This guy has it right. Pedophilia without action is not wrong, as it is a fetish people cannot control. Acting on it is wrong.AverageJoe said:
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Coincidentally, I had to report someone today on my PS3. They were having a conversation online with someone, saying wildly inappropriate comments and asking for sexual pictures. And when I discovered they were talking to a 14 year old, I couldn't sit idly by and not respond. I asked them four times to use private messages, go somewhere else, or preferably stop. When they didn't, I and three other people file complaints.
I would like to think they learned their lesson, because the comments stopped, but the more likely answer is that they switched to private chat.
Pedophilia is wrong, period.
I would like to think they learned their lesson, because the comments stopped, but the more likely answer is that they switched to private chat.
Pedophilia is wrong, period.
it exists because i respect other peoples opinions, and from what ive read of these comments, i mostly agree with them. paedophillia is and will continue to be wrong. im sorry you felt this way, but those were not my true intentions. im sorry for not clarifying that.danpascooch said:
It says adolescent boys though. Paedophillia is with pre-pubescent, so technically paedestry isn't paedophilia.crimson5pheonix said:
And no, I doubt paedophilia will ever be accepted, because children can't decide things on that level. As it is, paedophillia is classed as a mental disorder. The people who have paedophilic urges are therefore mentally ill. Not that that's an excuse. People can resist it, so a paedophile who can't should be severely punished.
Pedophilia as such, sexual attraction to children, is not "wrong". It's not "right" either, but you cannot control your fetishes. It's the people who act on their urges that are most definitely wrong, and IMO should be castrated. (They're almost always men for some reason.)
The sad part is that so many pedophiles apparently do act on their urges. There are many other aberrant fetishes (I myself have several that would land me in jail or get me lynched if I ever try to carry them out), but you almost never hear about anyone acting on those. Just (don't) look at Gurochan; it's a large, active community, but you pretty much never hear about anyone who tries to recreate those situations - and trust me, if they did, it'd be all over the news. Yet pedophiles for some reason are in the news almost every other month or so, if not more often. I find that odd. (And sickening, ofc.)
One thing I guess is that anyone who rapes an underage person is often branded a "pedophile" - but if the victim is 16, 17 or so, they don't really fall under the "pedo-" part of "pedophile". IMO those rapists are "just" that, rapists. If the victim is younger, say, 12-16, they're ephebophobes. Under the age of 12 (roughly, I'm just using broad age boundaries here), that's a pedophile.
And the American definition of "statutory rape" doesn't help either. Over here, the age of consent is 16 (though the age limit for porn and such is still 18), and that works pretty well. Teenagers will have sex no matter the laws, and bringing a 19-year-old to trial for the "sex crime" of doing his 17-year-old girlfriend is, in my opinion, ridiculous. (Then again, I don't know how often that happens so this is basically just me arbitrarily railing against the age of consent in the US.)
The sad part is that so many pedophiles apparently do act on their urges. There are many other aberrant fetishes (I myself have several that would land me in jail or get me lynched if I ever try to carry them out), but you almost never hear about anyone acting on those. Just (don't) look at Gurochan; it's a large, active community, but you pretty much never hear about anyone who tries to recreate those situations - and trust me, if they did, it'd be all over the news. Yet pedophiles for some reason are in the news almost every other month or so, if not more often. I find that odd. (And sickening, ofc.)
One thing I guess is that anyone who rapes an underage person is often branded a "pedophile" - but if the victim is 16, 17 or so, they don't really fall under the "pedo-" part of "pedophile". IMO those rapists are "just" that, rapists. If the victim is younger, say, 12-16, they're ephebophobes. Under the age of 12 (roughly, I'm just using broad age boundaries here), that's a pedophile.
And the American definition of "statutory rape" doesn't help either. Over here, the age of consent is 16 (though the age limit for porn and such is still 18), and that works pretty well. Teenagers will have sex no matter the laws, and bringing a 19-year-old to trial for the "sex crime" of doing his 17-year-old girlfriend is, in my opinion, ridiculous. (Then again, I don't know how often that happens so this is basically just me arbitrarily railing against the age of consent in the US.)
I wouldn't be surprised if in 50 years its legal to have sex with kids but that doesn't mean i'd approve of it. there are two big reasons that pedophilla is wrong.
reason 1: Kids are not mentaly or emotionally capable of understanding or dealing with sex.
reason 2: The younger a girl is when she gets preagnant the more likely there will be complications with the birth, so obviously we aren't suppose to get preaggnant before a cerntin age.
If you want to fantasize about it i'm not gonna stop you but the moment you actually touch a kid then you need to be put down.
reason 1: Kids are not mentaly or emotionally capable of understanding or dealing with sex.
reason 2: The younger a girl is when she gets preagnant the more likely there will be complications with the birth, so obviously we aren't suppose to get preaggnant before a cerntin age.
