David Sonenschein - Revision history

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	{{Template:Ac}}'''David Sonenschein''' (birth year unknown - died 28 May 2021), was an academically trained sex researcher, anthropologist and ethnographer with expertise in sociology and media criticism. He conducted early research on 1960's male homosexual communities, and published one of the first works to critically examine what he termed child sex abuse hysteria, in a 1984 solicited book chapter, "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" ~~- partially available on google books~~.<ref>~~[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s~~ Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> His 1998 two volume study of the panic, ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'', "may be the most detailed examination ever of the construction of child molester" according to one reviewer,<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref> and "the definitive study" by another.		{{Template:Ac}}'''David Sonenschein''' (birth year unknown - died 28 May 2021), was an academically trained sex researcher, anthropologist and ethnographer with expertise in sociology and media criticism. He conducted early research on 1960's male homosexual communities, and published one of the first works to critically examine what he termed child sex abuse hysteria, in a 1984 solicited book chapter, "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''".<ref name = "fruits">Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media. In: [https://annas-archive.org/slow_download/6ffe39803c206ab434ca63d6bcf757fa/0/0 Forbidden fruits : taboos and tabooism in culture (ed. Ray B_ Browne, 1984)]</ref> His 1998 two volume study of the panic, ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'', "may be the most detailed examination ever of the construction of child molester" according to one reviewer,<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref> and "the definitive study" by another.

	Sonenschein's years of sex research began in 1961, earning a Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Indiana. Here, he worked as a staff researcher (1966-1968) at the university's Institute for Sex Research, founded by [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Working with [[William Simon]] and John H. Gagnon, whose magnum opus was said by MAP ally sociologist [[Ken Plummer]] to be "quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published", Sonenschein's main project was a study of gay community life in Indianapolis and Chicago. His oral histories of 23 men, collected in 1967 in Chicago's pre-Gay Liberation period, were later self-published as ''Some Homosexual Men'' (1983).<ref>''[https://worldcat.org/title/11594706?oclcNum=11594706 Some homosexual men]'' on Worldcat</ref> His 1998 ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'' shows similar thinking to Simon and Gagnon, as his "premise is [that] we base social relations upon imagery, using symbols" which are "accompanied by standard, agreed upon and rigidly enforced texts that demand severe punishment for violation along with the elimination of criticism..."<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref>		Sonenschein's years of sex research began in 1961, earning a Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Indiana. Here, he worked as a staff researcher (1966-1968) at the university's Institute for Sex Research, founded by [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Working with [[William Simon]] and John H. Gagnon, whose magnum opus was said by MAP ally sociologist [[Ken Plummer]] to be "quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published", Sonenschein's main project was a study of gay community life in Indianapolis and Chicago. His oral histories of 23 men, collected in 1967 in Chicago's pre-Gay Liberation period, were later self-published as ''Some Homosexual Men'' (1983).<ref>''[https://worldcat.org/title/11594706?oclcNum=11594706 Some homosexual men]'' on Worldcat</ref> His 1998 ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'' shows similar thinking to Simon and Gagnon, as his "premise is [that] we base social relations upon imagery, using symbols" which are "accompanied by standard, agreed upon and rigidly enforced texts that demand severe punishment for violation along with the elimination of criticism..."<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref>
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	:''In September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''		:''In September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''

	The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - ~~partially~~ available on ~~google books~~.<ref~~>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id~~=~~Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]<~~/~~ref~~> Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>		The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - available on Anna's archive. <ref name = "fruits"/> Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>

	At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>		At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>

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	*[http://web.archive.org/web/20160117231852/http://davidsonenschein.com/about.html Website, incomplete] - In archive form.		*[http://web.archive.org/web/20160117231852/http://davidsonenschein.com/about.html Website, incomplete] - In archive form.
	*We recommend his book, [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3077242-pedophiles-on-parade ''Pedophiles on Parade''], and will post a review at some point in the future, as many of his observations are relevant to today's situation. A [https://www.boywiki.org/en/Pedophiles_on_Parade:The_Monster_in_the_Media_(Vol.1)_(book) BoyWiki article] about the book is available.		*We recommend his book, [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3077242-pedophiles-on-parade ''Pedophiles on Parade''], and will post a review at some point in the future, as many of his observations are relevant to today's situation. A [https://www.boywiki.org/en/Pedophiles_on_Parade:The_Monster_in_the_Media_(Vol.1)_(book) BoyWiki article] about the book is available.
			* Some notes from the back of his books ''Pedophiles on Parade Vol 1: The Monster In The Media'' and ''Pedophiles on Parade Vol 2:The Popular Imagery Of Moral Hysteria'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220320113200/http://williamapercy.com/wiki/images/David_sonenschein_notes.pdf as pdf])
	*[https://www.ncis.org/sites/default/files/TIS%20Vol.8%20FINAL_0.pdf Tributes to David Sonenschein]		*[https://www.ncis.org/sites/default/files/TIS%20Vol.8%20FINAL_0.pdf Tributes to David Sonenschein]

