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	*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm Pattern of Sexual Politics]'' ([https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 copy]) - Journal of Homosexuality.		*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm Pattern of Sexual Politics]'' ([https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 sci-hub copy], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130425190245/http://snifferdogonline.com/reports/Child%20Abuse,%20Sexuality%20and%20Violence/The%20Pattern%20of%20Sexual%20Politics.pdf webarchive copy]) - Journal of Homosexuality.
	*''[https://sci-hub.wf/10.1080/00918360802623198 The Social, Political, and Legal Construction of the Concept of Child Pornography]''		*''[https://sci-hub.wf/10.1080/00918360802623198 The Social, Political, and Legal Construction of the Concept of Child Pornography]''
	*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_rind_text.htm Sex, Science and Sin - The Rind Report]''		*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_rind_text.htm Sex, Science and Sin - The Rind Report]''

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	{{Template:Ac}}'''Harris George Mirkin''' (24 August 1936 – 30 May 2013)<ref>[http://www.cremationcenterkc.com/harris-george-mirkin/ Obit]</ref> was a political science professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1962 to 1964, and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20161220102115/http://info.umkc.edu/unews/faculty-profile-harris-mirkin/ Faculty Profile]</ref>		__NOTOC__{{Template:Ac}}'''Harris George Mirkin''' (24 August 1936 – 30 May 2013)<ref>[http://www.cremationcenterkc.com/harris-george-mirkin/ Obit]</ref> was a political science professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1962 to 1964, and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20161220102115/http://info.umkc.edu/unews/faculty-profile-harris-mirkin/ Faculty Profile]</ref>

	Mirkin wrote ''"[[The Pattern of Sexual Politics]],"'' published in 1999 in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]''.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/13/silly-ideas New Yorker article]</ref> The article pointed out how some other cultures, sex between children and adults was permissible or even encouraged, and that the current societal view of [[pedophilia\|pedophiles]] is comparable to how women and gay men were viewed in the past. It further identified how the present taboo on pedophilia was a [[Debate Guide: Social constructionism\|social construction]], and that pedophiles might be close to achieving progress in their fight for acceptance.		Mirkin wrote ''"[[The Pattern of Sexual Politics]],"'' published in 1999 in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]''.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/13/silly-ideas New Yorker article]</ref> The article pointed out how some other cultures, sex between children and adults was permissible or even encouraged, and that the current societal view of [[pedophilia\|pedophiles]] is comparable to how women and gay men were viewed in the past. It further identified how the present taboo on pedophilia was a [[Debate Guide: Social constructionism\|social construction]], and that pedophiles might be close to achieving progress in their fight for acceptance.

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	*[[Child sexual abuse]]		*[[Child sexual abuse]]

			==External links==

			*[https://fstube.net/w/w9q9ScA85KPJuXgnwXPMMb Radio Interview between Daniel Tsang and Mirkin]

	==References==		==References==

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	In a 2013 book chapter which documented attacks on researchers of stigmatized / unlawful age-gap sex contact, Foucauldian academic [[Richard Yuill]] discussed Mirkin's controversy and quoted his reaction from their correspondence. The chapter appears in [[Censoring Sex Research]] (2013), titled ''Intergenerational Sexualities: A Case Study on the Colonization of Late Modern Sexual Subjects and Researcher Agendas''.<ref>[https://library.lol/main/20CD5808BA3977780E914855954E456F libgen: Censoring Sex Research]</ref>		In a 2013 book chapter which documented attacks on researchers of stigmatized / unlawful age-gap sex contact, [[Michel Foucault\|Foucauldian]] academic [[Richard Yuill]] discussed Mirkin's controversy and quoted his reaction from their correspondence. The chapter appears in [[Censoring Sex Research]] (2013), titled ''Intergenerational Sexualities: A Case Study on the Colonization of Late Modern Sexual Subjects and Researcher Agendas''.<ref>[https://library.lol/main/20CD5808BA3977780E914855954E456F libgen: Censoring Sex Research]</ref>

	==Selected writings==		==Selected writings==

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	{{Template:Ac}}'''Harris George Mirkin''' (24 August 1936 – 30 May 2013)<ref>[http://www.cremationcenterkc.com/harris-george-mirkin/ Obit]</ref> was a political science professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1962 to 1964, and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967.<ref>[http://info.umkc.edu/unews/faculty-profile-harris-mirkin/ Faculty Profile]</ref>		{{Template:Ac}}'''Harris George Mirkin''' (24 August 1936 – 30 May 2013)<ref>[http://www.cremationcenterkc.com/harris-george-mirkin/ Obit]</ref> was a political science professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1962 to 1964, and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20161220102115/http://info.umkc.edu/unews/faculty-profile-harris-mirkin/ Faculty Profile]</ref>

