Politics I keep seeing this on FB...

[Lanny]

Do you feel like people view pedophiles the same way they view gay or trans people? Not that I'm saying that sleeping with children should be viewed the same way as sleeping with consenting adults, but gay rights and trans rights have advanced quite a bit in the last 10-20 years. People don't pep up and fight for pedophile rights. We still view people who are attracted to children as disgusting. Men especially are viewed as dangerous and male teachers are treated vastly different from female teachers in terms of being able to be alone with students at school.

So what I mean is that gay rights have been celebrated and embraced as something they're born with and something that should be recognized.

Nobody wants to be recognized as being a pedophile. Even if someone were to be completely in control of their pedophilia, people are scared of them.

Pedophilia harms people and that's the difference. This is also why, when you're in my space, you'd best be wearing a mask over nose as well as mouth and you'd better not let me smell your cigarette smoke.

 

[Lanny]

I assumed this thread was about THIS picture!

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Aha, so you do own a basketball.

 

[donkiez]

This whole new outrage over sexual crimes is a conservative think-tank strategy. It's similar to refocusing the gun discussion on mental health so they don't really have to address either problem. It started to surface during the protests, as a way for people who were critical of the protests to take the moral ground on a worthy issue. It also gives the anti BLM people something to be very loud about to compete with BLM outrage. Even Trump got in on it and donated a bunch of money and passed a few meaningless laws, which helps feed the story. Don't get me wrong, sex trafficking and pedophilia are both terrible but truth is they have both been on the decline over the years so there is no reason to refocus on them, but any criticism makes you look like you support it. It also doesnt help that some pedo groups have tried to associate themselves with the LGBTQ community to try an normalize their behavior, but no one is buying that connection other than conservatives.

 

[Natebishop3]

Pedophilia harms people and that's the difference.

No. Being a pedophile in and of itself only harms the pedophile.

Acting out on their urges is what hurts other people.

 

[kjironman1]

No. Being a pedophile in and of itself only harms the pedophile.

Acting out on their urges is what hurts other people.

He said "Pedophilia". That is acting out.

 

[Natebishop3]

He said "Pedophilia". That is acting out.

Maybe my understanding of the definition is incorrect.

 

[Natebishop3]

So based on what I'm seeing, the definition of pedophilia is just sexual feelings directed towards children. That doesn't necessarily mean any action is taken.

But I also wonder what the percentage is of pedophiles who were molested as a child. And would this counter the idea that they're born that way? Or is there a difference between someone who is molested and then ends up molesting, and someone who is just born with this condition?

 

[kjironman1]

Maybe my understanding of the definition is incorrect.

Or Mine???
I was of the thought a Pedophile was the person and pedophilia was the act?
I may be wrong here?