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			[[File:Dsonen.png\|thumb\|David Sonenschein handled photography at American Studies Association of Texas meetings]]
	In his short 1987 commentary ''On Having One's Research Seized'',<ref>On Having One's Research Seized (1987). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812147 Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/3812147 Sci-hub link].</ref> he documents multiple cases where researchers attempting to study the realities of "child pornography," or "kiddie porn," were arrested, harassed or subjected to a hostile environment which created difficulty in testing the accuracy of sensationalist media claims. He writes:		In his short 1987 commentary ''On Having One's Research Seized'',<ref>On Having One's Research Seized (1987). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812147 Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/3812147 Sci-hub link].</ref> he documents multiple cases where researchers attempting to study the realities of "child pornography," or "kiddie porn," were arrested, harassed or subjected to a hostile environment which created difficulty in testing the accuracy of sensationalist media claims. He writes:

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	In his short 1987 commentary ''On Having One's Research Seized'',<ref>On Having One's Research Seized (1987). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812147 Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/3812147 Sci-hub link].</ref> he documents multiple cases where researchers attempting to study the realities of "child pornography," or "kiddie porn," were arrested, harassed or subjected to a hostile environment which created difficulty in testing the accuracy of sensationalist media claims. He writes:		In his short 1987 commentary ''On Having One's Research Seized'',<ref>On Having One's Research Seized (1987). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812147 Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/3812147 Sci-hub link].</ref> he documents multiple cases where researchers attempting to study the realities of "child pornography," or "kiddie porn," were arrested, harassed or subjected to a hostile environment which created difficulty in testing the accuracy of sensationalist media claims. He writes:

	:''~~"in~~ September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''		:''In September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''

	The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>		The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>

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	{{Template:Ac}}'''David Sonenschein''' (birth year unknown - died 28 May 2021), was an academically trained sex researcher, anthropologist and ethnographer with expertise in sociology and media criticism. He conducted early research on 1960's male homosexual communities, and published one of the first works to critically examine what he termed child sex abuse hysteria, in a 1984 solicited book chapter, "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> His 1998 two volume study of the panic, ''Pedophiles on Parade'', "may be the most detailed examination ever of the construction of child molester" according to one reviewer,<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref> and "the definitive study" by another.		{{Template:Ac}}'''David Sonenschein''' (birth year unknown - died 28 May 2021), was an academically trained sex researcher, anthropologist and ethnographer with expertise in sociology and media criticism. He conducted early research on 1960's male homosexual communities, and published one of the first works to critically examine what he termed child sex abuse hysteria, in a 1984 solicited book chapter, "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> His 1998 two volume study of the panic, ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'', "may be the most detailed examination ever of the construction of child molester" according to one reviewer,<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref> and "the definitive study" by another.

