions, passed by voters more than two years ago in Proposition 83, have never been shown to prevent new crimes and may reduce public safety, the panel says. Since 70% of voters approved the initiative, "the availability of suitable housing has plummeted," the state's Sex Offender Management Board said in a report sent to lawmakers this week. The state previously had more modest residency limits that applied only to certain sex offenders. Jessica's Law expanded the restrictions to all sex offenders and greatly reduced the locations where they could reside. Barring sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of schools, parks and other areas where children gather has driven many into homelessness, an unstable situation that can propel them back to crime, according to the board. State corrections officials say they find housing and pay rent for about 800 who are on parole, but they cannot house them all; the number of homeless sex offenders on parole is 12 times as large as it was when the law was passed."''

==Unenforceable and expensive laws==

:''For more [[SOL Reform]] arguments and links, see [[Research: Recidivism and other offending figures]].''

*'''[https://www.oocities.org/three_strikes_legal/sex_offenders_danger_forever.html Jessica's Law is an expensive failure] (2008)'''
*:''"By now, it should be apparent that California voters made a serious mistake when they passed Proposition 83, the 2006 ballot initiative popularly known as Jessica's law. The law requires lifetime monitoring of sex offenders -- not only those charged with child sexual abuse and rapists whose victims were adults, but also those convicted of consensual sex with a teenager and even misdemeanor indecent exposure. It bars offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park. By the end of 2007, it was obvious that the law was a failure. Almost no local police agencies in California were enforcing it, partly because it was unenforceable and partly because even trying to enforce it proved prohibitively expensive. ''[...]'' In practice, as the Times reported, it has led to the state contracting with 79 psychologists and psychiatrists to do the evaluations. Last year, 14 of them billed the state more than a half-million dollars apiece for those services. One billed the state for more than $1.5 million in 2007. Such payments to contractors might be worthwhile if the evaluations were producing clear benefits. But it isn't. The evaluations were supposed to be used to determine if sex offenders should be committed to a mental hospital after serving their sentences. But the Times found that the number of commitments was essentially the same for the 18-month periods before and after voters approved the law."''

==Psychic interventions and inferences==

Most people know that superstition, fabrication and mass psychosis have marked some of the past "unearthly" CSA panics such as the [[Wikipedia: Satanic Panic|Satanic Panic]]. But while coercive "recovery" of traumatic memories, grifting therapists and their corrupt relationships with lawyers are some of the better-known aspects of the CSA Industry, even ''psychic mediums'' have been allowed to gain ground.

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080619195905/http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_23845.aspx CityNews Exclusive: The Mother, The Child, The School Board And The Psychic] (2008)'''
*:''"Leduc's weird tale began on May 30, when she dropped young Victoria off for class at Terry Fox Elementary and headed in to work, only to receive a frantic phone call from the school telling her it was urgent she come back right away. The frightened mother rushed back to the campus and was stunned by what she heard - the principal, vice-principal and her daughter's teacher were all waiting for her in the office, telling her they'd received allegations that Victoria had been the victim of sexual abuse - and that the CAS had been notified. ''[...]'' "The teacher looked and me and said: 'We have to tell you something. The educational assistant who works with Victoria went to see a psychic last night, and the psychic asked the educational assistant at that particular time if she works with a little girl by the name of "V." And she said 'yes, I do.' And she said, 'well, you need to know that that child is being sexually abused by a man between the ages of 23 and 26.'" ''[...]'' But things got worse when school officials used the "evidence" and accepted the completely unsubstantiated word of the seer by reporting the case to Children's Aid, which promptly opened a file on the family. "They reported me to Children's Aid," Leduc declares, still disbelieving. "Based on a psychic!" ''[...]'' As a result, she's refused to send Victoria back to class - or to the educational assistant who allegedly started the entire chain of events in the first place. As a result of her stress and the need to stay home with her daughter, Leduc is now unable to work, has no place to send her child for the rest of the year, isn't sure where she'll go when school begins in September and is seeking legal advice."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430175322/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/leeds-paedophile-guilty-thanks-to.4033081.jp Leeds paedophile guilty thanks to man who 'talks to dead'] (2008)'''
*:''"A psychic who called upon the dead to expose a paedophile who preyed on girls as young as nine today said: "Justice has been done." Using his mystic powers Patrick Hutchinson sensed a 20-year-old woman's demons from her childhood and helped her confront her abuser for the first time. After a five-and-a-half-day trial a Leeds Crown Court jury yesterday convicted her tormentor Terrance Dunstan, 61, of five charges of indecently assaulting three girls aged from nine to 11 between 1997 and 2001. ''[...]'' Mr Hutchinson repeatedly asked if she had been abused as a child until she burst into tears and told the friend she was out with the terrible secret she had kept hidden for around ten years. ''[...]'' Dunstan escaped prison in March 2005 and was handed a community order after admitting four charges of indecently assaulting three different girls all aged under 16 between 1989 and 2004. Father-of-eight Dunstan claimed he was the victim of a plot to get him jailed during his trial which started last Monday. He said the three girls who made complaints against him had conspired with previous victims. He said they were angry he escaped jail after being convicted of abusing them."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100601035310/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national-news/paedophile_denies_carrying_out_exorcisms_1_641494 Paedophile denies carrying out exorcisms] (2010)'''
*:''"Convicted paedophile Mohammed Anjum, 53, of Egmont Road, spoke out to deny the claims from the mother of one his alleged victims as he gave evidence during his trial at Teesside Crown Court. She accused him of being a black magician and exorcist who tried to kill his own father and thought she was possessed by demons. During an extraordinary testimony the mother, who cannot be identified, shouted at the defendant from the witness box: "Sexually abuse my child now, I dare you, in front of Judge Fox. I dare you. You coward. Gary Glitter. Disgusting. Dirty pervert. I'm enjoying this. I'm enjoying speaking the truth." Giving evidence on Wednesday, the mother said she once saw Anjum "glaring at my son like a savage beast". ''[...]'' She told the court: "What he had done in my religion was write something which makes you a disbeliever. He'd written magic, black magic, a spell." The mother told officers Anjum and his wife, who are now estranged, were black magicians. She talked of "magic love spells" and likened the couple to Fred and Rose West. Responding to the allegations, defence barrister Tony Hawks said to Anjum: "I never thought I would have to ask this during my career at the bar, are you a black magician?" "No," the bearded defendant replied."''

==Banning of children & child photography==

With widespread uneasiness surrounding the imputed motives of people - especially men who volunteer to work with children or photograph children at events, completely cancelling clubs and events or banning photography is often the easier option.

*'''[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/08/22/a-dad-took-pictures-of-his-son-at-a-doctors-request-then-google-labeled-him-a-sex-offender/ A Dad Took Pictures of His Son at a Doctor’s Request, then Google Labeled Him a Sex Offender] (2022)'''
*:''"In a recent article, the New York Times tells the story of a father who attempted to seek telemedicine treatment for his son amidst the coronavirus pandemic, sending photos of his son to the doctor for inspection at the request of the medical office. Google tagged the images as child abuse material, disabled his account, and reported him to the police. ''[...]'' in February 2021 noticed that his son appeared to be suffering from a medical issue affecting his genitals which were swollen and painful. Mark’s wife called an advice nurse at their health care provider and scheduled an emergency consultation by video. The nurse instructed Mark and his wife to send photos of the medical issue to the doctor ahead of time so that he could review them before the consultation. Mark and his wife did so, using their iPhone to take photos of their child’s genitals. The doctor quickly diagnosed the issue and prescribed antibiotics which treated the problem. But just two days after taking the photos of his son, Mark received a notification on his phone informing him that his account had been disabled because of “harmful content” that was “a severe violation of Google’s policies and might be illegal.” A link titled “learn more” directed him to a list of possible reasons, including “child sexual abuse & exploitation.” Mark immediately filled out a form requesting a review of Google’s decision and explaining his son’s medical issue. But quickly Mark found that not only had he lost access to his emails, contact information for friends and former colleagues, and documentation of his son’s first years of life, but also his Google Fi account shut down which meant that he had to get a new phone number with another carrier. A few days later, Google responded that it would not be reinstating his account. Later, Mark learned that Google had also flagged a video he made and the San Francisco Police Department had begun to investigate him."''
::[Editor: This was not an isolated incident<ref>[https://www.rt.com/news/561343-google-parents-child-abuse-algorithm/ RT.com, another dad caught out by Google CP algo]</ref>]

*'''[https://www.denverpost.com/2018/01/24/arizona-bath-time-photos-child-protective-services/ How an Arizona couple’s innocent bath time photos of their kids set off a 10-year legal saga] (2018)'''
*:''"A Walmart employee had flagged the bath time photos as pornographic, the detective told the parents. One showed the girls wrapped in towels with their arms around each other; another showed their exposed bottoms. The Demarees said they were harmless shots of the children goofing around, no different than what you’d expect to find in any family scrapbook. But police and social workers launched a full-blown sex abuse investigation, raiding the couple’s home and putting the girls in protective custody for a month while they interviewed dozens of family members and friends about whether the Demarees were child sex offenders. ''[...]'' On Tuesday, after a series of defeats in the case, a federal appeals court affirmed what the Demarees have argued all along: that their children were taken from them for no good reason. ''[...]'' The decision, which came nearly 10 years after the parents’ initial encounter with police, revived the case against the two social workers after a lower court dismissed it in 2014. That court ruled that the social workers, as employees of the Arizona government, were entitled to “qualified immunity,” meaning they were protected from liability in lawsuits arising from their professional duties. ''[...]'' After questioning the parents, police took the children in for interviews and medical exams to look for signs of sexual abuse. While the exams were being conducted, they got a search warrant and raided the couple’s home, seizing computers, cellphones, undeveloped film and other materials relevant to a child pornography probe, the court wrote. ''[...]'' Police interviewed about three dozen friends, family members and co-workers of the Demarees in the course of their sex-abuse investigation, according to the lawsuit. The Demarees also underwent psychological evaluation, according to ABC News."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20211021094239/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2164341/Child-protection-rules-could-see-youngsters-banned-from-sport-and-hobby-clubs.html Child protection rules could see youngsters banned from sport and hobby clubs] (2008)'''
*:''"Children could be barred from joining sports and hobby clubs because of the increasing burden of red tape, campaigners fear. Organisations which run activities for youngsters are already struggling to recruit volunteers because they must undergo criminal records checks. But when a new child protection database is introduced next year - which one in four adults will have to sign at a cost of £64 each - it is feared that many groups which admit members of all ages will decide it is cheaper and simpler to exclude children. Campaigners say this will leave teenagers unable to take part in activities which are good for their development, and makes a mockery of Government attempts to crack down on youth obesity and anti-social behaviour ''[...]'' "Some clubs have closed their doors to children, and that's a real shame."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012050455/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland/Parents-warned-on-gymnastic-photos.4352550.jp Parents warned on gymnastic photos] (2008)'''
*:''"FEAR of paedophiles on the internet has prompted Scots sports chiefs to warn parents and coaches not to photograph young athletes in their gym gear. Controversial new advice from governing body Scottish Gymnastics says photographs of youngsters should only be taken if they are wearing tracksuits."''

*'''[https://www.oldfamilyfirst.org.nz/2008/06/parents-banned-from-snapping-kids-at-sport/ Archived article from the Herald Sun] (2008)'''
*:''"Netball, basketball, rugby league, AFL, cricket, soccer and baseball clubs have imposed rules to prevent photos of young players being taken without the consent of all parents and coaches. NSW's Macarthur junior baseball league president Maud Goldfinch said parents had to sign a form confirming they would not take photographs without permission. Ms Goldfinch said that as a parent, she did not agree with the policy, which deprived children of happy sporting memories. "''

*'''Story from ThisIsLincolnshire (2008)'''
*:''"Parents are now banned from taking photographs of their own children at most family venues across Lincolnshire, new research has revealed. There are picture bans in places ranging from North Kesteven Sports Centre in North Hykeham to Crazee Bongos indoor play area in Sleaford. An Echo survey shows that even Superbowl bowling alley in Lincoln stops parents from capturing magical childhood moments."''<ref>Dead, most probably malformed link unarchived at '''thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156130&command=displayContent&sourceNode=242285&home=yes&more_nodeId1=156139&contentPK=21161539''' with no text result in search engines</ref>

*'''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1035315/Father-branded-pervert--photographing-children-public-park.html Father-of-three branded a 'pervert' - for photographing his own children in public park] (2008)'''
*:''"When Gary Crutchley started taking pictures of his children playing on an inflatable slide he thought they would be happy reminders of a family day out. But the innocent snaps of seven-year-old Cory, and Miles, five, led to him being called a ‘pervert’. The woman running the slide at Wolverhampton Show asked him what he was doing and other families waiting in the queue demanded that he stop. One even accused him of photographing youngsters to put the pictures on the internet."''

==Attacks on heritage==

*'''[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-smashes-statue-hammer-bbc-b1991884.html Man with hammer seen attacking statue outside BBC HQ] (2022)'''
::''"A controversial statue over the entrance to the BBC’s Broadcasting House in London has been damaged by a man with a hammer. The individual used a ladder to reach the statue by [[Eric Gill]] while another man on the ground shouted about the sculptor’s history of paedophilia. The BBC has previously faced calls to remove Prospero and Ariel, which was installed in 1933. Gill’s diaries, published decades after his death in 1940, revealed he sexually abused his daughters and family dog. Shards of stone have been falling from the BBC building and the man has written the words “noose all paedos” on the statue. Images from the scene appear to show the penis of the child in the piece has been removed. Police, who were called to the scene at around 4.15pm, said they were trying to “engage” with the man wielding the hammer, and have arrested another man on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage."''

*'''[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-principal-out-after-viewing-of-michelangelos-david-upsets-parents_n_641c621ee4b0fef15248d867/amp Florida Principal Out After Viewing Of Michelangelo's 'David' Upsets Parents] (2023)'''
::''"The principal of Florida’s Tallahassee Classical School is out of a job after parents complained that their sixth-grade children were shown Michelangelo’s 16th century “David” sculpture, with one parent calling it “pornographic,” the Tallahassee Democrat first reported. The now-former principal, Hope Carrasquilla, told HuffPost the situation was also “a little more complicated than that,” noting that the usual protocol is to send parents a letter before students are shown such classical artwork. ''[...]'' One parent was “point-blank upset,” Carrasquilla continued, and “felt her child should not be viewing those pieces.” The board of the charter school decided Monday to give the principal the choice to resign or be fired after less than a year in the job. She was the school’s third principal since it opened in the fall of 2020, per the Tallahassee Democrat. ''[...]'' Carrasquilla said she had taught in classical education for a decade and knew that “once in a while you get a parent who gets upset about Renaissance art” — hence the letter. ''[...]'' “Parental rights trump everything else,” ''[School Board Chair]'' Bishop said. ''[...]'' “They didn’t like the woke indoctrination that was going on,” ''[he added] [...]'' “We don’t use pronouns,” Bishop said. “We don’t teach CRT and we don’t ever mention 1619 — those are not appropriate subjects for our kids.”"''

*'''[https://alt.sculpture.narkive.com/NvDEwCL5/teacher-reprimanded-after-student-sees-nude-art-on-museum-trip Teacher reprimanded after student sees nude art on museum trip] (2006)'''
::''"School board members have voted to not renew the contract of a veteran art teacher who was reprimanded after one of her fifth-grade students saw a nude sculpture during a school trip to a museum. Sydney McGee has been on paid administrative leave from Fisher Elementary School since Friday, said her attorney Rogge Dunn. ''[...]'' "If they had good reason to fire her, they would have, but they don't," Dunn said. "It's mind-boggling.""''
::[See also<ref>[https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/2006/10/09/fired-art-teacher-sparks-controversy/50376622007/ South Coast Today: Sydney McGee controversy.]</ref>]

*'''[http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Vickers%27_Scandalous_Caption_and_the_Library_of_Congress Vickers' Scandalous Caption and the Library of Congress] - Percy Foundation Wiki (2012)'''
::''"Of all the many scholars who try to impose contemporary "morals" onto depictions of ancient lives, Michael Vickers is one of the most egregious offenders. Recent discourse about his labeling of a painted vase with pederastic art at the Ashmolean, where he is Curator of Greek and Roman Antiquities, demonstrates his prejudices and disregard for historical reality. With his defense of that outrageous caption of his, he has outdone even his fellow British academician James Davidson in The Greeks and Greek Love: A Bold New Exploration of the Ancient World, Orion, 2006. The vase in question, depicting a pederastic scene at a palestra where a man and a youth are clearly in the midst of sexual foreplay, was labeled some time ago by Vickers to read, simply, '''"Paedophile and victim."'''"''

*'''[https://www.today.com/popculture/paul-reubens-pleads-guilty-obscenity-charge-wbna4563512 Paul Reubens pleads guilty to obscenity charge] (2004)'''
::''"“Pee-wee Herman” actor Paul Reubens was sentenced to three years probation Friday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor obscenity charge involving photographs seized from his erotica collection. The former star of the “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” children’s TV show and two “Pee-wee” movies won’t be allowed unsupervised contact with minors during the probation period. Under terms of a plea agreement that Superior Court Judge Carol H. Rehm approved, Reubens also agreed to pay a $100 fine and enter a counseling program for one year. ''[...]'' Evidence seized included images of minors with their genitals exposed, Moses contended. “That mischaracterizes the art collection seized,” Reubens’ lawyer, Blair Berk said Friday. “If that means a black-and-white tintype from 1901 with a young man of indeterminate, 17- to 19-year-old age, laying on the beach after having gone skinny-dipping ... then they got it.” “It was clear from the start that we, along with the many distinguished art experts supporting Paul’s art photography collection, vehemently disagreed with the city prosecutor’s view of what constitutes art,” Berk said. In a statement, Reubens said he was glad that the child pornography charge had been dismissed without “a costly circus-like trial.”"''

==Banning of contact==

In the 90s and 00s, an increasing number of public facilities started introducing regulations to "[[Safeguarding|safeguard]]" children, or otherwise reduce the risk of even fleeting contact with adult strangers. One now deleted story informed us that:

<blockquote>''Library staff have been warned not to put children on their knees during story times for fear they will be branded paedophiles. Staff have also been told not to "lead a child by the hand" out of the library to look for a missing parent under a new policy introduced by education chiefs. As well as protecting employees from "vulnerable situations", the policy also warns librarians to keep an eye out for potential paedophiles and to ask adults acting suspiciously near a children's area or activity to move on or leave. Library staff will be told to refrain from physical contact where possible, even when they are trying to comfort a distressed or injured child.''</blockquote>

This scheme of "protections", we now take for granted.

===Sexism===

*'''[https://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/parents-dont-believe-men-should-be-working-in-childcare/news-story/97b0eee9607c4983107e79c1f2d3d20e 'Parents don’t believe men should be working in childcare'] (2017)'''
::''"A pair of parents walked past and clocked me, just sitting there. The next thing I knew, they’d reported me to the police for touching their child inappropriately. It hit me like a bus. They started an active campaign against me, even though I’d done nothing wrong. They put posters of my face with my name and where I worked, saying I was a child molester. It was plastered everywhere around traffic lights and in the streets. They spread lies about me throughout the community. I had to go for an interview with child protection services. I was terrified. I knew I’d done absolutely nothing wrong, but if I were found guilty of something it would affect my entire life. I was really freaking out, it was horrendous. I had to answer a load of questions but I gave straight, honest answers because I knew that the whole childcare centre worked with careful guidelines; I’d never been alone with children and never acted inappropriately in any way whatsoever."''

*'''[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4381724/Widower-accused-PAEDOPHILE-Travelodge-staff.html Widower staying with his own daughter, 13, is accused of being a PAEDOPHILE by Travelodge staff and interviewed by police all because he booked a double room] (2017)'''
::''"A widower who lost his wife to cancer was accused of being a paedophile by Travelodge staff because he booked a double room for him and his daughter. Craig Darwell, 46, was taking Millie, 13, to visit Thorpe Park and was forced to book the double room in Chertsey, Surrey, because there were no others available. But when he checked in, suspicious staff demanded that he show them his daughter's ID. Mr Darwell, who lost his wife to leukaemia when Millie was just four, explained that he did not have ID for his daughter and instead showed staff pictures of them together when she was a baby. But even after seeing them, staff called the police and he and his daughter were forced into separate rooms and interviewed by a police officer."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517234820/http://www.theblogfathers.com/2007/08/14/dealing-with-irrational-fear-of-pedophiles/ BlogFathers - "Dealing With (Irrational?) Fear Of Pedophiles"] (2008)'''
::''"My friend, a Latin woman, has such fear of pedophiles that she will not let any teacher help out in the bathroom at day care with her toddler girls. No change of diapers, no change of clothing, and no help with toilet visits. It must be a woman, otherwise inappropriate things could happen. Apparently, any male might be a pedophile. Every other parent is fine with the male employees helping out but she refuses to change her mind."''

