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__NOTOC__{{MAI}}A '''Minor Attracted Person''' (MAP) is a person who experiences sexual or romantic attractions towards people under the local [[age of consent]] - sometimes applied universally to the age of 18. The term was coined in early 2007 as a neologism by two activists with differing attractions (pedophilic and nonpedophilic).
__NOTOC__{{MAI}}A '''Minor Attracted Person''' (MAP) is a person who experiences sexual or romantic attractions towards people under the local [[age of consent]] - sometimes applied universally to the age of 18. The term was coined in early 2007 as a neologism by two activists with differing attractions (pedophilic and nonpedophilic). By late 2021, following consistent use in academia, MAP had been mentioned almost 100 times in Google Scholar.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%22Minor+attracted+person%22&btnG= G Scholar Results]</ref>.


===Specifications===
===Specifications===


*Minors may themselves be accurately classified as MAPs. This might seem [[Debate Guide: Corresponding age attraction|counterintuitive]], but aligns with most professional opinions.
*Minors may themselves be accurately classified as MAPs. This might seem [[Debate Guide: Corresponding age attraction|counterintuitive]], but aligns with most professional opinions.
*Explicit identification as an MAP implies ''preferential'' attraction to minors. Non-preferential attraction to minors is very common (see [[research]]), as is prefrerential hebephilia.  
*MAP is not to be seen as a distinct "sexuality", but as an umbrella term. Explicit identification as an MAP also implies ''preferential'' attraction to minors - for example, Hebephilia. Non-preferential attraction to minors is almost universal (see [[research]]). The term has, however, been applied situationally, i.e. to the partner in a relationship.


===Subtypes===
===Subtypes===
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The term "MAP" has a number of functions. As well as being more '''inclusive''' than terms such as [[Pederasty|pederast]] or pedophile, it addresses the stigma and conflatory misuse of pedophilia. Its wide adoption also effectively signals to the public that a movement does exist, and the topic is in play.  
The term "MAP" has a number of functions. As well as being more '''inclusive''' than terms such as [[Pederasty|pederast]] or pedophile, it addresses the stigma and conflatory misuse of pedophilia. Its wide adoption also effectively signals to the public that a movement does exist, and the topic is in play.  


In the present climate, the act of self-identifying as an MAP can been seen as a political act. As a result, MAPs are sometimes incorrectly assumed to be disclosing [[pedophilia]], which is just one form of minor attraction - as is explained above.
In the present climate, the act of self-identifying as an MAP can been seen as political. As a result, MAPs are sometimes incorrectly assumed to be disclosing [[pedophilia]], which is just one form of minor attraction - as is explained above.


===Community===
===Community===
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==Origin==
==Origin==


The term originates from the late 00s era, was popularized in 2007 by [[Newgon.com]] (our predecessor), [[B4U-Act]] and other blogs such as [[AttractedToChildren.org|ATC/ANU]]. There is one example of the term being suggested on [[BoyChat]] as early as 2001, but no further examples have been found in the intervening period, suggesting it did not catch on.
:''For a fully researched/sourced history, see [[Minor Attracted Person (archive research)]].''


===2001 as ground zero, but no takeoff===
The term originates from a forking of the term "Minor Attracted" in the late 00s era, and was first used regularly in 2007 on the now defunct [[AttractedToChildren.org|ATC/ANU]] blog - run by MAPs with an interest in compiling lists of research articles. It was subsequently adopted by us ([[Newgon]]), and popularized in the academic field by [[B4U-Act]], who had been using a very similar term (MAA - Minor Attracted Adult) for many years. MAA and the accompanying concept of being "Minor Attracted" has been traced back to, '''Heather Peterson''', a journalist covering interfaith news - as early as 1998. There is one archived example of the present term (MAP) being suggested on [[BoyChat]] as early as 2001, but no further examples have been found in the intervening period, suggesting it did not catch on.
 
