Girl, eight, says 10-year-old boys did not rape her

This shocking story is proof positive that adults are passing their hysterical notions onto their children:

An eight-year-old girl alleged to have been sexually assaulted by two 10-year-olds told the Old Bailey today that the boys did not rape her.

She said she had lied to her mother because she had been “naughty” and was worried she would not get any sweets.

The girl was giving evidence over two days on a video screen. In a series of questions, she was asked if any parts of her body had been penetrated by the boys. She replied each time: “No.”

Later, she maintained that touching had taken place but the judge brought her ordeal to an end after saying she was exhausted. Mr Justice Saunders told her: “No one is suggesting you have done anything wrong – and I am the judge.”

The prosecution allege the boys took the girl to the third floor of a block of flats in Hayes, west London, then a nearby bin shed and into some bushes in order to find a “sufficiently secluded spot”, before assaulting her in October last year.

The pair, now 11 and 10, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, deny two charges each of rape and two charges each of attempted rape of a child under 13.

In cross-examination by defence counsel, the girl admitted that she had voluntarily been playing with the boys. She had pulled her own underwear down while the boys exposed themselves to her. Linda Strudwick, defending the older boy, asked her: “Did you ever tell your mum it was not you but it was [the boys] who took your knickers down? You didn’t want your mum to think you had been naughty?”

The girl replied: “Yeah.”

The judge asked what the girl had been worried about and she replied: “No sweets if it [sic] found out I had been naughty.”

Apparently members of a Florida community are up in arms over the photographs on David Hardman’s website.

According to a Tampa newspaper:

Is a website featuring pre-teen girls scantily clothed, modeling or pornography?

A central Florida man is under fire for running a website that features pre-teen girls (models) who are photographed while scantily clothed. The public is growing more incensed and allegations of child pornography are hurled at photographer, David Hardman. What type of clothing are the pre teen models wearing, you ask? We’re talking about young girls between the age of 10-17 years old wearing thong underwear and lingerie posing in bathtubs or lying on beds.

The parents of these girls sign a consent form, agreeing for their children to be photographed. They are also paid $500.00 for the shoot.

Are these pictures any different than the Annie Liebovitz photos of a topless Miley Cyrus? Hardly… and yet the hysteria continues.

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The concerning part about this, is that in the position of the accused, you’d have absolutely no recourse:

Want to get rid of your boss and move up to his position? Put kiddie porn on his computer then call the cops! This was the cunning plan envisaged by handyman Neil Weiner of east London after falling out with school caretaker Edward Thompson too many times.

Thankfully, Weiner didn’t cover his tracks quite well enough to avoid being found out — earlier boasts about his plan to friends at a BBQ provided the police with enough evidence to arrest him for trying to pervert the course of justice.

Frighteningly, however, between being charged with possession of indecent images and being exonerated, innocent (if ‘grumpy’) Thompson was abused and ostracized for eight months by neighbors and colleagues. With computer forensics for police work often being performed by ‘point ‘n click’-trained, nearly-retired cops, or languishing in a 6-month queue for private sector firms to attend to it, the uncomfortable question is raised: how easily might this trick have succeeded if Weiner had been a little more intelligent about it?

The child modeling agency LS Studios was shut down in 2004 by the Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry which had be working with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. Jed Jones is in the process of writing a book about the incident and would be interested in hearing from anyone which is in contact with someone who modeled for LS Studios to get their thoughts on the matter; He asks:

Help needed to get a message to former LS models!

TMK none of them were given a chance to tell their side of the story – or it hasn’t been placed in the public domain. I’m trying to provide a platform for one or more of them to get their 2 cents’ worth across to the world.

It is possible – but IMO not safe to assume – that if they wanted to do this, they have the means and decent media access to have done it already. For one thing, how good is their English? In Ukraine, Internet access is pay-as-you-go and charged at normal phone rates – so most people can’t afford to access it most of the time.

For me personally this is research for the novel I’m writing about the industry. But surely the former models should have a voice? And (as much as you can’t put the genie back in the bottle) it seems ethical – not to mention courteous – to ask them if they’re happy with the fate of their material? File-sharing, etc.

Someone out there might even be making a fortune re-selling the archives while the stars of the show live in squalor.

So, I aim to trace someone who knows a former model personally, and ask that person to pass on a request for information – about her welfare and wellbeing, her experience with LS – whatever she is happy to share – and any message she might have for us.

Then if she gets back we can discuss formats/arrangements for the collection of anecdotal evidence (interviews, etc).

