Thread by @CollectiveShout

Did you know?

Australia is the third largest consumer of live, online child abuse.

But we can’t address the epidemic of child sex abuse without addressing a culture which aids, normalises and profits from it.

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“Australians should be outraged by this offending..recent investigations have revealed that pedophiles who view online child sex abuse material have also been contact offenders — and they are contact offending against children offshore and in Australia.” - AFP Asst Comm Lesa Gale

.@MelTankardReist wrote about pay per view child abuse and rape in 2017 for the ABC, drawing on research by @IJMAus and @AntiSlaveryOz.

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We also highlighted the shocking practice in a number of submissions including to the Inquiry into the NSW Modern Slavery Act 2018 and Associated Matters.

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We must address a culture which normalises a ‘paedophilic aesthetic’ - a culture which grooms children for abuse.

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Recounting the testimony of a convicted child rapist @GailDines wrote:

John told me how he had methodically & strategically groomed his 10 yo stepdaughter into “consenting” to have sex with him

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& then casually mentioned that his job was made easy because “the culture did a lot of the grooming for me.” @GailDines

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Following the sentencing of Daniel Morcombe's killer in 2014, @MelTankardReist wrote about the dark world of paedophilia, highlighting the need to address the broader culture which aids it: smh.com.au/opinion/the-da…

.@MelTankardReist said:

There is deep distress in the community that defenceless children are used in such evil ways. But the broader culture that encourages the abuse of the children goes unaddressed.

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The same loathing that is directed toward child sexual abuse has not been extended to the mainstream promotion of paedophilic fantasies for profit.

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From Campaigns Manager @caitlin_roper

Cultural messaging increasingly presents girls as sexually available and appealing. The ‘Teen porn’ genre consistently features on Pornhub list of most popular search terms.

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‘Barely Legal’ pornography featuring teens with pigtails, flat chests and braces can be purchased in newsagents and petrol stations. G-strings, padded bras and bikini tops, and underwear with sexually suggestive slogans are marketed to pre-teen girls. @caitlin_roper #NCPW2020

Advertising material depicts girls in sexualised & adultified ways. Schoolgirls are fetishised, and sexy-schoolgirl costumes are sold in mainstream retailers. @Instagram routinely hosts sexualised content of underage girls and comment responses from predatory men. @caitlin_roper

Major bookstores and online marketplaces have been exposed selling erotic e-books that feature incest and child abuse.

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Adult retailers sell male masturbators designed to emulate the vaginas of teenage girls — such as the Teenage Dream or Lolita Vibrating Vagina — with promotional material emphasising youth and innocence. @caitlin_roper #NCPW2020 #childprotection

The corporate world is failing kids and contributing to a culture where children are not valued or safe.

It’s time they played their part in #childprotection.

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