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

Bly is a former co-director of Virtuous Pedophiles. Blog posts reflect his personal views, and are not statements from the organisation.

Imagine this:

At the end of a Sex Ed class for 14 year olds, the teacher, having dealt with consent and having allowed for the possibility that not everyone in the room is straight, adds,

"Now, there are other kinds of sexual thoughts too that people can have. Some of them >

> can seem pretty shocking or feel uncomfortable but there is help for those people that experience them.

"If you find that you have sexual thoughts about children or animals or other situations that really can't be acted out in real life, don't panic and don't blame yourself. >

> "In the pack you take home today there is a number you can call and a site you can visit to chat to someone confidentially if you're worried. And that person will help you.

"And you can come and see me any time in my office if you have a question you need to ask about." >

> Of course, for this to be possible there would need to be such a phone line, such a chat service and there would need to be somewhere for the sex educator to refer a child that approached them about troubling sexual thoughts.

Less than a decade ago, there was almost >

> nothing by way of such resources. Now some are beginning to emerge, although by no means generally available or known about.

I hope that in another decade, young people will be able to connect to help of the kind now offered by @virpeds

This content was removed from Twitter in 2020 because the author's account was suspended.

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a moment in the sun

thread: identification with children

so you're a pedophile. now what?

ender

We're out there in the open, we're identifying openly as pedophiles, as people who are attracted to children through no choice of ours, and you know we're there to raise awareness and education.

bly

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

leonard johnston

You can be a happy and morally good person, and stay true to yourself, even with these attractions.

We're out there in the open, we're identifying openly as pedophiles, as people who are attracted to children through no choice of ours, and you know we're there to raise awareness and education.

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

You can be a happy and morally good person, and stay true to yourself, even with these attractions.