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Originally Posted by Mutt
No suprise to me - nobody chooses to be a pedophile or homesexual. It's not the pedophile's fault, and the most troubling part of that article, is that it suggests that controlling the impluses to act on the desire is also out of the pedophile's control. So what to do since we have no real answer for them at this time? If as a society we become too sympathetic to their plight some of them will no doubt interpret that as society becoming more accepting and they'll be more likely to act on their desires. Most pedophiles don't molest kids, they know it's wrong, so they look at child porn and get off. If we block their access to child porn does that make them more frustrated and more likely to molest a child?
The evidence keeps piling up that the brain moreso than early social development is responsible for psychological and aberrant behaviors/illness. It's probably a mixture of the two
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From what I understand (which admittedly is not a lot), like you say most pedos know what they are doing is wrong. There are some that see it as them actually loving the kid, but many know it isn't right and they fight with it. It is like addiction for some people. They know they shouldn't drink or do drugs because it will cause all kinds of problems, but sometimes they end up giving into the urge. The show I saw had a doctor who talked about the main treatment being ways that they teach these people to keep themselves out of places/situations where there could be temptation and then how to deal with it and remove themselves from it. It is kind of scary when you think about it.