Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?

People say, "You're anti-contact. Since you're not seeking the right to have sex with minors, and nobody can identify by sight that you're a MAP, what's the problem? You can have a peaceful life; just don't tell anyone about it."

What's the problem with this statement?

> Why don't I just return to a normal life, delete my twitter, and forget about it? Basically, I have all the rights I need already, right?

These are the rights I would like to have that I don't, and you must admit they're not, like, massively unreasonable...

(1) I want to be >

> to be honest with people in my life about something I didn't choose without fear of violence.

(2) My unchosen condition shouldn't result in me losing my job, or my future employability, so long as I discharge the responsibilities.

(3) I should have the same access to >

> therapy and other services as anyone else, even if my condition is known.

(4) I should have the right to talk (in appropriate language) in public about my condition without being banned, censored or criminalised. I don't ask for an automatic right to any >

> specific platform, only some sense that I can use my voice like anyone else can to talk about their life.

(5) I should have the right to be judged just for my own actions, but not for other people's, no matter how much I have in common with them.

(6) If I acknowledge my >

> condition to some, I should have a reasonable right to privacy and not to have to answer questions other people don't have to.

(7) I should have the right to disclose my condition and not trigger a safeguarding report or an escalation to law enforcement if there's no >

> evidence of wrongdoing.

I don't expect the right to be happy, the right to be accepted or to talk about pedophilia in every environment nor the right to hurt or endanger other people. I don't expect the right to be able to go places I'm not allowed or to make any child >

> uncomfortable.

I already breathe the same air as everyone else, walk the same streets, take the same buses, see the same sights, abide by the same laws, pay the same taxes.

I just want to be able to say who I am. ::

About the author: I have been writing and talking about the experience of being a pedophile since 2017. Once on twitter until my account was banned in 2020, I co-led Virtuous Pedophiles from 2021 to 2025. I now continue to look for ways to improve the lives of pedophiles, but never at the expense of harming children. I have never viewed illegal material, and never sought or engaged in sexual activity with any child. The rest of my life is countryside walking, friends, Radio 3 and feeling doleful about ageing.

This content was removed from Twitter in 2020 because the author's account was suspended.

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interview: claire, mother of a map

pulling cp apart — the activity

lukas

How could the thing I feared most end up being what liberated me? I am not a pedophile but I experienced "pedophile-themed" OCD. Meeting MAPs changed my life for the better.

global prevention project

Candice and Claire talk about parents and partners of MAPs needing support and what can be done so that they can get the support they need in safe and compassionate way.

ethan edwards

Near one extreme, CP captures a child being penetrated vaginally or anally by an adult penis. When we consider the milder end, I would like to broaden the topic to include anything that someone might find erotic, and leave aside its legality — something that varies over time and jurisdiction.

How could the thing I feared most end up being what liberated me? I am not a pedophile but I experienced "pedophile-themed" OCD. Meeting MAPs changed my life for the better.

Candice and Claire talk about parents and partners of MAPs needing support and what can be done so that they can get the support they need in safe and compassionate way.

Near one extreme, CP captures a child being penetrated vaginally or anally by an adult penis. When we consider the milder end, I would like to broaden the topic to include anything that someone might find erotic, and leave aside its legality — something that varies over time and jurisdiction.