Wtf is wrong with you?
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 months ago
…But that’s correct? All the science agrees; being sexually attracted to children isn’t something a person has control over, any more than a person can choose to be straight.
OTOH, pedophilia is not the same thing as being a child molester; sexually assaulting children is a choice. Minors can’t legally consent, nor can they ethically or morally consent, so even if libertarians managed to eliminate age of consent laws, it would still be evil.
You can’t control feelings; you can control actions.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
toasteecup@lemmy.world 4 months ago
What’s wrong with you? If someone is doing everything they can to address an issue, attraction to children, and they are not molesting children, why are you making them out as a villain?
They are seeking help with a problem. Give them the help they are asking for.
toasteecup@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Might as well “cure” all of the active shooters by killing them too.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Wanting to kill people isn’t a crime. Killing people is. Yeah, absolutely, I’ve got no problems shooting an active shooter if that’s what it takes to stop the violence. I’ve got no problems sending child molesters to jail either.
toasteecup@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Let me ask you something before I get into a discussion.
Is there a difference to you between someone who is afflicted with pedophilia and someone who acts on those urges?
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Is there a difference between a mass murderer and a person that has an AR-15?
Thoughts are not actions. Words are not actions.
Not all–or even most, thank fuck–pedophiles are child molesters. Not all child molesters are pedophiles. Harm is not cause only by being sexually attracted to a child; harm is caused by acting on those feelings in some way, in any way. I’ve been attracted to a number of women in my life that were not attracted to me; I’ve sexually assaulted none of them.
Lookin4GoodArgs@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Okay, does it really say this? Where?
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Um, maybe take some psychology classes?
Are you trying to say that you made a choice to be straight? Can you pinpoint the exact time in your life when you said to yourself, yeah, I think that I’d prefer to be sexually attracted to people of the opposite gender? I certainly can’t; I knew well before I even hit puberty that I was sexually interested in people of the opposite gender. It was never even a question for me.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
In all fairness this is a more modern concept. It wasn’t till dsm v it was defined in this manner. Before that it was more murky with dsm iii. I won’t even talk about the shit show of IV.
Now I agree with the dsm v but people confuse pedophilia with child molestation. They’re not the same thing nor should they be confused.
Pedophilia can be treated and many never touch a child. They know their thoughts are wrong and never act on them.
As a society, we need to get those people help.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Wynt? That you? (Not gonna say anything else that might doxx.)