===General hysteria===

*'''[https://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/touching_guidelines.htm Archdiocese Enacts New "Touching" Guidelines] (2008)'''
*:''"Tough new guidelines on "good" touching and "bad" touching are now in place for anyone who has contact with children within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. For example, "side hugs" are allowed but "bear hugs" are considered prohibited physical contact." ''[...]'' "It is really sad, but itâ€™s necessary in the culture in which we're living," said Andriacco. ''[...]'' "The decree prohibits physical contact that is considered "inappropriate." Any form of unwanted affection ''[...]'' Inappropriate, forceful or lengthy embraces and/or "bear hugs" ''[...]'' Kisses ''[...]'' Lap-sitting ''[...]'' Touching buttocks, chest, knees, thighs or genital areas ''[...]'' Placing hands in the pockets of al child ''[...]'' Showing affection in isolated areas such as bedrooms, closets, adult-only or staff-only areas ''[...]'' Laying down, cuddling or sleeping near a child ''[...]'' Being in bed with a child ''[...]'' Wrestling ''[...]'' Tickling ''[...]'' Piggyback rides ''[...]'' Massage given by an adult to a child ''[...]'' Massage given by a child to an adult"''

*'''[http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1408828,00.html Losing touch] (2005)'''
*:''"It's an everyday drama at primary schools up and down the country - but according to London teacher Kate Abley, a child wetting himself in the classroom is no longer a molehill, it's a mountain. "One male teacher refused to change children - he'd get other teachers to do it," says Abley. "Another teacher would call the child's mother to come in and deal with it." Those teachers who were prepared to change a child's wet pants were supposed to take another adult into the changing rooms, to keep an eye on them. "The whole thing was completely impractical." There's a growing panic among childcare professionals about touching young children in their care which, says a group of academics at Manchester Metropolitan University's Institute of Education, is causing concern and uncertainty about what's OK and what's not when it comes to innocent physical contact with youngsters. In research they are planning to publish later this year, academics Heather Piper, John Powell and Hannah Smith describe how some child carers are reluctant even to put a plaster on a child's scraped knee. Very young children have to treat their injuries themselves - with the nursery worker or teacher giving instructions on how to open the box, take out a plaster and stick it on. If a child's parent is nearby, he or she is summoned to deal with the injury. Piper describes it as a crazy situation. "Many people are behaving in completely ludicrous ways. What is cast into doubt is the process of normal nurturing - the way adults are with children." Comforting a child when they're upset, putting a plaster on them, changing their wet pants - all these everyday ways in which adults care for young children are now seen as suspect. "Children are used to being cared for by adults, being picked up and having somebody put their plasters on. If they go to places where adults don't touch them, this must be quite horrifying," says Piper - she cited the example from one playgroup in her research where there was "no touch that was caring at all"."''

*'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7474692.stm Adults 'scared to go near kids'] (2008)'''
*:''"Many adults are afraid to interact with children for fear of being labelled as paedophiles, a report has claimed. Think-tank Civitas said the "escalation of child protection measures" had made everyone from sports coaches to Santas seem like "potential child abusers". The Home Office said there was no evidence that vetting had deterred volunteers or eroded trust. It plans to tighten the rules further, so all parents hosting foreign exchange students will face background checks. In its report, Licensed to Hug, Civitas said that child protection regulations had "succeeded in poisoning the relationship between the generations". While in the past, adults would have helped children in distress or rebuked those misbehaving, there was now "a feeling that it is best not to become involved", it said. Report author Prof Frank Furedi, of Kent University, said: "From Girl Guiders to football coaches, from Christmas-time Santas to parents helping out in schools, volunteers - once regarded as pillars of the community - have been transformed in the regulatory and public imagination into potential child abusers, barred from any contact with children until the database gives them the green light."''

*'''[https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2008/11_12/2008_21_07_Boykin_DontBe.htm Don't 'Be Alone with Other People's Children'] (2008)'''
*:''"Few events in a person's life have the ability to completely destroy them. But an accusation of child sex abuse, true or not, can ruin careers, families and reputations. In the past two years, an estimated 270 accusations of child sex abuse have occurred in the county. Of the 92 felony child abuse cases that went to trial during that time, only two ended in not guilty verdicts -- verdicts that won't wipe the slate clean. ''[...]'' Boy Scouts of America requires adult leaders to have a background check and to go through an hourlong course that reviews policies and practices, such as adults not sleeping in the same tent as a boy and how to handle a situation when a child tells you another adult has made him feel uncomfortable. The Salvation Army requires a background check, and all coaches and volunteers are required to watch a video on working with children, said Mark Thompson, a Salisbury Salvation Army director who serves as school board vice president. Generally, many organizations and youth leaders have instituted a buddy system when it comes to working with minors. "You shouldn't be alone with other people's children," said Michelle Hughes, the Life Crisis Center executive director. "It's not like years ago when teachers could identify a kid that needed a little extra and take him home for dinner. It's not like that anymore." ''[...]'' "No adult can be alone with boys," Wright said. "It must be two." In addition to avoiding being alone with a child, individuals who work with children should be careful not to cross the boundaries of the working relationship, said Thompson. "Be sure that you understand that you are the adult and they are the children," Thompson said. He cautioned adults who work with children to be careful of how you touch them, and to watch out for signs and sharing personal information. "It's not illegal to show genuine affection for a child," Ruark said. "But if it goes beyond that ... adults need to be cognizant of that. When you get to the point where you are touching inappropriately, even unintentional, that creates concern. Just make sure you understand where the lines are concerning friendship or expressions of love for a child." Thompson also cautioned workers who interact with children to keep close tabs on their emotions. Don't get caught up in the feeling that someone needs you or someone loves you. "You always have to have it in the back of your mind that they are the child," Thompson said. "You must always keep boundaries clear in the back of your mind. No matter how much interest that child shows in you. You can't let yourself get carried away in the moment.".''

*'''[http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/135109/Schoolchildren-hit-with-hugging-ban Schoolchildren hit with hugging ban] (2009)'''
*:''"An Australian school has banned hugging and other displays of affection between pre-teen boys and girls in order to set a good example for younger students. Largs Bay Primary School in the southern city of Adelaide said the policy is aimed at grade six and seven students, aged 11 to 12."''

==Confinement/detainment of children and consequences==
[[File:Meitiv.png|thumb|In 2014/15, these children and their parents were [[Wikipedia:Meitiv incidents|repeatedly stalked and harassed]] by government agents for practising [[Wikipedia:Free range parenting|free-range parenting]]. This was juxtaposed against [[Wikipedia:Helicopter parent|"helicopter parenting"]] throughout the 10s, in a series of controversies]]

[[Wikipedia:Lenore Skenazy|Lenore Skenazy]] is one of the better known activists against regressive parenting and restrictive treatment of small children by protective state authorities. She continues to shine a light on more recent examples of this type of story.

*'''[https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fnational%2Farchive%2F2014%2F07%2Farrested-for-letting-a-9-year-old-play-at-the-park-alone%2F374436%2F Working Mom Arrested for Letting Her 9-Year-Old Play Alone at Park] (2014)'''
*:''"In South Carolina, a 46-year-old black woman has been arrested for letting her daughter play in a nearby park while trying to earn a living. "The mother, Debra Harrell, has been booked for unlawful conduct towards a child," a local TV station reports. "The incident report goes into great detail, even saying the mother confessed to leaving her nine-year-old daughter at a park while she went to work." ''[...]'' By arresting this mom (presumably causing her to lose her job) and putting the child in foster care, the state has caused the child far more trauma than she was ever likely to suffer in the park, whatever one thinks of the decision to leave her there. Even if the state felt it had the right to declare this parenting decision impermissible, couldn't they have given this woman a simple warning before taking custody? ''[...]'' Statistically speaking, the South Carolina mother would almost certainly be putting her daughter in more danger if she strapped her into the car beside her for a hypothetical one-hour daily commute. No one would arrest her for that."''

:*'''[https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/07/this-widows-4-kids-were-taken-because-she-left-them-home-alone/374514/ This Widow's 4 Kids Were Taken After She Left Them Home Alone] (2014)'''
:*:''"My decision to allow my kids to stay home for a few hours while I went to school for several hours, a mile away, turned out to be the most catastrophically life-altering decision I've ever made. A neighbor noticed me walking to school without the kids and called the police. When I arrived home several hours later, I found a note on the door, but no kids inside. Despite having been told my whereabouts, neither the police nor the CPS workers who removed my kids from our home made any effort to find me, instead regarding the situation as an emergency, procedurally."''

*'''[https://www.salon.com/2014/06/03/the_day_i_left_my_son_in_the_car/ The day I left my son in the car] (2014)'''
*:''"I cracked the windows and child-locked the doors and double-clicked my keys so that the car alarm was set. And then I left him in the car for about five minutes. He didn't die. He wasn't kidnapped or assaulted or forgotten or dragged across state lines by a carjacker. When I returned to the car, he was still playing his game, smiling, or more likely smirking at having gotten what he wanted from his spineless mama. I tossed the headphones onto the passenger seat and put the keys in the ignition. ''[...]'' And so, it came as more than a shock to me when, on the way home from the airport, I listened to a voice mail from an officer at my family's local police department explaining that a bystander had noticed me leaving my son in the car, had recorded the incident using a phone's camera, and had then contacted the police. By the time the police arrived, I had already left the scene, and by the time they looked up the license plate number of the minivan and traced it to my parents, I was flying home. ''[...]'' My lawyer told me he'd had a productive conversation with the officer involved, that he'd explained I was a loving and responsible mother who'd had a "lapse in judgment," and that it seemed quite possible charges would not be pressed. For a while, it looked like he was right. But nine months later, a few minutes after dropping my kids off at school, I was walking to a coffee shop when my cellphone rang. Another officer asked if I was Kim Brooks and if I was aware there was a warrant out for my arrest."''

*'''[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/13/parents-investigated-letting-children-walk-alone/25700823/ Parents in trouble again for letting kids walk alone] (2015)'''
*:''"Maryland parents accused of child neglect for letting their kids roam around their neighborhood had to retrieve them from the county's Children's Protective Services after police removed the youngsters from a park. At about 4:55 p.m. ET Sunday, Montgomery County police received a call to check on the welfare of Danielle and Sasha Meitiv's children — Rafi, 10, and Dvora, 6 — at a park here. Officers found the children unattended and brought them to the agency as part of protocol, they said. ''[...]'' Officers picked up the children about two blocks from home, Rafi said, telling them they would drop them off at home. Instead, the two sat in a patrol car for 2½ hours then were taken about 10 miles away to Children's Protective Services offices in Rockville, Md. The Meitivs said they had taken the children to the park at around 4 p.m. and told them to be home by 6 p.m. When the children hadn't returned by 6:30, the Meitivs started looking frantically for them. Social workers did not contact them until after 8 p.m., the couple said. Their children were released to them at 10:30 p.m. Danielle and Alexander "Sasha" Meitiv say they are not endangering their children by letting them walk around without supervision. "I can't believe we're going through this again," Danielle Meitiv said. "They've been missing since 6 o'clock. Somebody called 911, the police called CPS, they decided to bring the kids here and they didn't call us." To take the children home, the Meitivs had to sign a safety plan that prohibits them from leaving their children unattended, they said."''

*'''[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lenore-skenazy/more-from-americas-worst_b_96175.html More From America's Worst Mom: 9-Year-Old On The Subway, Continued] (2008)'''
*:''"Last week I wrote a column for my newspaper, The New York Sun, titled, "Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride The Subway." It basically said that I let him do this because he wanted to take a trip solo, he knew how to read the map, and I had every confidence that he could find his way home. Two days later, said son and I found ourselves on the Today Show, MSNBC and FoxNews ''[...]'' My vision of the world, especially childrearing, turns out to be starkly at odds with the mainstream one, which believes that the world (especially New York) is chock-a-block with extras from "Saw III." ''[...]'' Okay, so it happened several time zones away and the station has been flogging this same awful story for three months. Does it occur to most viewers that a crime like this must be pretty rare, if the station has to talk about one as far away as, say, Portugal? Or Aruba? No! ''[...]'' I met a guy at a party last week who makes his daughter phone home after walking one block to her friend's house. And he's in a suburb. The leafy kind! ''[...]'' The fact that a child is literally forty times more likely to die in a car accident than at a stranger's hands makes no difference. Driving is seen as safe. Freedom - once a right of childhood -- is seen as suicidal."''

==Criminalization, medicalization and registration of children/youth==
[[File:Doctor2.jpg|thumb|The pipeline to a place on the [[sex offender registry]]]]
:''Unaffiliated site: [http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/ ETAY], SOL Research [https://www.solresearch.org/report/Criminalizing_Childs_Play (summary)], [https://www.solresearch.org/report/Cases_of_Persecuted_Juvenile_Sexual_Activity (list of cases)] and see also [[ageism]]''.

Society both [[infantilization|infantilizes]] and criminalizes minors, making them easy prey for the justice system. Children as young as 9 have been registered as a sexual offender, and the practise is common from 12.<ref>[https://narsol.org/2018/06/how-many-kids-are-on-the-sex-offender-registry/ NARSOL - Kids on the SOR: How many?]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100217013543/michiganmessenger.com/34538/juveniles-well-represented-on-mich-sex-offender-registry Juveniles crowd Mich. sex offender registry - Michigan Messenger]</ref> An [[Ageism|article]] has been established to put forth the argument against criminalizing youth, using examples to support its case.

*'''[https://reason.com/2023/04/03/poncha-springs-schoolhouse-daycare-kids-preschool-trial/ A 5-Year-Old Pulled Down a 3-Year-Old's Pants. The Preschool Workers Are on Trial] (2023)'''
::''"Two Colorado child care workers will go on trial this June for presiding over a day care center where a 5-year-old pulled down a 3-year-old's pants. Amy Lovato and Roberta Rodriguez of The Schoolhouse day care center in Poncha Springs face criminal charges for not reporting this incident to the authorities quickly enough, and for putting the children in danger. "Let this fact not be obscured: We are here because one preschooler pulled down another preschooler's pants," Jason Flores-Williams, Lovato's attorney, told 11th Judicial District Judge Brian Green on Thursday, asking him to dismiss the charges."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120712022851/http://www.examiner.com/article/wisconsin-da-says-6-year-old-is-a-sex-offender-for-playing-doctor Wisconsin DA says 6 year old is a sex offender for "playing doctor."] (2011)'''
::''"Parents of a five-year-old girl in Grant County, Wisconsin are pressing charges for first-degree sexual assault against a then six-year-old (now seven-year-old) boy. The accusation? Playing doctor with their daughter. Although too young to be prosecuted, the boy could be listed on the permanent sex offender registry when he turns 18. ''[...]'' There's also a clear conflic of interests and political grandstanding. The alleged "victim" is the daughter of a "well known politician." Her brother -- the politician's son -- was also playing "doctor." He's not being charged. The social worker who brought the case forward? The girl's aunt. Something is very, very rotten in the state of Denmark. The boy's family is under a gag order. In other words, the public is only being allowed to hear the "well known politician's" side of the story. Refer back to the paragraph on the brutality of the court of public opinion if you don't understand why this is a very big deal."''

:*'''[https://www.courthousenews.com/charging-kid-who-played-doctor-wasnt-malicious/ Charging Kid Who Played Doctor Wasn’t Malicious] (2013)'''
:::''"It was "poor judgment," but not unconstitutional, to charge a 6-year-old with sexual assault after he played doctor with other children, the 7th Circuit ruled. D.B., as he is named in the court record, had allegedly been interested in playing doctor that September 2010 because the 6-year-old had just concluded extensive medical testing for digestive problems, which included rectal examinations and enemas. While playing with 5-year-old C.C. and her twin brother W.C. in his Lancaster, Wis., backyard, D.B. was interrupted by the twins' mother. She reported D.B. to the Grant County Department of Social Services, saying she saw D.B. put his finger in her daughter's anus. D.B. claimed that he touched C.C.'s bare butt. A district attorney then filed a petition in court claiming D.B. had committed first-degree sexual assault, and needed public protection."''

*'''[https://eu.azcentral.com/story/laurieroberts/2014/08/12/kindergartener-disciplined-for-sexual-misconduct/13922243/ Kindergartner is a sex offender? Really?"] (2014)'''
::''"It seems a five-year-old Surprise boy was on the playground last spring when suddenly he pulled his pants down. The kid was hauled to the office and forced to sign a form that essentially labeled him a budding sex fiend. ''[...]'' Dysart officials told The Republic that administrators were just following school policy, which says the act of pulling down one's pants is sexual misconduct. ''[...]'' "There are standards of conduct that are inappropriate on a school campus regardless of the grade level of the student," Dysart Assistant Superintendent Jim Dean told The Republic's Jackee Coe. "Exposing oneself is never going to be appropriate in any school situation." ''[...]'' According to the little boy's mother, her son was on the playground at Ashton Ranch Elementary School on April 15 when another kid told him to pull down his pants or else it would be done for him. So the boy complied. ''[...]'' It took the mother hiring an attorney to get the sexual-misconduct referral out of the boys' school file."''

*'''[https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/police-girl-facing-child-pornography-charges/article_f1af731a-9777-571e-b8c5-13fb27ebb4ca.html Police: Girl facing child pornography charges] (2022)'''
::''"The girl was arrested by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office on April 7 and charged with possession of child pornography, production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography. Lt. Warren W. Gosnell, Sheriff's Office spokesman, said in an email that an anonymous tip led to the investigation, which involves images of a boy and girl under 16 found on a phone. He said the investigation is school-related but wouldn't say which school. ''[...]'' The maximum juvenile penalty for any crime would be incarceration in a juvenile prison run by the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice until the offender turns 21. Under adult penalties, a juvenile between 15 and 18 convicted of child pornography production and distribution for a first offense faces between one and 20 years although a judge could sentence below the minimum. If the offender is seven or more years older than the victim, there is a three-year mandatory minimum and a 30-year maximum. Spicer noted child pornography laws were written before cellphones became ubiquitous and "sexting," in which a person sends nude or sexually explicit images by phone, became common. ''[...]'' Spicer said the law is outdated due to changing technology. "There is a need for more updated laws to reflect the reality of what technology permits juveniles to do," he said. "The statute hasn't kept up with the technology.""''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150718140743/http://bostonreview.net/blog/youth-sex-offender-registry-hrw When Kids Are Sex Offenders] (ft. ''Human Rights Watch'' report, 2013)'''
::''"Maya R., now age 28 and a resident of Michigan, was arrested at the age of 10 for sexual experimentation. ‘Me and my step brothers, who were ages 8 and 5, “flashed” each other and play-acted sex while fully-clothed.’ A year later, Maya pled guilty to the charges of criminal sexual conduct in the first and second degree, offenses that required her to register as a sex offender for 25 years. ''[...]'' In 2006, a 13-year old girl from Ogden, Utah was arrested for rape for having consensual sex with her 12-year-old boyfriend. Her 12-year-old boyfriend was found guilty of violating the same law for engaging in sexual activity with her, as she was also a child under the age of 14 at the time. ''[...]'' Youth sex offenders on the registry experience severe psychological harm. They are stigmatized, isolated, often depressed. Many consider suicide, and some succeed. They and their families have experienced harassment and physical violence. They are sometimes shot at, beaten, even murdered; many are repeatedly threatened with violence. Some young people have to post signs stating ‘sex offender lives here’ in the windows of their homes; others have to carry drivers’ licenses with ‘sex offender’ printed on them in bright orange capital letters. Youth sex offenders on the registry are sometimes denied access to education because residency restriction laws prevent them from being in or near a school. Youth sex offender registrants despair of ever finding employment, even while they are burdened with mandatory fees that can reach into the hundreds of dollars on an annual basis."''

*'''[https://www.aclu.org/blog/juvenile-justice/minnesota-prosecutor-charges-sexting-teenage-girl-child-pornography Minnesota Prosecutor Charges Sexting Teenage Girl With Child Pornography] (2018)'''
::''"A 14-year-old Minnesota girl is fighting criminal charges that have the potential to destroy her future, including her ability to obtain housing, to enroll in college programs, and even to pursue some career paths. Her case does not involve harm to others. It does not involve damage to property. And it does not have anything to do with illegal substances. Rather her young life could be ruined all because she sent an explicit Snapchat of herself to a boy she liked. In the case, Jane Doe used the phone-based application Snapchat to send a revealing selfie to a boy at her school in Southern Minnesota. He went on to make a copy and distribute it to other students without Jane’s permission."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090320234911/http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20090313/NEWS01/903130301 Eleven-year-old girl charged with rape] (2009)'''
::''"Local law enforcement deals with sex offenders almost daily, but in the past couple of months, Zanesville police have dealt with one of the youngest cases officers can remember - an 11-year-old girl charged with three counts of rape. Detective Randy Ritchason said the girl had some type of sexual contact with three other children - two boys and a girl -all under the age of 10. She was charged in Muskingum County Juvenile Court."''

