A university professor has sparked outrage after claiming it is not immoral for adults to be sexually attracted to children and saying pedophiles should instead be called ‘minor-attracted persons,’ or MAPs. Allyn Walker, who is transgender and teaches sociology and criminal justice as a tenure-track assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia, has penned a controversial book attempting to destigmatize pedophilia titled A Long Dark Shadow: Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity, published by the University of California Press.

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