Is pedophilia/ephebophilia a choice?

Pedophile != Sexual Predator. Pedophile merely means attraction to a opposite person younger than 12 years old. A homosexual pedophile is attraction to a same-sex person younger than 12 years old.

I do not believe pedophilia is a choice. I believe it is a subconscious desire that develops early in childhood, and never really matures. Many pedophiles had sexual frustrations at a young age, and were restricted heavily in their desires. This led them to be sexually stunted early on, which kept their attraction to people of that age.

It is possible for a pedophile to get out of their sexual prematurity, but it requires that they move out of it at a healthy rate. The earlier it is caught, the easier it is for them to overcome it. As long as they don't engage in any sexual encounters with those desires, then they will mature. But once they become sex offenders, they most likely will never be able to reform their appetite.

 

@Bold, yeah they were married to guys around their age so that doesn't count.


As for pedophilia being a choice, mainly the person who has an attraction for younger people is usually caused because they went through a troublesome time when they were a child. Most likely they had been violated by someone who was older...

My personal opinion: I hate all pedophiles/sex offenders. I'd rather have them get the death penalty instead of a murderer which just goes to show how much I hate them.

 

What? No. Princes married young girls, even when they were 18-40 years old.

And first of all, being abused as a child isn't a choice. And there is many child molesters who hasn't been abused as kids.

Different people like different things, and there are parts of the male reptile brain, that are attracted to younger girls.

 

Careful throwing that word around. A 19 year old getting a blowjob from a 17 year old could be classed as a sex offender, do you think he deserves the death penalty?

 

I think it's the same as being gay. If you argue gay is a choice, then so is pedophilia, if you argue its natural, then so is pedophilia. Pedophilia is obviously wrong, but people still do it because they can't control their urges.

This is so very not true. Aparently, girls matured faster (in olden days) than they do today, so at the time it was normal for a young girl to be with a grown man.

Might be sick by todays standards, but not back then.

 

I believe it is natural, as your like 40 years old some women/men won't be as attractive as the 15-19 year olds; so you would be attracted to them more then those of your age. Younger people generally look better then older people and it is honestly fine with me as long as you didn't force the underage person to be in a relationship with the Pedo/Ephebo by their choice.

 

I dont think it is a choice, it is really messed up though.

 

Pedo is more for children i.e. before they hit puberty. 15-19 year olds are prime real eastate, nothing pedo about that shit, maybe morally and legally but still not pedo

 

Whether it be children someone is interested in, animals, or members of the same sex, it's just a sexual preference. If you can say it's natural to be gay, then it's natural to like children, animals, or anything else people are attracted to.

 

just because someone advocates the idea that it is not a choice does not necessarily mean that they are arguing that ''these individuals are disgusting because they have chosen this attraction", that is your and many others assertion.

 

No, but the problem arises when people dismiss others as being disgusting because of something that is out of their control. I believe any sexual preference is natural because it is not a choice. The only choice involved is the choice to be honest and open about it, which people don't like.

 

I would say that it is not natural, rather disgusting.

 

I agree that it isn't a choice, but do you think that it is natural? Also, I think it becomes immoral once those feelings are acted upon, but I won't argue its amorality prior to that.

 

it some country's it's normal to be haveing sex and be married at like 11/12 so to them it's normal but in place's like america england it's disgusting i am english and thing anyone under 16 is illegal as in america i think they age limit is 18

 

Just to throw out this fact: Japan has it's minimum age limit set to 13 years of age. Both parties must give consent for it to be allowed though.

 

Yep, I agree with that completely.
The people who feel they are attracted to young girls/boys should not pursue this feeling, as it is wrong.

 

It's a mental issue, and people may have a degree of attraction of young children, but whether you go through with doing sick and disturbing acts, is a different problem.

 

In ancient sparta grown men were allowed to have relationships with young children as long as the attraction was built on the child's character.

 

Staying on topic, I will not mention anything to do with the morality of it.

Is Pedophilia natural? I doubt it. I agree with Deacon Frost on this:

Also, the majority of offenders against children aren't even attracted to them. They're attracted to power and they're sadists. This means they were NOT pedophiles, they were just assholes.

The main problem with questions asking if something is natural or not is that you can't separate nature and nurture; they both play a role.

Now, is it a choice to be attracted to children? Well let me ask you this: who in their right mind would choose to be attracted to children if having that attraction puts them at risk of going to prison? That would be like choosing to have kleptomania in the United States.

 

I personally don't think it's natural, I think it's a mental/medical condition. It needs to either be treated, or the person needs to be away from society. I mean, sure give the person a small margin of chance to prove that he/she is being treated and is okay, but make sure they are AWAY from the underage person(s). If they aren't okay, then please just take them away. It's sick and twisted.