Director Condemns Frank Report for 6 Attack Points Suggesting Prostasia Is Pro-Pedophilia

What is the Prostasia Foundation?

The Prostasia Foundation is a tax-exempt California non-profit, which has described itself as a

“child protection organization that is inclusive of … kinky people, and sex workers.”

Prostasia advocates for the lawful possession and sale of

1. child-like sex dolls,
2. supports the “sexual depiction of minors in drawings and cartoons“,
3. argues that “sex offense registries do almost nothing to protect children from abuse“,
4. and has published a blog post where a “kinky person” mentions fantasizing about being touched non-consensually while pretending to be a child.

‍Clinical psychologist Dr. James Cantor, who serves on Prostasia’s advisory council, said on social media that pedophilia is akin to homosexuality.

Prostasia hired Jeff White as a research associate in 2018 to serve as a “liaison between Prostasia and its stakeholder communities” in its convenings with “marginalized stakeholder groups.”

Sarah Phillimore, a family lawyer in the United Kingdom, discovered White was arrested in 2012 for criminal sex conduct with a victim under the age of 13.

Following scrutiny on social media, Prostasia terminated White and has now implemented a staff screening policy.

Prostasia blog editor Sheila van den Heuvel-Collins resigned in January 2020 after tweeting on Christmas in 2019, “Merry Christmas to everyone, including the nepiophiles, pedophiles, hebephiles and ephebophiles who have to put up with people … virtue-signalling and perpetuating stigma every single day of the year.”

Prostasia seems to support the provision of sex dolls depicting children.

She joined Prostasia in August 2019.

Months before joining Prostasia, she self-published a book Past the Dark Field, which she described in a podcast as being “a collection of short stories about minor-attracted people.”

She says in the podcast she was inspired to write this book by “all the anti-pedo content on social media.”

‍Prostasia welcomes self-described pedophiles as volunteers.

On its online discussion forum, a user in May 2020 asked, “Do you accept pedophiles like myself as volunteers?” Executive director Jeremy Malcolm replied, “We don’t make a policy of asking people about their sexuality before they are allowed to volunteer.”

Dr. Malcolm’s language, in equating pedophilia with recognized sexual orientations, normalizes child sexual abuse under the guise of open-minded compassion.

Prostasia campaigned for drawings and cartoons that contain sexual depictions of minors, but also commissioned art which  depict a child in a sexual manner.

In 2019, Prostasia launched a campaign because, “A United Nations committee wants to have drawings … added to the international legal definition of child pornography.”

Prostasia stated that “a drawing that depicts an imaginary child exploits nobody.”

Prostasia released a Hentai image on Twitter equating cartoon child sex scenes with art. Hentai is described on Wikipedia as a pornographic artform used to depict a “perverse or bizarre sexual desire or act.”

Prostasia’s campaign image consisted of an underage female with an exaggerated facial expression and a protruding tongue with a text box saying, “Don’t Report It!“.

One Twitter user, who had previously tweeted about their attraction to drawings of children, asked Prostasia where they could see more images like the one Prostasia shared.

Prostasia replied, stating the image was an “original commission.”

Prostasia routinely advocates for the lawful possession and sale of child-like sex dolls. 

In 2019, Prostasia issued a call for proposals for research into the availability of child-like sex dolls with the hypothesis that such “toys may provide a safe, private sexual outlet for some people who would otherwise be at risk of turning their attention towards actual minors. This research should test these hypotheses.”

Due to a funding shortfall, Prostasia was unable to issue a grant to fund this research in 2019, but they state that they are “currently fundraising to support this call for research” at a later date.

Prostasia has used its resources to organize a workshop on “kink and child protection” that discussed scenarios such as:

Child pedo sex doll.

A bisexual and polyamorous woman in her 40s became involved in a sexual relationship with her 18 year old tenant, and on two occasions engaged in sexual activity with him in the presence of her 5 year old son. She claims her son was asleep on one occasion, and unable to witness the act on the other. Were any lines crossed?

This session was led by Prostasia program director Meagan Ingerman, who says in her biography that she “has engaged in multiple forms of sex work and has ties to the organized kink community.”

Ingerman is also the author of the blog post on Prostasia’s website, “Age gap relationships through the looking glass,” where she states, “I don’t believe it’s right to stigmatize teens who pursue sex or relationships with older people of any age.” 

Protasia’s official position:

“Child sexual abuse isn’t always intentionally predatory. It can also include carelessly failing to check about a partner’s age when you have reason to doubt that they are legal. In most states, “they lied about their age” is not an excuse. The message that “all child sexual abusers are predators or pedophiles … contributes to a culture of victim-blaming.”

Maggie MacNeill

Prostasia equipment and personnel are used to produce Prostasia’s monthly ‘Sex, Human Rights, and CSA [Child Sexual Abuse] Prevention’ podcast and accompanying video series.

In one episode, program director Ingerman interviewed sex worker Maggie McNeill about her self-care practices and lessons she could offer young people.

McNeill said, “I have my nightly self-care ritual, which is basically to get as stoned as possible.”

Ingerman replied, “That’s a great self-care ritual; I’m familiar with that one myself.”

McNeill then describes not making personal or professional appointments before midday.

I personally do not consider this advice suitable for children. I believe adults should share wisdom with children, which will help them become respectful and hardworking members of society.

Are there any Prostasia “campaigns” that don’t undermine online child protection? … They claim to be a child protection org, but it’s hard to find an issue where they err on the side of actual child protection.

In May 2020, Professor Salter said:

Prostasia doesn’t have a victim focus, full stop. Their energies are taken up with defending pedophile access to cartoon CSAM [child sexual abuse material] and child sexual abuse dolls.