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...
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Our outgoing ED in conversation with John Chen
Jeremy Malcolm is Prostasia Foundation's outgoing founding Executive Director. John Chen spoke with Jeremy for his podcast series OUTED, and has kindly...
Online ageplay safety tips
Ageplay is a form of role-play in which at least one of the participants adopts the role or mindset of someone younger—a teenager, child, or even a baby. Although...
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...
From the Newsletter: Prostasia warns against reliance on Cybertip.ca abuse reports
Editor’s Note: Prostasia is reprinting useful material from our newsletter for blog readers. This essay first ran in the November 2021 newsletter. To keep up to date...
The criminal justice system discourages reporting and fails survivors
The goal of reporting a sexual offense is generally to get help and justice for the victim, and to prevent offenders from harming others. However, the current criminal...
Support for prevention allies under attack
Since Prostasia Foundation published our interview with Dr Allyn Walker earlier this month, a disturbing wave of attacks began to mount against the prevention researcher....
“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,...
From the Newsletter: Blowing the Whistle on ECPAT
Editor’s Note: Prostasia is reprinting useful material from our newsletter for blog readers. This essay first ran in the November 2020 newsletter. To keep up to date...
“This is not something that is commonly talked about in the profession,” a conversation with therapist Andrew Pari
Andrew Pari is America's leading authority on the arousal response in sexualized violence and related taboo topics in the sexual assault field. He is the founder and...