Child-sex book canceled after WND report
'Expert' author claimed sex good for 'nurturing,' 'mentoring' young boys
Posted: September 22, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
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Two days after WND exclusively reported on a new book claiming sex with children "can benefit" boys and even serve a "mentoring function," the publishing company has announced it is canceling the book in light of the public outcry the story prompted.
"Same-Sex desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West" features "scholarly" treatises by a raft of mostly-Ph.D. academics, all praising earlier civilizations – particularly Greece and Rome – for the role homosexuality played in those ancient cultures.
One chapter in particular, titled "Pederasty: An Integration of Cross-Cultural, Cross-Species, and Empirical Data," has Temple University's Bruce Rind Ph.D. praising the rampant child molestation that reportedly occurred in those societies, at one point citing evolution as supporting a pro-pedophilia worldview.
At one point, Rind writes:
Pederasty, or sexual relations between men and adolescent boys, is condemned in our society as an unqualified evil that maims and destroys. In ancient Greece, samurai Japan, and numerous other cultures, pederasty was seen as the noblest of human relations, conducive if not essential to nurturing the adolescent's successful intellectual and physical maturation.
In a statement e-mailed yesterday to WorldNetDaily from Sandy J. Sickels of Haworth Press, the publisher announced it has no interest in supporting "abuse against children and others":
The Haworth Press, Inc., has canceled publication of the book "Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West." The company Board of Directors and Ethics Committee met on the matter and have voted not to proceed with publication of the book.
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