Poll: Is liking petite girls the same as pedophilia?

[JoesshittyOs]

No... I'm honestly curious as to how you even reached that conclusion.

Pedophilia is being attracted to kids, not tiny people- You know, let's just let this guy answer it.

No, no, no, no and no, end of story. Why are we even discussing this?

Because he seems to get it.

 

[verdant monkai]

I'm unsure if it works the other way around, but I'm curious. If you are sexually attract to petite girls, are you into pedophilia as well? I don't think so because it's just being attracted to a mature girl that happens to look fairly young. I don't think it means the person has interest in younger women, but perhaps just likes a slender, or "cuter" form...Just my opinion. I wouldn't say I have a thing for it, but I wouldn't be turned away by it...

Edit: Quick clarification, I was sure it meant small but the class decided on young as the definition instead. So for the sake of this thread, go by both? Is it wrong to be sexually attracted to a woman that looks younger than she really is? Not the 40 year old look 20 something, though.

No, liking skinny small girls is not the same as liking little kids, they look different anyway.

Paedophilia is about age YOU KNOW THAT, size of the girl doesn't come into it, its all about age.

Seriously did you make this thread for attention or something? You know the answer to this question everybody does.

 

[Ammutseba]

Little girls and pepite women don't have the same mentality.

 

[The Great Purtabo]

This is where legislation gets tricky for statutory rape. 16-year-olds have extreme potential to be incredibly hot. That's when a girl, biologically, should be having a child. But mentally, she's likely not mentally/emotionally ready to consent to sexual contact (especially with an adult). However, if you're convicted of statutory rape of a perfectly mature 16-year-old, you are basically labeled a child molester for life. It's a brutal system designed to protect children, but it severely hurts the rights of men. It's why some states and many countries actually have an age of consent of 16 or so. I think Canada's was freaking 12 (way too low) until rather recently.

Do you think the system over here, where sex is legal at 16, is better?

The reason it is 16 is not to protect pedo's but to protect children, if the age of consent is .... 18 lets say, and a 17 year old and a 19 year old have sex, you can have the 19 y/o go to jail, no matter if it was even consensual; ie you are on the sex offenders registry. 0.0 that would suck. Especially with neighborhood watch going after you as you get older, AND FORGET ABOUT living close to a school or park! Consent over a certain age like 16 can cause huge problems for people who don't deserve it.

 

[Amaror]

PROFESSIONAL INSIGHT TIME!

I'm actually going for a psychology degree right now and my focus is children, so I can actually answer this with a bit of background knowledge.

Small women and young girls are very different. There are several changes that take place revolving around puberty aside from the obvious ones, and sometimes it's even intangible. You can definitely see this if you browse porn sites a lot, because your mind is centered on the idea of finding an ideal mate. If you aren't attracted to children, the second your horny eyes find one, all your wires get crossed and you just don't know what to do with yourself. If you are attracted... Well you probably had the opposite reaction.

You see, puberty is much more than just growing boobs and getting taller. One study we actually did in class was astonishing. Four anonymous girls in different parts of their menstrual cycle were asked to wear the same t-shirt to bed three nights in a row, then bring it to class in a plastic bag (and of course secretly). The men in the class then smelled each bag and rated which one we were attracted to most. 90% went with the one that was ovulating. So a woman who is small and built like a child is distinctly different from an actual child.

This being said, some men who are attracted to children will sometimes look for a smaller mate and then fantasize, but it would never be the same. Of course, I do mean some men. The overwhelming majority of men with small girls either just like small girls or are indifferent to their partner's size.

This is where legislation gets tricky for statutory rape. 16-year-olds have extreme potential to be incredibly hot. That's when a girl, biologically, should be having a child. But mentally, she's likely not mentally/emotionally ready to consent to sexual contact (especially with an adult). However, if you're convicted of statutory rape of a perfectly mature 16-year-old, you are basically labeled a child molester for life. It's a brutal system designed to protect children, but it severely hurts the rights of men. It's why some states and many countries actually have an age of consent of 16 or so. I think Canada's was freaking 12 (way too low) until rather recently.

