It's a phenomenon that demands serious attention. People have been doxxed, outed, sexually harassed, made targets of racial and sexual bigotry, and killed over being seen as "disgusting".
It's gotten to a point where doxxing and wishing/threatening abuse on people is extremely commonplace and well-documented. It shouldn't be a big deal but it is.
I'm not talking about successful artists like Rowling. I'm talking about the artists seeking commissions and hopeful entrepreneurs in fandom spaces OP was talking about where the phenomenon OP mentioned is rampant and perpetuated by said artists. I've constantly seen it myself and I was relaying an explanation I heard from a Marxist. Fandomers in LATAM, Vietnam, China, all can vouch for this phenomenon and it actually caused some controversy and conflict when Americans went to Xiaohongshu.
I've seen the theory that purity culture was brought about by the decline of the US economy. As it becomes harder and harder for artists to sustain themselves off their work, they begin to find reasons to shame other artists and reduce competition. They're petty bougie in a bougie culture after all, and they're in direct competition with eachother. In non-English fandoms, purity culture is mocked as a western phenomenon. It's a big reason why I think art should be decoupled from profit entirely, sooner than factory jobs at least.
From what I understand, disorder is the wrong term because both the DSM and ICD says the attractions are only disorders if they cause distress or if someone who has them abuses targets of them, which implies to me that many other people simply possess the attractions and go through life just fine (or are bullied or self-hating for being a "freak", I've seen suicide rates). What's unnatural yet disproportionately common is abusive behavior, because it's instilled into people under this patriarchal society to abuse and exploit easy targets for power and gratification. Surprisingly, based on what I read, the overlap of abusers and those who preferentially have the attractions is small.
I'm a victim of CSA as are many of you because of how normalized it is and you're correct. Molesters act mainly out of power and a desire for stimulation no matter who's receiving abuse.
It's the former. I know of her. She was a minor who advocated for decoupling the terms pedophilia/zoophilia from molesters and abusers. I think she was institutionalized by her parents.
No I don't. I remember it was said. But I may have misremembered, it may have been radios broadcasting American football. And a black revolutionary was crestfallen that it was killing revolutionary spirit in the prison he was in. I may be getting mixed up.
No one is coming to help us anytime soon. But we also may not be able to pull this off anytime soon. So by the time we are able to get things going, outside forces may be in a better position to assist.
I hate to say it... but if it is, it's freeing. Like I can do anything and sweet death is finally coming for me, as the bourgeoisie suffer even if I suffer with them.
It's a phenomenon that demands serious attention. People have been doxxed, outed, sexually harassed, made targets of racial and sexual bigotry, and killed over being seen as "disgusting".