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Yes, yes we do. A child doesn't have the cognitive capability of giving proper consent. Neither does a person with an extraordinarily low I.Q.
That said, yes I do believe that pedophilia is a psychiatric illness. Children have no secondary sexual characteristics, and they give off no sexual pheromones. There is nothing sexual about them in a strictly biological attraction sense, so sexual arousal by them has no discernible trigger.
People are BORN WITH sexual preferences that NEVER CHANGE.
Yes, I'm sure you do Mr. Screwed.
Yes, and I know just how to cure it.
I completely agree on every level that sexual abuse of a child is just plain evil, but what I'm really trying to discuss here is the other side of this topic - when there is no "abuse" per se, the child might have even begged to try it out, and the adult gave in. Whatever the case, what's important is that all parties are in "consent" as much as they can be. The title of this thread is kind of sucky because it refines the scope of this discussion to a certain area, and doesn't get my full question across. Read through my last post to see what I'm trying to get at.
I am aware that this is classified as a psychiatric disorder. However, I am inclined to believe there is no disorder. It is simply evil.
Yes, I'm sure you do Mr. Screwed.
Yes, and I know just how to cure it.
Originally posted by Lemon.Fresh
The biological clock starts ticking sometime in puberty, for both males and females, yet people are punished for doing something the body is able, and the mind is willing to do.