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Is pedophilia a sexual orientation?
The Toronto Star ^ | Dec 22 2013 | Laura Kane

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: disorders; gayagenda; homosexualagenda; pedophileagenda; pedophiles; pedophilia; perverts; psychology
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To: Salman
Now, many experts see it as a biologically rooted condition that does not change — like a sexual orientation —

Homosexuality is not biological. There is no 'gay gene'. It is a choice that can be, and has been, cured.

41 posted on 12/29/2013 3:27:39 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Salman

There is a cure for this. It has been used with 100% effectiveness for generations. I leave it to you to figure out.


42 posted on 12/29/2013 3:30:31 PM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Salman

I don’t care how their brains are “wired”. If one of these freaks ever lays a hand on one of my grandchildren, I’ll make them wish they had gone and had their brain rewired.


43 posted on 12/29/2013 3:32:18 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Truth Is Out There. Just don't let anyone know that you're looking for it.)
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To: Salman

It falls as number 3 in the queers, freaks and perverts sequence.


44 posted on 12/29/2013 3:34:08 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Some people might call it a confidence game or swindle, others call it ObamaCare!)
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To: GeronL

If thy short eyes offend thee, pluck them out.


45 posted on 12/29/2013 3:35:47 PM PST by Salamander (Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
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To: Salman
Is pedophilia a sexual orientation?

No.
It's a lifestyle choice.

Just like the GLBT other perverts.

46 posted on 12/29/2013 3:44:37 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good grace to resign!)
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To: GeronL

We are going to see these types of “studies” and articles with more frequency I fear.


47 posted on 12/29/2013 3:48:58 PM PST by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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To: Salman

Yep, like the small percentage of the US that is gay. A very small percentage, but every day it is gay, gay, gay, gay....you can’t get away from it.


48 posted on 12/29/2013 3:50:44 PM PST by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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To: Salman


49 posted on 12/29/2013 3:55:07 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Salman
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

"Thanks to"? Due to, at best. Shameless propaganda.

50 posted on 12/29/2013 3:55:38 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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To: B4Ranch
And society will get along just fine if these men are executed on the same day they are found guilty of being a pedophile.

Hopefully that will start breeding out the people who are "hard-wired" that way.

(As if I believed any of that claptrap.)

51 posted on 12/29/2013 3:57:16 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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To: Salman
Is pedophilia a sexual orientation?

Interestingly, child sexual abuse is the first stop on the well worn path to making a serial killer. So being a serial killer is OK in this view as well, right? Just an extension of the serial killers sexual orientation. What's a few dead bodies if the guy is just practicing a sexual orientation.

52 posted on 12/29/2013 4:00:49 PM PST by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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To: Sherman Logan
Pedophilia is not and should not be a crime. We punish people for their actions, not their inclinations or desires.

Agreed.
It just muddies the issue to extend a clear definition and concept to the thought crime arena, and the dogmatic activists, oblivious to the original definition, can't grasp the counterproductive results.

Actions should always be the punishable crime with the severest penalties, without exception, as society decides. Just as sodomy was until relatively recently.<>It doesn't take a MENSA member, for instance, to assess where the the lack of clarity, and resulting "tolerance" of the late 1970s has lead society.

53 posted on 12/29/2013 4:06:35 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good grace to resign!)
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To: Salman
nowhere near one percent...

and by the way..the researcher.....looks a tad light is the loafers if you were to ask me,...






54 posted on 12/29/2013 4:08:02 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Its beginning to look a lot like Kwanzaa)
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To: Salman
Is pedophilia a sexual orientation?



Uhm... no....
Any other questions?
55 posted on 12/29/2013 4:10:09 PM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: layman
NAMBLA and GLAAD will be thrilled with this news. This calls for a pedophile float in the Rose Bowl parade.
Penn State is in the Rose Bowl?
56 posted on 12/29/2013 4:10:30 PM PST by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Where are we going from here?)
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To: Essie
>>The child cannot consent. It is simply wrong and always will be.<<

Absolutely! Let me add, sexual assault on a child male or female is despicable.

The pedophile steals the child's innocence. Often times sexual encounters with adults children trust destroys the child's ability to trust, to reason between right and wrong regarding relational issues/healthy sexual relations as adults.

Adult survivors of child sexual abuse often struggle with drug/alcohol addiction, serial marriage, flash anger, hyper-sexual issues such as pornography addiction.

I am very close to an individual who suffered at the hands of a pedophile as a child. Trust me, this person has suffered a lifetime. He held the secret for 40 years for fear of being humiliated, fear of shame, guilt, fear folks would label him as a possible abuser or a homo.

I pray God's provision for him.

Pedophilia...insidious, despicable, perverted, evil.

57 posted on 12/29/2013 4:11:19 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: Salman

It will gradually become accepted much as homosexuality has been and by the same methods.

First: introduce goofy/funny characters in mainstream media to gain “acceptance” of these individuals ala Billy Crystal in Soap and the Jack Tripper character in Three’s Company.

Second: introduce a serious character on a prime-time show with a brief appearance to gauge audience reaction

Third: make character more permanent if push-back was small

Fourth: APA reclassifies behavior as normal

Fifth: Begin the silencing of all opposition by using words such as pedophobic, intolerant, etc.


58 posted on 12/29/2013 4:12:55 PM PST by ealgeone (obama, border)
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To: Albion Wilde

imagine thus clown..studying...doing research on perverts...for an entire decade?

if I didnt have much in the way of common sense or any moral underpinnings to speak of.. that alone would tell me enough about his fascination....with the “subject” to discount eveything he had to say.


59 posted on 12/29/2013 4:14:29 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Its beginning to look a lot like Kwanzaa)
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To: publius911; Sherman Logan
Pedophilia is not and should not be a crime. We punish people for their actions, not their inclinations or desires. Agreed.

Are you two serious??!!

60 posted on 12/29/2013 4:14:39 PM PST by Dartman (CDN PM Stephen Harper may not be perfect, but we don't have to be ashamed or embarassed of him.)
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