	Mirkin wrote ''"[[The Pattern of Sexual Politics]],"'' published in 1999 in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]''.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/13/silly-ideas New Yorker article]</ref> The article pointed out how some other cultures, sex between children and adults was permissible or even encouraged, and that the current societal view of [[pedophilia\|pedophiles]] is comparable to how women and gay men were viewed in the past. It further identified how the present taboo on pedophilia was a [[Debate Guide: Social constructionism\|social construction]], and that pedophiles might be close to achieving progress in their fight for acceptance.		Mirkin wrote ''"[[The Pattern of Sexual Politics]],"'' published in 1999 in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]''.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/13/silly-ideas New Yorker article]</ref> The article pointed out how some other cultures, sex between children and adults was permissible or even encouraged, and that the current societal view of [[pedophilia\|pedophiles]] is comparable to how women and gay men were viewed in the past. It further identified how the present taboo on pedophilia was a [[Debate Guide: Social constructionism\|social construction]], and that pedophiles might be close to achieving progress in their fight for acceptance.
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	<blockquote>''When one views one's perversions with scholarly detachment, it seems, all things become permissible. The only genre denounced at the conference is child pornography -- except at the child-pornography panel. There, Harris Mirkin, a political scientist from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, asserts there is no real evidence that children are harmed by being photographed naked.''		<blockquote>''When one views one's perversions with scholarly detachment, it seems, all things become permissible. The only genre denounced at the conference is child pornography -- except at the child-pornography panel. There, Harris Mirkin, a political scientist from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, asserts there is no real evidence that children are harmed by being photographed naked.''

	''Meanwhile, [[David Sonenschein]], formerly of the Kinsey Institute, illustrates the supposed ludicrousness of child-pornography restrictions by showing us a photograph once forced out of an exhibition. In the picture, a cherubic, naked two-year-old grabs and explores the penis of the photographer, who is reclining naked on a bed.''		''Meanwhile, [[David Sonenschein]], formerly of the [[Alfred_Kinsey\|Kinsey]] Institute, illustrates the supposed ludicrousness of child-pornography restrictions by showing us a photograph once forced out of an exhibition. In the picture, a cherubic, naked two-year-old grabs and explores the penis of the photographer, who is reclining naked on a bed.''

	''I ask [[Vern Bullough]], the center's founder, whether he is bothered by such a display, especially since the photographer wasn't the child's father. "I think it's one of those gray areas," Bullough says, adding that it is "very educational. . . . We ought to [let children] explore. ~~When I had children, they explored me in~~ the ~~shower."~~''		''I ask [[Vern Bullough]], the center's founder, whether he is bothered by such a display, especially since the photographer wasn't the child's father. "I think it's one of those gray areas," Bullough says, adding that it is "very educational. . . . We ought to [let children] explore."''<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/among-the-pornographers AMONG THE PORNOGRAPHERS - ''Wash Examiner'']</ref>
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	~~''I ask Bullough whether anyone else~~'s ~~children explored him~~ in ~~the shower. "I don't think that's an appropriate question~~,~~" interjects the conference~~'~~s eavesdropping legal counsel. "People~~'~~s relations have never been an issue at this conference. It is all based~~ on the ~~material we presented in a professional~~ and ~~scholarly manner."~~''<ref>[https://~~www.washingtonexaminer~~.~~com~~/~~weekly-standard~~/~~among-the-pornographers AMONG THE PORNOGRAPHERS - ''Wash Examiner''~~]</ref>		In a 2013 book chapter which documented attacks on researchers of stigmatized / unlawful age-gap sex contact, Foucauldian academic [[Richard Yuill]] discussed Mirkin's controversy and quoted his reaction from their correspondence. The chapter appears in [[Censoring Sex Research]] (2013), titled ''Intergenerational Sexualities: A Case Study on the Colonization of Late Modern Sexual Subjects and Researcher Agendas''.<ref>[https://library.lol/main/20CD5808BA3977780E914855954E456F libgen: Censoring Sex Research]</ref>
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	*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm Pattern of Sexual Politics]'' ([https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 copy]) - Journal of Homosexuality.		*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm Pattern of Sexual Politics]'' ([https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 copy]) - Journal of Homosexuality.
			*''[https://sci-hub.wf/10.1080/00918360802623198 The Social, Political, and Legal Construction of the Concept of Child Pornography]''
	*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_rind_text.htm Sex, Science and Sin - The Rind Report]''		*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_rind_text.htm Sex, Science and Sin - The Rind Report]''

