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...
Tag: stigma
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...