Jesse Singal - Revision history

Jim Burton at 00:21, 11 December 2025

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	===Podcast: Further detail===		===Podcast: Further detail===

	In the episode, it is argued that pedophilia is essentially a sexual orientation,<ref name="BAR80"/> and that stigmatizing pedophilia has potentially caused more harm than good.<ref name="BAR80"/> Herzog, arguing against an article by [[Anna Slatz]] about [[Prostasia Foundation]],<ref name="BAR80"/> says fictional child erotica should be legal for free speech reasons,<ref name="BAR80"/> also contrasting it with "actual kiddie porn" and citing conversations she had with pedophiles who claim this and other forms of fictional depictions of sex with children help prevent abuse.<ref name="BAR80"/> Singal and Herzog discussed Prostasia's advocacy for the legality of child-like sex dolls,<ref name="BAR80"/> and a [[MAP Support Club\|chatroom]]<ref name="BAR80"/> with hundreds of members<ref name="BAR80"/> it sponsors, that platforms [[Minor MAP]]s.<ref name="BAR80"/>		In the episode, it is argued that pedophilia is essentially a sexual orientation,<ref name="BAR80"/> and that stigmatizing pedophilia has potentially caused more harm than good.<ref name="BAR80"/> Herzog, arguing against an article by [[Anna Slatz]] about [[Prostasia Foundation]],<ref name="BAR80"/> says fictional child erotica should be legal for free speech reasons,<ref name="BAR80"/> also contrasting it with "actual kiddie porn" and citing conversations she had with pedophiles who claim this and other forms of fictional depictions of sex with children help prevent abuse.<ref name="BAR80"/> Singal and Herzog discussed Prostasia's advocacy for the legality of [[Childlike sex doll\|child-like sex dolls]],<ref name="BAR80"/> and a [[MAP Support Club\|chatroom]]<ref name="BAR80"/> with hundreds of members<ref name="BAR80"/> it sponsors, that platforms [[Minor MAP]]s.<ref name="BAR80"/>

	Herzog pointed out that thirteen-year-olds were in the chatroom because "pedophilia typically emerges around the age of twelve or thirteen",<ref name="BAR80"/> so Singal later concludes "thirteen-year-old pedophiles should have a place to talk about how to manage their condition or orientation or whatever you want to call it."<ref name="BAR80"/> He adds that a problem with the subject is that people conflate destigmatizing discussions about one's attraction to children with destigmatizing the act of having sex with children, and he attributes this to "some leftist communities", an example he cites being "some actual pedophiles in like LGBT groups and stuff" though he acknowledges most LGBT people are against that.<ref name="BAR80"/>		Herzog pointed out that thirteen-year-olds were in the chatroom because "pedophilia typically emerges around the age of twelve or thirteen",<ref name="BAR80"/> so Singal later concludes "thirteen-year-old pedophiles should have a place to talk about how to manage their condition or orientation or whatever you want to call it."<ref name="BAR80"/> He adds that a problem with the subject is that people conflate destigmatizing discussions about one's attraction to children with destigmatizing the act of having sex with children, and he attributes this to "some leftist communities", an example he cites being "some actual pedophiles in like LGBT groups and stuff" though he acknowledges most LGBT people are against that.<ref name="BAR80"/>

Jim Burton at 21:18, 5 September 2025

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	Controversies surrounding Singal mirror those relating to [[Wikipedia:James Cantor\|James Cantor]]'s views on transgender issues and pedophilia. Users of the Bluesky social network have pushed for him to be banned for what they see as bad-faith [https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needling "needling"] of progressives.		Controversies surrounding Singal mirror those relating to [[Wikipedia:James Cantor\|James Cantor]]'s views on transgender issues and pedophilia. Users of the Bluesky social network have pushed for him to be banned for what they see as bad-faith [https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needling "needling"] of progressives.

	Despite heavily loaded controversy from progressive opponents, we could only find evidence of Singal advocating [[anti-contact]] positions, not ~~supporting~~ [[minor-adult sex]]. Presently, Singal runs a Substack blog.		Despite heavily loaded controversy from progressive opponents, we could only find evidence of Singal advocating [[anti-contact]] positions, and support for [[Virtuous Pedophiles]], not support for [[minor-adult sex]]. Presently, Singal runs a Substack blog, where (as of 2025) he has not written recently on this subject.

	==Views on pedophilia and the MAP Identity==		==Views on pedophilia and the MAP Identity==

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	Despite heavily loaded controversy from progressive opponents, we could only find evidence of Singal advocating [[anti-contact]] positions, not supporting [[minor-adult sex]]. Presently, Singal runs a Substack blog.		Despite heavily loaded controversy from progressive opponents, we could only find evidence of Singal advocating [[anti-contact]] positions, not supporting [[minor-adult sex]]. Presently, Singal runs a Substack blog.

