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Most of those abused (51 percent) were aged eleven to fourteen and 27 percent of victims were fifteen to seventeen; 16 percent were eight to ten and 6 percent were younger than seven....clearly a serious problem. But to label this a “pedophilia crisis” is ignorant, sloppy, or malicious.

What???! Not pedophilia??? This writer is nuts. Any man who wants to have sex with a boy 17 years or younger is a seriously sick pedophile. And more than half of the abused kids 14 years or younger! Unfreakingbelievable that this writer does not consider this behavior to be a pedophilia crisis.

This article clearly points out why this problem continues to go on decade after decade...too many people who could do something about it are in denial.

17 posted on 05/19/2011 7:32:16 AM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Upstate NY Guy
What???! Not pedophilia??? This writer is nuts.

Pedophilia is part of the problem, but it is almost always homo-pedophilia along with homo-hebephilia and adult homosexuality. Fags took over the Catholic seminaries and opened the floodgates to perverts while keeping heterosexuals out. A gay cabal propelled homosexual priests to the top rank as bishops. These gay bishops did not move against pedophiles because the bishops themselves were subject to blackmail. As this latest whitewash proves, the cover-up continues.

26 posted on 05/19/2011 7:45:52 AM PDT by mas cerveza por favor
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To: Upstate NY Guy

According to the study, 73% involved kids under 15. My youngest daughter is 13...and yes, she is a child. It is not “ignorant, sloppy, or malicious” to call it pedophilia, but it should also be emphasized it is primarily homosexual pedophilia.

“Ephebophilia” does NOT describe the problem.

“Ephebophilia is the sexual preference of adults for mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19...

...The term has been described by Frenchman Félix Buffière in 1980[12] and Pakistani scholar Tariq Rahman,[13] who argued that “ephebophilia” should be used in preference to “homosexuality” when describing the aesthetic and erotic interest of adult men in adolescent boys in classical Persian, Turkish or Urdu literature...

...Generally, the preference is not regarded by psychologists as a pathology when it does not interfere with other major areas of one’s life, and is not listed by name as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition...”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia

Ephebophilia is a term invented so homosexuals can pretend they don’t have a tendency to prey on the young. It is a ‘gay rights’ term used so homosexual activists can say there is no link between homosexuality and pedophilia.

See? There is nothing wrong with ephebophilia, and that is what the author claims is the problem - in spite of the fact that 73% of cases involved those UNDER 15!


29 posted on 05/19/2011 7:48:51 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

You might not like it but there is a medical definition of pedophilia which applies in this study. The medical definition of pre puberty does not always match the legal definition. Which is fine as you certainly could have an 11 year old girl who had her first menstrual period. This would mean she was indeed post pubescent but certainly any one sexually abusing her should be regarded as a pedophile for legal purposes as in every other aspect she is still a child.

The report however is not concerned with how the legal system responds to abuse but the causes of the crisis and how to prevent such abuse in the future. That is why knowing that the majority of victims had entered puberty is so important.


112 posted on 05/19/2011 9:42:22 AM PDT by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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