Pro-recovery - Revision history

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	Members of the [[paraphilia]] community have witnessed widespread use of this term since around 2021, but as documented above, it had been used previously. It had seen previous use in eating disorder/anorexia recovery communities since at least the early 00s, and has likely been borrowed.<ref>See article, MAP Wiki, [https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/features/pro-anorexia-web-sites-prey-on-insecurities], [https://t-nation.com/t/pro-ana-article/24584], [https://time.com/archive/6596629/health-starvation-on-the-web/].</ref>		Members of the [[paraphilia]] community have witnessed widespread use of this term since around 2021, but as documented above, it had been used previously. It had seen previous use in eating disorder/anorexia recovery communities since at least the early 00s, and has likely been borrowed.<ref>See article, MAP Wiki, [https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/features/pro-anorexia-web-sites-prey-on-insecurities], [https://t-nation.com/t/pro-ana-article/24584], [https://time.com/archive/6596629/health-starvation-on-the-web/].</ref>

			The origin of the term has been incorrectly ascribed to an [[anti]] group/individual going by the name of Phase, which led to the favourable but ahistorical claim that "pro recovery" initially referred to recovery from ''trauma'' among paraphiles. Phase was active around 2021/22 on X.<ref>[http://www.paraphile.com/index.php/Pro-Recovery "Pro recovery" Paraphilia Wiki article]</ref>

	==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==		==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==

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	==History==		==History==

	Members of the [[paraphilia]] community have witnessed ~~the~~ use of this term since around 2021. It had seen previous use in eating disorder/anorexia recovery communities since at least the early 00s, and has likely been borrowed.<ref>See article, MAP Wiki, [https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/features/pro-anorexia-web-sites-prey-on-insecurities], [https://t-nation.com/t/pro-ana-article/24584], [https://time.com/archive/6596629/health-starvation-on-the-web/].</ref>		Members of the [[paraphilia]] community have witnessed widespread use of this term since around 2021, but as documented above, it had been used previously. It had seen previous use in eating disorder/anorexia recovery communities since at least the early 00s, and has likely been borrowed.<ref>See article, MAP Wiki, [https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/features/pro-anorexia-web-sites-prey-on-insecurities], [https://t-nation.com/t/pro-ana-article/24584], [https://time.com/archive/6596629/health-starvation-on-the-web/].</ref>

	==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==		==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==

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	<blockquote>''"Reblog this If you hate MAPs but you’re '''pro recovery''' for ‘MAP’ minors,” reads one post from an anti-MAP account, “and hope they get the help they need and separate themselves from these pedophiles who have convinced them they have no choice."''<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmwn43/social-media-sites-cant-decide-how-to-handle-non-offending-pedophiles VICE FYI: Social Media Sites Can’t Decide How to Handle ‘Non-Offending’ Pedophiles]</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>''"Reblog this If you hate MAPs but you’re '''pro recovery''' for ‘MAP’ minors,” reads one post from an anti-MAP account, “and hope they get the help they need and separate themselves from these pedophiles who have convinced them they have no choice."''<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmwn43/social-media-sites-cant-decide-how-to-handle-non-offending-pedophiles VICE FYI: Social Media Sites Can’t Decide How to Handle ‘Non-Offending’ Pedophiles]</ref></blockquote>

			==History==

			Members of the [[paraphilia]] community have witnessed the use of this term since around 2021. It had seen previous use in eating disorder/anorexia recovery communities since at least the early 00s, and has likely been borrowed.<ref>See article, MAP Wiki, [https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/features/pro-anorexia-web-sites-prey-on-insecurities], [https://t-nation.com/t/pro-ana-article/24584], [https://time.com/archive/6596629/health-starvation-on-the-web/].</ref>

	==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==		==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==
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	==External links==		==External links==

			*[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/Pro_recovery MAP Wiki article] - Historical context inside [[paraphilia]] community.
	*[https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Pedophilia-Depth-Guide-Healing/ Recovering from Pedophilia] - Self-help book.		*[https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Pedophilia-Depth-Guide-Healing/ Recovering from Pedophilia] - Self-help book.

