Fri Nov 19, 2021 – 7:33 pm EST
NORFOLK, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) – Old Dominion University placed a “nonbinary” assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice on administrative leave for publicly arguing the term “pedophile” is overly stigmatizing and should be replaced with “minor-attracted persons” (MAPs).
Allyn Walker, who identifies as “they/them” and is the author of A Long Dark Shadow: Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity, said in a November 8 interview with the group Prostasia Foundation that “there is no morality or immorality attached to attraction to anyone because no one can control who they’re attracted to at all. In other words, it’s not who we’re attracted to that’s either OK or not OK. It’s our behaviors in responding to that attraction that are either OK or not OK.”
The Prostasia Foundation bills itself as a “new kind of child protection organization,” which claims to pair a commitment to fighting sexual abuse with a conception of “sex positivity” that includes “sex worker rights” for adults and greater understanding of the “kink community.”
“And non-offending MAPs by definition do not abuse children, so their behaviors are moral,” he continued. “But they’re still being subjected to
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