I was 14 years old when I realized that the attractions I was feeling towards younger kids weren’t normal. Scared and confused, I turned to the internet, where I...
Tag: stigma
3 simple steps that can reduce CSA
We tend to look at child sexual abuse (CSA) in terms of something that will happen or has already happened. We should be thinking in terms of prevention. Our first...
Stigma makes it more difficult to fight CSA
When Prostasia Foundation first published my interview with researcher Allyn Walker about their book A Long, Dark Shadow: Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of...
“That stigma itself can lead to harm,” an interview with researcher and author Allyn Walker
Allyn Walker is an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in the Department of Sociology and criminal justice. Their research focuses on institutional harms,...
Reducing self-stigmatization in MAPs can reduce risks of offending
Minor Attracted Persons, or MAPs, are the target of social and legal censure; they are hated and despised. Often, they hate and despise themselves. Some hope that the...
CSA prevention and moral panic
A decades-long moral panic around child sexual abuse has wreaked untold damage on children, families, and marginalized communities. With the ascendence of QAnon it has reached fever pitch—and...
Serving survivors with trauma conditions
As an infantile incest sexual abuse survivor with a cacophony of lasting trauma-conditions to navigate in the long-term, I got to a point of understanding that left me...
Safewords and red lines III: Expressing concern without kink-shaming
Consent is an integral part of sexual practices such as in ageplay and BDSM. So at what point does kink shaming end, and legitimate concern begin? This virtual "fireside conversation" will cover...
The Weapon of Shame
When you associate shame and guilt with sex, you are facilitating sexual abuse.
I
came of age when sexual activity...
Who should be excluded from child protection?
Traditionally, child protection law and policy has been the domain of sexually conservative organizations with close ties to organized religion. In researching a recent...