The Betrayal of Youth (Book)
The Betrayal of Youth: Radical Perspectives on Childhood Sexuality, Intergenerational Sex, and the Social Oppression of Children and Young People (London: CL Publications, 1986), is a book edited by Warren Middleton, the Vice-Chair of PIE, the Paedophile Information Exchange. As gay / LGBTQ+ activist Peter Tatchell stated in his positive review of the book, 'The Betrayal of Youth presents a diverse collection of essays by 16 different authors who offer a 'radical perspective' on the history, sociology, politics and ethics of ‘childhood sexuality, inter-generational sex, and the social oppression of children and young people'.[1] The book and Tatchell’s contribution were the subject of a blog entry on Tom O'Carroll's blog, titled Gilt is stripped from Saint Peter's halo (2021).
The book features contributions from Leftist thinkers like Roger Moody and John Lindsay, and the feminist author Beatrice Faust. The whole text can be downloaded for free on Library Genesis.[2]
Table of Contents
References
- ↑ The book was reviewed positively by Peter Tatchell in the 13 June 1987 edition of 7 Days, the newsletter of the British Communist Party at that time, under the heading "Radical thoughts on consent".
- ↑ The Betrayal of Youth: Radical Perspectives on Childhood Sexuality, Intergenerational Sex, and the Social Oppression of Children and Young People, ed. by Warren Middleton (London: CL Publications, 1986). Libgen link.