*'''[https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-03-29-child-self-porn_x.htm Teen girl charged with posting nude photos on Internet] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20121014185601/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-03-29-child-self-porn_x.htm Archive]) (2004)'''
::''A 15-year-old girl has been arrested for taking nude photographs of her self and posting them on the Internet, police said. The girl, whose identity was withheld, was accused of sending out photographs of herself in various states of undress and performing a variety of sexual acts. She sent them to people she met in chat rooms on the Internet, police said. Police seized her computer and found dozens of photographs stored on the hard drive. Authorities did not say how police learned about the girl. She has been charged with sexual abuse of children, possession of child pornography and dissemination of child pornography."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163102/https://www.clevelandleader.com/node/7219 15-Year-Old Ohio Girl Arrested For Distributing Nude Photos of Herself, May Have to Register as a Sex Offender] (2008)'''
*:''"A 15-year-old girl stands accused of distributing nude photos of herself to other minors, and one state legislator is questioning whether or not she should be labeled a sex offender. The girl, a student at Licking Valley High School, was arrested Friday after school officials discovered the materials and brought in a police investigation. The girl, whose name has not been released, now faces two charges: illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, a second degree felony; and possession of criminal tools, a fifth degree felony. For an adult convicted of child pornography it requires a Tier II sexual offender classification. However Jennifer Brindisi, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, said the judge has flexibility with a juvenile of this defendant's age. The junvenille section of Senate Bill 10 includes a part which states that if the child is a first-time offender and age 14 or 15 that the judge can decide not to make him or her register. The incident comes immediately following a visit from Licking County Prosecutor Ken Oswalt, who had been visiting area high schools and educating teens on the consequences of such an action. Oswalt talked about the dangers of this behavior, both in terms of personal embarrassment as well as contribution to child pornography on the internet."''

*'''[https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/kz7zxa/the-autistic-children-who-are-labeled-as-sex-offenders The Autistic Children Who Are Labeled As Sex Offenders] (2017)'''
::''""Most times with children there is no sexual [motivation]," Pittman explains, but "the moment the touching looks sexual, though, society labels them pedophiles." Rogers added that "it doesn't matter if a person is on the spectrum. They're going to be treated like any sex offender." When an autistic child pulls his pants down in a grocery store, Pittman explains, "We look at [the situation] from the lens [of] a 50 year old man [flashing people]." Minors are not listed publicly on the sex offender registry, but they're forbidden from attending school because that's where children congregate. Once they turn 18, most states require them to register on the public sex offender list with an identifying photo. Children like Anthony would be identified as child pornography distributors for sending nude selfies, and required to disclose their status as a registered sex offender to any employers in some states. "There's a lot of homelessness and depression ''[because people can't get jobs]''," Pittman explains. "We have a whole new generation of victims on this law.""''

*'''[https://www.ipce.info/newsletters/e_26/absurdities.htm 8-year-old boy charged with sexual assault] (2007)'''
::''"Authorities say that an 8-year-old boy who was charged with sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy told police he got the idea after watching an R-rated movie. ''[...]'' The Buffalo News reports that the 8-year-old, who was released to his mother, faces charges of criminal sexual act and aggravated sexual abuse, both felonies. He also faces charges of misdemeanor forcible touching and sexual misconduct."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160612101324/https://www.denverpost.com/2006/12/05/girl-13-charged-as-sex-offender-and-victim/ Girl, 13, charged as sex offender and victim] (2006)'''
::''"Utah Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday that they were struggling to wrap their minds around the concept that a 13-year-old girl could be both an offender and a victim for the same act – in this case, having consensual sex with her 12-year-old boyfriend. The Ogden, Utah, girl was put in this odd position because she was found guilty of violating a state law that prohibits sex with someone under age 14. She also was the victim in the case against her boyfriend, who was found guilty of the same violation by engaging in sexual activity with her. “The only thing that comes close to this is dueling,” said Associate Chief Justice Michael Wilkins, noting that two people who take 20 paces and then shoot could each be considered both victim and offender."''

[[Anal wink|Anal probing]] (of suspected victims), [[Penile Plethysmography|penile plethysmography]] and aversion therapy are regularly used on minors who have been involved in relationships - even with age peers. Consent laws can also criminalize the boyfriends of teenage girls who get pregnant, preventing the girls having access to healthcare, as in Peru.<ref>[https://www.ctvnews.ca/peru-votes-to-lower-age-of-consent-to-14-1.246145 Peru votes to lower AoC]</ref>

*'''[https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/07/police-want-to-photograph-sexting-teens-penis.html Police Want to Force a 17-Year-Old Accused of Sexting His Girlfriend to Take More Explicit Photos As Evidence] (2014)'''
::''"Prosecutors and police in Manassas City, Virginia, have a warrant to photograph a 17-year-old’s penis in hopes of convicting him as a sex offender for sending a dirty video to his 15-year-old girlfriend. The boy’s lawyer tells the Washington Post that after he refused to plead guilty, prosecutors said they would need to “just take him down to the hospital, give him a shot, and then take the pictures that we need.” Of his erect genitalia. ''[...]'' As if it weren’t bad enough already, NBC Washington reports that police already photographed the boy’s penis when they arrested him ''[...]'' “He said they took him to a room and took pictures of his genitalia,” Stacy Bigley said. “I asked if they’re allowed to do that, and [the 17-year-old] said, ‘I tried to refuse,’” which he did, he didn’t want to do it. They told him if he did not they would do it by force.” ''[...]'' The teenager’s lawyer said prosecutors have said they will “use special software to compare pictures of this penis to this penis.”"''
::[Editor: The lead detective in this case eventually [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|shot himself in the head]] following a dramatic manhunt in which he was accused of "child" sex crimes himself]

==[[Wikipedia:Thoughtcrime|Thought crime]] and [[Wikipedia:Newspeak|Newspeak]]==

[[File:gamergurl.jpg|thumb|Actual American Police Decoy (credit - NYT Magazine)]]
The manipulation of [[Debate Guide: Abuse of language|language]] and [[Debate Guide: Misdefinitions and Rhetorical Manipulation|abuse of rhetoric]] are common features of the war on "sexual offending". In some examples, this is particularly salient.

*'''[https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/redmond-detectives-arrest-man-undercover-online-child-rape-operation/BP5LB4FCCZHJNORM3KFUGHQPSE/ Redmond detectives arrest man in undercover online child rape operation] (2023)'''
*:''"Detectives posed as a 12-year-old girl on a location-based social networking and dating application, according to the Redmond Police Department. The conversation began in early March and the man was told several times that he was talking to a 12-year-old girl. However, he kept engaging in sexually motivated conversations, believing she was a minor."'' [So, not only is the "raped" girl fake, she was never "raped", and they posed her on '''[[Wikipedia:Tinder (app)|Tinder]]''', which is clearly implausible and fantastical to anybody bar the most witless of baby-boomers]

*'''[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11131079/Woke-Virginia-school-district-kept-pedophile-counselor-year-notified-arrest.html Notoriously woke Virginia school district kept pedophile school counselor on staff a year AFTER bosses were told he'd been arrested for soliciting child prostitute] (2022)'''
*:''"Darren Lamar Thornton, 50, remained employed by Glasgow Middle School in Lincolnia, Virginia, even after he'd been convicted of a sex crime and a year after they'd been notified of his arrest, according to WUSA9. He'd previously served as a counselor and boys' varsity basketball coach in a different county from 2006 to 2020. Thornton was arrested for offering a minor money for sex in November of 2020 in Chesterfield County."'' [Editor: Only at the end of the article, and after multiple graphics, do we get to learn about the true nature of Thornton's "crime", bolded below] '''''"He was trapped in a sting via an online chat with an undercover officer who said she was 17, and Thornton agreed to meet."''''' [Editor: The New York Times explains how this particular swindle works.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201003235625/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/magazine/sex-offender-operation-net-nanny.html?smid=tw-share NYT Mag: Explains LEO Stings]</ref> Just under a month earlier, the very same British paper as in the example above described a female prison inmate as a "pedophile" for "raping two boys aged 14 and 17 in 2018"<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11042579/Female-pedophile-jailed-raping-two-underage-boys-posts-TIKTOK-videos-asking-pen-pals.html Female pedophile jailed for raping two underage boys she met online posts TIKTOK videos asking for pen pals to contact her in prison - and officials say there's NOTHING they can do about it]</ref>''

*'''[https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13380554.12-year-old-girl-raped-in-woods-after-being-manipulated-and-groomed-by-older-man-she-met-online/ 12-year-old girl raped in woods after being manipulated and groomed by older man she met online] (2015)'''
*:''"The girl, who comes from Worthing, had been in contact with a young man who said he was 18, in early June, online through two phone apps, Whisper and Kik, and arranged to meet him. They first met at about 3pm on Friday June 5, when he picked her up from outside Goring railway station in a silver or grey Fiat Punto. They drove to the car park at the end of Angmering High Street, opposite Manor Nurseries where they parked and kissed for a while. He then dropped her off back in Worthing. They then met again two days later at about midday on Sunday June 7 outside Tesco Express in Rectory Road, Worthing and drove to the same place in Angmering. From there they walked south down a track parallel to the A280 and alongside Manor Nurseries to a wooded area, where they had sexual intercourse, stopping when they saw some dog walkers nearby. The incidents were not reported to the police until June 25. ''[...]'' "This case is another example of what can result from unwary and unsupervised use of the web by young people who need to be really careful in their contacts with people they do not know.""''

*'''[https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/paedophile-tried-gag-tie-up-3473450 Paedophile tried to gag and tie up man] (2008)'''
*:''"A PAEDOPHILE tried to gag and tie up a man while he slept in his flat, a court heard. Vincent Burns, 69, invited his 26-year-old victim back to his home after drinking together in a city centre pub."'' [Editor: At no other place in this article is a justification given for labeling this man a pedophile]''

===Porn cartoons and sex dolls criminalized===

*'''[https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/man-charged-importing-child-sex-29368394 Man charged with importing child sex doll and possession of 71 child porn <nowiki>[lolicon manga</nowiki>NW<nowiki>]</nowiki> images] (2023)'''
*:''"Mr Wright stands accused of importing a child sex doll from Japan - the first known charge of its kind in this country. He is accused of knowingly having child pornography in the form of a “torso” of a child with what is described as a “penetrable anus and vagina.” The doll was discovered contained in a box with a “Japanese-style” drawing of a “naked” child, posed with its legs spread open, according to the charge. He also stands accused of having another doll of a child, which is described as being “17 years old” on the box it was contained within. He’s also charged with possession of another doll, which was a “model of a young child’s mouth,” again in a box which contained a drawing of a “young female child." The offences are contrary to Section Six of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. The possession offences are alleged to have occurred at the accused’s home address on July 24, 2017. Apart from those charges Mr Wright stands accused of attempting to commit an offence “by purchasing and attempting to import a child sex doll,” which is contrary to common law."''

*'''[https://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/crime/hucknall-teen-downloaded-anime-cartoon-child-porn-court-case-3544509 Hucknall teenager who downloaded dozens of 'anime' cartoon child porn images given suspended prison sentence] (2022)'''
*:''"Police visited Ben Burton's home address and seized his mobile phone on November 28, 2020, said prosecutor Anthony Chung. It contained 25 Category A images, 15 Category B images, and 48 Category C images of female characters, that were deemed to be aged between five and 14. When he was interviewed, Burton said he received the images via Facebook messenger. ''[...]'' Recorder Michael Auty said: "What troubles me is his disinclination to accept that he had any sexual interest in the imagery. Frankly, I don't believe him." He told Burton: "There is understandable public concern about any offences concerning the possession of indecent images of children. "This case is unusual as the pictures weren't of real children. "Whether these children were real or represented in anime, or any other artistic form, the protection of children is regarded as of paramount importance in a civilised society.”"''

*'''[https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/man-who-avoided-jail-after-child-porn-conviction-says-he-accidentally-clicked-link/41581409.html Man who avoided jail after child porn conviction says he 'accidentally' clicked link] (2022)'''
*:''"A 25-year-old man who claims he unknowingly downloaded animated child pornography has told how one click on a website resulted in his arrest and conviction in court. Nabil Ibrahim of Lehenaghmore, Togher, Co. Cork, appeared before in court last week where pleaded guilty to having child pornography at his home on February 3, 2019. ''[...]'' "It was just by accident," he said. "I was on a social media site. It was Tumblr and I clicked on it." Asked why he clicked on the link or folder, Ibrahim said: "I don't know. I wasn't sure what it was. It just said 'illegal' or something like that. All this happened four years ago - it's been going on quite a while." ''[...]'' Over the past decade, Gardaí have seized increasing amounts of virtual or simulated child pornography in the form of cartoons, text and computer graphic images. ''[...]'' Realistic "child sex dolls" have also been seized by authorities in recent years. Unlike several other western countries - including the US and Switzerland - Ireland categorises all types of child sex abuse material, simulated or real, as child pornography. Offenders face up to five years for possession and 14 years for producing or distributing such material."''

*'''[https://www.gawker.com/man-gets-three-months-in-jail-for-possession-of-cartoon-477388305 Man Gets Three Months in Jail for Possession of Cartoon Porn] (2013)'''
*:''"Ronald Clark's lawyer called his client's three-month jail sentence for possession of cartoon pornography a case of "law gone mad." The New Zealand resident claims he downloaded the videos, which depict "clearly young" elves, pixies, trolls "and other fantasy creatures having sex," three years ago as "a bit of a laugh." ''[...]'' He also asked the court if his conviction in this case couldn't lead to someone else being charged for "possessing objectionable images of stick figures." But at least one person didn't find Clark's conviction an absurd overreach on the part of the justice system. Alan Bell, director of the anti-child pornography group ECPAT said he was worried the images could encourage people "to migrate from there to the real thing." "The distribution of it is damaging," he continued. "You have to ask what impact does it have even if it's not harming ''[an individual child]''." New Zealand's courts have taken issue with cartoon pornography in the past, most recently charging a Chinese student for importing DVDs containing "cartoon animations depicting rape, abuse, and bestiality involving eels." Those charges were eventually dropped."''

*'''[http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2008/09/26/child-porn-in-cartoon-style-man-convicted-84229-21906841/ Child porn in cartoon style - man convicted] (2008)'''
*:''"A MAN who downloaded “Tomb Raider”-style pictures of computer-generated child pornography has been convicted by a Teesside jury. Robul Hoque had sophisticated realistic images of children on his hard drive seized by police in October 2006. The unusual case involving computer graphics is thought to be the first of its type and an important test case. Hoque, 32, told the Gazette: “I haven’t set out to break the law in any way, shape or form. “If I’d had any sort of inkling these were illegal, I would have told the police about them myself. I don’t go looking for child porn. I’m not attracted to kids. I’m not interested in kids.” ''[...]'' Jurors were told they should convict if they concluded that a picture looked like a photo. “It is about child pornography,” prosecutor David Brooke told the court ''[...]'' “Though no actual child has been abused, it helps to feed the demand.”"''

:*'''[https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/manga-anime-fans-warned-after-british-man-convicted-possessing-cartoon-child-porn-1471040 Manga and Anime Fans Warned After British Man Convicted of Possessing Cartoon 'Child Porn'] (2014)'''
:*:''"A man from Middlesbrough is believed to have become the first person in British legal history to be convicted over possession of prohibited cartoon images of children. Robul Hoque, 39, made legal history after he was convicted of possessing a collection of inappropriate Japanese Manga or Anime-style images of children. The cartoons were classed as prohibited as they contained images of young girls, some wearing school uniforms, exposing themselves or taking part in sexual activity, reported the Evening Gazette. The court heard how Hoque became a "test case" after nearly 300 cartoon stills and moving images were found on his hard drive after police seized his computer in June 2012. ''[...]'' Hoque's defence barrister Richard Bennett said his conviction should "serve as a warning to every Manga and Anime fan" to be careful as these images are were freely available on legitimate sites. He added: "It seems there are many thousands of people in this country, if they are less then careful, who may find themselves in that position, too.""''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081209005431/https://www.stuff.co.nz/4786351a1860.html Simpsons cartoon rip-off is child porn - judge] (2008)'''
*:''"A Supreme Court judge in Australia has ruled that an internet cartoon in which look-a-like child characters from The Simpsons engage in sexual acts is child pornography." ''[...]'' But Justice Adams agreed with the magistrate, finding that while The Simpsons characters had hands with four fingers and their faces were "markedly and deliberately different to those of any possible human being", the mere fact that they were not realistic representations of human beings did not mean that they could not be considered people. Justice Adams said the purpose of the legislation was to stop sexual exploitation and child abuse where images are depicted of "real" children. However it was also to deter the production of other material, including cartoons, that could "fuel demand for material that does involve the abuse of children""''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090314115104/http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/man-fined-for-downloading-simpsons-cartoon-porn/1458973.aspx Man fined for downloading Simpsons cartoon porn] (2009)'''
*:''"A MAN pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing child pornography after he downloaded images of characters from The Simpsons and Pokemon naked and performing sex acts on each other. Glenn Phillip McGuire, 28, had originally pleaded not guilty after police found six such images of the cartoon characters on his computer. The images had been doctored or drawn by unknown people and were downloaded while McGuire was surfing the Limewire website. The Supreme Court ruled last December that child pornography can include sexually explicit images of cartoon characters. McGuire changed his plea in Newcastle Local Court yesterday to guilty and was convicted, fined $1000 and put on a 12-month good behaviour bond. The Supreme Court ruling came after a man was convicted in Parramatta Local Court in February last year of possessing pornographic images of child cartoon characters."''

===Motive-dependent crimes===

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081210065049/https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/12/06/judge_refuses_to_reduce_48-year_prison_sentence/ Judge refuses to reduce 48-year prison sentence] (2008)'''
*:''"URBANA – A Champaign County judge refused Friday to reduce the 48-year prison sentence of a former Urbana teacher convicted of child molestation. ''[...]'' Clem sentenced White in early April on eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse to which White pleaded guilty in February. White admitted that he had eight blindfolded girls, about ages 7 to 9, lick sauces off a banana for his own sexual gratification ''[...]'' White's actions have already spurred several lawsuits against him and the Urbana and McLean county school districts by the parents of the girls. So far, two victims have reached settlements with Urbana District 116 of $390,000 and $300,000 in present-day cash. Another for $250,000 is expected to be approved by a judge later this month. The way the settlements are structured, the girls may end up receiving more than $1 million each over the course of their lives.""''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080620145228/http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_6319275 Judge calls Olsen a 'high-risk' pedophile in the early stages] (2007)'''
*:''"A judge sentenced former substitute teacher Eric Norman Olsen to five years in prison on Friday, calling him the first true pedophile she has seen in her years on the bench. ''[...]'' Uhler said she was inclined to give Olsen probation at first, but after reviewing his diagnostic report she had no choice but to send him to prison. "The defendant was a pedophile in the early stages," she said. "He is at high risk to re-offend." ''[...]'' He was arrested last July after allegations arose that he inappropriately touched young girls. Most of the contact involved children sitting on his lap. He told police the contact sexually aroused him. ''[...]'' She said a five-year sentence is "extremely lenient.""''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100516181924/http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Court-accused-Victorian-standards-trial/article-2150034-detail/article.html Court accused of 'Victorian standards' in trial] (2010)'''
*:''"A SOUTH Devon lawyer hit out at a court's Victorian standards yesterday after his client was convicted of possessing indecent photographs of girls wearing swimwear and clothes. Solicitor Nigel Butt spoke out after a Teignmouth man was found guilty after a trial of possessing indecent images of young women. Mr Butt was not allowed to show the magistrates best selling magazines like Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone which had published topless and explicitly sexual photographs of under-age celebrities. After the verdict, Totnes-based lawyer Mr Butt said: "This decision will potentially reverberate throughout the country and will have a huge impact on magazines, film producers and directors, photographers and newspaper editors because the law has to be applied equally and evenly to everything. "You can see more flesh exposed on a Friday or Saturday night in town or on a beach than was on my client's computer. "This court has applied Victorian standards in 2010 and their findings are perverse.""''

==Censorship==

:''See [[Censorship]] and [[Child Pornography]] for more analysis of this topic.''

[[File:Moms.jpg|thumb|"Moms for Liberty" - a group that campaigned ''for'' mandating a surveillance state in school libraries]]
Age-based restrictions against "inappropriate" content have always exhibited an erotophobic bias, but they are increasingly being used to crack down on politically inconvenient narratives and liberal sex education. Moderate lawmakers failed to heed the warnings and sometimes even ''encouraged'' hysteria in the early 21st Century, when [[Child Pornography|Youth Erotica]] began to be used as an excuse for infringements upon civil liberties and digital privacy. As our article on that subject reveals, this has often led to bizarre and discriminatory regulations, such as Australia's so-called "small breast ban".

*'''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/17/book-ban-restriction-access-lgbtq/ Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purging of ideas’] (2022)'''
*:''"In the past two years, six states have passed laws that mandate parental involvement in reviewing books, making it easier for parents to remove books or restrict the texts available at school, according to a tally kept by nonprofit EveryLibrary. Five states are considering similar legislation. ''[...]'' “This is a state-sponsored purging of ideas and identities that has no precedent in the United States of America,” said John Chrastka, EveryLibrary’s executive director. “We’re witnessing the silencing of stories and the suppressing of information [that will make] the next generation less able to function in society.” ''[...]'' Mounting book challenges, bans and clandestine removals, all of which reached historic highs during the past school year, are also eroding students’ freedom to read. Simultaneously, Republican legislators in at least nine states are pushing laws that force school library databases to block certain content. Everywhere, the books targeted are mostly written by and about people of color and LGBTQ individuals, according to analyses conducted by the American Library Association and PEN America. ''[...]'' The sharp increase in oversight and control of children’s reading at school is welcomed by some parents, conservative pundits and lawmakers who argue that unsupervised students will stumble across texts that expose them to sexual topics too early or that undermine their family’s beliefs and values. Library advocates say that existing book challenge procedures, as well as the expertise of credentialed school librarians, were already sufficient to ensure school book collections remain appropriate. The spike in regulation of school reading has some educators reconsidering the profession, amid a catastrophic national teacher shortage. ''[...]'' Under a new five-page policy, book purchases must be approved by a vaguely defined set of administrators, possibly including the superintendent, with input from “parents and community members.” The policy prohibits any materials that contain “sexual acts” (or “nudity” at the elementary and middle-school levels); requires libraries to publish inventories; makes it easier for parents to remove books; and asserts parents can, at any time, receive a list of books their children have checked out. The document concludes: “While librarians are trained in selecting materials … the ultimate determination of appropriateness for a minor lies with the parent.” ''[...]'' “I think the intent of the policy is to frighten teachers and librarians into a very high degree of self-censorship, and it will work beautifully,” she said, adding that ex-colleagues of hers are already boxing up their classroom libraries. ''[...]'' In Florida, the Flagler County district debuted a three-tiered library system this past spring. The first level grants students access to the entire library. At level two, parents can specify up to five titles their children cannot check out. At level three, children have no access to books except titles specified by their parents. ''[...]'' Another increasingly popular tactic is to require parental sign-off before librarians hand books to children. One of the districts doing so is Virginia’s Bedford County Public Schools, which has debuted a book-lending system that emails parents every time their child checks out a book. ''[...]'' Amy Snead, a mother of four and chair of the Bedford County chapter of parental rights group '''Moms for Liberty''', said her organization pushed for the books policy. She said it will prevent children from encountering sexually explicit material."''