The Internet Archive reveals mentions of the term "Minor Attracted Person/MAP", "Minor Attracted Homosexual" and 'Minor Attrcated Men" as early as 2001,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010903084739/http://www.boychat.org:80/stealth.htm BC Oldposts - 2001: MAH.]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011224214947/http://www.boychat.org:80/oldposts1.htm BC Oldposts - 2001: MAP 1st mention]</ref><ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/problems/summary.htm MHAMIC - Minor Attracted Men]</ref> although the sparsity of evidence between that date and 2007 would appear to suggest that neither of those terms caught on in an environment where youth MAP online activism (i.e. early second-wave MAP activism) was virtually nonexistent. It has been claimed that the suggestion of "MAP" might have been put forward at an even earlier date by the late [[BoyChat]] user GhostWriter.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1523354.htm GhostWriter suggestion - BC]</ref>
 
===2007 - full adoption as a discourse by ANU===
 
As noted by B4U-Act in their Twitter thread (soon to be added to the gallery), in 2007, they, some MAPs and academic authors had been using the similar term "Minor Attracted Adult" for some time. [[Elizabeth Peterson]] (a mainstream author/researcher who embedded herself in the [[BoyChat]] community) mentioned MAAs in her 1998 book. B4U-Act were founded in 2003, after the limited adoption of the minor attraction/minor attracted term mentioned above.
 
In 2007, as the burgeoning MAP blogging movement got underway (primarily on blogger.com/blogspot), there were, as to be expected, further uses of the term "minor attraction". The first subsequent examples of "Minor Attracted Person" we can find were on ATC/ANU<ref>Explanatory note: Former blogspot blog ANU (absolutelynothingunified.blogspot.com - censored and uploaded to anu.nfshost.com) became ATC (attractedtochildren.org) as documented in the Wayback Machine.</ref> in Feb 2007, with the blog-author also submitting the term to Slashdot and Scienceblogs.<ref>[https://slashdot.org/~Brian+Ribbon/journal Slashdot: Brian Ribbon (i.e. BLueRibbon) Feb 2007 Submission]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203235849/http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2007/03/11/twistedpedophile-rates-obamas/ Science Blogs: Brian Ribbon Mar 2007]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070505102207/http://anu.nfshost.com/?&paged=2 Brian Ribbon as BLueRibbon - ANU - Feb and Mar 2007 use of "MAP"]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090106004742/http://www.attractedtochildren.org/category/vigilantes/  Brian Ribbon as BLueRibbon - ANU - May 2007 use of "MAP" juxtaposed against Antis]</ref> This slow pivot thru "Minor Attracted Adult", to the generic "minor attraction" was thought to be due to these bloggers' relatively young age (see gallery). For example, the most active authors on ANU were in their late teens and early 20s, having experienced an attraction to minors before adulthood.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081210080238/http://www.attractedtochildren.org/users/blueribbon BLueRibbon 19yo]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090106015318/http://www.attractedtochildren.org/users/daniel D Lievre Student]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090106010654/http://www.attractedtochildren.org/users/jillium Jillium 17yo]</ref> In addition to this, the first authors to use the term "Minor Attracted Person" (BLueRibbon and Daniel Lievre) were pedophilic and ephebophilic respectively (see gallery), so the more inclusive term suited their writings.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070527142958/http://anu.nfshost.com:80/ Dan Lievre - first known delineation of MAP from Pedophile - May 2007]</ref>
 
On Jun 8, 2007, Newgon.com was founded (at that time a small website started by two censored bloggers, Daniel Lievre/Llort and Jillium - also of ANU), and the new term was visible in its ethos (belatedly captured on its blog arm, dated Jul 17).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071113125116/http://newgon.com/blog/?p=5 Newgon use the term - Capture Jul 17, 2007. Likely to have been in splashpage "ethos" on founding date of 8 Jun 2007]</ref> B4U-Act began to use the term on June 22, 2007, incorporating it into their own lexicon.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190928064659/https://www.b4uact.org/togetherchat-submits-report-to-bmhs/ B4U-Act use the term in Jun 2007]</ref> It is likely they were aware of the new coinage by MAPs, and adopted it soon after. The late [[Michael Melsheimer]], a MAP and founding member of [[B4U-Act]] is a possible catalyst for this terminological fork, since he was in contact with the ANU authors. Our predecessor, Newgon.com, created the first known dedicated article (this very article) to define Minor Attracted People in September 2008 (see [https://www.newgon.net/wiki/index.php?title=Minor_Attracted_Person&action=history history]).


===2009 onward - the MAP Flag===
===2009 onward - the MAP Flag===


In order to identify themselves, MAPs have created a '''MAP Flag''', which garnered widespread social media attention in Jul-Aug 2018, along with the term "Minor Attracted Person". Rumors had spread that MAPs intended to use the flag at pride, and these fears resurfaced the following summer.  
:''For a more in-depth treatment of the flag, see [[MAP Flag]].''


