Dr Em The Trojan Unicorn, Queer Theory and Paedophilia

so why is it just the definition of sexual abuse that contains the phrase "for doing anything with their body that frightens or worries them. "?

They also teach the directly conflicting message that if the thing that frightens or worries you is having to get undressed in front of a boy who identifies as a girl, you shouldn't say anything and you're being wrong and unkind.

The NSPCC are not prepared to discuss this conflict at all.

Also note that the queer everything/its all just prudish interpretation, relax and chill thinking is not extended to those they deem 'bad' such as women pointing out safeguarding issues. You will not be encouraged to chill and attempts made to understand and empathise with your needs and feelings; they advocate extremely punitive, rigid, harsh measures direct from the origin of the culture they claim to be trying to overturn.

Almost like there are three casts in this 'queered' society - those who are serviced, those who serve, and a slave cast of those who served but broke the rules. Nothing new about this at all, the 8th century has been missing these people and wants them to pick up some thumb screws and an iron maiden on their way home.

Thank you HumberElla for highlighting the thread to me.

That the NSPCC have changed their definition of child abuse to something dependant on the response of the child is truly chilling

Kilbranan It is the definition of sexual abuse that they teach to children that they have changed the meaning of. So why are they teaching children, during their Speak Out, Stay Safe assembly, a different meaning to the one that parents might access if they just look at the general NSPCC website? It is also a different meaning to what most reasonable adults would think.

I do understand that definitions given to children may need to be changed a little so that children can understand them, but I don't see how telling children that sexual abuse is dependent on their response to it will in anyway clarify things to a sexually abused child who is already being groomed to believe that what is happening to her or him is a very special thing.

In fact, I think that alongside the confusion, that the definition will cause in children, it will also lead many sexually abused children to feel as though they must have been partly to blame as they did not react with fear or upset, like 'normal' children do and therefore it is/was as their abuser stated because they wanted and enjoyed it.

The NSPCC are not teaching children that physical abuse or neglect depends on a child's response to it, so why is it just the definition of sexual abuse that contains the phrase "for doing anything with their body that frightens or worries them. "?

I found this video gives quite a good explanation of Queer Theory outlining the victim blaming, rationalising the rape of children and women. Links with a lot of the factor's Dr Em has raised, handy for those who finding listening easier.

A very good point too that the queer theorists quoted seem to be consistently advocating that children have the capacity to consent to child sexual abuse, but they seem less interested in campaigning for children to be able to, for e.g. become brain surgeons or MPs. The belief in children’s agency seems to be very focused on one area

Now why might that be?

That the NSPCC have changed their definition of child abuse to something dependant on the response of the child is truly chilling

What seems to be happening, and why feminists are accused of being regressive and siding with religious groups and right-wingers, is that according to this theory, everything that transgresses boundaries is 'progressive' and therefore good. Anyone who argues for the status quo is 'regressive' and therefore bad.

Yes. We are at the point where an understanding of child development is cast as social conservatism.

That quote:
"Feminists have attempted to develop the cultural norm that rape is bad and that children cannot consent to sexual activity. These activities — rape and child sexual abuse — become reframed in postmodernism, and therefore queer theory, as repressed and a transgression of boundaries which is thus challenging power and helping to liberate the individual."
is doubly apposite when you consider how much effort third wave feminism puts into wolf-in-sheep's clothing theorising.

One prime example would be "anti-carceral feminism". This starts from the (reasonable) observation that certain demographic groups are much more likely to be imprisoned for the same crimes than others (e.g. a black American teen who steals a car is much more likely to end up in juvie than a white teen). Part of this is direct racism (the judge doing the sentencing may be more likely to perceive the black kid as dangerous), part of it is the economic consequences of racism (the white family may be more likely to be able to afford a decent lawyer). But this morphs into a crazy "therefore prison is bad, done by bad right-wing people to people just living alternative lives with alternative moral frameworks and alternative concepts of property ownership."

Which then morphs into "What you mean when lefty-beardy-dude-bro-name raped you and left you with an anal prolapse, you went to the pigs rather than seeking restorative justice among our peers (aka beardy says "I'm vewwy vewwy sowwy she feels upset by our sexual encounter, but she was asking for it anyway..." and all the peers nod along sagely, impressed by beardy's openess to confront her responsibility for his actions and offer a non-apology)?" And the rape victim is socially ostracised, called "carceral", "SWERF", "TERF" and whatever other insults they can come up with and left alone with her trauma.

