My THORN's Board of Directors series : https://www.wearethorn.org/about-our-fight-against-sexual-exploitation-of-children/
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Kicking off with Dr. Michael Seto, Scientific Advisor
Well known author of "Is Pedophilia a Sexual Orientation ?"
According to the wikipedia entry:
Controversially, Seto has suggested that pedophilia can be understood as a sexual orientation with regard to age, just as heterosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality can be understood as sexual orientations with regard to gender.
Interestingly, his connection with THORN is not mentioned.
Seto's views can be seen from this article, Perverted Justice :
Looking forward, Seto says, “C.P. offenders are relatively unlikely to commit contact offenses in the studies that have followed them.”
But many experts do not agree with him. For example, in this powerpoint presentation Ethel Quayle. Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology.University of Edinburgh, presents her findings which indicated the exact opposite:
A quick overview of his Twitter account gives further indications of Dr. Seto's preoccupations and political leanings.....
For a grant proposal, Tasimi put a working title on this query: “What Price Do Babies Set to Deal With the Devil?”
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Makes me wonder if he's the right scientist for the job ?
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Singleservename ago
Even if classified as an orientation it should still be criminalized much like men who prefer to rape women. I'd propose chemical castration or institutionalization for life.
That Smithsonian article you mention sounds really weird. Can't read it now but what exactly is he arguing there?
Btw great work again.
Edit: just read the baby article that left me speechless. Some recently traumatized 23 year old precocious asshole taking <1 yr old to 'baby labs' for pseudoscientific social research wtf?
I do wonder what kind of parents subject their newborns to this shit.