	==~~Pedophilia~~ and the MAP Identity==		==Views on pedophilia and the MAP Identity==

	Singal's coverage of pedophilia for ''New York'' magazine lauds a British charity hotline for pedophiles, suggesting that "endlessly shaming, ostracizing, and punishing pedophiles may do more harm than good".<ref>https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/britain-has-a-hotline-for-pedophiles.html</ref> He has also written, criticizing the progressive ''Salon'' for removing the essay "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster" by [[Todd Nickerson]] from its website in the wake of public outrage over [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]'s pro-[[pederasty]] comments.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/21/516473521/after-comments-on-pedophilia-breitbart-editor-milo-yiannopoulos-resigns</ref><ref>https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html</ref><ref>https://inews.co.uk/news/experts-reveal-lies-sexual-predators-how-spot-2545257</ref> In their ''Blocked and Reported'' podcast, Singal and his friend and fellow journalist Katie Herzog, dedicated much of episode 80 to discussing "gold-star pedophiles" (apparently [[Dan Savage]]'s term),<ref name="BAR80">Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog (September 3, 2021). [https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/because-god-hates-us-or-is-dead-heres-90c "Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia"]. ''Blocked and Reported'' (Substack). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240430053832/https://substackcdn.com/public/audio/8cb45960-99ec-4039-b712-8c715762fa95.mpga?post_id=42022615&download=true (Archived audio)].</ref><ref name="BAR80"/> Singal comments that much of their coverage of the subject is informed by [[James Cantor]]'s research.<ref name="BAR80"/>		Singal's coverage of pedophilia for ''New York'' magazine lauds a British charity hotline for pedophiles, suggesting that "endlessly shaming, ostracizing, and punishing pedophiles may do more harm than good".<ref>https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/britain-has-a-hotline-for-pedophiles.html</ref> He has also written, criticizing the progressive ''Salon'' for removing the essay "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster" by [[Todd Nickerson]] from its website in the wake of public outrage over [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]'s pro-[[pederasty]] comments.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/21/516473521/after-comments-on-pedophilia-breitbart-editor-milo-yiannopoulos-resigns</ref><ref>https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html</ref><ref>https://inews.co.uk/news/experts-reveal-lies-sexual-predators-how-spot-2545257</ref> In their ''Blocked and Reported'' podcast, Singal and his friend and fellow journalist Katie Herzog, dedicated much of episode 80 to discussing "gold-star pedophiles" (apparently [[Dan Savage]]'s term),<ref name="BAR80">Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog (September 3, 2021). [https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/because-god-hates-us-or-is-dead-heres-90c "Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia"]. ''Blocked and Reported'' (Substack). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240430053832/https://substackcdn.com/public/audio/8cb45960-99ec-4039-b712-8c715762fa95.mpga?post_id=42022615&download=true (Archived audio)].</ref><ref name="BAR80"/> Singal comments that much of their coverage of the subject is informed by [[James Cantor]]'s research.<ref name="BAR80"/>

Prue at 01:35, 5 September 2025

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	[[File:Jshynhytnh.png\|thumb\|Jesse Singal]]		[[File:Jshynhytnh.png\|thumb\|Jesse Singal]]
	'''Jesse Singal''' (b. 1983) is an American journalist and podcaster known for his many provocative takes on gaming, transgender issues and pedophilia/MAP Identity.		'''Jesse Singal''' (b. 1983) is an American journalist and podcaster known for his many provocative takes on gaming, transgender issues, and pedophilia/MAP Identity.

	Controversies surrounding Singal mirror those relating to [[Wikipedia:James Cantor\|James Cantor]]'s views on transgender issues and pedophilia. Users of the Bluesky social network have pushed for him to be banned for what they see as bad-faith "needling" of progressives.		Controversies surrounding Singal mirror those relating to [[Wikipedia:James Cantor\|James Cantor]]'s views on transgender issues and pedophilia. Users of the Bluesky social network have pushed for him to be banned for what they see as bad-faith [https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needling "needling"] of progressives.

