If sexual perversion were truly a choice, why would anyone choose it??
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Because it is pleasurable.
Most people enjoy power.
Most people also enjoy sex.
Pedophilia is a way for people who generally have little of either to fulfill their fantasies for sex and power.
One might as well ask why criminals choose to steal from people or assault people.
People choose to do evil things because these evil things satisfy their appetites in the quickest way.
Intolerance! < /s>
Yet more “evidence” for the “it’s not my fault therefore I’m not responsible” crowd....
“If sexual perversion were truly a choice, why would anyone choose it??”
Therein lies the real moral discussion.
- If all sexual behavior is hard-wired, and gays and lesbians are “born this way”, then is pedophilia hard-wired as well? What about philanderers?
- And, if being “born this way” makes it a civil rights issue, then wouldn’t that same argument apply to pedophiles, philanderers, etc? To be moral, one must be a “free moral agent” (free to choose options), and “born this way” indicates that we are not free moral agents, right?
- Finally, if we can “cure” hard-wired pedophiles, can we then “cure” gays and lesbians? Or for that matter, make hetro people in bisexual beings so they can have a better chance at sexual pleasure?
Exactly. Chosen behavior is separate from what one feels urges or desires to do.
“If sexual perversion were truly a choice, why would anyone choose it??”
lonely, lust, boredom, angry, weak minded
IMO, it may be wired but the wiring is self installed.
Does this mean that pedophiles will be protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Because they like it?
It's probably both. Environmental effects can change brain structure, so they need to be able to rule that out.
Pedophiles have lower IQs, are three times more likely to be left-handed, and even tend to be physically shorter than non-pedophiles.
Caveat: The subset of pedophiles that get caught have these tendencies.
Journalists do get carried away.
Sin is inherited, just like genetic diseases. I am sure homosexuality and pedophilia are no exception.
I have not made up my mind on either side. There must be a plausible explanation as to how on the one hand God said some actions are an abomination to Him if some people through no choice of their own are just born that way. Of course then we are also told that before Esau was ever born into this flesh age doing good or bad God hated him. So then perhaps the soul placed in these flesh bodies has an only known to God a prior history.
Next question: Does abuse or trauma not effect white matter development? There is no hardwiring in the brain.
1.) Even if pedophiliac tendencies are "naturally occuring" due to a brain anomaly or defect does not make pedophilia right or morally acceptable.
2.) The same could be said about homosexuality. There may be species of animal life that have homosexual tendancies; however, this does not make it correct or morally acceptable.
There are a couple logical games at play. Firstly, the naturalistic fallacy (something occurs in nature, therefore, it must be acceptable or good). Biological processes for the most part are amoral. Secondly, if humans are reduced to merely animals then we would act on instinct through every aspect of life. However, the funny thing is choices require logic and that seperates us from the animal world by leaps and bounds... Every human behaviour cannot be reduced merely to animal instincts; and if these animal instincts are generally accepted as morally correct or right, we're doomed...
"There is nothing in this research that says pedophiles shouldn’t be held criminally responsible for their actions," said Dr. James Cantor, CAMH Psychologist and lead scientist of the study, "Not being able to choose your sexual interests doesn’t mean you can't choose what you do."..."but let's ease up on pedophiles, because there's really nothing wrong with any kind of innate human behavior," added the NAMBLA members, serial killers, and other perverts.