But when it comes to protecting children, I'd rather err on the side of caution.

Huh... I think I may have thought I was writing an assignment for class in there at some point...

tl;dr, Nope.

Good post. I also think the age of 18 to be set a little high, since your basically telling them what they're allowed to do and they should be That mature a little bit older.
I live in Europe, where it's mostly 16 and when the partner is under 21 i think in some countrys it scales down to 14 i think.
The experiment seems a little weird. although i know what the point is, i think i would be a little freaked out if i was handed a T - shirt and told: "So which one is hotter?"

 

[Farseer Lolotea]

Did you hear that?

That was the sound of every small woman in the world facepalming hard at the very idea. And every thirtysomething who still gets carded headdesking.

Come to think of it? I think their husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, and even some of the people with whom they had brief flings in the past are getting in on it as well.

So...no. (Also, it's kind of condescending to equate small adult women with prepubescent girls.)

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I'd say "Hell no!"

 

[Woodsey]

Are you attracted prepubescent girls? No? Then no, you aren't a paedophile.

 

[Agayek]

I'm unsure if it works the other way around, but I'm curious. If you are sexually attract to petite girls, are you into pedophilia as well? I don't think so because it's just being attracted to a mature girl that happens to look fairly young. I don't think it means the person has interest in younger women, but perhaps just likes a slender, or "cuter" form...Just my opinion. I wouldn't say I have a thing for it, but I wouldn't be turned away by it...

By the technical definition, and as long as they have gone through puberty, no, it's certainly not paedophilia.

Now for the commonly accepted definition, that depends entirely on how you define "petite". If you just mean someone small, then no, absolutely not. If you mean someone that looks underdeveloped, then you're getting dangerously close to the line.

There are certain parts of the body that change as one ages, and being attracted to some of the "less mature", let's say, aspects of that would qualify. If you really need to figure it out, look at who you're thinking about and guess their age. If it's above 16 or so, then you're fine.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

That depends.
Is the petite girl in question actually a child?

 

[AngloDoom]

Yes, in exactly the same way that finding tall girls attractive is the same as wanting to have sex with a giraffe.

 

[bkrockwell]

I'm concerned that your teacher even let your class work with a completely incorrect idea of what "petite" means; the meaning of the word should never have been up for debate, let alone a vote. As plenty of people have spelled out, it means "small" (and the term is generally used once a girl has developed, because it's a given that children are 'small'), it makes no sense to try to link it to pedophilia.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

Say, didn't Australia have a thing not that long ago where they banned porn of any women who didn't have bigass titties?

I'd say this is as stupid as that, but actually, they're the exact same thing. No.

 

[Farseer Lolotea]

Say, didn't Australia have a thing not that long ago where they banned porn of any women who didn't have bigass titties?

Not quite. They banned anything smaller than a B-cup, which is still on the small end.

Which doesn't change the fact that it was insulting.

 

[-Adracko-]

OINGO BOINGO TIME

Oingo Boingo time is all the time...
-starts humming the end of No One Lives Forever-

 

[Phlakes]

Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in adults or late adolescents typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children.

So no. Not at all.

 

[Doneeee]

Fuck no. There is a completely defined line between the 2 and you've got to be a special kind of idiotic to not see it.

 

[someonehairy-ish]

It's too much effort to attach a giant picture to this saying 'herpaderr' so I'll say this:

This was a stupid question. The whole definition of paedophilia is liking children sexually. Therefore liking people who just look young is not paedophilia.
Asian women have a tendency [sub]not generalising at all[/sub] to look younger than they are, this obviously doesn't make everyone who goes out with one a paedophile.

 

[doomspore98]

Are these petite girls underage, if so then YOU MONSTER.
If not then no, end of discussion