	Sonenschein's years of sex research began in 1961, earning a Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Indiana. Here, he worked as a staff researcher (1966-1968) at the university's Institute for Sex Research, founded by [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Working with [[William Simon]] and John H. Gagnon, whose magnum opus was said by MAP ally sociologist [[Ken Plummer]] to be "quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published", Sonenschein's main project was a study of gay community life in Indianapolis and Chicago. His oral histories of 23 men, collected in 1967 in Chicago's pre-Gay Liberation period, were later self-published as ''Some Homosexual Men'' (1983).<ref>''[https://worldcat.org/title/11594706?oclcNum=11594706 Some homosexual men]'' on Worldcat</ref> His 1998 ''Pedophiles on Parade'' shows similar thinking to Simon and Gagnon, as his "premise is [that] we base social relations upon imagery, using symbols" which are "accompanied by standard, agreed upon and rigidly enforced texts that demand severe punishment for violation along with the elimination of criticism..."<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref>		Sonenschein's years of sex research began in 1961, earning a Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Indiana. Here, he worked as a staff researcher (1966-1968) at the university's Institute for Sex Research, founded by [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Working with [[William Simon]] and John H. Gagnon, whose magnum opus was said by MAP ally sociologist [[Ken Plummer]] to be "quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published", Sonenschein's main project was a study of gay community life in Indianapolis and Chicago. His oral histories of 23 men, collected in 1967 in Chicago's pre-Gay Liberation period, were later self-published as ''Some Homosexual Men'' (1983).<ref>''[https://worldcat.org/title/11594706?oclcNum=11594706 Some homosexual men]'' on Worldcat</ref> His 1998 ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'' shows similar thinking to Simon and Gagnon, as his "premise is [that] we base social relations upon imagery, using symbols" which are "accompanied by standard, agreed upon and rigidly enforced texts that demand severe punishment for violation along with the elimination of criticism..."<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref>

	His early work focused on homosexuality within anthropology,<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3316779 Homosexuality as a Subject of Anthropological Inquiry], in ''Anthropological Quarterly'' (1966)</ref> ethnography,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1525/csas.1967.1.3.8.3 THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS], in ''CSAS Bulletin'' (1967).</ref> and the everyday language and slang used by homosexuals.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3811431 The Homosexual's Language], in ''Journal of Sex Research'' (1969). [https://www.studocu.com/en-gb/document/university-of-sussex/language-and-gender/reading-summary-sonenschein/13766805 Reading summary available here].</ref> In 1969, he was requested by the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography to do a study of women's erotica which was published in their 1972 reports as “The Romance Magazine.”<ref>''Process In the Production of Popular Culture: The Romance Magazine'' (1972). [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0602_399.x Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0602_399.x Sci-hub link]. For an earlier preparation paper prior to the completed study, ''Love and Sex in the Romance Magazines'' (1970), see [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1970.0402_398.x Journal link]; [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1970.0402_398.x Sci-hub link].</ref> After he, in his words, "fled academia" in 1973, he continued writing and publishing as an independent scholar, serving on the editorial boards of the ''Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality'' (SSSS), the ''American Studies Association of Texas'' (ASAT), and the ''National Coalition of Independent Scholars'' (NCIS). Into later life he was Book Review Editor for ''The Independent Scholar'', the on-line Quarterly of ''NCIS'', and webmaster for ''ASAT''. He served as NCIS Board Secretary, Book Review Editor, Membership Officer, and Database Manager, and the NCIS has since set up a David Sonenschein Award in his memory.<ref>[https://www.ncis.org/grants NCIS Grants & PRIZES]</ref>		His early work focused on homosexuality within anthropology,<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3316779 Homosexuality as a Subject of Anthropological Inquiry], in ''Anthropological Quarterly'' (1966)</ref> ethnography,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1525/csas.1967.1.3.8.3 THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS], in ''CSAS Bulletin'' (1967).</ref> and the everyday language and slang used by homosexuals.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3811431 The Homosexual's Language], in ''Journal of Sex Research'' (1969). [https://www.studocu.com/en-gb/document/university-of-sussex/language-and-gender/reading-summary-sonenschein/13766805 Reading summary available here].</ref> In 1969, he was requested by the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography to do a study of women's erotica which was published in their 1972 reports as “The Romance Magazine.”<ref>''Process In the Production of Popular Culture: The Romance Magazine'' (1972). [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0602_399.x Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0602_399.x Sci-hub link]. For an earlier preparation paper prior to the completed study, ''Love and Sex in the Romance Magazines'' (1970), see [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1970.0402_398.x Journal link]; [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1970.0402_398.x Sci-hub link].</ref> After he, in his words, "fled academia" in 1973, he continued writing and publishing as an independent scholar, serving on the editorial boards of the ''Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality'' (SSSS), the ''American Studies Association of Texas'' (ASAT), and the ''National Coalition of Independent Scholars'' (NCIS). Into later life he was Book Review Editor for ''The Independent Scholar'', the on-line Quarterly of ''NCIS'', and webmaster for ''ASAT''. He served as NCIS Board Secretary, Book Review Editor, Membership Officer, and Database Manager, and the NCIS has since set up a David Sonenschein Award in his memory.<ref>[https://www.ncis.org/grants NCIS Grants & PRIZES]</ref>
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	:''"in September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''		:''"in September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''

