{"id":975,"date":"2019-12-05T21:43:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutpedophilia.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2019-12-05T21:43:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T21:43:15","slug":"alternatives-to-lucy-faithful-foundations-sex-negative-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutpedophilia.com\/2019\/12\/05\/alternatives-to-lucy-faithful-foundations-sex-negative-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternatives To Lucy Faithful Foundation’s Sex-Negative Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
UPDATE:<\/strong> This article was updated on 2-26-2020 to reflect some “rebranding” that Stop It Now! UK & Ireland recently did, and to reflect a reply that I received from someone associated with their organization, which is at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, over a period of several months, Lucy Faithful Foundation<\/a> (a UK-based charity that runs Stop It <\/a>Now UK & Ireland<\/a> and is affiliated with Stop It Now Scotland<\/a>, which recently launched the Upstream Project <\/a>with the Scottish Government) worked out a deal with Ender Wiggin (then administrator of MAP Support Club) to allow one of their therapists access to provide a trial run of group chat therapy sessions in MAP Support Club, which is a chat-based community for minor attracted people age 13 and up. During the course of those sessions, it became clear that they took a fundamentally flawed<\/a> approach to fantasy. In short, “Well actually, you are harming yourself<\/strong> because you are reinforcing your attraction to things that are illegal and abusive.” They also recommend methods<\/a> that most would describe as a form of conversion therapy, which is widely condemned as unethical and harmful<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I realize that for most people, LFF’s advice is not controversial. However, their approach is harmful for three big reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n While fantasy is certainly not a fit for everyone either, and some can and do pursue a healthy form of purism because it is a fit for them, it would be just as harmful to suggest that everyone should pursue fantasy as it is to suggest that everyone should pursue purism. Their self-help advice does not contain nuance, and that is a big part of the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This concern appears to have been addressed, though bear in mind that police form part of the background for LFF and if you use an email tied to your real identity, you are taking their claim at face value: <\/p>\n\n\n\n The second line on their main website reads, “We work closely with frontline workers and professionals such as police officers, social workers, and education staff to ensure children are as safe as they can be.” This pretty much encapsulates their approach, which utilizes fear-based campaigns to scare people into getting help. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\nNot 100%Anonymous<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Lucy Faithful Foundation In A Nutshell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n