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'''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https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html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=== | ||
Revision as of 01:35, 5 September 2025
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 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".[1] 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.[2][3][4] 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),[5][5] Singal comments that much of their coverage of the subject is informed by James Cantor's research.[5]
Podcast: Further detail
In the episode, it is argued that pedophilia is essentially a sexual orientation,[5] and that stigmatizing pedophilia has potentially caused more harm than good.[5] Herzog, arguing against an article by Anna Slatz about Prostasia Foundation,[5] says fictional child erotica should be legal for free speech reasons,[5] 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.[5] Singal and Herzog discussed Prostasia's advocacy for the legality of child-like sex dolls,[5] and a chatroom[5] with hundreds of members[5] it sponsors, that platforms Minor MAPs.[5]
Herzog pointed out that thirteen-year-olds were in the chatroom because "pedophilia typically emerges around the age of twelve or thirteen",[5] 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."[5] 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.[5]
The pair also discussed use of the term "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.[5] Herzog and Singal cite their own past work about pedophiles in The Stranger and New York magazine respectively as further reading on the topic,[5] such as Singal's 2016 article "How Should Society Handle Pedophiles Who Haven't Hurt Anyone?" (which also heavily cites Cantor).[6] After Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 arrest, Singal and Herzog argued it was not technically correct to call Epstein a pedophile;[7][8][9] Singal also pointed out how this distinction was accepted in the scientific mainstream.[10]
Quotes
The area of sex research where both left and right are both most committed to motivated-reasoning-fueled wrongness is pedophilia.
Jesse Singal (Twitter, July 16, 2017)
See also
External links
References
- ↑ https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/britain-has-a-hotline-for-pedophiles.html
- ↑ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/21/516473521/after-comments-on-pedophilia-breitbart-editor-milo-yiannopoulos-resigns
- ↑ https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html
- ↑ https://inews.co.uk/news/experts-reveal-lies-sexual-predators-how-spot-2545257
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog (September 3, 2021). "Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia". Blocked and Reported (Substack). (Archived audio).
- ↑ Jesse Singal (April 13, 2016). "How Should Society Handle Pedophiles Who Haven’t Hurt Anyone?". The Cut (New York magazine).
- ↑ Jesse Singal (July 19, 2019). "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).
- ↑ Jesse Singal (July 19, 2019). "On Jeffrey Epstein And Pedophilia And Journalism And Online Outrage". Singal-Minded (Substack).
- ↑ Katie Herzog (July 15, 2019). "Jeffrey Epstein Is a Horrifying Person, But That Doesn't Mean He's a Pedophile". The Stranger.
- ↑ Jesse Singal (July 19, 2019). "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.