Mu Analysis: Social Screening - How "benign pedophilia" is carefully erased from public view
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2025 5:45 pm
https://www.map-union.org/blog/benign-erased
Have you ever wondered how the public perception of "pedophiles" became so distorted, perhaps even more so than MAPs as a wider group?
Have you ever sought a simple way to explain how we arrived at the present situation, and why it never seems to change?
Here, we will try to provide you with the answers to these questions. The post will also serve as a useful resource to share with others who come with the same queries.
There are many debates over the historical causes of pedo-hysteria, with religion, feminism, conservatism, neoliberalism, etc, often ending up on the hook. But it can also be helpful to put aside the divisive blame-gaming and instead take a look at some of the ongoing social processes that allow this state of affairs to sustain itself.
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Aggressive demonical caricatures and groomer-libel are pushed at our benign pedophile by malign individuals - media and influencers with a vested interest in whipping up hate. Pedophilic men who do not see themselves reflected in those images, scramble to pull themselves from public view. Not only does the tiny window of public visibility move as a result, but the societal benchmark for "men like this" becomes all the more distorted.