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In this final anthology episode of the Prostasia Conversations for now, experts and personalities from around the world talk on child sexual abuse, human rights, and sex positivity. Here are links to the source videos: Elizabeth Letourneau on society’s failure to invest in prevention Pleasure educator Euphemia Russell speaks about her consent-focused approach to sex education for people of all …

Allyn Walker is an Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Their book, A Long Dark Shadow: Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity is one of the first scholarly studies of minor-attracted people who do not offend. I talked to Allyn about their research, the stigma attached to this population, and what …

Andrew Pari is America’s leading authority on the arousal response in sexualized violence and related taboo topics in the sexual assault field. In this conversation he talks about his work on researching and treating clients who experience arousal during sexual assault. Resources: Andrew’s website: Sexual Assault Awareness An edited transcript of this conversation

Early in September Prostasia was the center of a social media firestorm on Twitter. The attacks started with opponents of sex workers, but soon spread across the political spectrum, including some progressives, some centrists, and many people with strong connections to alt right networks. Prostasia has been targeted before. This attack was larger and more violent than some in the …

An author and the founder and director of a sex education website for teens talks to Noah Berlatsky about the obstacles they have encountered in providing sex education to young people online, teen dating during lockdown, and how young people process abuse. Note: this episode was originally published with the name of the guest and their website. These have now …

Erin Gould sits down to talk with Micah of Stop It Now — an organization dedicated to helping stop the sexual abuse of children, while also trying to gain a better understanding and providing safe outlets for those with sexual thoughts about children. Stop It Now partners with Prostasia Foundation to provide support services for MAP Support Club. Note: there …