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It’s good to see a researcher asking children what their thoughts and feelings on sexuality are, instead of being told:

Children grilled over sexuality

THREE and four-year-olds in an Australian childcare centre have been questioned about kissing, flirting and sexuality by a taxpayer-funded researcher.

Monash University’s Dr Mindy Blaise spent five days at the unnamed centre undertaking research into gender, sexuality and homosexuality.

Part of her research, overseen by a teacher, involved asking boys and girls questions such as “Are you a flirt? and “Have you ever kissed a boy?”

Psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg said the research was inappropriate and he was surprised it had got past the university’s ethics committee.

“It’s part of the general adultification of children. Why the hell can’t we just let children be children?” Dr Carr-Gregg said.

Australian Family Association spokeswoman Terri Kelleher said pre-school age children should not be questioned on sexuality.

“We’re surprised such research would be carried out,” Ms Kelleher said.

Dr Blaise’s childcare experiments are described in Kiss and Tell: Gendered narratives and childhood sexuality, a paper published in the latest Australasian Journal of Early Childhood.

Dr Blaise, who trains Victorian childcare, kinder and early primary school teachers at Monash University, wants sexuality to be accommodated in the early childhood curriculum.

This includes sexuality and desire seen through the eyes of young children, but also discussions about homosexuality and heterosexuality.

In the paper she calls for opening up spaces in the curriculum for childrens gender and sexual knowledge to be heard, valued and considered.

“This is already happening so when it does happen what are you (teachers) going to do?” she said yesterday.

Dr Blaise’s research also involved asking children to photograph things they thought were cool, sexy or pretty, and to discuss a photograph of two crocodiles kissing.

She described how she encouraged a discussion about sexuality, desire and love in relation to the crocodile picture. When one child noted that the crocodiles were a boy and girl, Dr Blaise noted that the children appeared to only think about heterosexuality.

Not once did children talk about the possibility of girls being attractive for other girls, or boys being cool for other boys, she concluded.

The research was paid for by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, a US-based organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about sexuality.

But Dr Blaise was employed by Monash University, a tax-payer funded public Australian university.

Dr Blaise said the research was passed by the university’s ethical review board without any concerns.

When contacted yesterday, Dr Blaise said she was just raising issues children were already discussing in kinder, childcare and early primary schools.
“It’s happening all of the time, but in early childhood it’s usually pushed down rather. I just made space for it to children to open up so we can find out more about what they know and don’t know,” she said.

“These discussions (about sex and sexuality) happen when they are outside playing, playing Lego and at the sand table. We usually think they don’t understand what these ideas are or we ignore them as adults.”

Dr Blaise said it was important kids felt that “healthy sexuality was not dirty or wrong”.

The journal is published by the Early Childhood Association, and chief executive Pam Cahir said she did not have a problem with the research because it was approved by both the university ethics committee and parents.

Nor did Ms Cahir have a problem with the topic being incorporated into the curriculum as long as it was child-led.

If you’re a frequent visitor to child modeling forums, the chances are you’ve been there yourself, if not, you’ve probably heard it mentioned elsewhere. The Web Models Supporters Forum (WMSF) is a relatively new forum, founded by VanWarrior. We asked VanWarrior some questions about WMSF and his thoughts in general on the child modeling industry as is it stands:

Web Models Supporters Forum is a fairly new forum (founded early 2010 from what I can gather), what inspired you to create your own forum?

Rather than inspired, I was asked if I would take over the Old FOWM after cd8dad was arrested on child molestation charges, That was in about January this year. I was already an Associate Assistant on that forum (some admin duties) so accepted. While I was discussing the forum with cd8′s original co owner, we decided that it would be better if the forum got away from the name as most people (within and outside the CM community) would associate it with CD8dad and his guilty plea.Totally separate to these chats I was also contacted by a few other people asking if a new forum would be started. At this point I started looking at opening a new forum, along the lines of the old one but with no connection whatsoever. and WMSF is the result. The forum opened to members in late March and has been growing ever since.

I think that each online forum serves their own special purpose in the child modeling community, what would you say is WMSF’s role?

Our main role is to help the sites, who have no way of advertising their models apart from forums, promote their models. The sites owners either post a couple of samples of each set or send me the samples to post, to let the membership know what the models have done/are doing and to give an idea of the range of the models talents. The members can then visit the sites and hopefully join up. If the forum can let a member see a model they do not know and point them in the direction of that models site, then I believe our role has been fulfilled. Also from time to time we pass on news about what is happening with the various agencies and models we promote.

You do a lot to help out the modeling websites, what makes you so passionate about modeling?