I see the photos of children at Pride marches, being forced to witness BDSM paraphernalia, at Drag Queen Storytimes etc, and it's all an exercise in desensitisation, pushing back the boundaries of what is acceptable for children to witness and participate in.

This seems to be what queer theory is all about. From the article:

Feminists have attempted to develop the cultural norm that rape is bad and that children cannot consent to sexual activity. These activities — rape and child sexual abuse — become reframed in postmodernism, and therefore queer theory, as repressed and a transgression of boundaries which is thus challenging power and helping to liberate the individual.

What seems to be happening, and why feminists are accused of being regressive and siding with religious groups and right-wingers, is that according to this theory, everything that transgresses boundaries is 'progressive' and therefore good. Anyone who argues for the status quo is 'regressive' and therefore bad.

Archive links.

Part 1: archive.is/1XLvc
Part 2: archive.is/IAo90
Part 3: archive.is/1E2qQ
Part 4: archive.is/hBGFB

The Wayback Machine doesn't seem to want to archive them.

Christ almighty. This is sickening.

I have got through the first 3.

It is hard work, but Dr Em has made a considerable effort to make it accessible so although I find it hard work, I will read the rest when I have had a break.

Who even has a ''Queering the classroom'' conference . Who gets to control what goes into classrooms these days. Are there any Education specialists who go through all this stuff that gets peddled to head teachers? I remember one of Jess Bradley's friends from his (literal) Naked Vegan days was going into schools to teach about effects of advertising etc.

good god

reading this makes that 'Queering the classroom' conference that was the genesis of the No Outsiders programme seem incredibly sinister

very accessible read - I'd really recommend going through all 4 articles

OldCrone

Thanks for your post :)

When I click on my links I initially get the same 404 message as before then the page loads and I can read the articles

very strange

I will probably take screen grabs also

In these interesting times important documents have been known to disappear even from the archive

Thanks for the link to the other saved versions, am looking forward to reading them

Mind blown. Thank you for this OP, and huge round of applause for DoctorEM.

It’s all out there. In plain sight.

Shit.

hoodathunkit

Your archive links don't seem to work. I tried to archive them using the wayback machine and got the 404 error like you did, and when I checked the archive it said the page wasn't there.

They have been saved using another archive by someone on the twitter thread.

mobile.twitter.com/zeno001/status/1136946177029672960

The NSPCC definition was spotted on another thread by the very astute ChickenonaMug. Sorry to ‘at’ you @ChickenonaMug but you might be interested in this link.

To me this is a distinct change in tack. So if the child doesn’t think it is wrong, or presumably if too young to articulate what they feel, then it’s not abuse. The criteria is changing.

Put all together like that, it’s quite the eye-opener!

It seems the ‘she asked for it’ defence is being pushed onto children. Disgusting!

NSPCC Speak Out, Stay Safe programme, with the definition of sexual abuse is ‘when a child is being made, asked, or rewarded for doing anything with their body that frightens or worries them

So if a child is not frightened or worried (or says they are not), then it's not abuse!!

Not read the links yet - will do later today - but every single day my gob is smacked AGAIN!!

also of possible tangential interest to readers

Inside London's Hedonistic, Polyamorous Unicorn Movement

<a class="break-all" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181207013738/www.unicornsrule.com/unicorn-polyamory/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">web.archive.org/web/20181207013738/www.unicornsrule.com/unicorn-polyamory/

Thanks for sharing this

I have not read it all and am unfamiliar with queer theory, I have however noticed the ubiquitous unicorn appearing both in children's toys and games and also as an identifier of polyamorous / neo-tantric sex cultures and had got as far as thinking about the associations and meaning so I will read this piece with interest

I saved all of the articles in the wayback machine so I can read them at leisure

When perusing without the archive the first chapter in medium now demands that I sign up to read and when attempting to save the subsequent pages I got a 404 error message, however when the page finished saving he message I could read the articles. I have never experienced this with the archive before and wonder whether I might have saved them as they were in the process of being deleted?

anyway, links here

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So the definition of sexual abuse according to NSPCC relies on a child's feelings in response to abuse. Queer theory right there?

Certainly QT-influenced.

We really do need to be raising awareness about this.

Read all 4.

This. Please read, please bump, please share. It's a bit heavy but made as accessable as possible.

Understanding the intellectual underpinnings of the TRA movement is really important.

It’s quite astonishing that this information is all out there and yet queer theory is still being championed as some great movement to aspire to