*'''[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/21/comment-porn-or-better-sex-education/ Comment: Porn or better sex education?] (2013)'''
*:''"There is a lot of policy and media concern about young people accessing pornography and the potential for it to cause harm, including sexual violence. ''[...]'' Whatever your views on pornography, most sensible adults would agree that pornography is not the best place to learn about relationships, sex and sexuality. ''[...]'' So should we really be concerned about pornography? It is clear from the young people visiting our services that more and more are seeing pornography. But most can tell the difference between fantasy and reality. ''[...]'' When it comes to the proposal for internet safety filters to be activated as a default, there are many people who think this is sensible, reasonable and proportionate. One person’s perfectly reasonable suggestion – say, that “adult” material should be filtered out by internet service providers – is another person’s creeping censorship. I reserve judgement at this stage. The devil is in the detail. But I am concerned. Brook is all too often accustomed to our online content running afoul of crude filtering software. One Wi-Fi provider blocked our website because it was listed under “sex education”. I am worried about those young people whose access to sex and relationships advice could be inadvertently blocked by these filters. Despite reassurance from the Prime Minister that there will be a ‘white list’ of sites to prevent this happening, we and our colleagues at online charity YouthNet are mindful that this will be tricky to get right, and of the devastating effects of getting it wrong."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706163847/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-s-plan-for-internetporn-filters-risks-hurting-lgbt-community-8778956.html David Cameron’s plan for internet-porn filters ‘risks hurting LGBT community’] (2013)'''
*:''"David Cameron's plan for UK households to block internet porn with default search filters will be “very damaging” for LGBT people and vulnerable adults who could be denied access to legitimate sexual health and education sites, a group of authors and journalists has warned. In an open letter to the Prime Minister, prominent figures including the Belle de Jour writer Brooke Magnanti and feminist blogger and author Zoe Margolis, warned that the Government was taking “a dangerous and misguided approach” to internet safety.''[...]'' They point out that faults with existing internet service provider filters have been reported numerous times and warn that any default filters could “unintentionally block important sites related to sexual health, LGBT issues, or sex and relationship education”. “This will be very damaging for LGBT young people, for example, or vulnerable adults who may be cut off from important support and advice, in particular those with abusive partners who are also the Internet account holder,” they add. ''[...]'' To illustrate how blunt an instrument search filters could be, a spokesman for the group cited a recent case in which a British Library search filter denied a man using its Wi-Fi network access to Hamlet, because it contained “violent content”."''

===Trojan Horse for civil-liberties/privacy infringements===

:''For a rundown of relevant news articles in relation to the UK's '''Online Safety Bill''', see [https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/24/uk-online-safety-bill-css-e2ee/?guccounter=1 TechCrunch.]''

*'''[https://fee.org/articles/the-earn-it-act-wont-protect-children-but-it-will-destroy-digital-privacy/ The EARN IT Act Won't Protect Children, But It Will Destroy Digital Privacy] (2020)'''
*:''"The first public hearing of the EARN IT Act took place weeks ago, a bill which is nominally designed to require tech companies to meet certain “best practice” requirements when it comes to the safety of children online. If they do so, and as the title of the bill indicates, they will be judged to have “earned” the right to be protected from lawsuits arising from user-generated content. ''[...]'' If the bill passes, tech companies will be confronted with a choice: weaken their encryption schemes, or face lawsuits based on the content uploaded by their users. In practice, they will have to weaken encryption, because the flood of litigation stemming from user content will make running such platforms impossibly costly. Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the bill is that, where normally data privacy baffles lawmakers, this attack on data privacy is cleverly hidden in terms of "child protection" and "best practices". In fact, some lawmakers seem to be using their naivety when it comes to the technical aspects of online privacy to deflect criticism. When the Washington Post interviewed one of the bill’s sponsors, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, he claimed that he couldn’t protect users’ rights to encryption because he doesn’t understand it."''

*'''[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/experts-condemn-uk-online-safety-bill-harmful-privacy-and-encryption Experts Condemn The UK Online Safety Bill As Harmful To Privacy And Encryption] (2022)'''
*:''"The British Parliament may start debating the Online Safety Bill again as soon as this week. The bill is a deeply flawed censorship proposal that would allow U.K. residents to be thrown in jail for what they say online. It would also force online service providers to use government-approved software to search for user content that is deemed to be related to terrorism or child abuse. In the process, it will undermine our right to have a private conversation, and the technologies that protect that right, like end-to-end encryption. In a letter published today, EFF has joined dozens of security researchers and human rights groups to send a clear message to incoming U.K. prime minister Rishi Sunak: the Online Safety Bill must not undermine encryption. ''[...]'' In the past few years, we’ve seen a number of proposals brought forward by governments that want to scan user-to-user communications for criminal content: the U.S. EARN IT Act, and the EU’s proposal to scan private chats. All of these proposals suffer from the incorrect belief that a backdoor or other workaround to read encrypted messages can be designed for use only in benevolent ways."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090623070859/http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Italian_secret_internet_censorship_list%2C_287_site_subset%2C_21_Jun_2009 Italian secret internet censorship list, 287 site subset] From Wikileaks (2009)'''
*:''"This [2009, Italian] list presents 287 internet sites currently censored by Italy. This quasi-voluntary system, which was introduced under the banner of fighting "child pornography" relies on a secret, unaccountable list of site names. Because of this lack of transparency, and the power of the censorship system, the blacklist is of intense interest. (...) The majority of sites on the Italian list seem to be unrelated to child pornography. While some do appear to relate to the images of teenagers, the vast majority of sites are related to what appears to be legal young-adult pornography. Some sites are unrelated to any type of pornography. These include businesses or institutes outside of Italy, and discussion forums, used by tens of thousands for all purposes. While it is possible these sites had an unauthorized user briefly upload an underage image or link to such an image, the continued presence of the sites on this list likely reflects the lack of any censorship notification or appeal mechanism."''
::Two random, but nevertheless high profile (at the time) [[minor-attracted community]] sites were erroneously added to this list - '''FPC.li''' and [[BoyWiki]].

*'''[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/18/finnish_policy_censor_activist/ Dan Goodin: ''Finland censors anti-censorship site'', in The Register] (2008)'''
*:''"Finnish police are blocking more than 1,000 legal websites, including one belonging to a well-known internet activist, under a secretive system designed to prevent access to foreign sites that contain child pornography, according to a group that advocates for individual rights online. ''[...]'' Of the 700 or sites that have been tested, only two are known to contain inappropriate images of children, said Tapani Tarvainen chairman of the Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFI). The remainder tend to be sites with adult-oriented themes, such as those offering legal porn, and forums for gay sex. In some cases, the sites - which include an online doll store, a Thai Windows advice forum and a computer repair service - have no visible link to porn or sex at all."''

*'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080123074821/https://blog.brokep.com/2008/01/21/punching-bags/ Punching bags] (2008)'''
*:''"The police posted information that they would put TPB on the Swedish childporn filter. They never contacted us about the alleged child porn (which nobody found when looking for such content) and after heavy media critique the police caved in and said that TPB did not - any longer - have child porn on the site. Which of course, there was none to start with. Charges was filed about slander and for abusing the childporn filter for political means to JO but he decided that the police probably did their job and ‘had no reason not to trust the police officers testimony’. The police put the TPB associated website Kopimi.com in the child porn filter prior to this. Kopimi.com is of course not child porn either. After over 6 months in the filter a prosecutor stated that kopimi.com of course did not have any child porn (nor had ever had) and demanded that the filter was to be altered. The Swedish police had of course copied it’s filter to Norway and Denmark, aka rendering the site still filtered there after the Swedish filter was altered. It took another 3 months to get that sorted out, all the work we had to do. And no, we didn’t get an apology."''

*'''[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/14/demon_muzzles_wayback_machine/ Brit porn filter censors 13 years of net history] (2009)'''
*:''"Four weeks after birthing a nationwide Wikipedia edit ban, Britain's child porn blacklist has led at least one ISP to muzzle the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine - an 85 billion page web history dating back to 1996. According to multiple customers of Demon Internet - now owned by Brit telecom Thus - the London-based ISP is blocking access to all sites stored in the archive. When they query the Wayback Machine, hoping to retrieve archived pages, customers are met with generic "not found" error pages. But judging from their urls, these pages are generated by a web filter based on the blacklist compiled by the Internet Watch Foundation, a government-backed organization charged with policing online pornography."''
::[Editor: This particular example of technical illiteracy spanned from the [[Virgin Killer controversies]]]

==Draconian punishments==

It is easy to locate examples of excessive sentences for regular "molestation", such as Brittany Zamora's 20 years in 2019 for a consensual relationship with a 13 year old male student.<ref>[https://people.com/crime/imprisoned-ariz-teacher-who-sexually-abused-boy-13-is-now-tutoring-inmates-in-prison/ Imprisoned Ariz. Teacher Who Sexually Abused Boy, 13, Is Now Tutoring Inmates in Prison]</ref> Below, we list examples ranging from bizarre "crimes" that never were, to cruel and unusual punishments.

*'''[https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/australian-man-with-diaper-fetish-gets-banned-from-seeing-his-children-report-2959584 Australian Man With Diaper Fetish Gets Banned From Seeing His Children: Report] (2022)'''
*:''"His ex-wife took legal action against him claiming that his behaviour, which she was previously aware of, had escalated over time. According to the report, the former partner said that the man, who she met in the mid-2000s, even began “wearing the diapers around the home”. The couple then split and agreed to share parenting duties provided the man kept his lifestyle away from his children. But back in 2019, the court had heard that the Aussie father once came to pick the kids up and had a nappy “partially exposed”. It was then, the ex-wife said, that she decided to take legal action against him. In 2021, the court ruled that the man was not allowed to see his children. The father then appealed the decision, saying that he posed no risk to his kids, but his claim was rejected last month. ''[...]'' Justice Hannan reportedly said that she has “great reservations” and does not accept that the father has an authentic willingness or capacity to disavow engaging in the behaviours in question and his connections to the community. She further went on to state that it was inevitable that the man's children would be exposed to his fetish, which she claimed would badly affect them. However, now the father has said that he felt he was being discriminated against because of his links to the “adult baby diaper lover community”. The Australian national wrote to the Daily Telegraph describing the decision as “horrendous”. He also added that what he chooses to do in the privacy of his own home without any children present is his own business."''

*'''[https://www.cullmantribune.com/2023/05/11/cullman-county-man-sentenced-to-75-years-for-failure-to-register-as-sex-offender/ Cullman County man sentenced to 75 years for failure to register as sex offender] (2023)'''
*:''"Cullman County Circuit Court Judge Greg Nicholas on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, sentenced David Lee Moore, of Hanceville, to 75 years in prison. The sentence stems from Moore’s March 1 conviction for failing to register as a sex offender with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. “As I stated after the trial our sex offender registration laws are tough for good reason and we will not only prosecute those who break them to the fullest, but we will also ask for tough sentences on anyone who is convicted,” said Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker. Moore was convicted in a one-day trial in March."''

*'''[https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/terlingua-man-sentenced-prison-running-child-obscenity-website Terlingua Man Sentenced to Prison for Running a Child Obscenity Website] (2021)'''
*:''"A federal judge today sentenced 65-year-old Thomas Alan Arthur to 40 years in federal prison for operating a website dedicated to publishing writings that detailed the sexual abuse of children. ''[...]'' According to trial evidence, Arthur began operating the Mr. Double website in 1996, and began charging members for access to the site in 1998. ''[...]'' "This repugnant exploitation of innocent children has no place in society." ''[...]'' This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims."''

*'''[https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article272538992.html?taid=63fb0383c222f40001b63d6a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter He was homeless and mentally ill. A judge sentenced him to 150 years. Is that justice?] (2023)'''
*:''"The question is whether the 32-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia — who talked in court about shutting off electricity in Russia with his mind — should spend the rest of his life in prison. Stephens is a former Arizona State University wrestler who became homeless after suffering from untreated schizophrenia for years. In 2016, he walked into a Sweetwater Best Buy and snatched a laptop and other merchandise. When employees confronted him, he pulled out his own laptop, declaring, ”Look, I have child pornography!” He began publicly showing his computer screen, lying down between two sets of sliding doors and perusing the illegal images as customers walked by. ''[...]'' Stephens could have gotten those three years, plus required treatment, had he accepted a plea deal from prosecutors on one count of child-porn possession — a charge that seems to fit the crime better, based on what we know. Stephens wasn’t accused of producing or distributing the pornographic material. ''[...]'' The state asked asked for a 21-year sentence. Still, that’s not even close to the off-the-charts 150 years handed down by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Veronica Diaz with “a minimum of public explanation,” the Herald reported. Diaz applied the maximum sentence allowed under law."''

[[File:Schad.jpg|thumb|One punishment involved posting these signs]]
*'''[https://www.foxnews.com/story/sex-offender-ordered-by-judge-to-post-signs Sex Offender Ordered by Judge to Post Signs] (2015)'''
*:''"Under a judge's order, a man who has admitted molesting a boy has posted signs around his house and a decal on his car proclaiming that he is a sex offender. The hand-painted signs reading "A Sex Offender Lives Here" are posted on all four sides of Leroy Schad's white house in this central Kansas town of only about 150 people. His vehicle has a large decal with bold yellow lettering reading "Sex Offender In This Car." Schad, 72, was originally charged with four counts of taking indecent liberties with a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy in 2005. He was allowed to plead guilty in March 2007 to a lesser charge of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, and the original charges were dismissed."''

*'''[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2163509/Court-rules-32-year-old-Marshall-Hollins-sex-17-year-old-legal--pictures-not.html Court rules that 32-year-old man's sex with 17-year-old was legal... but pictures of it were not] (2012)'''
*:''"Although a man who was 32 wasn't breaking the law by having sex with a 17-year-old girl in 2008, he was by photographing the act, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Marshall Hollins was convicted in Stephenson County of making child pornography and sentenced to 8 years in prison. He admitted he had sex with the girl when she was 17, which is the age of sexual consent in Illinois.."''

*'''[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/201208/insatiable-wife-teacher-sent-jail-group-sex Insatiable Wife (Teacher) Sent to Jail for Group Sex] (2012)'''
*:''"This weekend, Fort Worth, Texas high school teacher Brittni Colleps was sentenced to five years in prison after conviction of having sex with five of her male students. The students were '''all over the age of eighteen''', and consented to the acts. But, Brittni and her husband were swingers, and salacious videos of the sex were made, and viewed by the jury."''

*'''[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/12/1057979647638.html Associated Press: "Toe-sucker gets life"] (2003)'''
*:''"The former supervisor of an American youth program was sentenced Friday to life in prison on 25 counts of lewd conduct and assault for sucking the toes of 20 boys. Trenton Veches, 32, will be eligible for parole in 15 years."''

*'''[http://www.lawcrossing.com/article/1949/Case-of-the-20-Dirty-Pictures/lcarticle_topicdetailpage.php?topic=18 Kilpatrick, James. "Can someone be convicted for mere possession of porn materials"] (2005)'''
*:''"In June 2002, Phoenix police arrested ''[Morton R.]'' Berger on a state warrant charging him with sexual exploitation of a minor. Specifically, he was charged with possession of 20 photographs depicting, among other things, children being raped by adults, children engaging in sexual acts with other children, and children in sexual acts with animals. The 20 images introduced at trial were part of a large collection of pornographic images accumulated over a period of at least six years. A jury found Berger guilty on 20 counts of sexually exploiting children under the age of 15 and sentenced him to 10 years on each count, the sentences to run consecutively. Last May the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed that judgment. ''[...]'' There is no evidence that he himself ever engaged in distributing, exhibiting, receiving, selling, purchasing, electronically transmitting or even "exchanging" pornographic images, all of which the Arizona law forbids. He was convicted solely of "possessing" such images. He collected them. These facts should weigh in your calculus, for good or ill: He is 52 years old, married, a father of four, an award-winning teacher of world history. He has no criminal record of any sort. The state offered no evidence that he has ever created pornography or improperly touched a minor."''

*'''[https://www.ipce.info/newsletters/e_26/absurdities.htm Six years for touching buttocks] (2006)'''
*:''"A former elementary school teacher was sentenced to six years in state prison for touching the buttocks of a 10-year-old girl. ''[...]'' He must register as a sex offender and cannot teach again."''

*'''[https://www.ipce.info/newsletters/e_26/absurdities.htm Man sentenced for lewd acts on boy] (2008)'''
*:''"A 61-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in a state prison for kissing an 11-year-old boy on the lips in the Joshua Hills Elementary school cafeteria, court officials said."''

*'''[https://www.wnd.com/2005/07/31134/ Man grabs girl's arm - now he's a sex offender] (2005)'''
*:''"A man who grabbed a 14-year-old girl's arm to chastise her after she walked in front of his car, causing him to swerve to avoid hitting her, must register as a "sex offender," the Appellate Court of Illinois has ruled. Fitzroy Barnaby, a 28-year-old Evanston, Illinois, man was prosecuted for attempted kidnapping and child abduction charges following a November 2002 incident in which he nearly hit the teen with his vehicle. The girl testified Barnaby yelled, "Come here, little girl," when he jumped out of his car and grabbed her arm. She broke away and called authorities. Barnaby says he was merely trying to lecture her for her carelessness. The trial jury accepted Barnaby's version of the story, but found him guilty of unlawful restraint of a minor – a sex offense under Illinois law."''

==Imprisonment of "victims"==

*'''[https://www.brongersma.info/images/Paidika2.pdf "The Hysteria Over Child Pornography and Paedophilia," ''Paidika'', 2, 13-34.] (1987)'''
*:''"The case of "Amy", a 12-year-old girl from California, is one blatant example of this institutional abuse. Amy's family sought counseling in California after Amy and her stepfather revealed to the mother that he had fondled her on several occasions. The family therapist they consulted reported the incident, as required under California law, to the police, who filed felony child abuse charges against the stepfather. The stepfather pled not guilty when he was charged, and the girl refused to testify against him. Frustrated by Amy's will not to testify, child protection workers placed Amy in solitary confinement in a juvenile prison. For 9 days, she was confined to a four-by-eight foot room with only a bed and lamp, and for a few days, a television set. When the judge in the case saw that Amy's resolve not to testify could not be broken, the case was dismissed. ''[...]'' A more recent case in Massachusetts involves two youths, ages 14 and 15, who were confined in various locked facilities for at least a five month period--part of the time in Federal facilities--as "material witnesses" in the case of a Boston-area man with whom they had lived, who is accused of Mann Act violations, after they attempted to recant all or part of previous statements they had made concerning the man."''

*'''[http://annabelleigh.net/messages/353484.htm Trexler, Phil. "Summit judge jails 14-year-old," The Beacon Journal.] (2006)'''
*:''"A judge has jailed a 14-year-old girl who ran away rather than testify against a man accused of molesting her. The Norton Middle School student is being held indefinitely in an isolated area of the Summit County Jail on the orders of Common Pleas Judge James Murphy. The teen, jailed since Wednesday, insists she is not a sex abuse victim and is demanding a lawyer be assigned to represent her, court records show. However, jail officials said Monday she cannot speak with anyone without permission from county prosecutors. Prosecutors say the teen is a material witness and is being held in jail for her own protection. But lawyers for defendant Galo Sanchez-Pesantes contend the state -- with approval from the girl's mother-- has "effectively kidnapped" the teen, holding her in an adult jail while denying her access to an attorney in an effort to force her testimony. ''[...]'' Sanchez-Pesantes is accused of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor stemming from a Jan. 20 incident in which the boyfriend of the girl's mother allegedly saw the two on a couch. The girl denied having sex and refused to write a statement for police, defense attorneys said. "She said no, nothing happened with (Sanchez-Pesantes) and she said she told that to everyone, but no one wanted to listen," Brouse said Monday."''

