I have been writing and talking about the experience of being a pedophile since 2017. Once on twitter until my account was banned in 2020, I co-led Virtuous Pedophiles from 2021 to 2025. I now continue to look for ways to improve the lives of pedophiles, but never at the expense of harming children. I have never viewed child sexual abuse material, and never sought or engaged in sexual activity with any child. The rest of my life is countryside walking, friends, Radio 3 and feeling doleful about ageing.

I have been writing and talking about the experience of being a pedophile since 2017. Once on twitter until my account was banned in 2020, I co-led Virtuous Pedophiles from 2021 to 2025. I now continue to look for ways to improve the lives of pedophiles, but never at the expense of harming children. I have never viewed child sexual abuse material, and never sought or engaged in sexual activity with any child. The rest of my life is countryside walking, friends, Radio 3 and feeling doleful about ageing.

29 March 2019

thread: a new pedophile was just born
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A future pedophile is born every 45 seconds. What do we do when they come of age?

A future pedophile is born every 45 seconds. What do we do when they come of age?

1 April 2025

is pedophilia an orientation or a disorder?
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The key question that public and experts are debating to understand the nature of attraction to children.

4 March 2025

two pedophiles; one moral binary; no dogs
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I'd give a lot for a crime-free thriller instead, but No Dogs Allowed tells a lot of truth about a young pedophile's life

11 February 2025

a minor pedophile reached out... into the wild west
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So I sought out people like me. I would go on those sketchy teen/tween chat rooms, explaining that I was a minor looking for someone to talk to.

31 December 2024

what we tried to say on bluesky and twitter
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VirPed's accounts have been banned (twice) from Twitter and once from BlueSky. We had one main thing to say...

15 July 2020

thread: risk or risk factor?
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Does the distinction matter? Yes, so much that it could be the difference between child abuse and no crime.

2 July 2020

thread: window shoppers and thieves
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People say that all we want to do is rape children. But this doesn't describe us well.

26 April 2020

thread: could pedophiles appear on stage?
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Representation for us is very difficult in film or using our own identities. Could theatre have a solution?

21 April 2020

thread: things you're overlooking
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Get help! It isn't normal! Stay away from kids! Thanks for the suggestions, but...

12 April 2020

thread: the narrative of situational offenders
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Are sexual offenders against children really divided neatly into 'pedophilic' and 'situational'?

11 April 2020

thread: welcome, pandemic maps!
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Advice based on three years of social media maptivism.

4 January 2020

thread: are prevention programmes effective?
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Many professional efforts to support us are based on the idea of preventing crimes. Do they actually work?

15 November 2019

thread: autopedophilia and pedophilia
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Is there a difference between being attracted to a child and wanting to be a child? Yes. But there is also overlap.

28 October 2019

thread: normalizing pedophilia?
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The term "normalization" has come to mean "shut up" when used against us on social media.

9 October 2019

thread: why don't anti-cs talk about the age of consent?
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It's taboo to start a discussion about this among anti-contacts. Here's why.

20 September 2019

thread: what rights do pedophiles lack?
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Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?

23 June 2019

thread: mutual coming out is hard
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It's hard to come out to regular people, but it can even be hard to come out to another pedophile.

13 May 2019

thread: normalization? hardly
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People both overestimate our influence and underestimate our humanity.

4 May 2019

thread: pedo-hunters
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Vigilantes are much feared and hated by non-offending pedophiles as well as by offenders. Why?

19 April 2019

thread: i'm gay but not in lgbtq+
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No, we don't want to join LGBT+, but some of us are lesbian, gay, trans and/or one of the other letters.

29 March 2019

thread: a new pedophile was just born
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A future pedophile is born every 45 seconds. What do we do when they come of age?

25 March 2019

thread: what doesn't harm kids?
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It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

23 March 2019

thread: where do anti-contacts come from?
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Thanks to the label anti-contact there is a new way for pedophiles to identify.

6 February 2019

thread: better sex education
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A short Twitter thread on how sex education could be in the future

11 December 2018

thread: what help?
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In response to the many accounts that simply tweeted, Get Help!

9 December 2018

thread: common misconceptions
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Many people believe many things about us, but most are wrong.

20 November 2018

thread: identification with children
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How many pedophiles find it hard to see themselves as adults? Is this important?

27 October 2018

thread: how does a pedophile not become an abuser?
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Pedophiles have different starting points and end with differing beliefs and behaviours. What do we know about why?

26 June 2018

thread: why are we anonymous?
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Surely if we want to campaign, we should come out and deanonymise? It's not so easy.

12 June 2018

thread: ageplay and pedophilia
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Ageplay takes many forms and is distinct from pedophilia... But....

The key question that public and experts are debating to understand the nature of attraction to children.

I'd give a lot for a crime-free thriller instead, but No Dogs Allowed tells a lot of truth about a young pedophile's life

So I sought out people like me. I would go on those sketchy teen/tween chat rooms, explaining that I was a minor looking for someone to talk to.

VirPed's accounts have been banned (twice) from Twitter and once from BlueSky. We had one main thing to say...

Does the distinction matter? Yes, so much that it could be the difference between child abuse and no crime.

People say that all we want to do is rape children. But this doesn't describe us well.

Representation for us is very difficult in film or using our own identities. Could theatre have a solution?

Get help! It isn't normal! Stay away from kids! Thanks for the suggestions, but...

Are sexual offenders against children really divided neatly into 'pedophilic' and 'situational'?

Advice based on three years of social media maptivism.

Many professional efforts to support us are based on the idea of preventing crimes. Do they actually work?

Is there a difference between being attracted to a child and wanting to be a child? Yes. But there is also overlap.

The term "normalization" has come to mean "shut up" when used against us on social media.

It's taboo to start a discussion about this among anti-contacts. Here's why.

Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?

It's hard to come out to regular people, but it can even be hard to come out to another pedophile.

People both overestimate our influence and underestimate our humanity.

Vigilantes are much feared and hated by non-offending pedophiles as well as by offenders. Why?

No, we don't want to join LGBT+, but some of us are lesbian, gay, trans and/or one of the other letters.

A future pedophile is born every 45 seconds. What do we do when they come of age?

It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

Thanks to the label anti-contact there is a new way for pedophiles to identify.

A short Twitter thread on how sex education could be in the future

In response to the many accounts that simply tweeted, Get Help!

Many people believe many things about us, but most are wrong.

How many pedophiles find it hard to see themselves as adults? Is this important?

Pedophiles have different starting points and end with differing beliefs and behaviours. What do we know about why?

Surely if we want to campaign, we should come out and deanonymise? It's not so easy.

Ageplay takes many forms and is distinct from pedophilia... But....

the p word is a collection of 293 articles, blogs, podcasts and threads in the voices of pedophiles and others who oppose adult child sexual contact and sexual exploitation of children. Despite our mainstream views, this content is frequently removed from mainstream social media or blog sites because openly discussing pedophile attractions or avowing them are not tolerated. Our side of the conversation continues here.

editor at the p word net

All images are AI and do not depict real people.

the p word is a collection of 293 articles, blogs, podcasts and threads in the voices of pedophiles and others who oppose adult child sexual contact and sexual exploitation of children. Despite our mainstream views, this content is frequently removed from mainstream social media or blog sites because openly discussing pedophile attractions or avowing them are not tolerated. Our side of the conversation continues here.

editor at the p word net

All images are AI and do not depict real people.