public perception

latest: jan 2019 to aug 2025


			19 August 2025 pretty good pedophiles ethan edwards Pedophilia doesn't define you. If you don't molest children, under the Pretty Good Pedophiles Shield, you should live life without shame or fear.

			1 July 2025 you may have heard i'm a pedophile. this is not an apology. brandon goletzski An open letter to my family, friends and community in the event that I am doxxed, outed, or choose to out myself. At present none of those things have happened, but if that happens, I will attach my real name to this piece.

			13 May 2025 do maps disown the p word? lecter Some people say the term MAP is synonymous with pedophile. Others act like choosing the map label means rejecting the pedophile label. Neither is actually true to our experience.

			6 May 2025 never say die: the hard rules of suicide and map talk bly We deal with the topic of suicide similarly to the topic of pedophilia: denial, pre-formed narratives and a fear of listening to details of the truth.

			22 April 2025 lawful good: writing a nomap character tom jones As I wrote the scenes where his attractions are revealed, it was my own coming out story all over again.

			8 April 2025 mouse trapped: i was channel 4's masked pedophile anonymous In 2023, I appeared anonymously with a Channel 4 panel talking about my sexual attraction to children. It's clear we don't yet know how to have this conversation.

			1 April 2025 is pedophilia an orientation or a disorder? bly The key question that public and experts are debating to understand the nature of attraction to children.

			4 February 2025 no dogs allowed discussed by three pedophiles markus No Dogs Allowed dares to tell a realistic story about us and breaks with a false image that has been painted too often.

			21 January 2025 review: manticore the gardener Disgraced director's film brings an elevated aesthetic to a contemporary tragedy of dark desires, but does it get the situation right?

			1 January 2025 pedophiles who don't excuse child sexual abuse the p word What is this website? A place where you can hear a voice that is rarely allowed to speak. But people who love free speech do not love ours.

			14 November 2024 a note on the costs of self-hatred leonard johnston Empathy is important, especially for those who are most hated - even by me.

			11 October 2023 please think of the children anonymous An Objective Look at Pedophilia and The Stigma Surrounding It

			19 April 2023 in which leonard processes his feelings leonard johnston 2 of 4: I was skeptical about the claims of those saying they'd been "silenced". And then it happened to me.

			11 April 2023 how can you want to keep an attraction you can never act on? ethan edwards Given that we are for moral reasons totally unable to express our sexuality with children, our right to private sexual fantasy would seem imore important.

			2 January 2023 what does chatgpt think the world thinks of us? leonard johnston ChatGPT answers questions about pedophilia differently depending on what and how you ask it.

			30 October 2022 what made quora change its mind? leonard johnston 1 of 4: With over 1m views on 141 answers over six years, my Quora account was banned. Why?

			30 June 2022 taxonomy of pedophiles and public ethan edwards After 10 years of Virtuous Pedophiles, what has it revealed about different attitudes toward pedophilia?

			2 April 2022 one group of sympathetic pedophiles might be enough? ethan edwards Improving our situation requires changing minds of a range of non-pedophiles.

			18 January 2022 the chasm between celibate pedophiles and acceptance ethan edwards This may be a bleak picture, but we need to understand the reality gap we face.

			9 September 2021 reviews: safe from harm and let's talk: child sexual abuse bly A BBC radio drama and an online documentary from Channel 4 both open up the topic of non-offending pedophilia

			7 May 2021 accepting law-abiding pedophiles: five stages of grief ethan edwards The process that a typical non-pedophile goes through when coming to accept realistic and tolerant ideas about pedophiles.

			24 March 2021 taking stock of progress by anti-legalization pedophiles ethan edwards In June of 2012, nearly 9 years ago, Nick Devin and I launched the website Virtuous Pedophiles. We got some interest from media and progressive scientists who study pedophilia. The interest has lessened along with the novelty, but it has not disappeared. They perceived us as something new. We were pedophiles...

			13 December 2020 twitter's take on pedophiles is complicated (and i think wrong) leonard johnston Twitter recently prohibited referring to pedophilia as an orientation or identity. Could this actually harm kids?

			11 August 2020 celebrating 400,000 quora posts leonard johnston My Quora posts have now reached over 400,000 views!

			26 April 2020 thread: could pedophiles appear on stage? bly 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 bly Get help! It isn't normal! Stay away from kids! Thanks for the suggestions, but...

			12 December 2019 the parallel between hiv and pedophilia ethan edwards Is CSAM use a public health issue akin to other illnesses?

			28 October 2019 thread: normalizing pedophilia? bly The term "normalization" has come to mean "shut up" when used against us on social media.

			13 May 2019 thread: normalization? hardly bly People both overestimate our influence and underestimate our humanity.

			24 January 2019 the perfect pedophile ethan edwards What would a perfect pedophile look like when all humans are imperfect in many ways?