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	'''Pro-recovery''' describes a position adjacent to, and occasionally within [[Minor Attracted Person\|MAP]], [[Zoophilia\|Ζoo]] and [[paraphilia]] communities that is purportedly tolerant of sexually non-normative individuals on the condition they work with others in an attempt to "correct" or "get over" their [[Pedophilia\|"disorders"]]. "Help" is generally seen as exercising a "choice", as in the ex-gay movement, and may also be interpreted as seeking a clinical referral. Seeking help may also involve associating online with unqualified, pro-recovery individuals, some of whom are known to be [[Anti\|antis]], and [[Proship\|fanpol]] who are themselves potentially unstable and engaged in [[doxxing]] MAPs. Pro-recovery ideology is therefore a controversial concept, not only because of comparisons with [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|conversion therapy]], but because pro-recovery spaces are widely considered to pose an actual threat to the security of MAPs, even within [[anti-contact]] communities.		'''Pro-recovery''' describes a position adjacent to, and occasionally within [[Minor Attracted Person\|MAP]], [[Zoophilia\|Ζoo]] and [[paraphilia]] communities that is purportedly tolerant of sexually non-normative individuals on the condition they work with others in an attempt to "correct" or "get over" their [[Pedophilia\|"disorders"]]. "Help" is generally seen as exercising a "choice", as in the ex-gay movement, and may also be interpreted as seeking a clinical referral. Seeking help may also involve associating online with unqualified, pro-recovery individuals, some of whom are known to be [[Anti\|antis]], and [[Proship\|fanpol]] who are themselves potentially unstable and engaged in [[doxxing]] MAPs. Pro-recovery ideology is therefore a controversial concept, not only because of comparisons with [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|conversion therapy]], but because pro-recovery spaces are widely considered to pose an actual threat to the security of MAPs, even within [[anti-contact]] communities.

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	'''Pro-recovery''' describes a position adjacent to, and occasionally within [[Minor Attracted Person\|MAP]], [[Zoophilia\|Ζoo]] and [[paraphilia]] communities that is purportedly tolerant of sexually non-normative individuals on the condition ~~that~~ they work with others in an attempt to "correct" or "get over" their [[Pedophilia\|"disorders"]]. "Help" is generally seen as exercising a "choice", as in the ex-gay movement, and may also be interpreted as seeking a clinical referral. Seeking help may also involve associating online with unqualified, pro-recovery individuals, some of whom are known to be [[Anti\|antis]], and [[Proship\|fanpol]] who are themselves potentially unstable and engaged in [[doxxing]] MAPs. Pro-recovery ideology is therefore a controversial concept, not only because of comparisons with [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|conversion therapy]], but because pro-recovery spaces are widely considered to pose an actual threat to the security of MAPs, even within [[anti-contact]] communities.		'''Pro-recovery''' describes a position adjacent to, and occasionally within [[Minor Attracted Person\|MAP]], [[Zoophilia\|Ζoo]] and [[paraphilia]] communities that is purportedly tolerant of sexually non-normative individuals on the condition they work with others in an attempt to "correct" or "get over" their [[Pedophilia\|"disorders"]]. "Help" is generally seen as exercising a "choice", as in the ex-gay movement, and may also be interpreted as seeking a clinical referral. Seeking help may also involve associating online with unqualified, pro-recovery individuals, some of whom are known to be [[Anti\|antis]], and [[Proship\|fanpol]] who are themselves potentially unstable and engaged in [[doxxing]] MAPs. Pro-recovery ideology is therefore a controversial concept, not only because of comparisons with [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|conversion therapy]], but because pro-recovery spaces are widely considered to pose an actual threat to the security of MAPs, even within [[anti-contact]] communities.