The '''concept''' appears to go back at least to a [[Flag_proposal_2009|2009 competition]], on Newgon.com (our predecessor) - in which various proposals were solicited for a symbol. As can be seen, the MAP gradient flag predecessor has a file date of 8 Jul, 2009, and had most probably been submitted through the website's forum (by who, might become clearer when we re-enable it). The concept laid dormant for many years, along with the rest of the Newgon website.
In order to identify themselves, MAPs have created a '''MAP Flag''', which garnered widespread social media attention in July and August 2018, along with widespread attention for the term "Minor Attracted Person". Rumors had spread on social media, that MAPs intended to use the flag at pride events, and these fears resurfaced the following summer. The '''concept''' appears to go back at least to a [[Flag_proposal_2009|2009 competition]], on Newgon.com (our predecessor) - in which various proposals were solicited for a symbol. However, the origins of the famous '''2018 flag''' are a Tumblr user named '''Stenna''', who published it in June of that year, and was supported in their publicity efforts by '''comrade_lecter'''.<ref>[https://comrade-lecter.dreamwidth.org/4543.html comrade_lecter Tumblr]</ref><ref>[https://archive.md/j2ZsP Stenna Tumblr Archive]</ref> Since it was published, the MAP Flag has become internet folklore, attracting many variations inspired by common alternative pride flags. These have been wrongly interpreted as entryist attempts.


The origins of the '''2018 flag''' (we will upload one as soon as possible) are a Tumblr user named comrade_lecter<ref>[https://comrade-lecter.dreamwidth.org/4543.html comrade_lecter Tumblr]</ref>, who handed the graphic on to a user going under the name of Stenna, who published it in June of that year.<ref>[https://archive.md/j2ZsP Stenna Tumblr Archive]</ref> The graphic then went viral throughout social media, although after its removal by Tumblr, Stenna's tumblr was then squatted by a hostile actor.<ref>[https://archive.md/hwOAT Stenna Tumblr - Hostile takeover]</ref> Tumblr trolls have subsequently been suggested by various "fact checkers" as the true source of the flag, although this is likely to have resulted from the confusion surrounding Tumblr's censorship attempt.
<gallery>
 
File:MAPFLAGPNGLARGE.png|2021 version (Newgon/Yesmap/MAP)
Since it was published, the MAP Flag has become internet folklore, attracting many variations inspired by common alternative pride flags. These have been wrongly interpreted as entryist attempts.
File:Mapflag2018.png|The highly publicized 2018 flag (NOMAP/MAP)
 
File:Gradient.jpeg|Initial 2009 concept (Newgon)
====Erroneous claims of novelty and trolling by "fact checkers"====
</gallery>
 
Mainstream "Fact Checkers" at ''Snopes.com'' have erroneously claimed that the MAP Flag concept "originated with a troll experiment on Tumblr", although this information is now considered to be outdated - and is likely to be revised. ''AFP Fact Check'' repeated those claims.<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Snopes erroneous FC] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20211101164919/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Archived copy]</ref><ref>[https://factcheck.afp.com/pride-flag-pedophiles-someone-created-one-no-one-waves-it AP's less erroneous FC]</ref> The reason behind these fact checker's dismissive bias and hasty research is clearly the (again, erroneous) fear that MAPs are attempting to rejoin the [[LGBTQ+]] community after years of ostracism. The fact checkers are trying to disprove this already ludicrous thesis, to protect the LGBTQ+ movement. It has also been claimed that Minor Attracted People coined their own term of identification, which as this article demonstrates, is an ahistorical act of erasure which benefits the [[CSA]] insustry and medical lobby.


==MAP Movement==
==MAP Movement==


While there exists no larger scale organized activism at present, MAPs have a [[:Category:Organisations: Sympathetic|long history of organizing]], going back to former associations with the Gay Movement; debatably to its very founding. At the time, they described themselves as pederast or pedophile groups, and not MAPs. The LGBT alliances only broke down in the late 80s and 90s for political reasons (gay assimilationism). For the purpose of activism, those organizations still existing continue to operate as websites and close circles of long-term members only - [[NAMBLA]] being the most high-profile example. We describe individuals first known for their association with LGBT-aligned MAP organisations as '''first-wave MAP activists'''. A person who is known as an internet personality, or as part of any organization founded in the 21st Century, is a '''second-wave MAP activist'''.
:''For a full history, see [[MAP Movement]].''
 
