My older step-cousin just got sentenced

[Arntonach]

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At least when he gets out those kids'll be grown up by then.

For serious though, did he know he had kidde porn?

[adlp]

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it sucks to see someone throw a good chunk of their life away for indulging in what always would start out as a curiosity. pedophiles are disgusting people

[L.B.D.D]

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Golly.

mollY

[devonin]

Re: My older step-cousin just got sentenced

it sucks to see someone throw a good chunk of their life away for indulging in what always would start out as a curiosity. pedophiles are disgusting people

Because everybody whose brain attracts them to something besides heterosexual adults of the opposite sex to the one they were born with made a completely free and open choice to feel that way.

[Mollocephalus]

Re: My older step-cousin just got sentenced

mollY

hi did u call me

[L.B.D.D]

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hi did u call me

welcome

[Coolboyrulez0]

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"if they're old enough to pee, they're old enough for me." - gandhi 2013

[Arkuski]

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Because everybody whose brain attracts them to something besides heterosexual adults of the opposite sex to the one they were born with made a completely free and open choice to feel that way.

Every day I choose not to jerk off to humans under the age of 18

[devonin]

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Every day I choose not to jerk off to humans under the age of 18

Every day you don't have the desire to. I don't either. Some people do. By the standards of our society, those people should be treated as ill not criminals.

[adlp]

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Because everybody whose brain attracts them to something besides heterosexual adults of the opposite sex to the one they were born with made a completely free and open choice to feel that way.

devonin would be the one to defend pedophilia lmao

there's a difference between an inclination and an action. some people are very prone to alcoholism but that doesnt mean they cant help but drown themselves with alcohol everyday

[devonin]

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Yeah, because classifying somebody as mentally ill is totally me having their back.

[Nullifidian]

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devonin would be the one to defend pedophilia lmao

there's a difference between an inclination and an action. some people are very prone to alcoholism but that doesnt mean they cant help but drown themselves with alcohol everyday

I'm with devo on this though. Pedophilia (and any kind of philia) is simply a sexual preference, not a choice. Why do you like women of your age? I'm guessing you just do. Same with pedophilia or any other sexual attraction. It's not something you can choose, you are just attracted to something. That said however, having the feelings and acting on them (ie abusing a child) are two different things entirely. I doubt any of us condones abuse.

[devonin]

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Of course I don't condone abuse. My dad and step-mother both worked their careers with the Children's Aid Society, my mother was a social worker who now works for Red Cross. I know how bad abuse can get better than almost anybody who wasn't abused themselves. (And of course, can't understand it AT ALL compared to people who've been abused themselves)

I also think that as a society, we really ought to start making a distinction between pedophilia and ephebophilia, and treat the one as much more serious than the other. I think we ought to look at methods of treatment and coping strategies over criminalizing.

I think that there can be pedophiles who never, at any point in their life, threaten the safety of an actual child, and while the risk that they -might- is serious and something that society should be concerned about. This is a world where even most religions that oppose homosexuality say it's totally morally fine to be homosexual as long as you don't actually -do- anything homosexual, but pedophiles are essentially not even presumed -going to be guilty- but are presumed -guilty already-

It's a tough question, because the safety of kids is really something you shouldn't take lightly in any way, but if someone hasn't actually done anything to harm anybody yet, the fact that they -might- seems like a pretty uncomfortable reason to prosecute them.

[L.B.D.D]

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there was a good post on r/morbidreality about somebody who's always been attracted to really young girls

the poster acknowledged to realizing his sexual desires (fetish if you'd call it) but he's been afraid & depressed most of his life because he knew what he thought of as sexual & arousing is illegal & frowned upon

i guess for some people it's actual sexual preference and not by choice

ofc i'm sure a lot of pedophiles are bonkers but it would suck if you're sexually aroused by something illegal (cos u cant rly get off to it)

[devonin]

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Of course this is also a world where a 17 year old guy with a 15 year old girlfriend can turn 18 and immediately be arrested for statutory rape and be forced to become a registered sex offender for the rest of their life, so clearly the whole system is a little shaky.