	Pro-recovery antis might come from a variety of political backgrounds, but unlike outright antis, tend towards the left-liberal end of the spectrum - associating on websites such as Tumblr and [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] - showing support for [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors\|trans]], [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/A-spec A-spec], [[Proship\|Pro-fiction]] (occasionally), etc. A 2018 piece in ''Vice'' quoted an individual whose views are pro-recovery:		Pro-recovery antis might come from a variety of political backgrounds, but unlike outright antis, tend towards the left-liberal end of the spectrum - associating on websites such as Tumblr and [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] - showing support for [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors\|trans]], [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/A-spec A-spec], [[Proship\|Pro-fiction]] (occasionally), etc. A 2018 piece in ''Vice'' quoted an individual whose views are pro-recovery:

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			==External links==

			*[https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Pedophilia-Depth-Guide-Healing/ Recovering from Pedophilia] - Self-help book.

	==References==		==References==

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	File:Pro2rec.png\|"Pro-recovery" type definition of [[NOMAP]]<ref>[https://social-justice-bard.tumblr.com/post/177392400235/this-is-a-guide-to-identify-code-words-and-symbols HOW TO IDENTIFY A CHILD PREDATOR ONLINE (pro-recovery, social justice informed guide on Tumblr)]</ref>		File:Pro2rec.png\|"Pro-recovery" type definition of [[NOMAP]]<ref>[https://social-justice-bard.tumblr.com/post/177392400235/this-is-a-guide-to-identify-code-words-and-symbols HOW TO IDENTIFY A CHILD PREDATOR ONLINE (pro-recovery, social justice informed guide on Tumblr)]</ref>
	File:Therapy.png\|Go to therapy...		File:Therapy.png\|Go to therapy...
	File:~~Recovery~~.png\|When conversion therapy isn't conversion therapy		File:Conversiontherapy.png\|When conversion therapy isn't conversion therapy
	File:FHoD725WYAE3DSC.jpg\|Pedophilia is a mental illness... so		File:FHoD725WYAE3DSC.jpg\|Pedophilia is a mental illness... so
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	==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==		==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==

	Some [[Wikipedia:Troll (slang)\|~~highly~~-online individuals]] have correctly identified that [[Wikipedia:Sociogenesis\|sociogenic]] distress, linked to nonstandard sexual traits (i.e. [[pedophilia]]) is considered necessary to establishing a [[paraphilia\|paraphilic]] disorder. They have subsequently attempted to [[Wikipedia:Trolling\|troll]] pro-recovery discourse by claiming that social [[destigmatization]] of those interests is their primary method of achieving full "recovery" from the "disorder".		Some [[Wikipedia:Troll (slang)\|terminally-online individuals]] have correctly identified that [[Wikipedia:Sociogenesis\|sociogenic]] distress, linked to nonstandard sexual traits (i.e. [[pedophilia]]) is considered necessary to establishing a [[paraphilia\|paraphilic]] disorder. They have subsequently attempted to [[Wikipedia:Trolling\|troll]] pro-recovery discourse by claiming that social [[destigmatization]] of those interests is their primary method of achieving full "recovery" from the "disorder".

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==		==Recovery from ''psychological distress''?==

	Some highly-online individuals have correctly identified that [[Wikipedia:~~Troll (slang)~~\|sociogenic]] distress, linked to nonstandard sexual traits (i.e. [[pedophilia]]) is considered necessary to establishing a [[paraphilia\|paraphilic]] disorder. They have subsequently attempted to [[Wikipedia:Trolling\|troll]] pro-recovery discourse by claiming that social [[destigmatization]] of those interests is their primary method of achieving full "recovery" from the "disorder".		Some [[Wikipedia:Troll (slang)\|highly-online individuals]] have correctly identified that [[Wikipedia:Sociogenesis\|sociogenic]] distress, linked to nonstandard sexual traits (i.e. [[pedophilia]]) is considered necessary to establishing a [[paraphilia\|paraphilic]] disorder. They have subsequently attempted to [[Wikipedia:Trolling\|troll]] pro-recovery discourse by claiming that social [[destigmatization]] of those interests is their primary method of achieving full "recovery" from the "disorder".

