https://wiki.yesmap.net/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ken_PlummerKen Plummer - Revision history2026-04-22T01:52:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.3https://wiki.yesmap.net/wiki/index.php?title=Ken_Plummer&diff=33012&oldid=prevPrue at 21:17, 16 October 20252025-10-16T21:17:17Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Newgon: Extending a conference paper orginally titled "Myths about Paedophilia", Plummer's chapter reports on what he calls "the first public meeting to discuss pedophilia", organized by the [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE) and held on 19th September, 1977. Plummer contrasts the assumptions of protestors he spoke to outside the meeting, with research available at the time. Plummer contests the assumptions that pedophiles are "dirty old men", strangers, and interested in young children (PIE's own internal survey showed peak attraction from ages 10-13). He overtly compares the view that pedophiles are "sick", "inhuman monsters" with the fact that gay men were once viewed and spoken of in the same terms, and finds this view unhelpful and misleading, overshadowing a wealth of human experience behind the label. He then cites research to contest the "sexual innocence" myth and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </del>view that cross-generational relationships commonly involve the use of force or are traumatic in-themselves, with "studies suggest[ing] that children's problems often flow from "the reactions of parents who respond to the event with such horror that it elevates the significance of the experience" (p. 539). Plummer qualifies his statements throughout, and ends by expressing the view that paedophilia should ''at least'' be allowed to be discussed: </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Newgon: Extending a conference paper orginally titled "Myths about Paedophilia", Plummer's chapter reports on what he calls "the first public meeting to discuss pedophilia", organized by the [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE) and held on 19th September, 1977. Plummer contrasts the assumptions of protestors he spoke to outside the meeting, with research available at the time. Plummer contests the assumptions that pedophiles are "dirty old men", strangers, and interested in young children (PIE's own internal survey showed peak attraction from ages 10-13). He overtly compares the view that pedophiles are "sick", "inhuman monsters" with the fact that gay men were once viewed and spoken of in the same terms, and finds this view unhelpful and misleading, overshadowing a wealth of human experience behind the label. He then cites research to contest the "sexual innocence" myth<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>view that cross-generational relationships commonly involve the use of force or are traumatic in-themselves, with "studies suggest[ing] that children's problems often flow from "the reactions of parents who respond to the event with such horror that it elevates the significance of the experience" (p. 539). Plummer qualifies his statements throughout, and ends by expressing the view that paedophilia should ''at least'' be allowed to be discussed: </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In his apology, Plummer notably does not disavow his work on child sexuality, his book reviews addressing age-disparate eroticism, and his use of moral panic to frame the discussion of minor-attraction. He writes of his 1970's research into paedophiles that the "conclusions are no longer tenable”, implying he now believes relationships between MAPs and pre-pubescent minors are a "bad thing". Given Plummer's past statements and the fact he knew of research like Theo Sandfort's (1987)<ref>https://www.ipce.info/host/sandfort_87/index.htm</ref>, which examined positively experienced man-boy sexual relationships with self-identified paedophiles from the minor's perspective - with Plummer contributing in a book co-edited by Sandfort (1991 above) - we are doubtful this statement reflects Plummer's considered view on the topic. Plummer's statement may have been motivated by "changes in the wider world" (i.e. bigotry towards MAPs and AAMs), the lack of research similar to Sandfort's, and the fact that Plummer's university had "investigated this issue", eventually concluding that his "academic work did not express support for pedophilia, and was conducted in a way that was consistent with the University’s Charter".<ref>https://kenplummer.com/2014/07/27/child-abuse-and-paedophilia-an-open-letter/</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In his apology, Plummer notably does not disavow his work on child sexuality, his book reviews addressing age-disparate eroticism, and his use of moral panic to frame the discussion of minor-attraction. He writes of his 1970's research into paedophiles that the "conclusions are no longer tenable”, implying he now believes relationships between MAPs and pre-pubescent minors are a "bad thing". Given Plummer's past statements and the fact he knew of research like <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Theo Sandfort<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>'s (1987)<ref>https://www.ipce.info/host/sandfort_87/index.htm</ref>, which examined positively experienced man-boy sexual relationships with self-identified paedophiles from the minor's perspective - with Plummer contributing in a book co-edited by Sandfort (1991 above) - we are doubtful this statement reflects Plummer's considered view on the topic. Plummer's statement may have been motivated by "changes in the wider world" (i.e. bigotry towards MAPs and AAMs), the lack of research similar to Sandfort's, and the fact that Plummer's university had "investigated this issue", eventually concluding that his "academic work did not express support for pedophilia, and was conducted in a way that was consistent with the University’s Charter".