	Despite heavily loaded controversy from progressive opponents, we could only find evidence of Singal advocating [[anti-contact]] positions, not supporting [[minor-adult sex]]. Presently, Singal runs a Substack blog.		Despite heavily loaded controversy from progressive opponents, we could only find evidence of Singal advocating [[anti-contact]] positions, not supporting [[minor-adult sex]]. Presently, Singal runs a Substack blog.
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	==Pedophilia and the MAP Identity==		==Pedophilia and the MAP Identity==

	Singal's coverage of pedophilia for ''New York'' magazine lauds a British charity hotline for pedophiles, suggesting that "endlessly shaming, ostracizing, and punishing pedophiles may do more harm than good".<ref>https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/britain-has-a-hotline-for-pedophiles.html</ref> He has also written, criticizing the progressive ''Salon'' for removing the essay "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster" by [[Todd Nickerson]] from its website in the wake of public outrage over [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]'s pro-[[pederasty]] comments.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/21/516473521/after-comments-on-pedophilia-breitbart-editor-milo-yiannopoulos-resigns</ref><ref>https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html</ref><ref>https://inews.co.uk/news/experts-reveal-lies-sexual-predators-how-spot-2545257</ref> In their ''Blocked and Reported'' podcast, Singal and Herzog dedicated much of episode 80 to discussing "gold-star pedophiles" (apparently [[Dan Savage]]'s term),<ref name="BAR80">Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog (September 3, 2021). [https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/because-god-hates-us-or-is-dead-heres-90c "Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia"]. ''Blocked and Reported'' (Substack). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240430053832/https://substackcdn.com/public/audio/8cb45960-99ec-4039-b712-8c715762fa95.mpga?post_id=42022615&download=true (Archived audio)].</ref><ref name="BAR80"/> Singal comments that much of their coverage of the subject is informed by [[James Cantor]]'s research.<ref name="BAR80"/>		Singal's coverage of pedophilia for ''New York'' magazine lauds a British charity hotline for pedophiles, suggesting that "endlessly shaming, ostracizing, and punishing pedophiles may do more harm than good".<ref>https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/britain-has-a-hotline-for-pedophiles.html</ref> He has also written, criticizing the progressive ''Salon'' for removing the essay "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster" by [[Todd Nickerson]] from its website in the wake of public outrage over [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]'s pro-[[pederasty]] comments.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/21/516473521/after-comments-on-pedophilia-breitbart-editor-milo-yiannopoulos-resigns</ref><ref>https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html</ref><ref>https://inews.co.uk/news/experts-reveal-lies-sexual-predators-how-spot-2545257</ref> In their ''Blocked and Reported'' podcast, Singal and his friend and fellow journalist Katie Herzog, dedicated much of episode 80 to discussing "gold-star pedophiles" (apparently [[Dan Savage]]'s term),<ref name="BAR80">Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog (September 3, 2021). [https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/because-god-hates-us-or-is-dead-heres-90c "Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia"]. ''Blocked and Reported'' (Substack). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240430053832/https://substackcdn.com/public/audio/8cb45960-99ec-4039-b712-8c715762fa95.mpga?post_id=42022615&download=true (Archived audio)].</ref><ref name="BAR80"/> Singal comments that much of their coverage of the subject is informed by [[James Cantor]]'s research.<ref name="BAR80"/>

	===Podcast: Further detail===		===Podcast: Further detail===

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[[File:Jshynhytnh.png|thumb|Jesse Singal]]
'''Jesse Singal''' (b. 1983) is an American journalist and podcaster known for his many provocative takes on gaming, transgender issues and pedophilia/MAP Identity.

Controversies surrounding Singal mirror those relating to [[Wikipedia:James Cantor|James Cantor]]'s views on transgender issues and pedophilia. Users of the Bluesky social network have pushed for him to be banned for what they see as bad-faith "needling" of progressives.

Despite heavily loaded controversy from progressive opponents, we could only find evidence of Singal advocating [[anti-contact]] positions, not supporting [[minor-adult sex]]. Presently, Singal runs a Substack blog.

==Pedophilia and the MAP Identity==

Singal's coverage of pedophilia for ''New York'' magazine lauds a British charity hotline for pedophiles, suggesting that "endlessly shaming, ostracizing, and punishing pedophiles may do more harm than good".<ref>https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/britain-has-a-hotline-for-pedophiles.html</ref> He has also written, criticizing the progressive ''Salon'' for removing the essay "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster" by [[Todd Nickerson]] from its website in the wake of public outrage over [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]'s pro-[[pederasty]] comments.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/21/516473521/after-comments-on-pedophilia-breitbart-editor-milo-yiannopoulos-resigns</ref><ref>https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html</ref><ref>https://inews.co.uk/news/experts-reveal-lies-sexual-predators-how-spot-2545257</ref> In their ''Blocked and Reported'' podcast, Singal and Herzog dedicated much of episode 80 to discussing "gold-star pedophiles" (apparently [[Dan Savage]]'s term),<ref name="BAR80">Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog (September 3, 2021). [https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/because-god-hates-us-or-is-dead-heres-90c "Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia"]. ''Blocked and Reported'' (Substack). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240430053832/https://substackcdn.com/public/audio/8cb45960-99ec-4039-b712-8c715762fa95.mpga?post_id=42022615&download=true (Archived audio)].</ref><ref name="BAR80"/> Singal comments that much of their coverage of the subject is informed by [[James Cantor]]'s research.<ref name="BAR80"/>