*'''McCarthy, Rebecca. "Jailed Teen Again Refuses To Testify Against Father," Atlanta Constitution, 14 October (1988)'''
*:''"An 18-year-old Lilburn woman refused for a second time Thursday to testify in her father's child molestation trial and remained in jail on a contempt of court charge. Bond was set at $100,000. Deidre Lee Dickey was jailed Wednesday after refusing to testify against Ed R. Dickey, who is on trial on charges of sexual abuse against Miss Dickey and her two younger sisters. Superior Court Judge Bryant Huff called Miss Dickey back into court Thursday and asked if she was willing to testify, told her the consequences of not doing so and listened as she again refused to cooperate. "My understanding is that when the children realized what the position of the state was, they didn't want to testify," said defense attorney Calvin J. Leipold Jr. "I think it's one thing for children to ask for help and another for them to find themselves in a position like the ones these children are in." A prosecutor said he will recall Miss Dickey again Friday. "The court's order is that she testify, and when she refused she was held to be in willful contempt," prosecuting attorney Donald Johnstono said Thursday. "We'll be back again tomorrow." Miss Dickey's mother, Peggy Dickey, said in an interview Thursday that her daughters believe the state does not care about them or their family and decided not to let prosecutors "pressure them" into testifying. Another of Mrs. Dickey's daughters, age 16, collapsed on the stand Wednesday and could not testify, either. Mrs. Dickey said she believes the charges against her husband are untrue. The accusations were brought to the attention of prosecutors by the Dickeys' extended family."''

==Weaponized [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|Stigma]]==

*'''Tibetan girl forced to say that the Dalai Lama is a Pedophile (2023)'''
*:'''Editors:''' The incident spread throughout social media after the Dalai Lama's controversial "suck my tongue" comment. Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCXtemSFAwk attached]. Backup on [https://twitter.com/P9Wb1kMpj484jEW/status/1650163222190628866 Twitter].

==Internal contradictions==

Often, we see that countries who have pursued the prohibitionist scheme on sex with minors have not reaped the rewards one might expect from such initiatives. This is painfully obvious in the example of adolescent pregnancy, with the more puritanical nations (US, UK and Australia) routinely reporting [[Wikipedia:Prevalence of teenage pregnancy|much higher rates]] than those who have been less zealous in their pursuit of protectionist initiatives towards girls (Scandinavia, and most of Europe).

==References==

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File:The Revolution Won't Be Televised.png

2023-06-12T05:27:33Z

Jessi: /* Summary */

== Summary ==
vintage, retro, crt box television, emitting an eerie glow of vertical SMPTE color test bars, but the color test bars are the MAP flag, the rainbow flag, and the progress flag. highly detailed, cel-shaded, hyperrealistic, against a black background. The image is captioned "The Revolution Won't Be Televised." Created by Katie Cruz - amapin.love (Used with permission)

File:The Revolution Won't Be Televised.png

2023-06-12T03:14:30Z

Jessi: vintage, retro, crt box television, emitting an eerie glow of vertical SMTP color test bars, but the color test bars are the MAP flag, the rainbow flag, and the progress flag. highly detailed, cel-shaded, hyperrealistic, against a black background. The image is captioned "The Revolution Won't Be Televised." Created by Katie Cruz - amapin.love (Used with permission)

== Summary ==
vintage, retro, crt box television, emitting an eerie glow of vertical SMTP color test bars, but the color test bars are the MAP flag, the rainbow flag, and the progress flag. highly detailed, cel-shaded, hyperrealistic, against a black background. The image is captioned "The Revolution Won't Be Televised." Created by Katie Cruz - amapin.love (Used with permission)

Talk:MAPocalypse

2023-05-31T03:39:06Z

Jessi:

Is this 100k views hostile twitter thread enough visibility to go in the timeline? https://twitter.com/RoisinMichaux/status/1657702201416884224 The paper Michaux is pissed about is here https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2158244018806036 and the professor in question is [https://www.up.ac.za/private-law/article/2919182/professor-ann-skelton extremely distinguished]. May be of interest and worth adding.--[[User:Prue|Prue]] ([[User talk:Prue|talk]]) 02:58, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
:2M+ is probably what we would need, given what it takes to generate wider media attention.
:The 3 recent additions are really too long and have nothing to do with the normalization of pedophilia (it was not a predominant theme of the coverage). Epstein, Allen and Prince Andrew probably all need their own articles with a treatment considerably less that Wikipedia, and focus on any verifiable information that should be emphasized, or is not well covered elsewhere. Are you able to create them? --[[User:The Admins|The Admins]] ([[User talk:The Admins|talk]]) 08:54, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
:Maxwell should probably have her own article too. --[[User:The Admins|The Admins]] ([[User talk:The Admins|talk]]) 08:57, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Katie Cruz has an interesting take. She seems to believe we have an opportunity to change public perception on MAPs to something more empathetic. https://amapin.love/2022/11/24/our-stonewall-is-coming/ --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 03:38, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Visions of Alice

2023-02-12T19:07:05Z

Jessi:

__NOTOC__[[File:Voa-header.png|200px|thumb|right|[https://www.visionsofalice.net Visions of Alice]]]

Visions of Alice (often known by initialism VoA), is a girl-love website that was started in 2004. The website is most notable for its forum community and is the home of ''AliceLover's Magazine'' and ''True Innocence Magazine''. In recent years they have taken an active approach in collaborating with researchers. In 2020, VoA started [[MAP-related podcasting and radio|AliceFM]], an online girl-love radio station.

Visions of Alice doesn't promote nor disallow any specific MAP ideology. Members are free to express their MAP-related beliefs, as long as they don't advocate for or admit to breaking the law. VoA was designed as a Girl Love site, and girl-lovers hold the majority demographic, but they also welcome Boy-Lovers, researchers, and non-MAPs who genuinely wish to learn about minor attraction.

==Magazines==
The Magazines produced by Visions of Alice are known for their graphical style that includes artistic photos of young girls along with articles, poems, and artwork about girl love, minor attraction, and MAPs' relationship with society. The articles and poems are mostly written by the e-Zine Team at VoA, while some content is sourced by VoA forum members as well as guest writers.

===AliceLover's Magazine===
ALM is the current branding of the magazine, known for its colorful, childlike motif.

*[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Alm1.pdf AliceLovers Magazine Issue 1]
*[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Alm2.pdf AliceLovers Magazine Issue 2]
*[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Alm3.pdf AliceLovers Magazine Issue 3]
*[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Alm4.pdf AliceLovers Magazine Issue 4]
*[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Alm5.pdf AliceLovers Magazine Issue 5]

===True Innocence Magazine===

True Innocence is the former magazine produced by VoA.

*[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Ti1.pdf True Innocence Magazine Issue 1]
*[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Ti2.pdf True Innocence Magazine Issue 2]
*[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/File:Ti3.pdf True Innocence Magazine Issue 3]

==AliceFM==
AliceFM is a girl-love oriented online radio station produced by Visions of Alice. Most of the day consists of an automated playlist by AliceBot that includes classic hits with a healthy dose of GL Anthems. Certain Members of VoA are regularly scheduled as DJs. AliceFM also replays The Prevention Podcast.

==External Links==

*[https://www.visionsofalice.net Visions of Alice]

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Anti-contact

2023-01-07T00:01:53Z

Jessi: Removing Contact-Agnostic Organizations as it's now covered in the article "Contact-neutral"

{{MAI}}__NOTOC__'''Anti-contact''' (or simply '''"anti-c"''') is a term used to describe a person - often an [[MAP]] or ally, as favoring the ongoing prohibition of minor-adult physical/sexual relations. This stands in opposition to '''[[pro-c]] (pro-consent/choice/contact)''' beliefs, although in reality they exist on a sliding scale, with many underpinning themes such as [[Research: Association or Causation|intrinsic harm]].

There are a range of anti-c positions:

*'''Consequentialist anti-c (c-anti-c [neologistic - suggestion]).''' In this instance, celibacy is called for in the present climate. Such an individual might maintain that they are not presently interested in [[age of consent]] reform, or consider it a topic of lesser importance. Supporters of very limited reforms might sometimes also self-describe as anti-contact.
*'''Outright-anti-c (o-anti-c [neologistic - suggestion]).''' Holds that under no present or future circumstance, can any sexual contact between minors and adults be entertained. Usually, said person believes that such actions are ethically or morally wrong, in the absolute.
*'''Anarchist anti-c.''' Surprisingly, some anti-c's are Anarchists. They tend to believe that punitive state norms should be addressed, and that communities are (under the right circumstances) capable of finding a peaceful way of resolving what they believe to be inappropriate relationships between minors and adults.

The 2016 research of [[Research: Prevalence|Bailey]] would appear to suggest that anti-c beliefs are not related to lower levels of offending. This is most likely because some pro-c positions are relatively moderate and pro-celibacy, while overstated anti-c beliefs can arise as a result of poor self-control and moral guilt.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179944/ Rendina HJ, López-Matos J, Wang K, Pachankis JE, Parsons JT. The Role of Self-Conscious Emotions in the Sexual Health of Gay and Bisexual Men: Psychometric Properties and Theoretical Validation of the Sexual Shame and Pride Scale. J Sex Res. 2019 May-Jun;56(4-5):620-631.]</ref> Research might later be conducted to determine whether outright pro-c and outright anti-c beliefs are correlated with high frequency of adult-minor sexual contacts, whilst more moderate pro and anti-c positions are related to non-offending.

==Ideology==

Anti-contact [[NOMAP]] ideology is defined in said article.

===Naïvety===

Anti-c activists are often accused of being naïve regarding online security, forgoing basic precautions such as preventing others from linking their profiles. While anti-c's haven't been the only ones to make basic errors, online vigilante information-gathering campaigns claim to have exposed the personal details of numerous prominent anti-c activists in 2022 alone.<ref>[https://thepublicinsight.org/paper/project-raven/ "Project Raven"]</ref> In one instance, a newly recruited social media manager for [[Virtuous Pedophiles|Virped]] lost their seven-year old social media account after posting provocative messages concerning a pamphleting campaign. That same year, a MAP affiliated with [[Prostasia Foundation]] and various other websites involuntarily outed himself to ''"The Predator Alert"'' on Twitter.com, resulting in him losing his job at a preschool. Pro-c online activists who have a history of infiltrating [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|Wikipedia]] as early as 2004/5 have simply used fake accounts bought with cryptocurrency to stir up media controversies, attracting millions of views without the attendant risks.

==Explicitly anti-contact organizations==

*[[Virtuous Pedophiles]]
*[[Prostasia Foundation]] - Technically, this is a charity that provides services to MAPs and not a MAP organization.
*'''Most SOL Reform organizations''' such as [[NARSOL]] are not seen as actual MAP organizations (since not all RSOs are MAPs and vice versa). SOL Reform Organizations typically focus on registry reform and fairer post-release restrictions.

==See also==
*[[Minor attracted community]]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Youth]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

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Contact-neutral

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{{MAI}}__NOTOC__'''Contact-neutral''' (or '''neutral-contact''' or '''neutral-c''') is a term used to describe a person - often a [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] or ally, as expressing no opinion on minor-adult physical/sexual relations. Those who are contact-neutral oppose being labeled as '''[[anti-contact]] (anti-c)''' or '''[[pro-c]] (pro-consent/choice/contact)'''. There are many reasons one may identify as contact-neutral, such as not having developed a strong opinion, the refusal to participate in contact discourse, and/or wanting to remain apolitical.

==Contact-neutral organizations==

*[[B4U-ACT]] - takes a neutral stance on contact discourse, preferring to focus on mental health and the stigma of minor-attraction.

==See also==
*[[Minor attracted community]]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Youth]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

The Woodsman

2022-12-11T06:05:31Z

Jessi:

'''''The Woodsman''''' is a 2004 American drama film starring Kevin Bacon as a convicted [[Child molestation|child molester]] who must adjust to life after prison. Its name refers to the woodsman from the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood who kills the Big Bad Wolf to save the titular child.

==Plot==
Walter, a convicted [[Child molestation|child molester]], returns home to Philadelphia after serving 12 years in prison. His friends and family have abandoned him, with the exception of his brother-in-law, Carlos. Walter's apartment is just across the street from an elementary school—an obvious source of temptation. He gets a job at a local lumber mill and meets Vicki, one of the few women working there. After sleeping with Vicki, Walter tells her that he molested little girls. Vicki is clearly shocked and disturbed by this new information, but before she can consider how to respond, Walter tells her to leave his apartment.

Walter receives frequent visits from a verbally abusive police officer named Lucas, who makes it clear that he is waiting to catch Walter reoffending. Watching the school, Walter sees a man offering candy to little boys. He realizes that this man, whom he nicknames "Candy", is another child molester. Walter also meets an apparently lonely young girl named Robin who is a birdwatcher. Walter sees Candy abduct a boy, but does not report this to the police. Walter's life takes a further downturn when a suspicious coworker, Mary-Kay, learns of his conviction. She prints out his police record and posts it on the bulletin board at the mill for everybody to see. Some of the employees attack Walter, but Vicki and the boss of the mill come to his defense.

Ostracized and frustrated, Walter leaves his workplace and goes to the park. Vicki, fearing the worst, begins to search for him. Walter ends up meeting with Robin at the park. As they talk, he begins to succumb to his desires and invites Robin to sit on his lap. She politely refuses, but then begins to confide in him. As she starts to cry, Walter realizes that she is being molested by her father. In her anguish, and sensing a similarity between her father and Walter, she offers to sit on Walter's lap, wanting his approval. Walter, realizing her anguish and not wanting to add to it, tells Robin to go home. As she leaves, she gives him a hug. On his way home, he sees Candy dropping off a young boy near the school at night. In a fit of rage and self-hatred, Walter beats Candy up. He then goes to Vicki's home, and she accepts him.

Soon after, Lucas visits Walter's apartment as Walter is packing to move in with Vicki and tells him that a man was beaten across the street the night before, and asks if he knows anything about it. Walter denies any knowledge, but Lucas knows better. He reveals that the boy gave a very good description of the assailant, which fits Walter. He also reveals that "Candy" is wanted in Virginia for raping a young boy. Lucas decides not to charge Walter with the assault.

With Carlos' help, Walter is reunited with his sister, whom he has not seen in years. However, she refuses to forgive him and leaves. In a voice-over discussion in which his therapist tells him that eventual forgiveness may take years, Walter replies that he understands and accepts her anger, and expresses optimism for his own future.

==Cast==

*Kevin Bacon as Walter
*Kyra Sedgwick as Vicki
*Mos Def as Sgt. Lucas
*Benjamin Bratt as Carlos
*Eve as Mary-Kay
*David Alan Grier as Bob
*Hannah Pilkes as Robin
*Kevin Rice as "Candy"
*Michael Shannon as Rosen
*Jessica Nagle as Annette

==Streaming ==

*Peacock
*Tubi
*Plex
*Pluto TV
*YouTube
*Apple TV
*Amazon Prime Video
*Roku Channel
*Google Play Movies

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361127/ IMDB]
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/woodsman Rotten Tomatoes]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodsman_(2004_film)\ Wikipedia]

The Woodsman

2022-12-11T06:04:48Z

Jessi: /* External links */

'''''The Woodsman''''' is a 2004 American drama film starring Kevin Bacon as a convicted [[Child molestation|child molester]] who must adjust to life after prison. Its name refers to the woodsman from the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood who kills the Big Bad Wolf to save the titular child.

==Plot==
Walter, a convicted [[Child molestation|child molester]], returns home to Philadelphia after serving 12 years in prison. His friends and family have abandoned him, with the exception of his brother-in-law, Carlos. Walter's apartment is just across the street from an elementary school—an obvious source of temptation. He gets a job at a local lumber mill and meets Vicki, one of the few women working there. After sleeping with Vicki, Walter tells her that he molested little girls. Vicki is clearly shocked and disturbed by this new information, but before she can consider how to respond, Walter tells her to leave his apartment.

Walter receives frequent visits from a verbally abusive police officer named Lucas, who makes it clear that he is waiting to catch Walter reoffending. Watching the school, Walter sees a man offering candy to little boys. He realizes that this man, whom he nicknames "Candy", is another child molester. Walter also meets an apparently lonely young girl named Robin who is a birdwatcher. Walter sees Candy abduct a boy, but does not report this to the police. Walter's life takes a further downturn when a suspicious coworker, Mary-Kay, learns of his conviction. She prints out his police record and posts it on the bulletin board at the mill for everybody to see. Some of the employees attack Walter, but Vicki and the boss of the mill come to his defense.

Ostracized and frustrated, Walter leaves his workplace and goes to the park. Vicki, fearing the worst, begins to search for him. Walter ends up meeting with Robin at the park. As they talk, he begins to succumb to his desires and invites Robin to sit on his lap. She politely refuses, but then begins to confide in him. As she starts to cry, Walter realizes that she is being molested by her father. In her anguish, and sensing a similarity between her father and Walter, she offers to sit on Walter's lap, wanting his approval. Walter, realizing her anguish and not wanting to add to it, tells Robin to go home. As she leaves, she gives him a hug. On his way home, he sees Candy dropping off a young boy near the school at night. In a fit of rage and self-hatred, Walter beats Candy up. He then goes to Vicki's home, and she accepts him.

Soon after, Lucas visits Walter's apartment as Walter is packing to move in with Vicki and tells him that a man was beaten across the street the night before, and asks if he knows anything about it. Walter denies any knowledge, but Lucas knows better. He reveals that the boy gave a very good description of the assailant, which fits Walter. He also reveals that "Candy" is wanted in Virginia for raping a young boy. Lucas decides not to charge Walter with the assault.

With Carlos' help, Walter is reunited with his sister, whom he has not seen in years. However, she refuses to forgive him and leaves. In a voice-over discussion in which his therapist tells him that eventual forgiveness may take years, Walter replies that he understands and accepts her anger, and expresses optimism for his own future.

==Cast==

*Kevin Bacon as Walter
*Kyra Sedgwick as Vicki
*Mos Def as Sgt. Lucas
*Benjamin Bratt as Carlos
*Eve as Mary-Kay
*David Alan Grier as Bob
*Hannah Pilkes as Robin
*Kevin Rice as "Candy"
*Michael Shannon as Rosen
*Jessica Nagle as Annette

==Streaming ==

*Peacock
*Tubi
*Plex
*Pluto TV
*YouTube
*Apple TV
*Amazon Prime Video
*Roku Channel
*Google Play Movies

== See also ==

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361127/ IMDB]
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/woodsman Rotten Tomatoes]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodsman_(2004_film)\ Wikipedia]

Talk:The Woodsman

2022-12-11T05:59:54Z

Jessi: /* Other things to add */

==Other things to add==

Describe the accuracy of the portrayal of different themes:

*Living on the sex offender registry
*Impulse control
*Reaction from other people and society

Go into detail about symbolism

*Philosophical meanings of birds, bird watching, the journal, name of the school
*The Woodsman Fairy Tale, Walter works in a mill

My therapist recommended this to me, and I just watched it. It's definitely thought-provoking. --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 05:58, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Talk:The Woodsman

2022-12-11T05:58:40Z

Jessi: Created page with "==Other things to add== Describe the accuracy of the portrayal of different themes: *Living on the sex offender registry *Impulse control *Reaction from other people Go into detail about symbolism *Philosophical meanings of birds, bird watching, the journal, name of the school *The Woodsman Fairy Tale, Walter works in a mill My therapist recommended this to me, and I just watched it. It's definitely thought-provoking. --~~~~"

==Other things to add==

Describe the accuracy of the portrayal of different themes:

*Living on the sex offender registry
*Impulse control
*Reaction from other people

Go into detail about symbolism

*Philosophical meanings of birds, bird watching, the journal, name of the school
*The Woodsman Fairy Tale, Walter works in a mill

My therapist recommended this to me, and I just watched it. It's definitely thought-provoking. --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 05:58, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

The Woodsman

2022-12-11T05:45:59Z

Jessi: Created page by copying the other wiki, and editing.

'''''The Woodsman''''' is a 2004 American drama film starring Kevin Bacon as a convicted [[Child molestation|child molester]] who must adjust to life after prison. Its name refers to the woodsman from the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood who kills the Big Bad Wolf to save the titular child.

==Plot==
Walter, a convicted [[Child molestation|child molester]], returns home to Philadelphia after serving 12 years in prison. His friends and family have abandoned him, with the exception of his brother-in-law, Carlos. Walter's apartment is just across the street from an elementary school—an obvious source of temptation. He gets a job at a local lumber mill and meets Vicki, one of the few women working there. After sleeping with Vicki, Walter tells her that he molested little girls. Vicki is clearly shocked and disturbed by this new information, but before she can consider how to respond, Walter tells her to leave his apartment.

Walter receives frequent visits from a verbally abusive police officer named Lucas, who makes it clear that he is waiting to catch Walter reoffending. Watching the school, Walter sees a man offering candy to little boys. He realizes that this man, whom he nicknames "Candy", is another child molester. Walter also meets an apparently lonely young girl named Robin who is a birdwatcher. Walter sees Candy abduct a boy, but does not report this to the police. Walter's life takes a further downturn when a suspicious coworker, Mary-Kay, learns of his conviction. She prints out his police record and posts it on the bulletin board at the mill for everybody to see. Some of the employees attack Walter, but Vicki and the boss of the mill come to his defense.

