Rayfield assists us with these contradictions by saying that, by the standards of his time, Chekhov was a judophile.
Rayfield that that even today Chekhov should still be treated as a pedophile. 
mnli hypothesis: Rayfield that that even today Chekhov should still be treated as a pedophile.  premise: Rayfield assists us with these contradictions by saying that, by the standards of his time, Chekhov was a judophile.