===Podcast: Further detail===

In the episode, it is argued that pedophilia is essentially a sexual orientation,<ref name="BAR80"/> and that stigmatizing pedophilia has potentially caused more harm than good.<ref name="BAR80"/> Herzog, arguing against an article by [[Anna Slatz]] about [[Prostasia Foundation]],<ref name="BAR80"/> says fictional child erotica should be legal for free speech reasons,<ref name="BAR80"/> also contrasting it with "actual kiddie porn" and citing conversations she had with pedophiles who claim this and other forms of fictional depictions of sex with children help prevent abuse.<ref name="BAR80"/> Singal and Herzog discussed Prostasia's advocacy for the legality of child-like sex dolls,<ref name="BAR80"/> and a [[MAP Support Club|chatroom]]<ref name="BAR80"/> with hundreds of members<ref name="BAR80"/> it sponsors, that platforms [[Minor MAP]]s.<ref name="BAR80"/>

Herzog pointed out that thirteen-year-olds were in the chatroom because "pedophilia typically emerges around the age of twelve or thirteen",<ref name="BAR80"/> so Singal later concludes "thirteen-year-old pedophiles should have a place to talk about how to manage their condition or orientation or whatever you want to call it."<ref name="BAR80"/> He adds that a problem with the subject is that people conflate destigmatizing discussions about one's attraction to children with destigmatizing the act of having sex with children, and he attributes this to "some leftist communities", an example he cites being "some actual pedophiles in like LGBT groups and stuff" though he acknowledges most LGBT people are against that.<ref name="BAR80"/>

The pair also discussed use of the term "minor-attracted person" ("[[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]]") as an alternative to the term "pedophile", and Herzog mentions her email exchange with a pedophile who explained how the term was coined to destigmatize attractions as an umbrella term.<ref name="BAR80"/> Herzog and Singal cite their own past work about pedophiles in ''The Stranger'' and ''New York'' magazine respectively as further reading on the topic,<ref name="BAR80"/> such as Singal's 2016 article "How Should Society Handle Pedophiles Who Haven't Hurt Anyone?" (which also heavily cites Cantor).<ref>Jesse Singal (April 13, 2016). [https://www.thecut.com/2016/04/how-should-society-handle-pedophiles-who-haven-t-hurt-anyone.html "How Should Society Handle Pedophiles Who Haven’t Hurt Anyone?"]. ''The Cut'' (''New York'' magazine).</ref> After [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s 2019 arrest, Singal and Herzog argued it was not technically correct to call Epstein a pedophile;<ref name="JesseEp2">Jesse Singal (July 19, 2019). [https://web.archive.org/web/20210220020208/https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1152209300271566848 "Katie Herzog is right about the Jeffrey Epstein (not) pedophilia thing, and it's very circa-2019 journalism for her to get shellacked online, by people who have not a clue what they are talking about, for expressing a mainstream scientific opinion"]. ''Twitter'' (archived from February 20, 2021).</ref><ref name="EpsteinSingal">Jesse Singal (July 19, 2019). [https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-jeffrey-epstein-and-pedophilia "On Jeffrey Epstein And Pedophilia And Journalism And Online Outrage"]. ''Singal-Minded'' (Substack).</ref><ref name="HerzogEpstein">Katie Herzog (July 15, 2019). [https://www.thestranger.com/crime/2019/07/15/40768104/jeffrey-epstein-is-a-horrifying-person-but-that-doesnt-mean-hes-a-pedophile "Jeffrey Epstein Is a Horrifying Person, But That Doesn't Mean He's a Pedophile"]. ''The Stranger''.</ref> Singal also pointed out how this distinction was accepted in the scientific mainstream.<ref>Jesse Singal (July 19, 2019). [https://archive.ph/sSPaT "Katie Herzog is right about the Jeffrey Epstein (not) pedophilia thing, and it's very circa-2019 journalism for her to get shellacked online, by people who have not a clue what they are talking about, for expressing a mainstream scientific opinion"]. ''Twitter'', via archive.today.</ref>

==Quotes==

<blockquote>
''The area of sex research where both left and right are both most committed to [[Wikipedia:motivated reasoning|motivated-reasoning]]-fueled wrongness is pedophilia.''

'''Jesse Singal''' (Twitter, July 16, 2017)
</blockquote>

==See also==

*[[Stephen Kershnar]]

==External links==

*[https://jessesingal.substack.com/ Substack]

==References==

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