"a major challenge during 2022 was the increasing misuse of the term “grooming” to justify violent rhetorical and physical attacks on marginalized LGBTQ+ communities, sex educators, sex workers, and even CSA prevention researchers and clinicians." https://buff.ly/3GUDu6a
Masturbation is normal for children and adults alike. Shaming or denying child sexuality does not help stop abuse, it just makes children feel bad for something natural.
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RT @NicoleRPrause
A 12 and 14 year old on a Reboot forum planning to self-harm to stop themselves from masturbating.
https://twitter.com/NicoleRPrause/status/1614072306359324673
"“This legislative attempt to redefine obscenity is likely to be met with a constitutional challenge since it seeks to create a new category of unprotected speech that is inconsistent with U.S. Supreme Court precedent,” attorney Larry Walters told YNOT." https://buff.ly/3iCPz84
RT @MooreCenter_JHU
Don't miss the latest episode of @JohnsHopkinsSPH's @PublicHealthPod in which @MooreCenter_JHU's Elizabeth Letourneau discusses promising child sexual abuse prevention research with @drjoshs : https://johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/560-preventing-child-sexual-abuse
"Fantasy has been widely acknowledged for its therapeutic benefits by mental health professionals for some time now. Naturally, it can initially be very painful to revisit these traumatic memories through fantasy." https://buff.ly/3GRBsoo
"So whether you enjoy fantasy to help in overcoming trauma or as an outlet for your sexuality, do so with the peace of mind knowing what you’re enjoying is a harmless human instinct. And you aren’t alone." https://buff.ly/3GRBsoo
"In a fictional space we are free to explore and express even our most stigmatized feelings of attraction, romance, and arousal. All without the anxiety that we might be putting ourselves or anyone else in harm’s way." https://buff.ly/3GRBsoo
"Something seen within nearly every human culture across human history is the expression of our taboo sexual fantasies through fiction, art and music." https://buff.ly/3GRBsoo
RT @FreeRangeKids
OMG.
Going to Family Court? Worried CPS could TAKE YOUR KIDS? The Supreme Court ruled you have no constitutional right to counsel, because you are not at risk of losing your liberty by going to jail.
No lawyer for you! Say goodbye to your kids!
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RT @thehill
#BREAKING: South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down six-week abortion ban https://trib.al/9zmoI3M
RT @MargaretWurth
The US child welfare system punishes parents for poverty by taking their children away.
Parents need support to help provide for their families, but what they are getting is surveillance, regulation, and punishment.
New @hrw @ACLU report, by @HinaEsq https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/11/17/us-child-welfare-system-harms-families
Taking out insurance to pay off victims is not a solution to child sexual abuse.
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RT @RainyThorsday
Hang on... wut?
LIABILITY insurance?!?
https://twitter.com/RainyThorsday/status/1609015447512383490
"The @FSCArmy is now engaged in a process that could create stable banking for the adult industry and its workers, and hopefully end the predatory fees charged by credit cards and financial services." https://buff.ly/3V7TVkE
RT @Waitareyouawake
This is a change in tactics and important to note. The linked thread explains how obscenity laws have been used against LGBT people in the past.
https://twitter.com/mikestabile/status/1603435349367132160?s=20&t=vY79Wh_fY1VtEO-fwPqT3w
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