Ostracized and frustrated, Walter leaves his workplace and goes to the park. Vicki, fearing the worst, begins to search for him. Walter ends up meeting with Robin at the park. As they talk, he begins to succumb to his desires and invites Robin to sit on his lap. She politely refuses, but then begins to confide in him. As she starts to cry, Walter realizes that she is being molested by her father. In her anguish, and sensing a similarity between her father and Walter, she offers to sit on Walter's lap, wanting his approval. Walter, realizing her anguish and not wanting to add to it, tells Robin to go home. As she leaves, she gives him a hug. On his way home, he sees Candy dropping off a young boy near the school at night. In a fit of rage and self-hatred, Walter beats Candy up. He then goes to Vicki's home, and she accepts him.

Soon after, Lucas visits Walter's apartment as Walter is packing to move in with Vicki and tells him that a man was beaten across the street the night before, and asks if he knows anything about it. Walter denies any knowledge, but Lucas knows better. He reveals that the boy gave a very good description of the assailant, which fits Walter. He also reveals that "Candy" is wanted in Virginia for raping a young boy. Lucas decides not to charge Walter with the assault.

With Carlos' help, Walter is reunited with his sister, whom he has not seen in years. However, she refuses to forgive him and leaves. In a voice-over discussion in which his therapist tells him that eventual forgiveness may take years, Walter replies that he understands and accepts her anger, and expresses optimism for his own future.

==Cast==

*Kevin Bacon as Walter
*Kyra Sedgwick as Vicki
*Mos Def as Sgt. Lucas
*Benjamin Bratt as Carlos
*Eve as Mary-Kay
*David Alan Grier as Bob
*Hannah Pilkes as Robin
*Kevin Rice as "Candy"
*Michael Shannon as Rosen
*Jessica Nagle as Annette

==Streaming ==

*Peacock
*Tubi
*Plex
*Pluto TV
*YouTube
*Apple TV
*Amazon Prime Video
*Roku Channel
*Google Play Movies

== See also ==

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|361127}}
* {{Mojo title|woodsman}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|woodsman}}
* {{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodsman_(2004_film)\|Wikipedia}}

Intergenerational Lesbianism

2022-12-11T01:59:45Z

Jessi: /* Gallery */ The Kanalratten Manifesto

{{Template:MAI}}__NOTOC__'''Intergenerational Lesbianism''', sometimes called '''Korephilia''' is an age-structured relationship (similar to [[pederasty]]), but between a woman and a [[girl]]. Many women experience romance as a maternal feeling, and often express that love through nurturing and caring for the loved girl. From the outside looking in, you might just see them as a mother and daughter. But the maternal bond they share triggers romantic feelings in them. The woman is often romantically fulfilled by doing things (mundane, or sexually) for the pleasure and benefit of the loved girl.

There have been recent depictions of Intergenerational Lesbianism in popular culture. "The Little Coochie Snorcher That Could" from "The Vagina Monologues," recounts the experience of a thirteen year old girl's relationship with an older woman. The 2013 film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, depicts the friendship between a 15 year old girl and an adult woman that becomes erotic.

The word ''korephilia'' comes from the Greek words κόρη kórē meaning "girl" and φιλία philíā meaning "love". Most people use korephilia to describe a woman/girl relationship, while others use it to describe an adult/girl relationship.

In previous literature, writers such as feminist activist Kate Millett interpreted aversion to intergenerational eroticism as a product of women being subjects of historical patriarchy. Millett contrasted the more prevalent discussion and even defense of mutually willing intergenerational eroticism within the male-gay movement (see [[Historical_examples_of_LGBT-MAP_unity|LGBT-MAP Unity]]), with the aversion many women and lesbians espoused. Millett wrote that women are "more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more puritanical code of behavior than men ever have"<ref name="paidika 8">[https://www.brongersma.info/Paidika-08 Paidika vol 08, 1992, p. 84]</ref>. Unlike men who had the history of [[Pederasty|pederasty]] to draw on, "It’s possible," Millett explained, "that the condition of lesbians has been so repressive that it prevents them from seeing people below the age of consent as sexual partners" (''Ibid'').

German Psychologist Marina Knopf (1994, cited below) attempted to solicit interviews from females who had experienced intergenerational lesbianism. Knopf received letters but all respondents except one refused to be interviewed. Nevertheless, on the basis of her research, Knopf argued that the age taboo, or what she terms the "paedosexual taboo" might be "felt so strongly by women precisely because the opportunities for breaking it lie so close at hand. Because of their special closeness [to young people], for women the paedosexual attraction, as well as the taboo, could be greater than for men" (p. 19). Although Knopf detected a greater sense of guilt and fear of arrest among females than men erotically engaged with youth, the fact that a female intergenerational rights organization in existed in Berlin ("Kanalratten" meaning "Sewer Rats"), had published a manifesto,<ref name="paidika 8" /> but were too inhibited to meet Knopf after agreeing to be interviewed by her, suggests that intergenerational lesbianism has been far more underground and secretive than its male homosexual counterpart. For example, in a 1980 text written at the age of 19 by German Politician Dagmar Döring, she explained that she had experienced a situation where, “no man and no woman, rather a child, in particular a girl,” could satisfy her needs. Döring said she was afraid of the law which punished the “love between adults and children”, and said she wanted “to do everything to change such laws.” She later distanced herself from these comments.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210726053352/https://www.thelocal.de/20130812/51349/ Pro-paedo text scuppers would-be MP’s campaign]</ref>

While they are hard to find, other such examples exist: we have documented many in our [[Testimony:_Adult_Female_with_Minor|testimonials]] page. However, intergenerational lesbianism appears to have been and remains a difficult to research, largely undocumented activity: a lively subculture which we hope more investigations by scholars like Amanda H. Littauer (cited below) will continue to uncover and publish evidence of. As pioneer queer activist, Pat [now Patrick] Califia, wrote:

"I know very few lesbians, and even fewer gay men, who waited until they were eighteen to come out. Most of us were aware well before puberty that we wanted to be close to or sexual with members of our own sex. I've heard countless stories from women about their attempts to seduce their high school gym teachers or camp counselors. Not all of these attempts were unsuccessful. Our real-life experiences do not jibe with our politics on this issue."<ref>[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/califa_feminism.htm Pat Califia - Ipce]</ref>

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:K-Heart.svg|The K/Heart. A symbol proposed by Katie Cruz to represent Korephilia. <ref>[https://amapin.love/2022/04/18/korephilia/ A MAP In Love - Korephilia]</ref>
File:Kanalratten_Manifesto.png|The Kanalratten Manifesto - Via bk-girls.org, originally printed in 1989.

</gallery>

==Research literature==

*Judith Gay, "Mummies and Babies" and Friends and Lovers in Lesotho’ (1986).<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v11n03_07 Judith Gay, "Mummies and Babies" and Friends and Lovers in Lesotho’, in Journal of Homosexuality, 11:3-4 (1986), 97-116] and [https://sci-hub.se/10.2307/23816159 full version on Sci-Hub].</ref>

*''Paidika'', Vol. 2, No. 4 (1992): Special Women's Issue.

*Marina Knopf, "Sexual Contacts Between Women and Children", in ''Paidika'', Vol. 3, No.3 (1994).<ref>[https://www.brongersma.info/Paidika-11 Paidika vol. 11].</ref>

*Amanda H. Littauer, ''Queer Girls and Intergenerational Lesbian Sexuality in the 1970s''<ref>[https://doi.org/10.3167/hrrh.2020.460107 Littauer - Queer Girls and Intergenerational Lesbian Sexuality in the 1970s]</ref>, in ''Historical Reflections'', 46:1 (2020), 95-108.

==See also==

*[[Pederasty]]
*[[Testimony: Adult Female with Minor]] - Contains some examples.
:*[[Testimony: Experiences of chronophilias]] - Contains some examples.

==External Links==

*[https://archive.org/details/kidsclub-shesaid She Said - Women, Lesbians, and Feminists Speak About Youthlove]
*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Korephilia Korephilia] - RationalWiki.

===Personal perspectives===

*[https://amapin.love A MAP In Love] - A Blog by Katie Cruz
*[https://aboutpedophilia.com/2018/09/05/a-strange-and-terrible-unicorn/ A Strange and Terrible Unicorn] - A low AoA lesbian pedophile.
*[https://www.consentingjuveniles.com/Case_Narrative?case=Beth_Kelly Beth Kelly's testimony]
*[[Wikipedia:Marion Zimmer Bradley|Marion Zimmer Bradley]], who was outed by her homophobic daughter might be an interesting point at which to begin some research.

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:Gay]]
[[Category:Research: Broader Perspectives]]
[[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: International]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]]

File:Kanalratten Manifesto.png

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Jessi: The Kanalratten Manifesto Via bk-girls.org, April 8, 2001. Originally printed 1989.

== Summary ==
The Kanalratten Manifesto

Via bk-girls.org, April 8, 2001.
Originally printed 1989.

AP

2022-12-10T22:21:56Z

Jessi: Changed "Infamy" to "Notability" as Infamy implies something negative.

__NOTOC__[[File:Clc.png|thumb|A Child Lover's Creed - By AP]]
The person now known as '''AP''' was born on 4 October, 1968 and is a [[girllover|Girl Lover]], who [[coming out|came out]] publicly about his sexuality at the age of 34, after two failed suicide attempts, and a failed marriage.

According to hostile and unconfirmed sources, AP went to school in San Fransisco. At the point he became publicly visible as an activist, he had lived in Europe and had then moved to Panama.

During his period of notability, AP made occasional mainstream media and TV appearances. These included Episode 4 of BBC’s 2008 pop-psychology series “Am I Normal”, in which he was grilled by celebrity science communicator and clinical psychologist '''Tanya Byron'''. Unfortunately, this short interview was heavily edited, with AP’s contributions frequently being interrupted as the camera cut to Byron's concerned expressions.

In March 2007, AP was involved in a controversy, in which adverse publicity forced him to remove the pictures of then-President Barack Obama’s children from his website.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/pedophile-removes-web-photo-of-obamas-daughters-after-legal-threat FOX News - removal of pics]</ref>

==Puellula (website)==

The now defunct and only partially/privately archived [[Puellula]] was launched in 2002 or 2003. In it, AP expounded his philosophy about [[pedophilia]] and calls for tolerance of pedophilia and the abolition of [[Age of Consent]] laws. He wrote a Manifesto, with self coined terms such as '''Amarsi and Amarso''' to define the type of relationship/love that he describes.

Common myths about [[pedophile]]s were discussed and he explained (using the terms mentioned above) how his definition of pedophilia was different from the socially accepted definition.

AP believes that children and adolescents have the ability of making informed decisions about sex, and therefore can consent to sexual activities, and be part of adult-child sexual/romantic relationships that are based on [[love]], not [[abuse]]. The website also encouraged others to share their testimonies and covers the topic of ethical issues extensively in regard to pedophilia.

===Archive===

*'''[[:File:Amaros.zip|Amaros.info]]''' - the former Puellula archive in zip form - text only.

==TV Interviews==

AP has asked for his privacy to be respected, however, his television interviews from the late 00s are freely available online, having been shared on a website run by a one-time close associate. They serve as a useful historical precedent of a [[Minor Attracted Person]] negotiating the mainstream media.

===Media===

*[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/10FZ Free Speech Tube] - One of AP's interviews is archived here (in 5 parts).
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ryCkk8387U Interviewed (YouTube Link - identical)]
*[https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3430913&page=1 ABC News]
*[https://www.ipce.info/imo-archive/bg_2004/tired.htm 2004 Interview]

==See also==

*[[Puellula]]
*[[The Human Face of Pedophilia]]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: Artists and Poets]]

User talk:Jessi

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Jessi:

==Article==

I thought this would interest you. Prue was also going to upload some information to it, and [[User talk:Prue]] lists some sources.

[[Intergenerational Lesbianism]] --[[User:The Admins|The Admins]] ([[User talk:The Admins|talk]]) 15:49, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

:Cool thank you. I'll see if I can add some content. Am I allowed to add my own testimonies? --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 20:47, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

::We can add to [[Accounts and Testimonies]] in the relevant article. I would suggest writing an essay, and then we can quote from the essay? --[[User:The Admins|The Admins]] ([[User talk:The Admins|talk]]) 16:22, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

:::Here is an article/essay of how Katie found the MAP community and came to accept herself. https://amapinlove.dreamhosters.com/2019/04/24/you-are-not-alone-a-look-at-societys-pedophilia-stereotype/
:::She's also working on another piece that goes more in depth about her journey as a MAP, and how she experienced her relationship with Lucy. She has a lot of ideas written for it, but is working on organizing and developing it more. But she's gotta be in the right mindset to do it, and right now she's dealing with life. --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 01:27, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

==B4U-ACT==

Could you possibly go "what links here" off that page and kill all those redirect links by changing the text to the capitalized version? I was aware of the stylistic difference but didn't fancy this task myself. There are around 12 pages to edit, but the edits are simple cut and paste jobs. --[[User:The Admins|The Admins]] ([[User talk:The Admins|talk]]) 20:33, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Sure --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 22:23, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Done --[[User:Jessi|Jessi]] ([[User talk:Jessi|talk]]) 22:49, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

NewgonWiki:Wanted Page

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Jessi: B4U-ACT^

__NOTOC__'''This is NOT a definitive list of articles wanted on NewgonWiki. It is a page for creating listings at [[Special:Wantedpages]] which IS.'''

*[[Crime Without Victims]] (Book)
*[[Loving Boys]]
*[[AG Kindersexualitat / Paedophilie]] (Germany)
*[[Australian Man Boy Love Association]] / AMBLA / Australasian Man Boy Love Association
*[[The Betrayal of Youth]]
*[[Better Life magazine]]
*[[BLAZE]] (Australia)
*[[The Body Politic]]
*[[Boys Speak Out on Man/Boy Love]]
*[[Boylove World]] (Quarterly)
*[[CAPM]] (Campaign Against Public Morals, UK)
*[[Childhood Rights magazine]]
*[[The Child Lovers]]
*[[Contact! magazine]]
*[[Coq]]
*[[CRIES]]
*[[Michael Davidson]]
*[[DAP]]
*[[DSAP Deutsche Studie und Arbeitsgruppe Pädophilie]] (WG)
*[[Dokumentatiedienst Pedofilie]] (Belgium)
*[[Casimir Dukhaz]]
*[[Kevin Esser]]
*[[Maurice Fraser]]
*[[Gay Community News Boston]]
*[[Gayme]]
*[[Gay Youth Movement]]
*[[Groupe de la Recherche pour une Enfance Differente]] (France)
*[[Homophonies]]
*[[Indianerkommune]]
*[[Kameleon Projekt]]
*[[Magpie magazine]]
*[[Male Intergenerational Intimacy]]
*[[The Man They Called a Monster]]
*[[Minor Problems]] Mentioned [http://www.childnetswfl.org/UserFiles/File/Florida%20Juvenile%20Handbook%202007.pdf]
*[[Roger Moody]]
*[[Den Nichols]]
*[[Emu Nugent]]
*[[NUSS]]
*[[O.K. magazine]]
*[[Padofila Arbetsgruppen]] (Sweden)
*[[PadoGruppe]] (Germany)
*[[Paedofilgrupp]] (Denmark)
*[[Pedophiles Against Child Exploitation]]
*[[PAL]]
*[[Paedophilia: Some Questions and Answers]]
*[[Paedophilia: The Radical Case]]
*[[PFS]]
*[[Pojkart]]
*[[Parker Rossman]]
*[[SAP (Pro)]] Schweizerische Arbeitsgruppe Pädophilie X.
*[[Sexual Freedom League]]
*[[Stiekum]] (Belgium)
*[[Studiegroep Pedofilie]] (Belgium)
*[[Understanding Paedophilia magazine]]
*[[Britten's Children]]
*[[Children's Sexual Encounters with Adults: A Scientific Study]]
*[[True Innocence]]
*[[Karen Franklin]] - http://www.karenfranklin.com/

==People==

*[[Ethel Quayle]]

*[[Thomas Szasz]] - Defaults morally, but very insightful - http://www.reason.com/news/show/28515.html
*[[Corax]] - en.wikipedia, [[Erik Moller]]
*[[Richard Mohr]]
*[[John DeCecco]]
*[[Kate Millett]]
*[[Loren Robb]]
*[[Rudi van Dantzig]]
*[[Gunter Schmidt]]
*[[Warren Middleton]]
*[[Joseph Geraci]]
*[[Geoffrey Prime]]
*[[David Joy]]
*[[Benjamin Britten]]
*[[Debbie Nathan]]
*[[John Mitzel]] - Boston-Boise
*[[Ricardo Hunefeld]]
*[[Paul Goodman]]
*[[Dieter Gieseking]]
*[[Michael Melsheimer]]
*[[Nigel Leigh Oldfield]]
*[[Richard Kramer]]
*[[Valida Davila]]
*[[Phillip Distasio]]
*[[Bill Andriette]]
*[[Roy Radow]]
*[[Harry Hay]]
*[[Philippe Ariès]] - then modify [[Child]]
*[[Peter Melzer]]
*[[Renato Corazza]]
*[[Leland Stevenson]]
*[[Kevin Bishop]]
*[[Geoffrey Leonard]]
*[[Paul Goodman]]
*[[Todd Nickerson]]
*[[Dylan Thomas]]
*[[Bill Evans]]
*[[Fred Bauder]]
*[[Jan Kruska]]
*[[Nicholas Groth]]
*[[Theo Sandfort]]
*[[Paul Okami]]
*[[Larry Constantine]]
*[[Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg]]
*[[Frans Gieles]]
*[[Ralph Underwager]]
*[[Hollida Wakefield]]
*[[Elizabeth Loftus]]
*[[Paul Gebhard]]
*[[Wardell Pomeroy]]
*[[John Money]]
*[[Thore Langfeldt]]
*[[Jan Schuijer]]
*[[Harris Mirkin]]
*[[Gert Hekma]]
*[[Titus Rivas]]
*[[Sarah Goode]]
*[[Gerald Jones]]
*[[René Guyon]]
*[[James Kincaid]]
*[[Brian Rothery]]
*[[Walt Whitman]]
*[[Rod Downey]]
*[[Germaine Greer]]
*[[Scott Lilienfeld]]
*[[Marjan Sax]]
*[[Benjamin Rossen]]
*[[A.L. van Naerssen]]
*[[Wayne Dynes]]
*[[Simon LeVay]]
*[[Richard Green]]
*[[Steven Smith]]
*[[Jim Kepner]] - founder of the Gay & Lesbian Archives, [[NAMbLA]] friend.
*[[Rock Thatcher]] - [[NAMbLA]]
*[[Gabriel Matzneff]]
*[[René Schérer]]
*[[Justin Fashanu]] (Wikipedia - Gay footballer (late), had ephebo tendencies)

===Groups===

http://www.ipce.info/newsletters/nl_e_9.htm loads of info from these meetings.

