thread: risk or risk factor?

thread: risk or risk factor?

15 July 2020    
from twitter and bluesky threads

bly 

 

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

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

 


People think of pedophiles as being "at risk of committing sexual crimes against children".

But pedophilia is just a risk *factor* for sexual crime (just as heterosexuality is also a risk factor for committing other kinds of sexual crimes).

Not only that but we also know >


> that [...] many [...] of those who commit sexual crimes against children are *not* pedophiles (surprising but true).

To me this means that sexual abuse prevention programmes shpuld be targeted at pedophiles *with multiple risk factors* AS WELL AS others at risk of offending. >


> This is separate from support efforts for those disclosing pedophile attraction only.

Those programmes are not predicated on crime prevention but on supporting people impacted by unfair stigma around presumed criminal intent. If policymakers could see >


> how these things are, and need to be different then there can be hope of a comprehensive and humane solution for situations like the current Menlo Church scandal and others like it. #MAPsAgainstAbuse




This thread has been edited to remove a factual claim (that more sexual offenders against children are non-pedophilic than are pedophilic). This claim, which has some support in the evidence base, nonetheless depends on a specific taxonomy of non-pedophiles and pedophiles. Other valid taxonomies could show a different picture.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

review: ethical porn for dicks, part 2 of 3

 

libby purves' more lives than one

 

thread: common misconceptions

   

ethan edwards

The author is David Ley, and the full title is Ethical porn for dicks: a man's guide to responsible viewing pleasure. This is part 2 of a 3-part review, on CP.

 

ethan edwards

If you set out to create the most sympathetic pedophile you could, you would get Kit.

 

bly

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

 
 
 
review: ethical porn for dicks, part 2 of 3
ethan edwards

The author is David Ley, and the full title is Ethical porn for dicks: a man's guide to responsible viewing pleasure. This is part 2 of a 3-part review, on CP.

 
 
 
libby purves' more lives than one
ethan edwards

If you set out to create the most sympathetic pedophile you could, you would get Kit.

 
 
 
thread: common misconceptions
bly

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