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 8 November 2020
images and offending: what do the data tell us?
leonard johnston3 of 6: Does viewing CP encourage child abuse? What about artificial CP, like images, dolls, stories? |
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30 September 2020
is artificial child pornography a good outlet?
leonard johnston2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm? |
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19 July 2020
how people justify viewing child pornography (and why i don’t)
leonard johnston1 of 6: Even if you disapprove of CP, meeting other pedophiles means encountering CP users, How to deal? |
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 3 September 2018
the first time i didn't view child pornography
bly redeChild sexual abuse material, known legally as child pornography, is a blight on children's lives. But what if you're the kind of person it's aimed at? |
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 15 May 2015
compassion for cp viewers
ethan edwardsI have written a lot about CP, but in this post I'd like to focus on the person (usually a man) who is actually watching the CP. What's going through his head, in general and at the time? This is based to some extent on reports from real pedophiles who have been in this position. |
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 26 September 2014
how does cp viewing affect contact offending?
ethan edwardsThe received wisdom for some time has been that looking at CP makes it more likely that a pedophile will offend against a child. When men who have committed a contact offense are interviewed, they often describe CP viewing as part of the process that led up to the offense. But there is no evidence of... |
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| | | | 2 August 2021
personal reflections on difficult issues
leonard johnston 6 of 6: My personal reflections on what I learned in this series. |
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| |  | | 7 June 2021
counting the distressed cp victims
ethan edwards How do we come up with measured public policy on this? |
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| | | | 29 May 2021
anti-pedophile restrictions — attitudes or technology?
ethan edwards The public has also become less and less tolerant of pedophilia since 2012. Laws reflect this. |
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| | | | 8 November 2020
images and offending: what do the data tell us?
leonard johnston 3 of 6: Does viewing CP encourage child abuse? What about artificial CP, like images, dolls, stories? |
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| | | | 30 September 2020
is artificial child pornography a good outlet?
leonard johnston 2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm? |
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| |  | | 3 September 2020
private sexual thoughts do not violate a child's rights
ethan edwards Just about everyone agrees that the making of CP is a terrible thing and rightly classified as a serious crime. |
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| |  | | 15 August 2020
critique of a podcast: the worst epidemic
ethan edwards It's as if you said, Lawbreakers! Disgusting people! An epidemic of vast proportions! Some of them murder and torture people! That's true. But there are other lawbreakers who park in no parking zones or let the time expire on their meters. |
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| | | | 19 July 2020
how people justify viewing child pornography (and why i don’t)
leonard johnston 1 of 6: Even if you disapprove of CP, meeting other pedophiles means encountering CP users, How to deal? |
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| |  | | 9 May 2020
the iwf: comparing harm from viewing to other harms
ethan edwards 4 of 4. Considering narratives from the IWF about whether types of harm from CSEM can be different. |
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| |  | | 8 May 2020
the iwf: what are the viewers thinking?
ethan edwards 3 of 4. Looking at the IWF's possible attitudes to the intentions of viewers of CSEM. |
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| |  | | 7 May 2020
the iwf: young teens
ethan edwards 2 of 4. Looking at the issue of self-made images of teens in the light of IWF statements. |
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| |  | | 6 May 2020
the iwf: pixels from a crime scene
ethan edwards 1 of 4. A review of the Pixels from a Crime Scene podcast from the Internet Watch Foundation. |
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| | | | 12 December 2019
the parallel between hiv and pedophilia
ethan edwards Is CSAM use a public health issue akin to other illnesses? |
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| | | | 27 November 2019
houston police: be afraid for no good reason
ethan edwards The holidays are coming. People will be taking family pictures, including ones of children. The Houston police would like to [warn parents against posting them online](https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/pedophiles-are-looking-for-photos-of-your-kids-on-social-media/285-c69166b1-7387-48ac-ae6d-cb53d907562a),... |
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| |  | | 8 November 2019
funding to reduce csa is never specifically to catch passive cp viewers
ethan edwards Occasionally a wealthy individual wants to donate some money with the goal of stamping out child sex abuse. It is a noble goal. Part of that problem is the child sex abuse that happens in front of a camera that is subsequently spread around the entire internet. Another problem is the people looking at... |
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| | | | 8 October 2019
regret among cp viewers
ethan edwards The law in many western countries calls for very harsh penalties for possession of CP (even without making it, paying for it, or distributing it). |
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| | | | 1 October 2019
hysteria vs analysis regarding cp images online
ethan edwards On Sunday, September 29, the lead article in the New York Times was titled The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? I have a critique. |
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11 September 2019
the two morally distinct classes of cp viewers
ethan edwards
Most people in society seem to think that all pedophiles are child molesters. This is not true. Many people who feel a sexual attraction to children who never act on it.
