He said that there is not actually harm done by adult males raping children, but rather that children are merely constructed, socially constructed as a vulnerable population through various psychological, medical and legislative discourses, and that the paedophile is merely socially constructed as a figure, as a phantom. SC: So yeah, this is quite a common argument amongst queer theorists, and Foucault himself made the argument in a radio interview. Pat Califia also said that any child old enough to be able to choose whether he or she wants to wear shoes is old enough to participate in sex, by which she doesnвЂ™t mean playing вЂњdoctor,вЂќ but instead Pat Califia has written child torture porn. Make it so there was no restriction on sexual consent.ДJ: HeвЂ™s not unique. And queer theory argues that there is not material harm done by, for example, someone beating someone with a whip and getting sexual pleasure from it, but that the social harm comes from the marginalization of certain groups who are seen as deviant, such as BDSM practitioners or paedophiles.ДЇor example, Michel Foucault, in a 1978 radio interview, was advocating for France to abolish the age of sexual consent вЂ“ДJ: As in down to infants, as in down to any age? For example, BDSM is seen as a вЂњqueerвЂќ identity. SC: вЂ¦queer theorists do make the argument that all social norms need to be transgressed and that is a progressive force of queering. Susan Cox, interviewed by Derrick Jensen, adds this. James Lindsay wrote last year that childrenвЂ™s innocence is seen by some activists as part of an undesirable system of power that enforces heteronormativity: вЂOne of the targets that woke culture wants to dismantle is the innocence of children вЂ¦ The disruption is simple: exhibition of sexuality, especially queer sexualities and trans people demonstrating sexuality вЂ¦ in order to вЂliberate the potentialitiesвЂ™ of their identities вЂ¦ Children can't be innocent they must be activists.вЂ™ What is it doing in libraries before audiences of toddlers? Д«ut why is it so important to expose children to the grotesque caricatures of women found in adult cabaret? DragвЂ™s venomous comedy holds an important place in gay culture, but itвЂ™s not uncontentious and itвЂ™s usually enjoyed by sexually active adult men. Even a (probably clueless) Michael Rosen appeared at a Goldsmiths event, вЂQueering ChildrenвЂ™s LiteratureвЂ™. ItвЂ™s part of a wider push to вЂqueerвЂ™ childhood for ideological reasons. This normalisation of adult content for children is not confined to libraries. In Houston, two members of a Drag Queen Story Hour troupe were exposed as paedophiles.

He was even joined by SNP MP Mhairi Black, and the event produced some disturbing video footage. Renfrewshire Council last year invited an act called вЂFlow JobвЂ™ to speak at a primary school as part of LGBT History Month.

In fact, several councils are convinced that getting men - often adult entertainers - to dress up as parodies of women and dance sexually in front of children, is a good use of taxpayersвЂ™ money. Council leader Muhammed Butt responded to claims that Mama G had been trying to obtain the private contact details of some of the young attendees by mocking those who raised concerns and implying that they were being abusive. Two years ago Brent Libraries booked twerking drag act Mama G to read and dance to children.

In February, to celebrate LGBT History Month, they ran a вЂDrag Queen Story HourвЂ™, and uploaded it to YouTube (the video has been removed in the last few hours).ДЄnd they are by no means the only council that has had to defend itself after complaints that inappropriate, sexualised content was being shown to children under the guise of education at a local library. This was not the first time - this year - that Redbridge Libraries has showcased an event unsuitable for children.

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