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Emily Rothman, ScD @EmRothman
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Emily Rothman, ScD@EmRothman
4 Jan 2018
Thank you to @WSJ for this interview, I enjoyed having the opportunity to talk about why people perpetrate sexual assault. wsj.com/articles/the-mentali…

The Mentality of Sexual Assault and Harassment, a Q&A

As revelations and allegations of sexual assault and harassment mount, The Wall Street Journal spoke with Boston University’s Emily Rothman about what causes the behavior and whether it is treatable.

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Karen Lean, a HEARTS facilitator, speaks to why it's important to our team to use a neurodiversity-embracing approach. The HEARTS class is available from AANE.
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Also of note, our Boston University Sargent College research about sexual, physical and emotional abuse experienced by autistic college students is referenced: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3481…
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Congratulations to our colleagues at UCLA PEERS for important and on-going work. Full article here: nytimes.com/2025/06/12/healt…

The Real-Life Dating Boot Camp That Inspired ‘Love on the Spectrum’ (Gift Article)

When U.C.L.A. psychologists first proposed teaching adults with autism how to date, funders wouldn’t go near it. Now we are in a new world.

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So proud that the HEARTS healthy relationships class for autistic adults got a shout out in the New York Times today, thanks to the excellent reporting from @EllenBarryNYT
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Emily Rothman, ScD@EmRothman
2 May 2025
Have you created adult content for OnlyFans, the Hub, or another site? I'm particularly interested in interviewing those 18-24 years old in USA, but open to all ages for now. Well compensated Zoom interview, 1 hr, confidential. Please DM me. Hoping no fraudsters or bots. Thanks!
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My book Pornography and Public Health got some love in the The New York Times magazine yesterday from The Ethicist, aka Kwame Anthony Appiah. I am so glad that the book, and the way I think about pornography, sex, and relationships, has landed helpfully with some people.
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To read The Ethicist, see “A Bonus Question” at this link: lnkd.in/er79Ywy8 To read my book: a.co/d/0LBUBqB

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Our team was VERY excited to learn that this paper was accepted and is now in press in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence:
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Our paper uses a nationally representative US sample and demonstrates that youth with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions had substantially elevated odds of more frequent physical, sexual, psychological and cyber dating abuse victimization
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controlling for gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, and household income. Want to talk about neurodiversity and IPV or SV at the national, state, or local level? My DMs are open!
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Autistic men: Are you in the US age 50 ? I have a new project but too few autistic men! This project is about being autistic and having had a colonoscopy. It is paid. You have to be in the USA. I interview you (fraudsters, bots you will not succeed). Please DM me by Dec 1. TY!
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New paper alert! "Prevalence of Neurodevelopmental, Mental, and Behavioral Disorders in a Sample of U.S. Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth, and Associations with Health and Health Care Access"
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(i.e. schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder), a mood disorder (i.e. PTSD, depression, or anxiety), or a behavioral disorder (substance use, eating, or conduct disorder). Approximately 26% reported seeking healthcare while being exploited.
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Routledge is offering free reprints of this article to the first 50 people: tandfonline.com/eprint/ZEBZJ…

Prevalence of Neurodevelopmental, Mental, and Behavioral Disorders in a Sample of U.S. Commercially...

Little is known about the prevalence of neurodevelopmental, mental, or behavioral disorders among CSEC survivors, and the experiences of CSEC survivors with these disorders with health care. We con...

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