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In the 00s, MAP advocates began the apparently hopeless task of trying to persuade the academic community and the general public that not all BLs are violent rapists. We faced a lot of opposition and hatred; the same as if you tried to persuade people now that man-boy sexual activity is often not harmful. Some of the people involved in this movement were outed and persecuted by their communities. Some went to prison on bullshit charges. 15 years later, it is now understood by many that not all BLs hurt children, and that we are deserving of some sympathy. While browsing mainstream websites, I often come across people raising points that I first brought up 'radically' in the mid-late 00s. Researchers are now doing exactly as we asked by recruiting non-incarcerated MAPs for studies, after we pointed out the issues with sample bias. It is frankly incredible that the MAP community has been successful in what seemed completely impossible at the time the efforts began. I can't understand the miserable old fuckers on here reacting with such hostility toward research. Much of the discourse in the past few years has been an improvement. If you don't want to participate, [i]don't[/i], but stop harassing people who are relatively sympathetic. |