*[[Bikers against Child Abuse]]
*[[Howard Nichols Society]] "Headquarters – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Publishes – “How to Have Sex with Kids”" [http://www.childnetswfl.org/UserFiles/File/Florida%20Juvenile%20Handbook%202007.pdf]
*[[Lewis Carroll Collectors Guild]] Mentioned [http://www.childnetswfl.org/UserFiles/File/Florida%20Juvenile%20Handbook%202007.pdf]
*[[AG Humane Sexualität]] (AHS)
*[[FG Eltern und Angehörige pädophiler Menschen]]
*[[Ray Wyre Associates]]
*[[FMSF]] and similar grps
*[[ASFAR]]
*[[NVSH]]
*[[ILGA]]
*[[British Communist Party]]
*[["Rene Guyon Society"]] Mentioned [http://www.childnetswfl.org/UserFiles/File/Florida%20Juvenile%20Handbook%202007.pdf]
*[[B4U-ACT]]
*[[Ecpat International]], [[EICYAC]]
*[[Kidshield]] - http://www.kidshield.co.uk/
*[[D2L]]
*[[News of the World]]
*[[Lucy Faithfull Foundation]] and http://www.smartenough.co.uk/surrey/
*[[NCMEC]]
*[[Bravehearts]]
*[[SKS]] - [[SCA]]
*[[WASP]]
*[[Beyond Borders]]
*[[SAP (Anti)]]
*[[AttractedToChildren]]
*[[Glgarden]]
*[[Visions of Alice]]
*[[BK Girls]]
*[[Predator Hunter]]
*[[CEOP]]
*[[Krumme 13]]
*[[DPA]]
*[[Kidscape]]
*[[Europol]]
*[[NCECC]] - Canada.
*[[CIRCAMP]]
*[[StopX]] - http://www.stopx.org/ ([[UNICEF]] owns the domain)
*[[CHIS]] - UK Children's Charities Coalition for Internet Safety
*[[UKCCIS]] - UK Council for Child Internet Safety
*[[CCAI]] - An ACPO strategic group
*[[Equations]] - Indian NGO
*[[RAINN]]
*[[Pirates Against Pedo's]]
*[[International Justice Mission]] & [[World Vision]] - Covered http://reckoning.obu-investigators.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=20&MMN_position=39:39
*[[FBI]] - http://www.fbi.gov/innocent.htm http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/crimesmain.htm http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/cac/fug_cac.htm
*[[CMCH]] - http://www.cmch.tv/
*[[Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation]] - http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/article435712.ece - Shut down.
*http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/Labs/Goodman/PWT/index.cfm?Section=1
*[[RFSL]]
*[[VGT]] and partners - http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/vgt_members.html#au
*[[NetAlert]] (.gov.au) and Australian Federal Police's [[Online Child Sexual Exploitation Team]][http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/ministrys-web-of-deception-needs-a-virtual-reality-check/2007/09/14/1189276986747.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1]
*[[FOSI]] - http://www.fosi.org Self reg front org.
*[[Justice Action]] - http://www.justiceaction.org.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

===Events===
[[Copine conferences]] - http://www.ucc.ie/en/equayle/Publishedmaterials/Majorpresentations/
[[International Conference Combating Child Pornography on the Internet in Vienna, September 1999]]- http://www.uncjin.org/Documents/10thcongress/10cStatements/austria4.pdf
*[[II WC]] - http://www.iiicongressomundial.net/index.php?id_sistema=2&inicial=2&id_idioma=2
*[[IYAC]]

===Legal/convetions===

[[Convention on Cybercrime]], [[Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children]], [[Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others]], [[Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography]] - see en.wikipedia

[[MAPPA]]
[[Cleanfeed]]

==Sites==

*[[Pedofil.se]]

Also:

http://newgon.net/prd/gen/robin.html

Aussie A-P orgs/people:

http://www.napcan.org.au/about/childrens-rights

http://www.the-write-stuff.com.au/archives/vol-1/interviews/briggs.html

http://www.cps.org.au/aboutus/

http://www.childabuseprevention.com.au/reportabuse/sa.htm

http://www.childwise.net/about.php

http://www.childhood.org/eng/ - Queen Sylvia, etc.

http://www.childhood.org.au/website/default.asp

http://www.stopchildabuse.com.au/

http://www.asca.org.au/news/jokerswildsummary.html

http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/

http://www.mako.org.au/home.html

http://www.kf2bk.com/

Canada:

http://www.ccfaa.com/index.php

http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/aboutus.aspx

Swi:

Terre des Hommes http://www.childtrafficking.com/

Phi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:PREDA_Foundation + info on Inquisition21

US:

http://ca-op.org/Welcome.html

http://www.wvi.org

http://sctnow.donordrive.com/

http://www.mnnonline.org/article/13166 - OneHope - seems to distribute god books only.

http://www.notforsalecampaign.org (International focus)

http://www.nationalcoalition.org/ and deriv. http://www.icarecoalition.org/icare.asp

http://www.preventchildabuse.org/index.shtml

http://sapn.nonprofitoffice.com/

http://stopcsa.org/

http://www.centerforprotectionofchildreninc.net/l.htm (LC links)

http://www.jfcadvocacy.org/about.asp

http://www.protect-the-kids.org/ - +links

http://www.projectsafechildhood.gov/

http://www.childabuseforensics.org/page/page/1544123.htm

http://www.yellodyno.com/

http://www.antichildporn.org/

http://www.kids-b-safe.com/

http://www.generationfive.org/index.asp?sec=5http://www.generationfive.org/index.asp?sec=5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Child_Victim_Identification_Program

http://www.enoughabuse.org/

http://www.nsvrc.org/

http://sapn.nonprofitoffice.com/

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/

http://www.abolishsexabuse.org/

http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/

http://www.safersociety.org/

http://www.ccoso.org/objectives.php

http://www.atsa.com/atsaHis.html

http://www.apsac.org/

UK:

http://www.cwasu.org/page_display.asp?pageid=ABOUT&pagekey=13

http://www.ache.org.uk/

http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/8/

http://www.rockagainstchildpornography.org/

http://www.parentlineplus.org.uk/8, http://www.gotateenager.org.uk/default.aspx?page=viewarticle&module=articles-view&id=26&taggroup=7

http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/index.htm

http://www.enoughabuse.co.uk/

http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

http://www.survivorsuk.org/

http://www.oneinfour.org/ - + [[Colm O'Gorman]] - http://reckoning.obu-investigators.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=12&MMN_position=27:27

http://www.phoenixsurvivors.com/

http://www.mosac.org.uk/mosac/

http://www.malesurvivor.org/

http://www.lanternproject.org.uk/

http://www.havoca.org/HAVOCA_home.htm

http://www.angelsinnight.org/successes.asp

http://www.napac.org.uk/

http://www.tpcauk.com/Site_index.html

http://www.missdorothy.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkUKnow

http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/ http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=423&ArticleID=418 http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/news_detail.aspx?ID=68

http://www.children1st.org.uk/

http://www.kidsco.org.uk/

HK:

http://www.ecsaf.org/

Cambodia:

http://www.aplecambodia.org/getin.php

France:

http://www.actioninnocence.org/

http://www.e-enfance.org/

http://www.innocenceindanger.org/index.php?id=212&L=1 (prolific)

http://www.amade-mondiale.org/en

Pol:

http://www.fdn.pl/strona.php?p=106

Bel:

http://www.childfocus.be/

Int:

http://www.missingchildreneurope.eu/?q=node/15

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Centre_for_Missing_%26_Exploited_Children

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Coalition_Against_Child_Pornography

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/index_en.htm

http://childnet-int.org/, http://chatdanger.com/, http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/

Periodicals:

[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3APedophilia+Periodicals.&qt=hot_subject Pedophilia Periodicals], [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3AChildren+and+sex+Periodicals.&qt=hot_subject Children and sex Periodicals]

MAP Starting Guide

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Jessi: B4U-ACT^

{{Template:MAI}}<div style="margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 20px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>The '''MAP Starting Guide''' is a re-hosted and lightly modified<ref>A correction was made to claims concerning the UK Communist Party's position, in light of more recent changes. "Pro-choice" was added as an option. Some style changes are made concerning our language protocols and developments in the way terminology is being abused on social media.</ref> version of Yure, & Hikari's document on [[Ipce]].info. An original version, Russian, Spanish and Portugese versions are available at [https://www.ipce.info/library/web-article/map-starting-guide Ipce]. References are also available in PDF form at [https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/yure_maps_refs.pdf Ipce]. If a document can not be located from its link at Ipce, please consider Newgon's [[Help:Research Resources|research resources]] or archival projects linked in the side-bar.
<hr>

A '''“[[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted Person]]”''' ("MAP") is anyone with a romantic or sexual preference for people who have not yet reached the [[age of consent]]. The category is broad enough to include even minors themselves, if they develop feelings and practices that can be considered sexual in their general tract between each other. However, this category is fairly new and most people don’t see the difference between ''attraction'' to ''[[minor]]s'' and ''[[pedophilia]]'', which is, itself, charged with great amounts of stigma. Because of that, the self-esteem of minor-attracted people is severely damaged, they hide and develop self-hatred. But it’s important for the minor attracted person to understand that they are not a threat to minors, that their attraction is fine in other cultures and that, putting things that way, attraction to minors isn’t a disease per itself, but is made such by society. That should help minor-attracted people to accept themselves wholeheartedly, to see cultural phenomena as passive of changing, improve understanding of themselves and point to help, if such is needed.

==Introduction==

Try looking up the word “pedophilia” online right now. What you will likely see is a number of news articles about cases of child rape, molestation or worse. However, for a group of people, it is a very narrow picture. I am talking about minor-attracted people. Those people acknowledge that they have feelings for minors, so they are in position to judge what people say about them. And for many minor-attracted people, the news do not reflect who they truly are.

The phenomenon of attraction to minors is too diverse to be adequately described by media outlets. There are minor-attracted people who are pedophiles, but there’s also [[Nepiophilia|nepiophiles]] and [[Hebephilia|hebephiles]]. There are minor-attracted people who feel that their attraction, despite being illegal, does not need to be illegal, but others prefer things to stay the way they are. And most interestingly, there are minors who are attracted to much younger minors, not to mention minors who are attracted to same-age peers.

The problem is that media outlets, by spreading misinformation, makes many minor-attracted people feel isolated or despaired. They do not see themselves in the monsters portrayed in the news. So, if you are law-abiding and attracted to minors, you might think that you are one of a few or that you would soon end up breaking the law. That causes feelings of despair. Yet, that despair is grounded on a false assumption: that all minor-attracted people are active or potential criminals.

That being said, looking up information about attraction to minors in general and pedophilia in particular can be a very painful and fruitless activity. The goal of this text is to provide accurate information about attraction to minors to minor-attracted people themselves, in order to make them feel more at an ease, while stressing the need to stay law-abiding. The first section tries to define attraction to minors, the second tries to explain the difference between thoughts and actions. Hopefully, after reading this, you will be able to sleep well. Because the text has minor-attracted people are audience, I will write in second person.

==Attraction to minors==

Being attracted to minors is having an erotic attachment to people who are not yet adults. Because “minor” is a cultural term, not a biological one, such as “child”, there’s no universal age for one to be called a “minor”, even though, in most Western societies, you are only an adult at age 18.

*Attraction to babies is called ''nepiophilia'',
*attraction to prepubescent children is called ''pedophilia'',
*attraction to pubescent minors and adolescents is called ''hebephilia'',
*attraction to postpubescent adolescents is called ''ephebophilia''.

Out of those, only pedophilia (and, by extension, nepiophilia) is considered a mental disorder, according to the International Classification of Diseases and the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders, but ''only as long as'' the pedophile is markedly distressed by the feelings or if he has acted according to the impulse.

That being said, a pedophile is not necessarily mentally ill, depending on how well the pedophile deals with his feelings. The reason why hebephilia and ephebophilia are not considered disorders, even when acted out, is because they are much more common and accepted, as you will see in the section age of consent and culture.

While minor-attracted people differ in “ages of attraction”, they also differ according to political position. The age of consent is a law. Positioning yourself as favorable or against a law is a political position. There are pedophiles who are favorable to age of consent reform and there are those who are not. Minor-attracted people who are favorable to lowering or abolishing the age of consent are often called “pro-contact”, "pro-choice" or “pro-consent” ([[pro-c]]). Those who are favorable to leaving the age of consent as it is or raising it are often called “[[anti-contact]]”.

Those labels aren’t indicative of offender status: a person can be pro-contact and law-abiding. Being law-abiding is often called being “non-offending”.

One could ask why would you, for example, adopt either particular stance on the age of consent. While those who are pro-contact argue that some minor-adult relationships, sexual or not, could be harmless or even beneficial, in a way that it would be more fair if those relationships were judged on a case-by-case basis (see quote by “Trevor” in Rivas, 2016, page 92).

Those who are anti-contact argue that harm still happens and that it could be devastating or that, even if those relationships could be harmless and positively recalled, they are still immoral, as the consent given by the minor can always be called into question. The mere fact that such debate exists within minor-attracted communities should serve to dispel the prejudice that people who are sexually attracted to minors are always unethical.

Because sexuality includes several interpersonal elements and a dynamic between the person who desires and the desired person, something that is observed even in adolescents (if there are minor-attracted adolescents, then what is in Drury & Bukowsky, 2013, page 128 and 129 applies here too), then it’s safe to say that sexual attraction is a feature of a wider erotic response that includes feelings of love (for a personal account by a pedophile, see O’Carroll, 1980, chapter 1). It is unlikely that you would defend either position disregarding minor’s safety and feelings.

It’s also worth noting that minor-attracted people aren’t always adults: most minor-attracted people feel their first attraction to a minor at age 12. That means that there are minors who also are pedophiles or hebephiles, for example. How would a person who hates minor attracted people as a consequence of their desire to protect children respond to this? Protecting children implies protecting minor-attracted children and adolescents too. So, hating minor-attracted people in general is not something that can be conciliated with the desire to protect children in general.

==Causes==

The causes of attraction to minors aren’t clear. It seems to be ''first noticed in adolescence and is resistant to change''. Considering that even children are sexual beings and that they have sexual play among each other (for examples of childhood sexual activity, see Campbell et al, 2013, pages 154 to 157), one could think that the problem regarding attraction to minors resides in the fact that the person, when growing up, continues to be attracted to them, but it is not always like that: some people notice that they are preferably attracted to minors late in life as well.

For a while, it was thought that having sexual contacts with an adult would cause the younger person to grow up as a MAP or pedophile. That line of thought is called “abused-abuser cycle theory” and is currently being ''contested''. There seems to be no necessary link between having sexual contacts in childhood/youth and growing up attracted to children/minors, specially if such contact is regarded as negative.

The only thing that can be said is that attraction to minors in general and pedophilia in particular are not choices, with a handful of researchers claiming that pedophilia could be a ''sexual orientation''. While that does not warrant that minor-adult sex should be legal, that does mean that, if pedophiles do not choose their condition and that changing such condition is not possible, hating them for that alone is unfair. You are not responsible for the ''feelings'' you have, but only for your ''actions''.

==Characteristics==

Minor-attracted people often notice their first attraction to minors at around age 12. The feelings they have come in three levels:

*caring,
*romantic, and
*sexual

''On the first level'', you may have urges to care for the young, offer guidance (see article found in the New York Post, 2007, quoted in Rivas, 2016, pages 113 to 115), protect and be available for their needs. That would help to explain why so many sex scandals involve people in positions of guidance, such as priests or teachers.

''On the second level'', the urge is to have emotional bonding (Rivas, 2016, page 264).

''On the third level'', the desires are geared towards what we would call “molestation”, in legal terms: touching, caressing, fondling, acts that are more often centered on the younger person (see quote by D. J. West, in O’Carroll, 1980, chapter 3).

It has been pointed in literature that, at least when it comes to pedophiles (not including hebephiles or ephebophiles), penetration is a rare feature of sexual contact with minors.

Considering that those sexual feelings may coexist with loving feelings, it seems natural that pedophiles, as people attracted to prepubescent children, would refrain from penetrative activity, as it would be both painful and probably degrading for the child (see O’Carroll, 1980, chapter 6, where he explains why there should be an age of consent for certain penetrative acts).

However, as implied by the two first attraction tiers (care and romance), you probaby would not feel gratification if the child or adolescent is unwilling. The laymen could then ask “what about the cases of child rape that we see on television?” It is now known that most people arrested for sex with minors do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria for pedophilia. In laymen terms, that means that ''most people who are prosecuted for sex with kids are not pedophiles'' in the first place.

There are several reasons for a person to have sex with minors and pedophilia is just one of them. The person could have sex with a minor for experimentation, revenge, desire to cause pain, intoxication, jailbaiting, mental disorder or, in extreme, rare cases, minor-on-adult rape.

If only a minority of those people on television are real pedophiles, laymen are supposed to be more worried about “normal” people abusing their children. If an abuser really could be “anyone”, it’s now known that it seldom is a pedophile.

Finally, considering the social impact of those relationships and the caring and romantic feelings that coexist with the sexual feelings, it is not a surprise that many minor-attracted people choose to remain celibate towards children and adolescents (the classical example is the relationship between Alice Liddell and Lewis Carroll, as seen in Rivas, 2016, pages 247 and 248).

==Is there a treatment or cure?==

Whether attraction to minors is a sexual orientation or a disorder, it is resistant to change. We know that aversion therapy, once used as an attempt to change homosexual attraction into a heterosexual one, does not work. In fact, aversion therapy was equaled to punishment, of the cruel and unusual kind, by Leinwand. Such punishment was also applied to pedophiles in the past. Aversion therapy techniques include electric shock, vomit induction, high-frequency buzzing noises and other unpleasant stimuli while, at same time, also given to that person something that sexually arouses them (see footnotes in O’Carroll, 1980, chapter 4).

If attraction to minors can not be changed, the best we can do is to help minor-attracted people to stay law-abiding while improving the quality of their life. When you are isolated or has the feeling of “having nothing else to lose”, you are more prone to offend.

That means that isolating minor-attracted people from society is not helpful to the goals of society, nor to your goals of staying non-offending. With that in mind, the therapeutic group ''[[B4U-ACT|B4U-ACT]] does not advocate treatment that aims to “cure” you'', especially because B4U-ACT ''does not see attraction to minors as an illness''. Therapists who work with B4U-ACT are supposed to stick to humane treatment, focused on your well-being, which does lessen the chances of offense.

==Feelings and actions==

Feeling attraction to minors is different from acting on such attraction. To make an analogy, several people have urges to do illegal things: to murder or beat up a person they dislike, to experiment with illicit drugs or playing illicit games. However, having those feelings do not guarantee that a person would act on those urges. Nonetheless, people are entitled to their fantasies. Same goes for you.

In Japan, cartoon child pornography, in the form of lolicon/shotacon manga, is tolerated. But the availability of such pornography (as with any pornography) does not seem to increase Japan’s rates of child sexual abuse at all (Diamond & Uchiyama, 1999, page 10).

In fact, both United States and United Kingdom, two territories that are very invested in fighting pedophilia, a''ppear in the list of the five countries with highest rates of child sexual abuse''. How come?

In a study about the presence of pornography and it’s correlation with sex crime rates, it was found out that Czech Republic had lower rates of child sexual abuse after legalizing possession of child pornography (Diamond et al, 2011, page 1039).

While that does not warrant that child pornography should be legal, that could mean that the presence of child pornography makes pedophiles in particular less prone to seek encounters with real children.

That explains why the rates of child sexual abuse are low in Japan, but high in United States: Japan allows pedophiles to have an outlet for their feelings, giving them safe discharge. Provided that such outlet is ''manga'', real children do not have to participate in the production at all. Because of that, there is some research being done in the subject of ''virtual reality'' child pornography, which would serve the same purpose.

Even if no outlet is given, no one can take away their right to fantasize. As long as you find a way to have legal sexual relief, the proneness to break the law would be lower. Also, there are other forms of expression that are not sexually explicit. For example, a “boy love” novel was published on in 2018. It was not the first book of it’s kind and probably will not be last. Another example would be the movie ''I Love You, Daddy'', released in 2017.

The existence of legal fiction works with such themes shows that sublimation of the desire through artistic work is also possible and it can also be done in an acceptable, legal and even profitable way. It is also worth noting that such works may very well be done by people who are not even themselves attracted to minors.

==Age of consent and culture==

The volatility of laws makes them unsuitable to defining what is sick and what is not, even though they can dictate what is socially acceptable and what is not. This is an important issue to touch for the well-being of minor-attracted people, because part of the shame they feel over their feelings comes from the fact that many forms of attraction to minors are illegal in their territory.

Age of consent varies across cultures, that is, across time and place. The first ages of consent were very low. In United States, for example, the age of consent used to be 7 in Delaware. Societal movements, especially feminism (see, for example, Sandfort, 1987, chapter 1), played a role in changing that picture.

But even today, ages of consent can be very low in other places:

*the lowest age of consent in Japan is 13,
*the age of consent in Brazil is 14 nationwide
*and it is 12 in Philippines.

See list by country, on [[Wikipedia:Ages of consent by country|Wikipedia]].

The case of Brazil is specially interesting because the age of consent in Brazil was 16 in 1920, it is currently 14 and there was a proposal to lower it to 12 in this very decade, following, among other things, the discovery that it was interfering with teenage romances. So, from the countries I just mentioned, Brazil shows a tendency to lower it’s age of consent as time passes by.

There are also countries with no age of consent, but have minimum age limits for marriage, which also can be pretty low. Those countries frequently impose constraints on sexual activity in order to keep it inside marriage. So, in some countries, if you are married, age disparity does not matter. Last, in indigenous isolated cultures, such law may also be absent (for several examples of such tribes, see O’Carroll, 1980, chapter 2).

Finally, there have been initiatives against the very concept of age of consent, such as the party programme of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB-PCC), which listed, as one of it’s immediate demands, the abolishment of age of consent laws and the elaboration of alternative legislation against child sexual abuse, [[Communism|until the early 2020s]].

That means that having romantic or sexual affairs with minors is not always illegal, depending on your context. If you were born in the right place, at the right time, your attraction would be tolerated, accepted or even cherished. It is not like they are sick; they were just born in the wrong culture. Putting things in this perspective, if you feel bad for having urges to do illegal things, despite the fact that many of us have feelings of that nature, you could consider moving to a place where the age of consent is lower or nonexistent.

==Statistics and anecdotes==

But lower ages of consent imply that relationships at a certain age may not be violent. That prompts the question about wether sexual contact before the age of consent is always harmful or not. Can relationships between adults and minors ever work? Statistical and anecdotal evidence shows that intergenerational relationships are not consistently harmful. If precocious sexual contact was always harmful, the age of consent would variate less. Plus, if that was the case, age of consent would be a much older law, like the laws against murder, violence, rape and robbery.

The consideration of positively recalled precocious sexual contact would not be included in this document if it was not recorded in literature that knowing of such information could ''improve'' the minor-attracted person’s self-esteem. But a discussion about positively experienced minor-adult sexual intimacy can not be had without considering the reasons for the prohibition.

Evidence fails to demonstrate the belief that minor-adult sexual intimacy is always harmful. Some of those contacts are recalled as positive. One of the books used as reference for this text is Rivas’ Positive Memories, which compiles anecdotes of positively recalled, voluntary sexual contacts between minors no older than 15 with adults no younger than 18 (Rivas, 2016, page 9).

Those anecdotes were extracted from other works, such as biographies, news articles, scientific papers and others. The sources can be found in the book’s bibliography. Other compilations are available elsewhere.

Some studies that could be used to prove the existence of non-violent intergenerational relationships are out there. A few of them that I can mention are:

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*Arreola et al, 2008;
*Arreola et al, 2009;
*Bauserman & Rind, 1997;
*Carballo-Diéguez et al, 2011;
*Condy et al, 1987; Dolezal et al, 2014;
*Kilpatrick, 1987;
*Lahtinen et al, 2018;
*Leahy, 1996;
*Mulya, 2018;
*Rind, 2001;
*Rind, 2016;
*Rind & Tromovitch, 1997;
*Rind & Welter, 2013;
*Rind & Welter, 2016;
*Rind et al, 1998;
*Sandfort, 1984;
*Sandfort, 1987;
*Tindall, 1978;
*Ulrich et al, 2005-2006;
*Wet et al, 2018.