	The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''Pedophiles on Parade'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>		The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''[[Pedophiles on Parade]]'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>

	At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>		At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>

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	{{Template:Ac}}'''David Sonenschein''' (birth year unknown - died 28 May 2021), was an academically trained sex researcher, anthropologist and ethnographer with expertise in sociology and media criticism. He conducted early research on 1960's male homosexual communities, and published one of the first works to critically examine what he termed child sex abuse hysteria, in a 1984 solicited book chapter, "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> ~~- in ''Forbidden Fruits: Taboo and Tabooism in Popular Culture'', edited by Ray B. Browne.~~ His 1998 two volume study of the panic, ''Pedophiles on Parade'', "may be the most detailed examination ever of the construction of child molester" according to one reviewer,<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref> and "the definitive study" by another.		{{Template:Ac}}'''David Sonenschein''' (birth year unknown - died 28 May 2021), was an academically trained sex researcher, anthropologist and ethnographer with expertise in sociology and media criticism. He conducted early research on 1960's male homosexual communities, and published one of the first works to critically examine what he termed child sex abuse hysteria, in a 1984 solicited book chapter, "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> His 1998 two volume study of the panic, ''Pedophiles on Parade'', "may be the most detailed examination ever of the construction of child molester" according to one reviewer,<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref> and "the definitive study" by another.

	Sonenschein's years of sex research began in 1961, earning a Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Indiana. Here, he worked as a staff researcher (1966-1968) at the university's Institute for Sex Research, founded by [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Working with [[William Simon]] and John H. Gagnon, whose magnum opus was said by MAP ally sociologist [[Ken Plummer]] to be "quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published", Sonenschein's main project was a study of gay community life in Indianapolis and Chicago. His oral histories of 23 men, collected in 1967 in Chicago's pre-Gay Liberation period, were later self-published as ''Some Homosexual Men'' (1983).<ref>''[https://worldcat.org/title/11594706?oclcNum=11594706 Some homosexual men]'' on Worldcat</ref> His 1998 ''Pedophiles on Parade'' shows similar thinking to Simon and Gagnon, as his "premise is [that] we base social relations upon imagery, using symbols" which are "accompanied by standard, agreed upon and rigidly enforced texts that demand severe punishment for violation along with the elimination of criticism..."<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref>		Sonenschein's years of sex research began in 1961, earning a Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Indiana. Here, he worked as a staff researcher (1966-1968) at the university's Institute for Sex Research, founded by [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Working with [[William Simon]] and John H. Gagnon, whose magnum opus was said by MAP ally sociologist [[Ken Plummer]] to be "quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published", Sonenschein's main project was a study of gay community life in Indianapolis and Chicago. His oral histories of 23 men, collected in 1967 in Chicago's pre-Gay Liberation period, were later self-published as ''Some Homosexual Men'' (1983).<ref>''[https://worldcat.org/title/11594706?oclcNum=11594706 Some homosexual men]'' on Worldcat</ref> His 1998 ''Pedophiles on Parade'' shows similar thinking to Simon and Gagnon, as his "premise is [that] we base social relations upon imagery, using symbols" which are "accompanied by standard, agreed upon and rigidly enforced texts that demand severe punishment for violation along with the elimination of criticism..."<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref>

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	==Research focused on MAP issues==		==Research focused on MAP issues==

	In his short 1987 commentary ''On Having One's Research Seized'',<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812147 ~~On Having One's Research Seized~~]</ref> he documents multiple cases where researchers attempting to study the realities of "child pornography," or "kiddie porn," were arrested, harassed or subjected to a hostile environment which created difficulty in testing the accuracy of sensationalist media claims. He writes:		In his short 1987 commentary ''On Having One's Research Seized'',<ref>On Having One's Research Seized (1987). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812147 Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/3812147 Sci-hub link].</ref> he documents multiple cases where researchers attempting to study the realities of "child pornography," or "kiddie porn," were arrested, harassed or subjected to a hostile environment which created difficulty in testing the accuracy of sensationalist media claims. He writes:

	:''"in September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''		:''"in September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''

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	:''"in September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''		:''"in September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''

	The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref>. Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''Pedophiles on Parade'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>		The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref> Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''Pedophiles on Parade'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>

	At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>		At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>

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	The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref>. Although the research community was further deprived of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''Pedophiles on Parade'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>		The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref>. Although the research community was [[Censorship#A_modern_timeline\|further deprived]] of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''Pedophiles on Parade'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>

	At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>		At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>

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	Sonenschein's years of sex research began in 1961, earning a Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Indiana. Here, he worked as a staff researcher (1966-1968) at the university's Institute for Sex Research, founded by [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Working with [[William Simon]] and John H. Gagnon, whose magnum opus was said by MAP ally sociologist [[Ken Plummer]] to be "quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published", Sonenschein's main project was a study of gay community life in Indianapolis and Chicago. His oral histories of 23 men, collected in 1967 in Chicago's pre-Gay Liberation period, were later self-published as ''Some Homosexual Men'' (1983).<ref>''[https://worldcat.org/title/11594706?oclcNum=11594706 Some homosexual men]'' on Worldcat</ref> His 1998 ''Pedophiles on Parade'' shows similar thinking to Simon and Gagnon, as his "premise is [that] we base social relations upon imagery, using symbols" which are "accompanied by standard, agreed upon and rigidly enforced texts that demand severe punishment for violation along with the elimination of criticism..."<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref>		Sonenschein's years of sex research began in 1961, earning a Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Indiana. Here, he worked as a staff researcher (1966-1968) at the university's Institute for Sex Research, founded by [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Working with [[William Simon]] and John H. Gagnon, whose magnum opus was said by MAP ally sociologist [[Ken Plummer]] to be "quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published", Sonenschein's main project was a study of gay community life in Indianapolis and Chicago. His oral histories of 23 men, collected in 1967 in Chicago's pre-Gay Liberation period, were later self-published as ''Some Homosexual Men'' (1983).<ref>''[https://worldcat.org/title/11594706?oclcNum=11594706 Some homosexual men]'' on Worldcat</ref> His 1998 ''Pedophiles on Parade'' shows similar thinking to Simon and Gagnon, as his "premise is [that] we base social relations upon imagery, using symbols" which are "accompanied by standard, agreed upon and rigidly enforced texts that demand severe punishment for violation along with the elimination of criticism..."<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review, p. 189.]</ref>

	His early work focused on homosexuality within anthropology,<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3316779 Homosexuality as a Subject of Anthropological Inquiry], in ''Anthropological Quarterly'' (1966)</ref> ethnography,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1525/csas.1967.1.3.8.3 THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS], in ''CSAS Bulletin'' (1967).</ref> and the everyday language and slang used by homosexuals.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3811431 The Homosexual's Language], in ''Journal of Sex Research'' (1969). [https://www.studocu.com/en-gb/document/university-of-sussex/language-and-gender/reading-summary-sonenschein/13766805 Reading summary available here].</ref> In 1969, he was requested by the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography to do a study of women's erotica which was published in their 1972 reports as “The Romance Magazine.”<ref>Process In the Production of Popular Culture: The Romance Magazine (1972). [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0602_399.x Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0602_399.x Sci-hub link].</ref> After he, in his words, "fled academia" in 1973, he continued writing and publishing as an independent scholar, serving on the editorial boards of the ''Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality'' (SSSS), the ''American Studies Association of Texas'' (ASAT), and the ''National Coalition of Independent Scholars'' (NCIS). Into later life he was Book Review Editor for ''The Independent Scholar'', the on-line Quarterly of ''NCIS'', and webmaster for ''ASAT''. He served as NCIS Board Secretary, Book Review Editor, Membership Officer, and Database Manager, and the NCIS has since set up a David Sonenschein Award in his memory.<ref>[https://www.ncis.org/grants NCIS Grants & PRIZES]</ref>		His early work focused on homosexuality within anthropology,<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3316779 Homosexuality as a Subject of Anthropological Inquiry], in ''Anthropological Quarterly'' (1966)</ref> ethnography,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1525/csas.1967.1.3.8.3 THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS], in ''CSAS Bulletin'' (1967).</ref> and the everyday language and slang used by homosexuals.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3811431 The Homosexual's Language], in ''Journal of Sex Research'' (1969). [https://www.studocu.com/en-gb/document/university-of-sussex/language-and-gender/reading-summary-sonenschein/13766805 Reading summary available here].</ref> In 1969, he was requested by the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography to do a study of women's erotica which was published in their 1972 reports as “The Romance Magazine.”<ref>''Process In the Production of Popular Culture: The Romance Magazine'' (1972). [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0602_399.x Journal link]. [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0602_399.x Sci-hub link]. For an earlier preparation paper prior to the completed study, ''Love and Sex in the Romance Magazines'' (1970), see [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1970.0402_398.x Journal link]; [https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1970.0402_398.x Sci-hub link].</ref> After he, in his words, "fled academia" in 1973, he continued writing and publishing as an independent scholar, serving on the editorial boards of the ''Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality'' (SSSS), the ''American Studies Association of Texas'' (ASAT), and the ''National Coalition of Independent Scholars'' (NCIS). Into later life he was Book Review Editor for ''The Independent Scholar'', the on-line Quarterly of ''NCIS'', and webmaster for ''ASAT''. He served as NCIS Board Secretary, Book Review Editor, Membership Officer, and Database Manager, and the NCIS has since set up a David Sonenschein Award in his memory.<ref>[https://www.ncis.org/grants NCIS Grants & PRIZES]</ref>

