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I guess I would follow that up by saying development of festishes is not the same thing as base sexual orientation. I also don't think this would be easy to st

• true_religion 5y ago
  I think the above poster is implying that no one is a pedophile by choice. That would mean people are choosing to desire heinous crimes, which would destroy their reputations permanently and send them to prison. If that were true, we would expect to see a lot more unity from these self selected people in the same way say cannabis users are always jockeying for laws to change. As it is, it looks like an pedophilia is a unasked for mental state spread out over the population at random.
  • klmadfejno 5y ago
    I've reread this a few times and I'm not sure if it's referring to me, or which position you're implying that person is taking. But my view would be people don't choose to be pedophiles. I believe it's fairly well established that childhood sexual abuse correlates to adulthood pedophilia. Likewise nobody is born a furry, and, while being a furry doesn't demand sexual interest, exposure to sexualized furry content probably tilts some people in that direction over time. I do think its kind of fucked up to not differentiate between people who are active child abusers and people who recognizing they're attracted to children but find it morally wrong and desire help.