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| | | | 22 August 2019
surprise: lots of good pedophiles look at cp
ethan edwards 1 of 3. This series of Surprise posts is of a few key things I've learned since then that I did not know before. |
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| |  | | 27 May 2019
terminology: cp versus csem
ethan edwards I have a whole series of posts on child pornography, often abbreviated as CP. Another more recent phrase for this is "child sex exploitation material", abbreviated as CSEM. |
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| |  | | 26 March 2019
compare: subway molesters and cp viewers
ethan edwards What do we expect a pedophile to do — a man who knows he cannot possibly find a truly consenting partner? |
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| | | | 30 November 2018
lessons from mass shootings for cp viewing
ethan edwards A matter of great concern to many people in the US is the string of mass shootings that goes on year after year. They garner media attention. They shake people's confidence that they live in a good society if such things happen. They motivate calls for more restrictions on firearms. |
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8 October 2018
the tragedy of child sex dolls and artificial cp
brett daywalker
No children have been harmed, and there is no evidence that the people viewing such media have or will harm children, but they have been made criminals anyway.
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| | | | 3 September 2018
the first time i didn't view child pornography
bly rede Child sexual abuse material, known legally as child pornography, is a blight on children's lives. But what if you're the kind of person it's aimed at? |
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| |  | | 25 June 2016
does this link point to cp?
ethan edwards Someone recently sent me an email saying that they had been a victim in CP, that someone was trying to make those pictures available on the clear web (not just the dark web) and they wanted my help in getting rid of them. They then included several links. |
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| |  | | 10 April 2016
cp viewing and raw prejudice
ethan edwards Imagine a man who sees a video of a 4-year-old girl who is crying as she is vaginally penetrated. He went looking for this video in particular, and he finds it terrifically exciting. He is excited by what is happening as he imagines himself the man in the video, along with the idea that the girl is frightened... |
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| | | | 21 March 2016
porn: desire overcomes morality for 40% of men
ethan edwards [This article from 2 years ago](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/most-people-think-watching-porn-is-morally-wrong/284240/) reports that the majority of people just don't think that porn is good. Naturally they are discussing ordinary porn with everyone over 18 years old. A rather... |
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| | | | 2 March 2016
child sex abuse — recorded or not
ethan edwards We care a lot more about what we see than what we don't. |
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| | | | 5 February 2016
saving kids from cp
ethan edwards We want kids protected from child pornography - both as victims and as users |
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| | | | 10 January 2016
discuss: looking at cp is not a victimless crime
ethan edwards I started debating this question privately with someone recently, and thought I'd address it publicly here. |
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| | | | 15 May 2015
compassion for cp viewers
ethan edwards I have written a lot about CP, but in this post I'd like to focus on the person (usually a man) who is actually watching the CP. What's going through his head, in general and at the time? This is based to some extent on reports from real pedophiles who have been in this position. |
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| | | | 26 September 2014
how does cp viewing affect contact offending?
ethan edwards The received wisdom for some time has been that looking at CP makes it more likely that a pedophile will offend against a child. When men who have committed a contact offense are interviewed, they often describe CP viewing as part of the process that led up to the offense. But there is no evidence of... |
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| | | | 31 August 2014
police rushing to disrupt families
ethan edwards From time to time there are coordinated arrests of CP offenders. Here's a recent one from the UK . |
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| | | | 24 August 2014
the elusive harm of viewing cp
ethan edwards I want to address the idea that watching a record of child sex abuse is itself morally wrong because of the effect it has on the child in the images. |
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| | | | 22 August 2014
do you believe in telepathy?
ethan edwards I feel so terrible. I have this video of a guy being followed by a sheep across a field. |
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2 August 2021
personal reflections on difficult issues
leonard johnston6 of 6: My personal reflections on what I learned in this series. |
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7 June 2021
counting the distressed cp victims
ethan edwardsHow do we come up with measured public policy on this? |
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29 May 2021
anti-pedophile restrictions — attitudes or technology?
ethan edwardsThe public has also become less and less tolerant of pedophilia since 2012. Laws reflect this. |
|
8 November 2020
images and offending: what do the data tell us?
leonard johnston3 of 6: Does viewing CP encourage child abuse? What about artificial CP, like images, dolls, stories? |
|
30 September 2020
is artificial child pornography a good outlet?
leonard johnston2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm? |
|
3 September 2020
private sexual thoughts do not violate a child's rights
ethan edwardsJust about everyone agrees that the making of CP is a terrible thing and rightly classified as a serious crime. |
|
15 August 2020
critique of a podcast: the worst epidemic
ethan edwardsIt's as if you said, Lawbreakers! Disgusting people! An epidemic of vast proportions! Some of them murder and torture people! That's true. But there are other lawbreakers who park in no parking zones or let the time expire on their meters. |
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19 July 2020
how people justify viewing child pornography (and why i don’t)
leonard johnston1 of 6: Even if you disapprove of CP, meeting other pedophiles means encountering CP users, How to deal? |
|
9 May 2020
the iwf: comparing harm from viewing to other harms
ethan edwards4 of 4. Considering narratives from the IWF about whether types of harm from CSEM can be different. |
|
8 May 2020
the iwf: what are the viewers thinking?