19 August 2025

pretty good pedophiles
ethan edwards

Pedophilia doesn't define you. If you don't molest children, under the Pretty Good Pedophiles Shield, you should live life without shame or fear.

1 July 2025

you may have heard i'm a pedophile. this is not an apology.
brandon goletzski

An open letter to my family, friends and community in the event that I am doxxed, outed, or choose to out myself. At present none of those things have happened, but if that happens, I will attach my real name to this piece.

13 May 2025

do maps disown the p word?
lecter

Some people say the term MAP is synonymous with pedophile. Others act like choosing the map label means rejecting the pedophile label. Neither is actually true to our experience.

6 May 2025

never say die: the hard rules of suicide and map talk
bly

We deal with the topic of suicide similarly to the topic of pedophilia: denial, pre-formed narratives and a fear of listening to details of the truth.

22 April 2025

lawful good: writing a nomap character
tom jones

As I wrote the scenes where his attractions are revealed, it was my own coming out story all over again.

8 April 2025

mouse trapped: i was channel 4's masked pedophile
anonymous

In 2023, I appeared anonymously with a Channel 4 panel talking about my sexual attraction to children. It's clear we don't yet know how to have this conversation.

1 April 2025

is pedophilia an orientation or a disorder?
bly

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

4 February 2025

no dogs allowed discussed by three pedophiles
markus

No Dogs Allowed dares to tell a realistic story about us and breaks with a false image that has been painted too often.

21 January 2025

review: manticore
the gardener

Disgraced director's film brings an elevated aesthetic to a contemporary tragedy of dark desires, but does it get the situation right?

1 January 2025

pedophiles who don't excuse child sexual abuse
the p word

What is this website? A place where you can hear a voice that is rarely allowed to speak. But people who love free speech do not love ours.

14 November 2024

a note on the costs of self-hatred
leonard johnston

Empathy is important, especially for those who are most hated - even by me.

11 October 2023

please think of the children
anonymous

An Objective Look at Pedophilia and The Stigma Surrounding It

19 April 2023

in which leonard processes his feelings
leonard johnston

2 of 4: I was skeptical about the claims of those saying they'd been "silenced". And then it happened to me.

11 April 2023

how can you want to keep an attraction you can never act on?
ethan edwards

Given that we are for moral reasons totally unable to express our sexuality with children, our right to private sexual fantasy would seem imore important.

2 January 2023

what does chatgpt think the world thinks of us?
leonard johnston

ChatGPT answers questions about pedophilia differently depending on what and how you ask it.

30 October 2022

what made quora change its mind?
leonard johnston

1 of 4: With over 1m views on 141 answers over six years, my Quora account was banned. Why?

30 June 2022

taxonomy of pedophiles and public
ethan edwards

After 10 years of Virtuous Pedophiles, what has it revealed about different attitudes toward pedophilia?

2 April 2022

one group of sympathetic pedophiles might be enough?
ethan edwards

Improving our situation requires changing minds of a range of non-pedophiles.

18 January 2022

the chasm between celibate pedophiles and acceptance
ethan edwards

This may be a bleak picture, but we need to understand the reality gap we face.

9 September 2021

reviews: safe from harm and let's talk: child sexual abuse
bly

A BBC radio drama and an online documentary from Channel 4 both open up the topic of non-offending pedophilia

7 May 2021

accepting law-abiding pedophiles: five stages of grief
ethan edwards

The process that a typical non-pedophile goes through when coming to accept realistic and tolerant ideas about pedophiles.

24 March 2021

taking stock of progress by anti-legalization pedophiles
ethan edwards

In June of 2012, nearly 9 years ago, Nick Devin and I launched the website Virtuous Pedophiles. We got some interest from media and progressive scientists who study pedophilia. The interest has lessened along with the novelty, but it has not disappeared. They perceived us as something new. We were pedophiles...

13 December 2020

twitter's take on pedophiles is complicated (and i think wrong)
leonard johnston

Twitter recently prohibited referring to pedophilia as an orientation or identity. Could this actually harm kids?

11 August 2020

celebrating 400,000 quora posts
leonard johnston

My Quora posts have now reached over 400,000 views!

26 April 2020

thread: could pedophiles appear on stage?
bly

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
bly

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

12 December 2019

the parallel between hiv and pedophilia
ethan edwards

Is CSAM use a public health issue akin to other illnesses?

28 October 2019

thread: normalizing pedophilia?
bly

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

13 May 2019

thread: normalization? hardly
bly

People both overestimate our influence and underestimate our humanity.

24 January 2019

the perfect pedophile
ethan edwards

What would a perfect pedophile look like when all humans are imperfect in many ways?

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