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	'''Pro-recovery''' describes a position adjacent to, and occasionally within [[Minor Attracted Person\|MAP]], [[Zoophilia\|~~zoo~~]] and [[paraphilia]] communities that is purportedly tolerant of sexually non-normative individuals on the condition that they work with others in an attempt to "correct" or "get over" their [[Pedophilia\|"disorders"]]. "Help" is generally seen as exercising a "choice", as in the ex-gay movement, and may also be interpreted as seeking a clinical referral. Seeking help may also involve associating online with unqualified, pro-recovery individuals, some of whom are known to be [[Anti\|antis]], and [[Proship\|fanpol]] who are themselves potentially unstable and engaged in [[doxxing]] MAPs. Pro-recovery ideology is therefore a controversial concept, not only because of comparisons with [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|conversion therapy]], but because pro-recovery spaces are widely considered to pose an actual threat to the security of MAPs, even within [[anti-contact]] communities.		'''Pro-recovery''' describes a position adjacent to, and occasionally within [[Minor Attracted Person\|MAP]], [[Zoophilia\|Ζoo]] and [[paraphilia]] communities that is purportedly tolerant of sexually non-normative individuals on the condition that they work with others in an attempt to "correct" or "get over" their [[Pedophilia\|"disorders"]]. "Help" is generally seen as exercising a "choice", as in the ex-gay movement, and may also be interpreted as seeking a clinical referral. Seeking help may also involve associating online with unqualified, pro-recovery individuals, some of whom are known to be [[Anti\|antis]], and [[Proship\|fanpol]] who are themselves potentially unstable and engaged in [[doxxing]] MAPs. Pro-recovery ideology is therefore a controversial concept, not only because of comparisons with [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|conversion therapy]], but because pro-recovery spaces are widely considered to pose an actual threat to the security of MAPs, even within [[anti-contact]] communities.

	Pro-recovery antis might come from a variety of political backgrounds, but unlike outright antis, tend towards the left-liberal end of the spectrum - associating on websites such as Tumblr and [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] - showing support for [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors\|trans]], [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/A-spec A-spec], [[Proship\|Pro-fiction]] (occasionally), etc. A 2018 piece in ''Vice'' quoted an individual whose views are pro-recovery:		Pro-recovery antis might come from a variety of political backgrounds, but unlike outright antis, tend towards the left-liberal end of the spectrum - associating on websites such as Tumblr and [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] - showing support for [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors\|trans]], [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/A-spec A-spec], [[Proship\|Pro-fiction]] (occasionally), etc. A 2018 piece in ''Vice'' quoted an individual whose views are pro-recovery:

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	File:Pro2rec.png\|"Pro-recovery" type definition of [[NOMAP]]<ref>[https://social-justice-bard.tumblr.com/post/177392400235/this-is-a-guide-to-identify-code-words-and-symbols HOW TO IDENTIFY A CHILD PREDATOR ONLINE (pro-recovery, social justice informed guide on Tumblr)]</ref>		File:Pro2rec.png\|"Pro-recovery" type definition of [[NOMAP]]<ref>[https://social-justice-bard.tumblr.com/post/177392400235/this-is-a-guide-to-identify-code-words-and-symbols HOW TO IDENTIFY A CHILD PREDATOR ONLINE (pro-recovery, social justice informed guide on Tumblr)]</ref>
	File:Therapy.png\|Go to therapy...		File:Therapy.png\|Go to therapy...
	File:~~Recovery~~.png\|When conversion therapy isn't conversion therapy		File:Conversiontherapy.png\|When conversion therapy isn't conversion therapy
	File:FHoD725WYAE3DSC.jpg\|Pedophilia is a mental illness... so		File:FHoD725WYAE3DSC.jpg\|Pedophilia is a mental illness... so
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