Seeing a blog that claims to be supportive of paras and then seeing ‘proshipper dni’ in their bio like
Come on
It’s just feels weird?? Like, you want paras to get better and not harm anyone, but then you shame people for liking ficton that may or may not even pertain to their paras. Fiction that could be their only outlet to curb urges safely
I dunno but theres something weird about that
This is paramisia.
Honestly, I think the whole "proshipper/antishipper" argument is such a waste of time. I think both sides make good and bad arguments, and that they both lack nuance in many cases, and end up steering into "fiction is completely harmless" and "it is immoral for fiction to ever portray harmful topics", both of which are such black-and-white thinking.
I think that instead of having these ridiculous arguments, we should focus on advocating for better safety precautions for children using the internet that doesn't cut off adults from exploring fiction.
For example, creating websites that are actually SFW and don't have comment sections or messaging (so even if adults use the site, they can't actually speak to the children using it.) Or, if you really want commenting/messaging to be a thing, have a list of pre-approved symbols or phrases that can be selected between, sort of like an AAC machine.
These websites could have games that can be enjoyed by kids, videos that can be enjoyed by kids, and so on, all with actual moderating teams.
In this hypothetical, the only people who can upload these games or videos are pre-screened and approved by the moderating teams, no videos or games go out unwatched/unplayed by adults, etc, etc.
And then once a kid reaches teen years, and wishes to integrate to the wider internet, there should be required videos (with captions and full descriptions to be disability friendly) that you have to watch, discussing grooming and red flag behavior, internet safety, etc, before you can make an account.
Of course, I also think legal guardians should be responsible and teach children these things themselves, but realistically that won't always happen, so I think the best solution to make sure teens actually get informed is to put these measures in place.
