Pedophilia

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Meh, there's a sex offender coming to where I live within this month. He's living on the same street as I am. People told me to load up a gun and get ready, but I think they could all change and become nice. Just my thoughts.

 

Pedophiles get a very bad name. Just like you stated OP, they can't control that they find children attractive. The thing that really gives them a bad name is the fact that everyone thinks that every single pedophile is out to molest/rape/hurt children, when in reality, that's completely wrong. It's like, not every straight man wants to go out and a rape a woman.

Most of what people know about Pedophiles is just stereotypical bullshit.

 

born with very unnatural desires
This is a contradictory statement; by definition, something you are born with is natural.

This is correct.

 

You're right, not every pedophile molests children. But, as Tyro said, it's really not analogous to the men raping woman situation, because men can have ethical and consensual sex with women. A pedophile can't with a children - if, using Aroxez as an example, he knows a pedophile is moving onto his street, the person has done something wrong; he wouldn't be registered as a sex offender otherwise.

 

To paraphrase what others said, having a sexual attraction towards children doesn't by default lead to violent sexual abuse.

I'd be inclined to suggest that the demonisation of violent pedophiles - whether convicted or alleged - in the media and in modern society does little to help those who feel sexual attraction towards children and wish to seek help, but don't for fear of being ostracised.

There was a good thread on this a few months ago.

 

I don't have a problem as long as they stay away from me, my family, my friends and any other child. As long as they don't EVER act on their desires then they should be treated normally (But measures should be taken to keep them away from minors).

 

I personally think we should castrate all of them and if that doesn't stop them then i think we should chop all of there limbs off. Too harsh? My best friend was raped and murdered.

 

Try not using your friend's experience to justify your one side mindedness, its rather disrespectful.
What about the ones who don't act upon their feelings and urges and just go about daily life? Let's change the thoughts of children to the thoughts of woman or how about 17 year old girls, i guess then all boys and men (comeon i don't care how old you are it's alright, she's dressed like daisy duke she gets the attention of daisy duke) should be castrated because they simply have natural urges.

A fetish is a fetish, simply complying that you accept this fetish is not anything for people to get angry about. Now acting upon it can cause problems.

First thing, "Morally"? Morals are subjective so for pedophiles who do act upon this are acting morally. That is unless they are against their own actions.

The desires aren't unhealthy they are perfectly natural, as I've stated before a fetish is a fetish. Now seeking help with not acting upon their urges is something they could do with. But you can't simply deny someone specifically because they have a different way of thinking, actions can go against the law and such but thinking is perfectly fine.

Also, their lumped in with homosexuals because they both have different forms of what is sexually appealing than the average norm and thus are objectified because of it, homosexuals aren't as much because people have realized it's a lifestyle choice but because of what act's pedophiles cause they are to up in arms against it to think anything different.
Replace kiddy rape with aids and you have the situation homosexuals were in back in the 70's and 80's.

 

It's not the actual feeling of it thats morally wrong.

It's the fact that people manipulate and abuse children that don't know that what's happening is wrong. Children who are molested are usually fucked up for life. A person being eternally scarred isn't ok just for the sexual pleasure of one person.

 

Exactly. The consequences for the person was is raped is far more than the actually rapist.

 

K but not all of them are pedophiles...thats like getting mad at every man for raping women because a small percentage of the population does.

 

There is nothing wrong with them.

Any sexual desire should be considered natural. We accept gays even though their sexual preference differs from the norm. We also accept different fetishes. Pedophiles are no different except in that our society views them differently and discriminates against them.

 

If you see it this way that all pedophiles are bad and should be castrated or whatever, then won't we have to castrate all men?

All straight men fantasy about women and sex. A percentage of men will give in to their temptations and commit rape. Does that mean we have to castrate all men too? No.

The ones who commit sexual assault and harm children are the ones that give all pedophiles a really bad name. They are they ones deserving harsh punishment. And when i say harsh, i mean REALLY HARSH. However, the rest of the pedophiles might have a fetish for children, but they understand that it is immoral and it will scar the children for life, therefore they choose not to succumb to their evil temptations. So do they deserve castration too? NO.

In conclusion, pedophiles are just like normal human beings with their different fetishes. As long as they do not make any move against children, or do anything that will harm others, they are perfectly fine.

 

To be fair though, even if they dont act on their desires, its still WRONG.

How would you feel if you walked past one on the street, and you saw him staring across the road, thinking sexual things about children playing?

The law needs to be harsher on these types of people.

 

Acting is wrong, the thought's aren't. The only reason your saying that is because it involves children. While yes the act of it is traumatizing and "wrong" the actual idea of it is not.

 

How are thoughts not wrong? You don't think it's a "bad" thing to be thinking about mutilating people?

Explain your logic, please.

 

Thoughts are just things that pop into our head and people can't control them, People who act on them are bad.

Thinking that thoughts can be controlled is stupid as they will always be there however changing peoples morality is.

 

Where did I say we can control our thoughts? Just because we can't control it doesn't make it a "good" thing.

 

We all have bad thoughts, does it mean we all should be arrested?