Preventing Child Abuse Through Sex Positivity?

Craig Harper
Craig Harper Essays
5 min readApr 28, 2018

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Can we turn child protection discourse from negative to positive? (Source: Pixabay)

Is it possible to prevent sexual abuse using a sex-positive approach?

This is the approach being taken by a new non-profit organisation — Prostasia Foundation — in a bid to have a more rational social discussion about the best ways to reduce the incidence of sexual exploitation.

For full disclosure, I am a part of an expert advisory panel for Prostasia Foundation. Since hearing about the initiative, I have been nothing but impressed with the courage, drive, and professionalism of founder Jeremy Malcolm, who I’m very much looking forward to working with on this project.

You can see more about Prostasia Foundation in the launch video, linked below.

Let’s take a look at the Foundation’s three principles to examine how they might play out in practice.

Source: Prostasia Foundation

Child protection is paramount

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Craig Harper Essays
Craig Harper Essays

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Evidence-based and science-supported commentary on politics and psychology. Written by Dr. Craig Harper

Craig Harper
Craig Harper

Written by Craig Harper

Social psychologist and researcher interested in sexuality and political issues. Posts about psychology, science, and education. Twitter: @CraigHarper19