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	'''Harris George Mirkin''' (24 August 1936 – 30 May 2013)<ref>[http://www.cremationcenterkc.com/harris-george-mirkin/ Obit]</ref> was a political science professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1962 to 1964, and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967.<ref>[http://info.umkc.edu/unews/faculty-profile-harris-mirkin/ Faculty Profile]</ref>		{{Template:Ac}}'''Harris George Mirkin''' (24 August 1936 – 30 May 2013)<ref>[http://www.cremationcenterkc.com/harris-george-mirkin/ Obit]</ref> was a political science professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1962 to 1964, and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967.<ref>[http://info.umkc.edu/unews/faculty-profile-harris-mirkin/ Faculty Profile]</ref>

	Mirkin wrote ''"[[The Pattern of Sexual Politics]],"'' published in 1999 in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]''.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/13/silly-ideas New Yorker article]</ref> The article pointed out how some other cultures, sex between children and adults was permissible or even encouraged, and that the current societal view of [[pedophilia\|pedophiles]] is comparable to how women and gay men were viewed in the past. It further identified how the present taboo on pedophilia was a [[Debate Guide: Social constructionism\|social construction]], and that pedophiles might be close to achieving progress in their fight for acceptance.		Mirkin wrote ''"[[The Pattern of Sexual Politics]],"'' published in 1999 in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]''.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/13/silly-ideas New Yorker article]</ref> The article pointed out how some other cultures, sex between children and adults was permissible or even encouraged, and that the current societal view of [[pedophilia\|pedophiles]] is comparable to how women and gay men were viewed in the past. It further identified how the present taboo on pedophilia was a [[Debate Guide: Social constructionism\|social construction]], and that pedophiles might be close to achieving progress in their fight for acceptance.

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	==Selected ~~Writings~~==		==Selected writings==

	*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm Pattern of Sexual Politics]'' ([https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 copy]) - Journal of Homosexuality.		*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm Pattern of Sexual Politics]'' ([https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 copy]) - Journal of Homosexuality.

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	This prompted the '''Missouri House of Representatives''' to reduce the university's budget by the amount of Mirkin's salary, as a gesture of non-support for Mirkin's work.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/missouri-house-votes-eliminate-controversial-professors-salary CNS News]</ref> Writing in ''The New Yorker'', Louis Menand criticized the legislature's action as harmful to academic freedom, stating that error is a necessary part of the process. Menand further criticized Mirkin's article, calling it silly, and compared cultures that accepted pedophilia to the many cultures that accepted slavery. He also stated that it is the prohibition of pedophilia that is part of civil and sexual freedom, including the freedom of children from adults who hold authority over them.		This prompted the '''Missouri House of Representatives''' to reduce the university's budget by the amount of Mirkin's salary, as a gesture of non-support for Mirkin's work.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/missouri-house-votes-eliminate-controversial-professors-salary CNS News]</ref> Writing in ''The New Yorker'', Louis Menand criticized the legislature's action as harmful to academic freedom, stating that error is a necessary part of the process. Menand further criticized Mirkin's article, calling it silly, and compared cultures that accepted pedophilia to the many cultures that accepted slavery. He also stated that it is the prohibition of pedophilia that is part of civil and sexual freedom, including the freedom of children from adults who hold authority over them.

			In 1998, Mirkin had been flagged up by the ''Washington Examiner'', alongside a number of other academics at a World Pornography Conference:

			<blockquote>''When one views one's perversions with scholarly detachment, it seems, all things become permissible. The only genre denounced at the conference is child pornography -- except at the child-pornography panel. There, Harris Mirkin, a political scientist from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, asserts there is no real evidence that children are harmed by being photographed naked.''

			''Meanwhile, [[David Sonenschein]], formerly of the Kinsey Institute, illustrates the supposed ludicrousness of child-pornography restrictions by showing us a photograph once forced out of an exhibition. In the picture, a cherubic, naked two-year-old grabs and explores the penis of the photographer, who is reclining naked on a bed.''

			''I ask [[Vern Bullough]], the center's founder, whether he is bothered by such a display, especially since the photographer wasn't the child's father. "I think it's one of those gray areas," Bullough says, adding that it is "very educational. . . . We ought to [let children] explore. When I had children, they explored me in the shower."''

			''I ask Bullough whether anyone else's children explored him in the shower. "I don't think that's an appropriate question," interjects the conference's eavesdropping legal counsel. "People's relations have never been an issue at this conference. It is all based on the material we presented in a professional and scholarly manner."''<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/among-the-pornographers AMONG THE PORNOGRAPHERS - ''Wash Examiner'']</ref>
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	==Selected Writings==		==Selected Writings==

	*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm Pattern of Sexual Politics]'' - Journal of Homosexuality.		*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm Pattern of Sexual Politics]'' ([https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 copy]) - Journal of Homosexuality.
	*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_rind_text.htm Sex, Science and Sin - The Rind Report]''		*''[https://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_rind_text.htm Sex, Science and Sin - The Rind Report]''