</div>

You may notice that some of those studies are fairly recent, while others are ancient. It would be interesting to check them if you would like to read more on the subject.

But it’s not my goal to expose the data that was gathered by those researchers. It’s also worth mentioning that none of those studies take a definite pro-legalization stance (despite acknowledging the fact that some of those relationships are recalled as positive by the children/minors and that they weren’t harmed by the contact, which often causes the younger partner to not disclose the incident, Lahtinen et al, 2018, only concludes that disclosure should be more stimulated, not that adult/minor sexual contact should be made legal).

If intergenerational relationships can be positive, why is minor-adult sexual contact still illegal? The answer relies on informed consent. The belief that minors can not consent seems to be the only reason why those contacts are still considered always abuse (see citation by Archard, in Jahnke et al, 2017, page 3).

But what does it mean “to consent” in this context, as many of those contacts are regarded as “voluntary” by the supposed victim?

'''Informed consent''' is needed when risk is present: whenever you are about to do something dangerous, you need to be aware of the consequences of an act and must be able to do a free decision on wether to take the risk or not (see Lavin, 2013, page 5).

Sex is regarded as risky, in the sense of potentially harmful. If sex is potentially harmful, everyone who engages in sexual practices must give informed consent, that is, must be aware of the consequences and be able to take a free stance on taking the risk or not.

The problem with minor-adult sexual contact is that, while some adults are not fully aware of the consequences of their acts and while power imbalance is inherent to human relationships, minors are both ignorant of the consequences and in a position of social disadvantage towards the entire society.

Informed consent is based either on information or favorable power dynamics and neither thing is present for the younger partner in such a relationship. And that also explains why age of consent varies across cultures: different countries have different attitudes towards sex, more or less informed youth, and wider or narrower extent of children’s rights. So, when someone says “children can not consent”, what they are saying, in functionalist terms is:

# Minors are not informed enough to give a valid consent to sexual relationships that are inherently unequal, and;
# This issue is important because sex is risky, that is, potentially harmful.

Because giving consent to an act without information on the consequences is a null choice and because giving consent in a situation where you can not really say “no” (as a dangerous adult could attempt to force the minor if consent is denied) is also null, the minor’s consent is null. It doesn’t matter if the younger person said yes: if their consent is null, the act is equivalent to rape, even if just in purely legal terms (hence the term “statutory rape”). That is the rationale behind informed consent and the reason why minor-adult sexual contact remains illegal. Even the act was genuinely freely engaged in and even if no harm, but only benefit, resulted from the act, it was still immoral.

Even if there is positively recalled minor-adult sexual contact and even if anecdotal evidence shows that there are minors craving such encounters, the act, when discovered, will cause damage to both parties of the relationship. I reiterate that acting on those desires in a cultural context that is disapproving of such conduct is a display of irresponsibility.

Pro-contact minor-attracted people are interested in changing the laws (see Sandfort, 1987, chapter 3 for an example of attempted age of consent reform in the Netherlands), but should not be interested in breaking the laws, not only because of their own safety, but also because of how the younger partner might respond to the intervention (for an anecdote on how societal intervention alone can harm both adult and minor, see Rivas, 2016, pages 27 to 32).

==Conclusion==

If you will not necessarily commit any crime, if most people who perpetrate sexual offenses against minors are not pedophiles in the first place and if such attractions have been, are and could be acceptable depending on cultural context, then you have no reason to feel ill. If that is all that you needed to hear or read, you could drop the issue altogether and stop caring about it, as it is the charge that is attributed to the feelings, rather than the feelings themselves, that cause the shame and the guilt. That implies that society makes you feel ill, not the feelings that are present in you.

If that is the case, you could use some company to at least cope with the feeling of isolation. There are legal communities online and offline that minor-attracted people can rely on, to exchange experiences and have guidance from people who share the attraction.

B4U-ACT has a peer support group, for example. Other [[Minor attracted community|communities]] such as:

* [[BoyChat|Boychat]]/[[Girlchat]],
* [[Virtuous Pedophiles]], [[B4U-ACT]] and
* the [[JORis]] groups (these are the last IRL ones in the Netherlands)

Out of those, only Virtuous Pedophiles has strict requirements for membership, as the person who joins their group needs to also be anti-contact. B4U-ACT, Boychat/Girlchat and the JORis groups do not have such requirement.

As B4U-ACT wants to reach as many minor-attracted people as possible, it does make sense that it would not push any particular view on the contact issue: when the Paedophile Information Exchange operated in the United Kingdom, it’s pro-c activism pushed some members away (O’Carroll, 1980, chapter 11).

When it comes to such a delicate topic, support groups and political activism are tough to conciliate, if not impossible, especially when it comes to pro-c views.

That being said, if a support group for minor-attracted people wants to reach as many people possible, being “contact neutral” is a good idea, as both pro-choice and anti-contact minor-attracted people would attend to it, while the organization itself would take no particular stance on the issue, keeping itself safe.

JORis and B4U-ACT also hold real life meetings on occasion, but, while the JORis Groups tries to be a support group where people can introduce themselves and talk about their struggles to receive peer support, the real life meetings held by B4U-ACT are academic in nature and researchers also participate. While people attend to B4U-ACT’s meetings on their own, some people are referred to the JORis by the justice system.

Not viewing attraction to minors as something negative and having others who understand and listen is crucial for the well being of minor-attracted people, avoiding a dreaded mindset of “having nothing to lose”, which would make the minor-attracted people prone to desperate actions, such as suicide. If people hate minor-attracted people because it is believed that they always offend the law and all of those who offend the law are attracted to minors, then there is no reason to hate them, as that belief is demonstrably wrong. They are not worth hating. In fact, if you are non-offending, you pass as perfectly “normal”. A lot of people are probably friends with at least one person like you.

To dispel the prejudices that exist regarding minor-attracted people, one solution could be [[coming out]] (see article for advice on this subject). It can be safer to “come out” online (especially if you know how to separate your online from your public, real life identity) and some have done so on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, WordPress, Tumblr, Medium and so on. The prejudice against minor-attracted people only exists because people can say whatever they wish about a silent minority.

How many minor-attracted people are out there? The lowest guess, according to B4U-ACT’s facts page, is 600.000 adults, only counting United States. How many exist in other countries? Are all those people bad?

==References==

See [https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/yure_maps_refs.pdf Ipce's PDF].

Our own [[research]] pages cover much of the information detailed in this piece in more detail.

==Notes by the Strategic Lead==

[[Category:Advice]]

Jacob Breslow

2022-12-07T22:40:33Z

Jessi: B4U-ACT^

[[File:Jbreslow.PNG|thumb|Jacob Breslow]]
__NOTOC__'''Jacob Breslow''' is an Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality at the Department of Gender Studies - London School of Economics.<ref>[https://www.lse.ac.uk/gender/people-profiles/faculty/jacob-breslow LSE Profile for Jacob Breslow]</ref> His area of research is contemporary U.S. social justice movements, and their relationship with [[child|childhood]], and also the politics of sexuality and "sexual harm" from an anti-carceral [[feminism|feminist]] perspective. His work has caused occasional "sexualization" controversies because of its tendency to challenge the assumed properties of childhood. Breslow's PhD is titled: ''"The Theory and Practice of Childhood: Interrogating Childhood as a Technology of Power"'' (2016).

==2016 PhD thesis==

As its name suggests, Breslow's PhD thesis interrogates childhood as a "technology of power" (i.e. a widely accepted idea that is deployed selectively, and to the advantage of zeitgeist institutions). For Breslow, childhood is not neutral, but a discourse/framework/ideology which is unevenly distributed, affording protected status to some and not to others. This is most evident when young black people are perceived as older and thereby treated "like adults" - dangerous, outside the space of [[Childhood Innocence|innocence]]. In the U.S., Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a police officer as a minor, in part because the officer assumed Martin was older, and was therefore believed to pose more of a threat. Some people are said to be excluded from a de-sexualized, violence-free conception of "childhood" by the way their bodies are marked by race, sex, sexuality, and the culture/location they reside in.

He has the support of his brother, Aaron Samuel Breslow (a PhD, who also self-identifies as queer).<ref>[https://archive.ph/okmKx Aaron Samuel Breslow, PhD ]</ref>

==''Ambivalent Childhoods''==

Breslow’s 2021 book ''"Ambivalent Childhoods"'' (linked below) offers, in the author’s words, "new theoretical interpretations of the sexually active queer child."

He says during the launch of this book:

<blockquote>''“is it really that children or young people having sex is the problem? Or is it [the problem] the conditions under which that sex happens? [...] Is it that people are having it [sex] under conditions of anti-blackness, poverty, homophobia and transphobia and if those conditions were alleviated, the way we are talking about what we’re deeming the problem would then also change?”''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLAE1nE5ONY Jacob Breslow: 'Ambivalent Childhoods' Book Launch - LSE YouTube]</ref></blockquote>

==October 2022 B4U-ACT/Mermaids controversy==

A social media controversy took place concerning Jacob Breslow's position as a trustee of the (already controversial<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63081644 BBC - Background to Mermaids' "safeguarding" investigation]</ref>) [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|transgender]] youth charity [[Wikipedia:Mermaids (charity)|Mermaids]] in early October, 2022. This is to be viewed within the context of similar "normalization" controversies taking place at least 10 times in the previous 12 months (a list is presented at [[moral panic]], under ''normalization''). Users pointed to his participation in a [[B4U-ACT]] symposium in 2011, where he read a paper entitled ''"Sexual Alignment: Critiquing Sexual Orientation, The Pedophile, and the DSM-V"''.<ref>[https://b4uact.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Breslow_abstract.pdf Paper presented to B4U-ACT in 2011]</ref> The paper used the controversial term "[[Minor Attracted Person]]s" and criticized the DSM classification of Pedophilia:

<blockquote>''One of the major changes attempts to establish a clear distinction between pedophilia as a non-diagnosable ascertainment, and pedophilic disorder as a diagnosable, distressing and non-normative disorder that requires psychiatric intervention. Allowing for a form of non-diagnosable minor attraction is exciting, as it potentially creates a sexual or political identity by which activists, scholars and clinicians can begin to better understand Minor Attracted Persons. This understanding may displace the stigma, fear and abjection that is naturalized as being attached to Minor Attracted Persons and may alter the terms by which non-normative sexualities are known. Furthermore, this paper argues that this distinction is potentially another step towards the complete re-thinking of paraphilias within the DSM – a step that follows historically and theoretically from the removal of homosexuality.''

[...]

''Many tend to begin with the linkage of pedophilic desire to harmful and abusive relationships and acts, and end up proliferating, rather than questioning, normative gendered and sexual intelligibility.''</blockquote>

After these contributions were aired, Breslow resigned from his position at Mermaids, who stated that the event he participated in was incompatible with their values. Mermaids did not disclose what those values were (B4U-ACT exists to improve access to mental health services for MAPs), but they did vaguely mention the term "[[safeguarding]]",<ref>[https://reduxx.info/trustee-of-trans-youth-charity-resigns-after-pro-pedophile-revelations/ Reduxx - Trustee of Trans Youth Charity Resigns Over Speech at Pro-Pedophile Event]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63137873 Mermaids trustee quits over paedophile-group links]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11279121/Mermaids-trustee-steps-speaking-event-hosted-paedophile-supporting-organisation.html Trustee of transgender charity Mermaids resigns 'after giving speech at conference hosted by organisation that promotes services to paedophiles' - Daily Mail]</ref><ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/06/mermaids-jacob-breslow-investigation/ PinkNews - further statements by Mermaids]</ref> often embraced by the "radical" feminists who oppose them. It appears that this stance did not help Mermaids, who soon suspended access to their helpline in response to abuse. At its peak, the controversy even caught the attention of J.K. Rowling, and various other celebrities.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11283915/JK-Rowling-takes-thinly-veiled-swipe-Emma-Watson-backing-trans-charity-Mermaid.html Rowling tangent to Oct 2022 controversy - Daily Mail]</ref> Breslow released the following statement:

<blockquote>''"I unequivocally condemn child sexual abuse. My work is about protecting marginalized children and young people, not exposing them to harm." / "It was my understanding in 2011 that B4U-ACT was an organization that promotes treatments to prevent offending by pedophiles. I believed at the time that the purpose of the conference was to enable better treatments and interventions that prevent harm to children. I would not have attended the symposium otherwise. I have not been affiliated with B4U-ACT since." / "I decided to resign as a Trustee of Mermaids as I did not want to distract from the good work the charity is doing to help transgender and gender-diverse children."''<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/trustee-transgender-kids-charity-resigns-unearthed-speech-group-minor-attracted-persons Trustee of transgender kids' charity resigns after unearthed speech to group for 'minor-attracted persons' - FOX News]</ref></blockquote>

===Prurient tangent to controversy===

Towards the end of the controversy, a feminist author posted screenshots of Breslow's defunct Wordpress Blog, ''Queerupture''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150730231103/https://queerupture.wordpress.com/ Queerupture archive - one of many on Archive.org]</ref> to Twitter.com. The radical (i.e. socially conservative) feminist news and features site, ''Reduxx'' subsequently posted an article that defamed Breslow for comments he had made about his sexuality, inaccurately stating that he had "confessed to having sexual fantasies about children".<ref>[https://reduxx.info/resigned-trans-youth-charity-trustee-authored-blog-on-minor-attraction-praised-child-porn-creators/ Resigned Trans Youth Charity Trustee Authored Blog on “Minor Attraction,” Praised a Child Porn Creator]</ref> Breslow has at times described his own sexuality as regressive with respect to age (for example, imagining himself as a self-accepting queer child), and outside of the normative strictures of gay orthodoxy. In the early 10s, he had also approvingly shared examples of [[Destroyer]] Magazine (a publication aimed at Hebephilic and Ephebophilic gay men, that contrary to media claims, is legal in all jurisdictions) on his blog. Social media users and "sleuths" from the online parenting community, ''Mumsnet'', have capitalized upon both this and photos of his winged cupid tattoo (which sports a flaccid penis) to inaccurately describe him as a "pedophile". [[Karl Andersson]] was also defamed in the Reduxx article, as a "child porn creator". As of October, 2022, Breslow's LSE profile states that he is on sabbatical until next year, mirroring the initial response to the [[Allyn Walker]] controversy and various others. LSE are currently "investigating" the matter, according to news reports and the student union.<ref>[https://www.lsesu.com/news/article/6001/Statement-from-your-Sabbatical-Officers-on-Dr-Jacob-Breslow/ Student Union statement, 13 Oct 2022]</ref>

This is not the first time Breslow has been the subject of controversy among social regressives. He had previously completed his PhD and progressed to Associate Professor in spite of criticism after conservative scholar [[Judith Reisman]] attended the original 2011 presentation, and her report was recirculated by ''Americans For Truth'' and ''Lifesite News''. Matt Barber, another conservative who was in attendance, opined ''"I've never felt the level of spiritual oppression and evil that I felt in that room"''.<ref>[https://americansfortruth.com/2011/08/25/firsthand-report-on-B4U-ACT-conference-for-minor-attracted-persons-aims-at-normalizing-pedophilia/ Americans For Truth], see also [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/evil-attendees-at-prominent-pro-pedophilia-conference-horrified-by-sessions/ LifeSite News] and [https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/42487247/ave-maria-international-law-journal-ave-maria-school-/71 original article by Reisman]</ref>

==External links==

*[https://drjacobbreslow.wordpress.com/ Personal Blog]
*[https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2021/10/05/q-and-a-with-dr-jacob-breslow-on-ambivalent-childhoods-speculative-futures-and-the-psychic-life-of-the-child/ Q and A with Dr Jacob Breslow on Ambivalent Childhoods: Speculative Futures and the Psychic Life of the Child]
*[https://www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/members/b/profiles/breslow.html Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN)] profile
*[http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=4E1C80822DF5DC872C8200C7ACECD299 Ambivalent Childhoods] - on Libgen
*[https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3464/1/Breslow_The_Theory_and_Practice_of_Childhood.pdf PhD thesis]
*[https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/lgbtq-movement-pedophiles-maps-minor-attracted-persons-b4uact/ Now The End Begins] - In 2020, a religious paranoia website attempted to use Jacob Breslow's work to predict the coming [[MAPocalypse|Pedogeddon]]
*[https://4w.pub/lecturer-claims-children-perverse/ UK: Anti-TERF Lecturer Claims Children Capable of Perversity] - The moderately unpopular radfem website, ''4W'' attempted to stir up controversy earlier in 2022, but failed. Nevertheless, their article contains many useful excerpts.
*[https://archive.ph/8Aeay#selection-13105.0-13117.10 Twitter archive] - Before removal
*[https://unherd.com/2022/10/mermaids-is-endangering-children/ Mermaids is endangering children] - Commentary from radfem, Julie Bindel at the time of the Oct, 2022 controversy. With comments
*[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/18ss GB News] and [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/18sr Talk TV] coverage (YouTube mirrors enclosed).
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7tuW2E-Z3Q Graham Linehan video] - The Terf-adjacent media personality opines during the Oct 2022 controversy, and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITb9wsylLwY follow-up]
*[https://heretictoc.com/2022/10/21/jacob-and-karl-deserve-our-support/ Heretic TOC] 2022 controversy summed up in column-format.
*[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/08/16/comment-my-journey-from-scared-teen-to-gay-activist/ 2007 PinkNews comment by Jacob Breslow]

==See also==

*[[Judith Levine]] - A stated inspiration for this author
*[[Gayle Rubin]]
*[[Stephen Kershnar]]
*[[Allyn Walker]]
*[[Richard Yuill]]
*[[Thomas Hubbard]]
*[[Karl Andersson]]
*[[Chris Brand]]
*[[Bruce Rind]]
*[[Philip Tromovitch]]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:Hysteria]]
[[Category:Research]][[Category:Research on Minor Attraction]]
[[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: British]][[Category:People: Academics]]
[[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: International]][[Category:History & Events: 2020s]][[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]][[Category:History & Events: Moral controversies]]

Michael Melsheimer

2022-12-07T22:39:56Z

Jessi: B4U-ACT^

[[File:Melsh.jpg|thumb|Michael Melsheimer during a filming (at that point, he was suffering from advanced Emphysema)]]
'''Michael F. Melsheimer''' (August 21, 1942, Jacksonville, FL - July 15, 2010) was a self-identified [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]], Teen [[Boylove|Boy Lover]] and cofounder of [[B4U-ACT]] with Russel Dick - a Social Worker. Having been known as "lek" for some time on [[BoyChat]] and the ''LifeLine'' chat, Melsheimer had faced legal troubles and experienced the "sexual offender treatment" system firsthand. He was praised upon his passing in 2010,<ref>[https://boychat.org/messages/1326461.htm A great friend - BC]</ref><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1596766.htm Michael Melsheimer AKA lek - BC]</ref> and was also described as stubborn and cantankerous in character - particularly towards the end of his life.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1217091.htm BC - Michael Melsheimer dies]</ref> These characteristics, and his history in the system likely motivated the decision to set up B4U-ACT. In 2009, we documented Melsheimer's attempts to obtain information about the tax-exempt status of [[Perverted Justice]] in our [[Uncommon Sense Edition 2|webmagazine]].

B4U-ACT remember him as so:

<blockquote>''He spent his career working in the social services sector. In 1993, he moved to Maryland to seek mental health services from Dr. Fred Berlin in his effort to live authentically and productively as an "out" MAP. Through his volunteer work at a state psychiatric hospital, he met Russell Dick, then a social worker at the hospital, who went on to become the Director of Social Work. As the two of them became close friends, they became convinced of the need for a non-profit organization to promote the understanding and humane treatment of minor-attracted people within the mental health field. In 2002, Mike launched a one-man campaign which incessantly challenged the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration (as it was called at that time) to identify a single mental health practitioner or agency in the state that publicly advertised services for "persons like myself" before they broke the law. His dogged persistence resulted in a small annual grant from the state to establish and maintain B4U-ACT, develop a hotline to connect MAPs with therapists in Maryland, and sponsor workshops for practitioners. Mike also successfully procured from the IRS the 501(c)3 status for the organization. Mike's advocacy work was not limited to MAPs. His volunteer work at the Maryland state psychiatric hospital involved championing the rights of the patients there. He also received local media coverage for calling public attention to safety issues at the low-income housing complex for senior citizens in which he lived. After serving as Director of Operations for B4U-ACT for seven years, Mike's deteriorating health forced him to step down, but he continued to influence the organization's vision and direction by participating in its events as much as he could.''<ref>[https://www.b4uact.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/B4QR-Summer-2022-2-3.pdf B4U-ACT QUARTERLY REVIEW SUMMER 2022: In Honor of B4U-ACT’s Co-Founder Michael F. Melsheimer]</ref></blockquote>

==See also==

[[B4U-ACT]]

==External Links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201207002120/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-04-29-0204290052-story.html Convicted pedophile seeks intervention help] - 2002, Baltimore Sun.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20211020115431/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-06-01-0306010074-story.html Group hopes to treat pedophiles before they act] - 2003, Baltimore Sun.

==References==

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