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An ethics professor at the New York public university has praised the ‘evolutionary advantages’ of pedophilia. He isn’t the first, and the reality is that he’s been openly backed by 153 other professors.There seems to have been an increase in individuals striving to initiate a dialogue regarding “de-stigmatizing” pedophilia in recent months. We previously recounted the example of a transgender-identifying professor who wrote The Long Dark Shadow: Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity to “destigmatize” pedophilia.Alyn Walker prefers the word “minor-attracted people” (MAPs) to “pedophile” since it has fewer unpleasant overtones and conveys the idea that sexuality is variable,...

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is January 11, the article, titled “What the public keeps getting wrong about pedophilia,” was published the day before. The piece was authored by Alia E. Dastagir, who covers topics like sexism, racism, media ethics and mental health. “When most of the public thinks of pedophilia, they assume it’s synonymous with child sexual abuse, a pervasive social problem that has exploded to crisis levels online. Researchers who study pedophilia say the term describes an attraction, not an action, and using it interchangeably with ‘abuse’ fuels misperceptions,” Dastagir wrote. She continued, “Not all people who sexually...