Children's Justice

Most Popular Posts Of March 2022

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Brendon Marotta

Apr 02, 2022

In March, I published one post per day. Here were the most popular from that month:

The Abuse of Jewish Fragility

When someone is in an abusive relationship, they often have to construct a mental model of their abuser in order to survive. They use this mental model to understand what will set off the abuse. If I do this, will they attack me? Every action is run through this mental model of their abuser to see what will trigger abuse…

3 years ago · 7 likes · 9 comments · Brendon Marotta

We Must End The Epistemic Violence Against Intactivists

“In short, to communicate we all need an audience willing and capable of hearing us. The extent to which entire populations of people can be denied this kind of linguistic reciprocation as a matter of course institutes epistemic violence.” - Kriste Dotson…

3 years ago · 9 likes · 5 comments · Brendon Marotta

A Jewish Guide To Talking To Circumcision Survivors

When media writes about interactions between Jewish people and those harmed by circumcision, they usually focus on how the behavior of survivors impacts Jewish feelings. There have been multiple articles written by Jewish people on how activists against circumcision are supposed to talk to Jewish people without offending them…

3 years ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Brendon Marotta

Is Circumcision A Form Of Identity?

When people talk about circumcision, they don’t say “I was circumcised.” They say “I am circumcised.” Why? This is not how we talk about other surgeries. No one would say “I am shoulder surgeried.” They would say “I had shoulder surgery.” The only surgeries that people use identity language around are those which transform identity in some way. For examp…

3 years ago · 6 likes · 2 comments · Brendon Marotta

The Minoritized Movement

Those from minority groups are often treated as representatives of their group, while those from dominant groups are not. If someone from a minority group commits a crime, the headline includes the minority aspect of their identity. If someone from a dominant group does the same action, they are often described merely as a person, rather than a represen…

3 years ago · 6 likes · 4 comments · Brendon Marotta

Just Because They're "Not Attracted To Children" Doesn't Mean They Aren't Pedophiles

One of the most common objections to the concept of systemic pedophilia from those who participate in it is “but I’m not attracted to children.” Children’s Justice defines systemic pedophilia as the systems that allow for children to be harmed. These systems include culture, language, institutions, etc. By definition, systems cannot “desire” the way that…

3 years ago · 4 likes · 2 comments · Brendon Marotta

This next post did *not* make my most popular posts but was my personal favorite from the month. Call this my most underrated post:

Hermeneutical Justice Is The Key To Social Justice

Hermeneutical justice is the key to all social justice. Only once a movement can find the language to name and describe the challenges it faces, it will be able to solve those challenges. In Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing Miranda Fricker defines hermeneutical injustice as “when a gap in collective interpretive resources puts someone…

3 years ago · Brendon Marotta

Of course, the best thing you could read would be my book Children’s Justice, available here.

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