Not just a PhD in wanking, but a peer-reviewed paper on masturbating to images of young boys. Published in "Qualitative Methods". t.co/L3MnSkYQFN
twitter.com/ProfAliceS/status/1556584749447143425?t=v_5NNIZDXKNzFbMBZxWsfQ&s=19
How did this get past Manchester University's ethics process @OfficialUoM ? Masturbating to images of children and writing it up for public consumption does not seem ethical to me. This is hugely disturbing.
Actually I'm speechless.
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Just when I thought Academia couldn't sink any lower.
Imnobody4 · 08/08/2022 16:40
Adversity · 10/08/2022 10:09
Vile, he admits his preferences and hopefully something positive will come out of this hideous state of affairs.
I have a big issue with the rise of anime and manga, whilst there is clearly CSA imagery here and he is unashamedly open about his preference and also porn such as hentai. There is also regular anime with the big eyes, schoolgirl uniforms and less overt stuff. There are arguments such as that demon may look 14 but she is actually a thousand years old crap. I had this argument in a gaming party a couple of years ago and that was their excuse, I have met a lot of anime fans in gaming and there is a lot of cross over between these two cultures. I am not anti gamer, I am one but there is a subset of socially inept males that game and live a total fantasy life. Some of these slip in to incel territory. Anime is awful regarding it’s portrayal of underage girls and boys. There is also a racist element as it fetishises Asians.
YetAnotherSpartacus · 10/08/2022 09:37
It probably says something about Qualitative Research as a journal that people are only picking up on it now.
It's a relatively highly ranked journal.
Xoxoxoxoxoxox · 10/08/2022 10:43
There has been a conviction for possessing manga material in 2014, I can’t see how this material is any different.
soranews24.com/2014/10/23/u-k-man-sentenced-for-prohibited-images-of-manga-children/amp/
SirSamVimesCityWatch · 08/08/2022 19:04
What's the betting that the police won't be interested in this at all, not even to "check his thinking"?
ScreechingEchoChamber · 10/08/2022 12:07
Quote from the judge in that case:
'You are an intelligent man. You certainly should have been aware of the risk of indulging in accessing this material, and you acknowledge your foolishness and guilt. This is material that clearly society and the public can well do without. Its danger is that it obviously portrays sexual activity with children, and the more it’s portrayed, the more the ill-disposed may think it’s acceptable.”'
Xoxoxoxoxoxox · 10/08/2022 10:43
There has been a conviction for possessing manga material in 2014, I can’t see how this material is any different.
soranews24.com/2014/10/23/u-k-man-sentenced-for-prohibited-images-of-manga-children/amp/
ThinkingaboutLangClegosaurus · 10/08/2022 12:31
Has anyone here saved screen shots and downloads, and whatever else you can do to prevent all this stuff being irretrievably deleted?
I’m a techno-klutz so I haven’t a clue. But he and his supporters must not be allowed to brush this under the carpet.
blahblahblahspoons · 10/08/2022 10:47
How on earth can the resources of a University (supervisor time, offices, energy, heating etc) been devoted to this rather than more funding for cancer research, or anything scientific and not harmful to children.
The more I read, the more I'm beginning to agree with the point of view that humanities funding needs to be cut if they can't fucking root out this shit before it gets to publication. It's harmful to children.
Some of the academics on those threads are talking about how the paper is referenced for fucks sake.
ThinkingaboutLangClegosaurus · 10/08/2022 12:31
Has anyone here saved screen shots and downloads, and whatever else you can do to prevent all this stuff being irretrievably deleted?
I’m a techno-klutz so I haven’t a clue. But he and his supporters must not be allowed to brush this under the carpet.
Fladdermus · 10/08/2022 14:30
One of the emails DH sent on Monday is being acted on, The Times Higher. They've been in touch with him asking him if he'll go on record about it. He's not sure he can go that far because of the nature of his own work, he can't risk attracting unsavory attention. He's talking to higher powers at his place before he decides.
So if any academics here are willing and able, The Times Higher are looking for people prepared to publicly speak out.
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