Posted on 12/29/2013 2:59:28 PM PST by Salman
Pedophilia has been widely viewed as a psychological disorder triggered by early childhood trauma.
Now, many experts see it as a biologically rooted condition that does not change — like a sexual orientation — thanks largely to a decade of research by Dr. James Cantor at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Cantor’s team has found that pedophiles share a number of physical characteristics, including differences in brain wiring. It’s now thought that about 1 to 5 per cent of men are pedophiles, meaning they are primarily attracted to children.
These findings have been widely accepted among scientists, but have had little impact on social attitudes or law. However, we are left with the alarming question: if some men are born pedophiles, what should society do with them?
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(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...
1 to 5 percent?
That many? I don't think so. And once they start talking about percentages (accurate or otherwise), it's a small step to be talking about quotas.
What they “think” is based on their politics. For leftists everything, EVERYTHING, is political and lies are useful for them.
We are all borg.
Probably not even a tenth of that.
This is where homosexuality was, not that long ago.
It doesn’t matter whether it is natural or acquired. The child cannot consent. It is simply wrong and always will be.
>>It’s now thought that about 1 to 5 per cent of men are pedophiles, meaning they are primarily attracted to children.<<
And society will get along just fine if these men are executed on the same day they are found guilty of being a pedophile.
The answer to the headline; yes, and so is philandering, sodomy, bestiality, addiction to porn, incest....
Sin is something fabricated by those pesky Christians. All myths and legends.
Well if it is… we lock them away forever…
Yes, pedophilia is a sexual orientation. People who are pedophiles are ‘sexually oriented’ towards children.
That does not shield it from criticism as abhorrent, evil, disgusting, wrong, and against nature.
If I am culinarily oriented toward human flesh, I can’t declare being Hannibal Lecter is my human right.
The ultimate truth that this all proves is that illness or uncontrollable desires are NO excuse for your actions when judged on ethical grounds. Homosexuality just like pedophilia can and should be judged beyond the clinical field of psychiatry, and into the ethical courtroom, where both are shown to be abhorrent carnal acts against nature.
“However, we are left with the alarming question: if some men are born pedophiles, what should society do with them?”
Kill them. Just like rape this does not involve 2 consenting adults.
Different word (pederasty)...same thing.
It’s not sexual orientation, it’s sexual perversion and sexual predation.
Is murder a "social interaction"?
/s
(mutter, mutter, mutter... "Nuke 'em all, let God sort them out!")
Oh Lord, give me grace & wisdom to deal with idiots like this!
Raped young boys tend to become homo pedophiles. Stop the loop of child abuse you will slow down the amount of new pedophiles
It is the small percentage like when dealing with a plant that has a few partly dead leaves that one must prune off of it to make the whole plant healthier.
Pedos, both rast and phile should be Pruned with judicious haste.
I am sick to death of pervs and their sexual demands
may all their weenies shrivel up and fall off
Pedophilia is not and should not be a crime. We punish people for their actions, not their inclinations or desires.
it’s in the same class as homophilia.
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