	==Research focused on MAP issues==		==Research focused on MAP issues==

	In his short 1987 commentary ''On Having One's Research Seized''<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812147 On Having One's Research Seized]</ref>, he documents multiple cases where researchers attempting to study the realities of "child pornography," or "kiddie porn," were arrested, harassed or subjected to a hostile environment which created difficulty in testing the accuracy of sensationalist media claims. He writes:		In his short 1987 commentary ''On Having One's Research Seized'',<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812147 On Having One's Research Seized]</ref> he documents multiple cases where researchers attempting to study the realities of "child pornography," or "kiddie porn," were arrested, harassed or subjected to a hostile environment which created difficulty in testing the accuracy of sensationalist media claims. He writes:

	:''"in September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''		:''"in September, 1984, my own 4-year accumulation of research on pedophilia and children's sexuality was seized. At this writing, nearly 2 years later, the materials (including illegally seized legal files and personal and political writings) are still held; it was over 7 months before American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and I were able to inventory the documents. The news media again helped directly in promoting the project as a "ring," and I was charged with "sexual performance of [sic] a child" for photocopying photo-graphs from commercial "kiddie porn" magazines for content analysis. I have been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The content analysis was not completed, and the project, an ethnographic study of child-adult sexual relationships, has been destroyed. Fragments will appear if materials are returned; only one historiographic paper has been published (Sonenschein, 1984). Comments by arresting officer Sgt. John Russell may be of interest to other investigators: "Your research is through. Your research is over. I have finished your research for you. You can research anything but this".''

	The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref>. Although the research community was further deprived of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''Pedophiles on Parade'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190)<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>.		The 1984 "historiographic paper" Sonenschein refers to is a book chapter - "''Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media''" - partially available on google books<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Odll6kFlSMEC&dq=David+Sonenschein&source=gbs_navlinks_s Breaking the Taboo of Sex and Adolescence: Children, Sex and Media]</ref>. Although the research community was further deprived of ethnographic work attempting to document community samples of age-gap sexual experience, especially experiences outside an exclusive focus on forced / unwanted cases where the risk of [[Research:_Secondary_Harm\|secondary harm]] has been introduced, Sonenschein went on to publish a two volume magnum opus ''Pedophiles on Parade'' (1998). A lengthy and detailed assessment of how the media portrays pedophiles, volume one was entitled "''The Monster in the Media''", whilst volume two "''The Popular Imagery of Moral Hysteria''". The book was reviewed in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' (pages 185-190).<ref>[https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v42n04_11 Journal of Homosexuality review]</ref>

	At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>		At least some of the attention Sonenschein received appears to be attributable to his activism, and some would say, too close involvement with the [[Childhood Sensuality Circle]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/07/School-employee-fired-for-pedophile-pamphlet/3462458020800/ UPI - Sonenschein - Pamphlet]</ref>