Category Archives: child sexual abuse

Selective Outrage in Sex Hysteria

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Frank Adamo

In addition to the pathetic characteristics of necessity and emergency in sex hysteria I’ve described in the past, a peculiar aspect of hysterical thinking is to focus on a relatively minor sin or moral transgression, while ignoring other and worse … Continue reading →

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Sex Crime Vigilantes

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Frank Adamo

As if there aren’t sufficiently exaggerated efforts by law enforcement to investigate and prosecute sex crimes, some civilians feel an urgent need to help out with the crusade. Don’t worry about the state robbing us blind every single day through … Continue reading →

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Child Porn, Italian Style

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Frank Adamo

Pasolini’s film “Arabian Nights” (1974) is unlike the other examples of “child porn” I’ve described in the past, in that this film really is pornographic. Just about anything can be called child porn nowadays, according to hysterically broad legal definitions. … Continue reading →

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Sex in the Real Italy

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Frank Adamo

The loud and frequent virtue signaling against sex is a fraud. When I was a university student I remember being required to study the poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini, but I was not informed about his radical films or scandalous … Continue reading →

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Italy’s Double Standard on Child Porn

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Frank Adamo

There seems to be a double standard in what the Italian courts consider “child pornography,” depending on whether the producer is an Italian national or a foreigner. There are numerous examples of paintings, sculptures and movies produced by Italians which … Continue reading →

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Necessity and Emergency in Sex Hysteria

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Frank Adamo

A common trick in propaganda is to claim that some actions are not merely desired but rather are necessary, and urgent action is required to avoid imminent disaster. Hence there is no need to invest a lot of mental effort … Continue reading →

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Sex and Ghosts

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Frank Adamo

A striking parallel exists between the very real hysteria over child sex abuse, and the wholly fictional story “The Others.” In that imaginative fiction a mother is trying to prepare her children for their first communion by teaching them the … Continue reading →

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Sex Hysteria: Stranger Than Fiction

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Frank Adamo

I once wrote a novel “Revolt of the Children” about poor kids in Palermo who rebel against physical, sexual and emotional abuse. The abuse is dramatized, and the story is set “some time after World War Two.” (1) How ironic … Continue reading →

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Sexual Saints and Sinners

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Frank Adamo

Welcome to the land that invented witch hunts. Italy’s salvation from repeated pedo scandals in the Roman Catholic church is to accuse foreigners of being the worst witches. How convenient to have an American to hold up to scorn, instead … Continue reading →

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The Virtue of Hysteria

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Frank Adamo

For years I’ve criticized the mass hysteria over child porn and child sex abuse, but I now realize I was wrong. Hysteria can actually be a good thing. If prudes are calm and rational they can be very persuasive, even … Continue reading →

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