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Is there data on how effective therapy is for pedophiles? Intuitively I'd expect it enjoys the same 0% efficacy rate as gay conversion therapy.

• Dylan16807 5y ago
  Lots of people have bad impulses that they need to control and therapy helps there doesn't it? The goal wouldn't be the same as conversion.
  • xanaxagoras 5y ago
    It's at least similar. Gay conversion aims for 3 things as far as I can tell: 1) Stop acting on your current sexual feelings 2) Stop having those feelings 3) Start feeling different sexual feelings somehow, but probably not At the very least the first step is the same, and equally unlikely to happen. I don't know what the current status is with castration or chemical castration for pedophiles but I wholeheartedly support it. I don't really care if they get the help they need, I don't care about them or their dignity or humanity at all. I only care that they don't rape children.
    • Dylan16807 5y ago
      > At the very least the first step is the same, and equally unlikely to happen. Well there's different kinds of "acting on". "Don't have consensual sex with another gay person" is a hard sell. "Don't rape anyone" gets pretty good support from everyone. Rape is a lot more about power than it is about attraction, and it's not that easy to figure out who would go there.
      • xanaxagoras 5y ago
        That's a good point, I dunno, maybe you're right and I just get carried away when I think about this stuff, it's all just so disgusting. I see what you mean, the difference between pedophile and child abuser.