If you want to fantasize about it i'm not gonna stop you but the moment you actually touch a kid then you need to be put down.
I think the closest thing to acceptance that would, or in fact, should ever be allowed is possibly lowering the age of consent by 1 or 2 years. Anything under 14 is just disgusting, and even then it's pushing it, and should never be allowed.
Homosexuality and things of that ilk are more accepted because it is between 2 fully developed adults. Below about 13, they're children, mentally and physically, and as such will never be ready for a proper, sexually safe relationship.
Homosexuality and things of that ilk are more accepted because it is between 2 fully developed adults. Below about 13, they're children, mentally and physically, and as such will never be ready for a proper, sexually safe relationship.
I'm disapointed that 17 people so far said it's ok. I won't argue because everyone else already said what I would.
In a technical sense, the word Pedophilia simply means "lover of children". It doesn't necessarily mean sexual love.
But in the sense, you're talking about, yes, it is wrong.
Perhaps it's a simplistic sense of morality, but it's just one of those things that FEEL wrong.
But in the sense, you're talking about, yes, it is wrong.
Perhaps it's a simplistic sense of morality, but it's just one of those things that FEEL wrong.
It's a shame that consenting, normal and respectful homosexuals get thrown in with child predators out of sheer convinence for the bigot making the stament (it's become a catch-all fraze for people you think are sick or disgusting).
Pedophilia is supposedly more of a pscychological thing than a natural inclination (having power over your victims is something rapists and child predators have in common).
I'm hoping more study is done on child predators and pedophiles (on a mental/behavioral level) so that we can come up with better solutions for both children and the inidivuals in question (I don't think making them all live together in an apartment complex at a certain distance from schools/parks will solve the problem).
I say that because in Florida there are strict sex offender laws and you're basically a marked man/women for the rest of your life if you even sleep with a minor above 15.And they usually make the actual pedophiles who've had incidences with children live together in special apartment complexes and are kept under watch by local police.
I honestly don't think it solves anything, they're kept under watch usually because they're most likely repeat offenders... but the real problem seems to be psychological.
Just my two cents.
Pedophilia is supposedly more of a pscychological thing than a natural inclination (having power over your victims is something rapists and child predators have in common).
I'm hoping more study is done on child predators and pedophiles (on a mental/behavioral level) so that we can come up with better solutions for both children and the inidivuals in question (I don't think making them all live together in an apartment complex at a certain distance from schools/parks will solve the problem).
I say that because in Florida there are strict sex offender laws and you're basically a marked man/women for the rest of your life if you even sleep with a minor above 15.And they usually make the actual pedophiles who've had incidences with children live together in special apartment complexes and are kept under watch by local police.
I honestly don't think it solves anything, they're kept under watch usually because they're most likely repeat offenders... but the real problem seems to be psychological.
Just my two cents.
I don't agree with pedophillia. I feel it's a severe disorder and should be treated. People who feel this way, I don't think they mean to have these thoughts but.. they should seek treatment, so as not to harm anyone and learn to control their inhibitions.
Who could say? Societies seem so strange over time, we look back at the Greeks and such and we think they're insane, but for some reason, they saw nothing wrong with it.
However, I do think people are going a bit overboard with the whole child-protection thing right now, people being told off for taking pictures of their own children, kissing their own children on the head.
Children are only stupid if you don't educate.
"Timmy, if a man or woman comes up to you and says he or she wants to get in your pants, he or she wants to use you and that's against the law. Not too many people want to, but some do. Watch out for them."
Just use that paragraph, name not withstanding, children have got a lot of the protection they already need, knowledge is a lot of power.
Children are "weak" because we invented childhood for modern times, if we just inform them of what they need to know, they'll be fine.
Also, notice the invention of "childhood" made the paedophile population seemingly boom? Yeah, might be something in that... attempting to hold onto the idea of innocence and youth, people do strange things.
Making up the idea of innocence with youth, well, it might just be responsible.
And I know children are not innocent, I was thinking of busty ladies aged eight.
However, I do think people are going a bit overboard with the whole child-protection thing right now, people being told off for taking pictures of their own children, kissing their own children on the head.
Children are only stupid if you don't educate.
"Timmy, if a man or woman comes up to you and says he or she wants to get in your pants, he or she wants to use you and that's against the law. Not too many people want to, but some do. Watch out for them."
Just use that paragraph, name not withstanding, children have got a lot of the protection they already need, knowledge is a lot of power.
Children are "weak" because we invented childhood for modern times, if we just inform them of what they need to know, they'll be fine.
Also, notice the invention of "childhood" made the paedophile population seemingly boom? Yeah, might be something in that... attempting to hold onto the idea of innocence and youth, people do strange things.
Making up the idea of innocence with youth, well, it might just be responsible.
And I know children are not innocent, I was thinking of busty ladies aged eight.
