HEATHER KLEIN: The dangerous rebranding of pedophiles as “minor attracted persons”

[Jim Burton]

https://winnipegsun.com/opinion/heather ... ed-persons

A recent shift in how the language around child sexual abuse is being framed has come to my attention, and it is deeply disturbing. The word “pedophile” is slowly being replaced in some academic and therapeutic settings with the term MAP, meaning minor-attracted person. At first glance, it might seem harmless or even compassionate. The idea is that someone can experience an attraction without acting on it, and therefore, reducing stigma might encourage them to seek help.

[Learning to undeny]

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If you soften the vocabulary around a crime, you soften the public response to the harm. If you turn pedophile into minor-attracted person, you turn a predator into a patient. [...]

Did Heather even read the definition of MAP before writing the article?

[Jim Burton]

[...]
If you soften the vocabulary around a crime, you soften the public response to the harm. If you turn pedophile into minor-attracted person, you turn a predator into a patient. [...]

Did Heather even read the definition of MAP before writing the article?

No but she consulted GPT without reading it.

[ZeroXJoker]

Did Heather even read the definition of MAP before writing the article?

No but she did stay at a Holiday Inn.

[Jim Burton]

Reader raises alarm over shifting norms and their impact on children

https://winnipegsun.com/opinion/letters ... er-17-2025

[Jim Burton]

Her husband has also referenced MAPs in a piece on obtaining consent for nappy changes.

Clearly, pedophile emancipation movements and forcible touching of infants are big things in their household.

https://winnipegsun.com/opinion/klein-b ... anity-line