===Online===


:''See also: [[Minor attracted community]].
There exists a small, mainly online [[MAP Movement]] - and occasional groups of allies who work together on social media. This is a developing trend, and is described as the '''second-wave MAP Movement''', beginning with the proliferation of the internet at around the turn of the century. The common goal of this movement is destigmatization/visibility, although some parts of the MAP movement ([[pro-c]]/pro choice) are also in favor of [[Age of Consent|age of consent]]/broader social reforms. Pro-choice MAP activists commonly use resources such as our [[Research|research]] anthologies to argue their case. Anti-c/[[Anti-contact|anti-contact]] MAP activists tend to associate with organizations such as [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] or [[Prostasia Foundation|MSC]].


'''Online activism is known to take place on a variety of public facing fora. Those we are fairly sure about follow:'''
MAPs have a [[:Category:Organisations: Sympathetic|long history of organizing]], going back to former associations with the Gay Movement; debatably to its very founding. We describe these manifestations as the '''first-wave MAP Movement''', and such organizations were typically founded in the 1970s and 80s. At the time, they described themselves as pederast, pedophile and Man/Boy Love groups (since there was less of a stigma on those terms). The LGBT alliances only [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|broke down in the late 80s and 90s]] for political reasons (gay assimilationism). For the purpose of activism, those organizations still existing continue to operate as websites and close circles of long-term members only - [[NAMBLA]] being the most high-profile example.


*'''Fediverse''' ('''Mastodon and Pleroma''' in particular) - these decentralized platforms have been used by large numbers, but involve little public interface.
==In popular culture==
*'''Twitter''' - saw a boom in MAP accounts at around the time leading up to the '''MAP Flag publicity''' in 2018 and 19. Unfortunately many were banned, but small groups persist.
*'''Tumblr'''.
*'''4Chan'''.
*'''Reddit'''.
*'''Quora'''.
*'''Discord'''.


Further, internal discussion, theorizing and organizing takes place on communities such as '''BoyChat, FreeSpeechTube and Virped'''.
MAP has been featured by FOX News hosts '''Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters and Geraldo Rivera''' among others, and ridiculed as an example of "wokeness" gone mad.<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/?search_query=FOX+News%3A Fox News Videos]</ref> YouTubers such as '''shoe0nhead''' and exclusionary Feminists frequently agitate against it on similar grounds. One example of such publicity was the controversy surrounding '''Allyn Walker''' featured in our article on [[Prostasia Foundation]].


'''Other sites have been suggested as present or future interfaces:'''
Trolling/harassment gateway sites such as KiwiFarms host threads that frequently mock [[Minor attracted community|NOMAPs and MAPs, and their contributions on Twitter]].


*'''Twitch''' - the video streaming service, is a strategic frontier due to the left-wing '''"Breadtube"''' e-celebs who use it to bait the alternative right. MAPs may gain access to these leftist/SJW groups by impersonating the alternative-right and/or planting individuals within these communities. Twitch has had many controversies concerning high-profile streamers who have in some way been (usually spuriously or weakly) linked to "pedophilia". Since Breadtube Twitch streamers tend to debate on outlandish and provocative topics, Twitch has been repeatedly touted as a future breeding ground for awareness-raising.
===Wikipedia===


*'''YouTube''' - due to its size, there have been various controversies with users making statements seeming to condone [[adult-child sex]], and these go back into the 00s (search "dendrophilian"). These provocative videos attract a diversity of comments. Depending on Google's take on the culture-war, YouTube will be an important battleground in the decades to come.
Wikipedia maintained and then deleted a disambiguation page for MAP, between 2019 and late 2021, shortly after the Allyn Walker controversy.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190501000000*/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor-attracted_person Wikipedia Archive from 2019 onwards]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Minor-attracted_person Wikipedia first AfD]</ref> How they will not be forced to reinstate it at some point is unknown.


==References==
==References==


[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]][[Category:History & Events: 2000s]][[Category:History & Events: 2010s]][[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]
[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]][[Category:History & Events: 2000s]][[Category:History & Events: 2010s]][[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]

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A Minor Attracted Person (MAP) is a person who experiences sexual or romantic attractions towards people under the local age of consent - sometimes applied universally to the age of 18. The term was coined in early 2007 as a neologism by two activists with differing attractions (pedophilic and nonpedophilic). By late 2021, following consistent use in academia, MAP had been mentioned almost 100 times in Google Scholar.[1].

Specifications

  • Minors may themselves be accurately classified as MAPs. This might seem counterintuitive, but aligns with most professional opinions.
  • MAP is not to be seen as a distinct "sexuality", but as an umbrella term. Explicit identification as an MAP also implies preferential attraction to minors - for example, Hebephilia. Non-preferential attraction to minors is almost universal (see research). The term has, however, been applied situationally, i.e. to the partner in a relationship.

