DonFerrari said:
tak13 said:
Mr.Playstation said:
First of all when mentioning pedophilia we're only referring to the act of an Adult being attracted to young children or prepubescent children ( mainly 11 years or younger ) not the actual act of abusing a child.
With this said, why does society on a whole see pedophilia as a mental disorder, rather than as a sexual orientation. The best reaction a person who's sexual orientation is pedophilia can have is to seek help, while the worst is that of being publically shamed even though the only crime this Adult person has committed is of being born in such a way that he is attracted to children.
Sure it shouldn't become legal but the negative stigma for this sexual orientation is pretty huge, when a person can't help himself since he was born this way.
Do you agree that society looks down too much on Pedophilia?
Is this hate justified? ( We're talking about the attraction to children not child abuse done by a person suffering from pedophilia )
Overall what do you think on Pedophilia ( The attraction not the act of child abuse )?
Disclaimer: Respect others people's opinion on the matter, therefore discuss the subject at hand like an adult and don't start calling other users names, if they have a different opinion from yours.
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I'll post my opinion later but here is why it's mental disorder:
Development and sexual orientation
Pedophilia emerges before or during puberty, and is stable over time.[44] It is self-discovered, not chosen.[5] For these reasons, pedophilia has been described as a disorder of sexual preference, phenomenologically similar to a heterosexual or homosexual sexual orientation.[44] These observations, however, do not exclude pedophilia from the group of mental disorders because pedophilic acts cause harm, and pedophiles can sometimes be helped by mental health professionals to refrain from acting on their impulses which cause harm to children.[45]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia
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We can teach a homo not to act on his impulse, so should homossexuality be considered a crime?
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Hahahahaahah people got that and come into really bad conclusions!By your mind maybe but by science you can't and you shouldn't since it's not bad being homosexual(it's your nature) and acting on your impulses,while you don't hurt anyone,you have sexual intercourse with a consenting adult!
Also you didn't use the whole phrase in the post from wiki-paedophilia that I quoted,it says to refrain from acting on their impulses WHICH CAUSE HARM TO CHILDREN!But even if you can teach a gay to not to act on his impulse,Homosexual's impluses doesn't harm anyone(so why try to refrain him on acting on them?) and it's sexual orientation since you born but paedophilia mental disorder of sexual preference/interest which emerges before or during puberty!Furthemore,you used the word crime in your comparison,while the quote from wiki says about mental disorder,so you did your extrapolation wrongly!Your phrase should be''We can teach a homo not to act on his impulse, so should homossexuality be considered a crime mental disorder''?Plus that Being paedophile,it's not a crime it's a mental disorder not only because psychiatrists can prevent them from fulfiling their sexual desires but because this particularity also damages the children,child rape which is a cause of paedophilia is the crime...
Wow people,read more carefully to understand rightly,the misguided extrapolations/comparisons(others with heterosexual/woman rape other with homosexuality) that some did with that post surprises me negatively!If you can't distinguish the differences...Then I'm sad!
