“Child rapist” also applies to people who aren’t actually sexually attracted to children, but rape children anyways, which is more common than people think, because rape isn’t usually actually about the sex, it’s about the power
Comment on MAGA, splitting hairs.
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
I would just call him a child rapist. IMO that actually sounds worse than “pedophile” because you could apply the latter to someone who was attracted to minors but didn’t rape any.
Regardless of his attraction, he raped children, so he’s a child rapist.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
MTZ@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
keeping it very old school, i see. i like it.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
pedophile, hebephile and ephebophile, are after all just terms for someone with a sexual attraction disability. Typically due to a hormonal issue, trauma or mental disability.
A child rapist is someone who fucks minors and should be locked up for life if not put down. With a list of exceptions that a reasonable person can count on one hand.
While no one reasonable goanna call two high school seniors fucking when ones 17 and the other is two months older at 18. A child rapist.
A fat old fuck doing it sure the fuck is.
We should really start calling things by what they are and not misusing terminology. Makes it less impactful.
Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 15 hours ago
Add to that, that by the best of my knowledge, most child rapists are not pedophiles and most pedophiles are not child rapists.
The two being convoluted helps child rapists by letting them hide behind their sexual orientation (“he can’t be a child predator, he has a wife and kids!”) and hurts pedophiles by stigmatizing their condition so that they have a harder time getting help to control or remove their sexual urges.
If we really want to reduce the amount suffering for both adults and, most importantly, children then we have to be able to start having actual conversations about this.
Zink@programming.dev 29 minutes ago
I am 100% in favor of pushing the distinction.
Let’s get the pedophiles treatment or therapy or whatever helps them while they continue to not hurt anybody while contributing to society.
Let’s get the child rapists 3 hots and a cot with concrete walls all around.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I appreciate that calling Trump a child rapist is also good for society.