<ref>https://kenplummer.com/2014/07/27/child-abuse-and-paedophilia-an-open-letter/</ref> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As part of his early research, Plummer joined PIE (The [[Paedophile_Information_Exchange|Paedophile Information Exchange]]) as a member in order to interview self-identifying paedophiles, and his writings on intergenerational sexuality are notable for their non-sensationalist and non-hostile approach. Plummer attempted to set a research agenda on the topic by constructing “a sociological baseline” for future research, and reviewed many relevant publications such as Wilson & Cox’s study of PIE members, “Childlovers: A Study of Paedophiles in Society”, and Edward <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Brongersma’s </del>magnum opus on Boy-Love, ''[[Media:(1991)_Bullough_Plummer_Book_Reviews.pdf|Loving Boys: A Multidiciplinary Study]]''. Plummer was part of the 1st wave of the [[MAP Movement]], though he was not a MAP activist and came to feel ambivalence and partial regret over his early (1970's) work on MAPs (see "Plummer's Regret?" below).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As part of his early research, Plummer joined PIE (The [[Paedophile_Information_Exchange|Paedophile Information Exchange]]) as a member in order to interview self-identifying paedophiles, and his writings on intergenerational sexuality are notable for their non-sensationalist and non-hostile approach. Plummer attempted to set a research agenda on the topic by constructing “a sociological baseline” for future research, and reviewed many relevant publications such as Wilson & Cox’s study of PIE members, “Childlovers: A Study of Paedophiles in Society”, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Edward <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Brongersma]]’s </ins>magnum opus on Boy-Love, ''[[Media:(1991)_Bullough_Plummer_Book_Reviews.pdf|Loving Boys: A Multidiciplinary Study]]''. Plummer was part of the 1st wave of the [[MAP Movement]], though he was not a MAP activist and came to feel ambivalence and partial regret over his early (1970's) work on MAPs (see "Plummer's Regret?" below).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ken Plummer (Born in Palmers Green, London, April 4, 1946; Died November 2022, Essex) was a British sociologist and humanist academic who pioneered the sociological study of human sexuality, including teleiophilic and paedophilic homosexuality. He worked as an academic at the University of Essex from 1975 to 2005, where he took early retirement because of the need for a liver transplant. Plummer challenged misconceptions about <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">MAPs </del>and of young people as inherently asexual beings, and was heavily influenced by symbolic interactionism<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_interactionism</ref> and social constructionism.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> Especially influenced by Kinsey researchers John Gagnon and William Simon,<ref>https://kenplummer.com/2012/08/15/inspirations-gagnon-and-simon/</ref> Plummer declared their now-classic 1973 book ''Sexual Conduct'' to be "[[Media:Plummer_-_1975_-_Review_on_Social_Scripts_pdf.pdf|quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published]]," and came to emphasize sexuality as a product more of social and cultural forces, shifting meanings and publicly permissible stories/narratives, than of biology. Plummer founded and edited the scholarly journal ''Sexualities'', for which Plummer included the study of "Cross-generational Sexualities" as a topic in his 1995 proposal for the journal,<ref>https://kenplummer.com/selected-writings-2/farewell-sexualities-from-ken-plummer/</ref> accepted by the publisher Sage.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>Ken Plummer<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>(Born in Palmers Green, London, April 4, 1946; Died November 2022, Essex) was a British sociologist and humanist academic who pioneered the sociological study of human sexuality, including teleiophilic and paedophilic homosexuality. He worked as an academic at the University of Essex from 1975 to 2005, where he took early retirement because of the need for a liver transplant. Plummer challenged misconceptions about <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[MAP]]s </ins>and of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Research:_Youth_sexuality|</ins>young people<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>as inherently asexual beings, and was heavily influenced by symbolic interactionism<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_interactionism</ref> and social constructionism.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> Especially influenced by Kinsey researchers John Gagnon and William Simon,<ref>https://kenplummer.com/2012/08/15/inspirations-gagnon-and-simon/</ref> Plummer declared their now-classic 1973 book ''Sexual Conduct'' to be "[[Media:Plummer_-_1975_-_Review_on_Social_Scripts_pdf.pdf|quite probably the single most important general sociological study of sexuality that has ever been published]]," and came to emphasize sexuality as a product more of social and cultural forces, shifting meanings and publicly permissible stories/narratives, than of biology. Plummer founded and edited the scholarly journal ''Sexualities'', for which Plummer included the study of "Cross-generational Sexualities" as a topic in his 1995 proposal for the journal,<ref>https://kenplummer.com/selected-writings-2/farewell-sexualities-from-ken-plummer/</ref> accepted by the publisher Sage.</div></td></tr>
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