The Betrayal of Youth (Book)
The Betrayal of Youth: Radical Perspectives on Childhood Sexuality, Intergenerational Sex, and the Social Oppression of Children and Young People (London: CL Publications, 1986), is a book edited by Warren Middleton, the Vice-Chair of PIE, the Paedophile Information Exchange. As gay / LGBTQ+ activist Peter Tatchell stated in his positive review of the book, 'The Betrayal of Youth presents a diverse collection of essays by 16 different authors who offer a 'radical perspective' on the history, sociology, politics and ethics of ‘childhood sexuality, inter-generational sex, and the social oppression of children and young people'.[1] The book and Tatchell's contribution have been the subject of controversy and debate, also being discussed in a blog entry on Tom O'Carroll's blog, titled Gilt is stripped from Saint Peter's halo (2021).[2]
The book features contributions from Leftist thinkers like Roger Moody and John Lindsay, and the feminist author Beatrice Faust. The whole text can be downloaded for free on Library Genesis.[3]
Table of Contents
PART ONE: FIVE CONTROVERSIAL AREAS
CHAPTER 1 – 'Incest', by Clive Coliman
CHAPTER 2 – 'Child Pornography and Erotica', by Richard Green
CHAPTER 3 – 'Child Prostitution', by Warren Middleton
CHAPTER 4 – 'Gender Differences', by Liz Holton and Kathy Challis
CHAPTER 5 – 'Power and Consent', by Eric Presland
PART TWO: MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 6 – 'Love and Let Love', by Tuppy Owens and Tom O'Carroll
CHAPTER 7 – 'Children and Sex; A Child Counsellor's View', by Michael Ingram
CHAPTER 8 – 'The Pedophiles', by Beatrice Faust
CHAPTER 9 – 'Questioning Ages of Majority and Ages of Consent', by Peter Tatchell
CHAPTER 10 – 'Ends and Means; How to Make Paedophilia Acceptable...?', by Roger Moody
CHAPTER 11 – 'Socialism, Class, and Children's Rights', by John Lindsay
PART THREE: PROTECTION QR OPPRESSION?
CHAPTER 12 – 'Childhood Sexuality and Pedophilia; Some Questions Answered', by Warren Middleton.
PART FOUR: HOW YOUTH SEE THE ISSUES
CHAPTER 13 – 'The Oppression of the Young: An Inside Perspective', by Jeff Vernon
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 - 'PIE, from 1980 Until its Demise in 1985', by Steven Adrian Smith
APPENDIX 2 - 'The Uranians', by Timothy d'Arch Smith.
References
- ↑ The book was reviewed positively by Peter Tatchell in the 13 June 1987 edition of 7 Days, the newsletter of the British Communist Party at that time, under the heading "Radical thoughts on consent".
- ↑ O'Carroll (2021): Gilt is stripped from Saint Peter's halo
- ↑ The Betrayal of Youth: Radical Perspectives on Childhood Sexuality, Intergenerational Sex, and the Social Oppression of Children and Young People, ed. by Warren Middleton (London: CL Publications, 1986). Libgen link.