Subtypes

While there is not full approval of medical "classification bingo" (among MAPs), many of the following long-standing psychiatric terms have been absorbed into the MAP chronophilia lexicon:

Expressions such as Boylove and Girllove are also common, particularly within the peer support community. Nowadays, these terms tend not to be used in outward-facing activism, due to their romantic overtones. MAPs may define as exclusive (no interest in adults) or nonexclusive (also interested in adults). Further, sociopolitical subtypes are used in both inward and outward facing situations, including NOMAP, pro-c and anti-contact.

Socipolitical background

The term "MAP" has a number of functions. As well as being more inclusive than terms such as pederast or pedophile, it addresses the stigma and conflatory misuse of pedophilia. Its wide adoption also effectively signals to the public that a movement does exist, and the topic is in play.

In the present climate, the act of self-identifying as an MAP can been seen as political. As a result, MAPs are sometimes incorrectly assumed to be disclosing pedophilia, which is just one form of minor attraction - as is explained above.

Community

A limited, but growing community does exist for MAPs of all persuasions. This article goes on to discuss public-facing or organized activism with respect to minor attracted identities, while the community article also includes basic peer support.

Origin

For a fully researched/sourced history, see Minor Attracted Person (archive research).

The term originates from a forking of the term "Minor Attracted" in the late 00s era, and was first used regularly in 2007 on the now defunct ATC/ANU blog - run by MAPs with an interest in compiling lists of research articles. It was subsequently adopted by us (Newgon), and popularized in the academic field by B4U-Act, who had been using a very similar term (MAA - Minor Attracted Adult) for many years. MAA and the accompanying concept of being "Minor Attracted" has been traced back to, Heather Peterson, a journalist covering interfaith news - as early as 1998. There is one archived example of the present term (MAP) being suggested on BoyChat as early as 2001, but no further examples have been found in the intervening period, suggesting it did not catch on.

2009 onward - the MAP Flag

For a more in-depth treatment of the flag, see MAP Flag.

In order to identify themselves, MAPs have created a MAP Flag, which garnered widespread social media attention in July and August 2018, along with widespread attention for the term "Minor Attracted Person". Rumors had spread on social media, that MAPs intended to use the flag at pride events, and these fears resurfaced the following summer. The concept appears to go back at least to a 2009 competition, on Newgon.com (our predecessor) - in which various proposals were solicited for a symbol. However, the origins of the famous 2018 flag are a Tumblr user named Stenna, who published it in June of that year, and was supported in their publicity efforts by comrade_lecter.[2][3] Since it was published, the MAP Flag has become internet folklore, attracting many variations inspired by common alternative pride flags. These have been wrongly interpreted as entryist attempts.

MAP Movement

For a full history, see MAP Movement.

There exists a small, mainly online MAP Movement - and occasional groups of allies who work together on social media. This is a developing trend, and is described as the second-wave MAP Movement, beginning with the proliferation of the internet at around the turn of the century. The common goal of this movement is destigmatization/visibility, although some parts of the MAP movement (pro-c/pro choice) are also in favor of age of consent/broader social reforms. Pro-choice MAP activists commonly use resources such as our research anthologies to argue their case. Anti-c/anti-contact MAP activists tend to associate with organizations such as Virtuous Pedophiles or MSC.

MAPs have a long history of organizing, going back to former associations with the Gay Movement; debatably to its very founding. We describe these manifestations as the first-wave MAP Movement, and such organizations were typically founded in the 1970s and 80s. At the time, they described themselves as pederast, pedophile and Man/Boy Love groups (since there was less of a stigma on those terms). The LGBT alliances only broke down in the late 80s and 90s for political reasons (gay assimilationism). For the purpose of activism, those organizations still existing continue to operate as websites and close circles of long-term members only - NAMBLA being the most high-profile example.

In popular culture

MAP has been featured by FOX News hosts Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters and Geraldo Rivera among others, and ridiculed as an example of "wokeness" gone mad.[4] YouTubers such as shoe0nhead and exclusionary Feminists frequently agitate against it on similar grounds. One example of such publicity was the controversy surrounding Allyn Walker featured in our article on Prostasia Foundation.

Trolling/harassment gateway sites such as KiwiFarms host threads that frequently mock NOMAPs and MAPs, and their contributions on Twitter.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia maintained and then deleted a disambiguation page for MAP, between 2019 and late 2021, shortly after the Allyn Walker controversy.[5][6] How they will not be forced to reinstate it at some point is unknown.

References