ethan edwards3 of 4. Looking at the IWF's possible attitudes to the intentions of viewers of CSEM. |
|
7 May 2020
the iwf: young teens
ethan edwards2 of 4. Looking at the issue of self-made images of teens in the light of IWF statements. |
|
6 May 2020
the iwf: pixels from a crime scene
ethan edwards1 of 4. A review of the Pixels from a Crime Scene podcast from the Internet Watch Foundation. |
|
12 December 2019
the parallel between hiv and pedophilia
ethan edwardsIs CSAM use a public health issue akin to other illnesses? |
|
27 November 2019
houston police: be afraid for no good reason
ethan edwardsThe holidays are coming. People will be taking family pictures, including ones of children. The Houston police would like to [warn parents against posting them online](https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/pedophiles-are-looking-for-photos-of-your-kids-on-social-media/285-c69166b1-7387-48ac-ae6d-cb53d907562a),... |
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8 November 2019
funding to reduce csa is never specifically to catch passive cp viewers
ethan edwardsOccasionally a wealthy individual wants to donate some money with the goal of stamping out child sex abuse. It is a noble goal. Part of that problem is the child sex abuse that happens in front of a camera that is subsequently spread around the entire internet. Another problem is the people looking at... |
|
8 October 2019
regret among cp viewers
ethan edwardsThe law in many western countries calls for very harsh penalties for possession of CP (even without making it, paying for it, or distributing it). |
|
1 October 2019
hysteria vs analysis regarding cp images online
ethan edwardsOn Sunday, September 29, the lead article in the New York Times was titled The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? I have a critique. |
|
11 September 2019
the two morally distinct classes of cp viewers
ethan edwardsMost people in society seem to think that all pedophiles are child molesters. This is not true. Many people who feel a sexual attraction to children who never act on it. |
|
22 August 2019
surprise: lots of good pedophiles look at cp
ethan edwards1 of 3. This series of Surprise posts is of a few key things I've learned since then that I did not know before. |
|
27 May 2019
terminology: cp versus csem
ethan edwardsI have a whole series of posts on child pornography, often abbreviated as CP. Another more recent phrase for this is "child sex exploitation material", abbreviated as CSEM. |
|
26 March 2019
compare: subway molesters and cp viewers
ethan edwardsWhat do we expect a pedophile to do — a man who knows he cannot possibly find a truly consenting partner? |
|
30 November 2018
lessons from mass shootings for cp viewing
ethan edwardsA matter of great concern to many people in the US is the string of mass shootings that goes on year after year. They garner media attention. They shake people's confidence that they live in a good society if such things happen. They motivate calls for more restrictions on firearms. |
|
 8 October 2018
the tragedy of child sex dolls and artificial cp
brett daywalkerNo children have been harmed, and there is no evidence that the people viewing such media have or will harm children, but they have been made criminals anyway. |
|
3 September 2018
the first time i didn't view child pornography
bly redeChild sexual abuse material, known legally as child pornography, is a blight on children's lives. But what if you're the kind of person it's aimed at? |
|
25 June 2016
does this link point to cp?
ethan edwardsSomeone recently sent me an email saying that they had been a victim in CP, that someone was trying to make those pictures available on the clear web (not just the dark web) and they wanted my help in getting rid of them. They then included several links. |
|
10 April 2016
cp viewing and raw prejudice
ethan edwardsImagine a man who sees a video of a 4-year-old girl who is crying as she is vaginally penetrated. He went looking for this video in particular, and he finds it terrifically exciting. He is excited by what is happening as he imagines himself the man in the video, along with the idea that the girl is frightened... |
|
21 March 2016
porn: desire overcomes morality for 40% of men
ethan edwards[This article from 2 years ago](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/most-people-think-watching-porn-is-morally-wrong/284240/) reports that the majority of people just don't think that porn is good. Naturally they are discussing ordinary porn with everyone over 18 years old. A rather... |
|
2 March 2016
child sex abuse — recorded or not
ethan edwardsWe care a lot more about what we see than what we don't. |
|
5 February 2016
saving kids from cp
ethan edwardsWe want kids protected from child pornography - both as victims and as users |
|
10 January 2016
discuss: looking at cp is not a victimless crime
ethan edwardsI started debating this question privately with someone recently, and thought I'd address it publicly here. |
|
15 May 2015
compassion for cp viewers
ethan edwardsI have written a lot about CP, but in this post I'd like to focus on the person (usually a man) who is actually watching the CP. What's going through his head, in general and at the time? This is based to some extent on reports from real pedophiles who have been in this position. |
|
26 September 2014
how does cp viewing affect contact offending?
ethan edwardsThe received wisdom for some time has been that looking at CP makes it more likely that a pedophile will offend against a child. When men who have committed a contact offense are interviewed, they often describe CP viewing as part of the process that led up to the offense. But there is no evidence of... |
|
31 August 2014
police rushing to disrupt families
ethan edwardsFrom time to time there are coordinated arrests of CP offenders. Here's a recent one from the UK . |
|
24 August 2014
the elusive harm of viewing cp
ethan edwardsI want to address the idea that watching a record of child sex abuse is itself morally wrong because of the effect it has on the child in the images. |
|
22 August 2014
do you believe in telepathy?
ethan edwardsI feel so terrible. I have this video of a guy being followed by a sheep across a field. |
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