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WestMichRad

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16. Here's the recommended terminology
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 12:46 PM
Sep 2025

First are Terms to be used with caution, or avoided completely; then follows the Recommended term for each item.

(Avoid)- Child pornography
(Recommended)- Child sexual abuse material

(Avoid)- Child sex tourism
(Recommended)- Sexual exploitation of children in the context of travel and tourism

(Avoid)- Child sex tourist
(R)- Travelling perpetrators of child sexual offences

(Avoid)- Child prostitution
(R)- Exploitation of children in/for prostitution

(Avoid)- Child prostitute, child sex worker (R)- Victim of sexual exploitation

(Avoid)- Customer, client, John
(R)- Abuser, child sex offender

(Avoid)- Webcam child sex tourism / webcam child sex abuse
(R)- Live online child sexual abuse

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DURec leftstreet Sep 2025 #1
Thank you! Heidi Sep 2025 #7
Kick SheltieLover Sep 2025 #2
TY electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #3
Thank you for this very important information. niyad Sep 2025 #4
Outside this list, there are related terms Heidi Sep 2025 #5
Absolutely! SheltieLover Sep 2025 #8
And it's not even that difficult to change how we discuss these issues. Heidi Sep 2025 #9
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2025 #6
Trivializing the sexual abuse and exploitation of children IronLionZion Sep 2025 #10
He's sure behaving as though he's guilty Heidi Sep 2025 #21
They know he's involved somehow, so they try to make it sound less bad IronLionZion Sep 2025 #22
Typical minimizing behavior. Heidi Sep 2025 #23
Yep children are rape victims IbogaProject Sep 2025 #11
KnR Hekate Sep 2025 #12
Bookmarking Hekate Sep 2025 #13
Thank you for this important information Wild blueberry Sep 2025 #14
Thank you! Heidi Sep 2025 #19
Very important. Thank you for posting. LoisB Sep 2025 #15
Thank you Heidi Sep 2025 #20
Here's the recommended terminology WestMichRad Sep 2025 #16
Thank you for posting the word-for-word INTERPOL recommended terms. Heidi Sep 2025 #24
All credit to our beloved niyad Heidi Sep 2025 #17
Thank you for this! chowder66 Sep 2025 #18
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