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Originally Posted by kane
Part of the problem many of these people have is the inability to control their actions.
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Inability to not rape a child and involuntary attraction to a child are not the same thing. We all have the ability to not hurt / rape someone. Those that don't and who are not legally competent to stand trial are very few. It's not a good thing to put everyone who breaks the law under the umbrella of "its not his fault"
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Yes, it is all complex and I can't claim to have all the answers, but I do wonder what causes some people to act in certain ways and I think for many it is a hardwired, biological thing.
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Though I might agree to a point, i think its a mistake to put everyone under that same umbrella and that's what I don't like about that line of thinking. That line of thinking says that now the child rapist/abuser is also the victim.
I doubt the pathology of motivation is comparable to that of an addict.
Ultimately every thought, behavior and action distills down to brain function and any action can be argued to have a causal relationship between behavior and "abnormal" brain function on some level.
As for the motivation of ones actions, its always a complex combination of innate and learned behaviors. It does (in my opinion) a great disservice to everyone to over simplify that as it requires one to completely ignore a very broad spectrum of factors for a convenient answer.
Btw... for "Gay", I would say that men and women are probably best looked at differently in that respect. We approach relationships very differently and with a distinctly different set of emotional and physical needs. I don't think there is much question that past abuse/trauma can be a sole factor. I don't think there is much question that genetics alone can be a sole factor. I don' think there is much question that any woman can wake up one day and decide to go down on her friend. In fact, that conversation itself always lacks a clear definition of what "gay" actually is.