Quite a difficult question, I would say rather than being passionate about just modelling, I am passionate about letting young people have fun and enjoying themselves, If modeling is one of the ways they like to have fun, then that is an extension of what I believe in.

I have only had the internet for just short of 3 years, but in that time have got to know quite a few of the site owners and have helped out with their forums and a couple of the sites, getting to chat with them and a few of the models as well. My Passion as you put it for the industry seemed to grow from that. The models we deal with are all very pretty very happy girls/young ladies and this shows in the shoots. I love to see a young person having fun and really enjoying herself, whether in a photoshoot or playing with her friends as I am out and about for work.

With the Webe Web Corporation director, Marc Greenberg, pleading guilty to child pornography, some websites have become considerably more conservative with their photos. Is there is anything you feel needs to change within the child modeling community?

I don’t know about change in the community. And I also think the pictures were becoming more conservative anyway because no-body knows where the line will be drawn in any situation between Modeling and pornography. If you look at the law it seems pretty clear, no shots which imply any form of sexual activity or that could be classed as lascivious and no shots where the focus of the shot is certain areas of the body. The problems start when these laws have to be intepreted by a Judge and Jury. no two people are the same in their opinion of what is lascivious, or what is a sexually suggestive photograph. My parents have a photo of my niece, taken when she was on holiday walking along the road licking an ice cream. a totally harmless shot of a young girl out having a walk with her family. some people, if that shot was posted on a website may say that it is a sexually suggestive shot, because she is licking an ice cream. how else are you supposed to eat it??

What I think we need to do is be vigilant and to make sure that law agencies have no ammunition against any of the sites or, indeed forums. I wont use the term paedophile because that is a misconception in the eyes of the public in general but we need to make sure that people who assault and/or abuse children have no place in this community. I am sure most, if not all, members are totally against anyone who would hurt any child or put a child in danger. To quote Princess, I believe, from the header page of every thread on the forum

“We all agree that we love little girls! Abuse and neglect of little girls will not be tolerated. Please be loving and kind to all little girls and each other.”

What aspect do you like most about operating your own forum?

I’ve actually never thought about this. I Like the whole overall experience but I would have to say mainly I love reading the comments that other people make about the models, and I don’t have to be the admin for the forum to do that.The thing I hate about operating the forum is having to ban people. I don’t like stopping anyone having access to the sites links for the models, however, there are some times when you have to ban a member, for the good of the forum.

I hope everyone likes the forum, and has a long and happy membership there. If you are not a member, pop along and check us out.

I would recommend that the WMSF is worth a visit!

That’s according to me and Bonnie Fuller of Hollywood Life, an excellent gossip blog about Hollywood.

The recent uproar over sexy 7 year-olds in midriff baring clingy spandex gyrating to the awesome beat of Beyonce’s hit song “Single Ladies“, has raised some eyebrows, but also seen some support in the blogosphere.

Ladies puhleeze — These girls aren’t 17 and they aren’t Miley Cyrus — it’s time to simmer down over 7 year-olds kicking up their heels!

Bonnie Fuller makes the comments that the girls didn’t think they were sexting it up. Although I agree it’s time to simmer down over little girls kicking up their heels, I disagree that the 7 year old girls don’t understand how sexually attractive they are. They make those moves better than professional strippers. I have yet to see even 20 somethings who can bump and grind it that well! These are very talented girls for sure, but I know they have full understanding of how sexually attractive they are to women (and men) that appreciate it:

It is nice to see some mainstream support for children dancing in such a racy style, from people and organizations like Hollywood Life and Bonnie Fuller.

Can we also agree that there’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with 7 year-olds wearing bikinis? No one’s in an uproar about that?
Listen, if we were in a different culture, somewhere else on the globe, the dance moves these 7 year-olds were making wouldn’t be considered suggestive at all. They’d be “normal” dance moves.

Lets’ hope it gets a lot more “normal” in this country.

The Japanese government has blocked legal efforts to clamp down on child pornography, with the country becoming the world’s “kiddie porn superpower,” according to a pressure group.

The ruling Democratic Party of Japan has refused to support legislation that would outlaw the possession of child pornography on the grounds that it would infringe individuals’ freedom of expression – although there has been a stepped-up police campaign against people that sell sexual images of children.

Twenty people were arrested this week for posting child pornography on a mobile phone web site that was set up by a 17-year-old high school student, while Japan was shocked earlier this year at the arrest of a mother who took indecent images of her infant son and sold them via the internet.

It’s good to see there’s a least some degree of sanity still out there in some countries.