(This is a draft of a talk and not to be cited without my permission. It was ‘written to be spoken’ so apologies for the colloquialisms)       This talk is a product of bewilderment – my own confusion – when confronted by a group of feminists (a couple of whom I had counted as friends) who were making alliances with right-wing, conservative, evangelical groups (for example, Hands Across the Aisle Coalition, The Heritage Foundation, Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF), the Allianc

(This is a version of a talk I gave at the Recovery Histories Network , led by Dr Ruth Beecher, at Birkbeck , University of London, in May 2025. Please note, this blog includes profanity.)     This is a difficult topic to think about, let alone discuss. In this blog, I explore debates about intergenerational sex between older and younger males from the 1970s onwards, with a focus on the largest U.S. organization supporting such sexual activity, NAMBLA or the North American Ma