... the next logical step would be society accepting them asking small children: "If you haven't had sex with an adult, how do you know you won't like it?
Unfortunately, there are people working on it. Their first order of business is to get pedophilia removed from the DSM:
On Monday, May 19th, 2003 in San Francisco, at a symposium hosted by the American Psychiatric Association, several long-recognized categories of mental illness were discussed for possible removal from the upcoming edition of the psychiatric manual of mental disorders.
Among the mental illnesses being debated in the symposium at the APA's annual convention were all the paraphilias--which include pedophilia, exhibitionism, fetishism, transvestism, voyeurism, and sadomasochism...
Earlier, in the December 2002 issue of a prestigious journal, the Archives of Sexual Behavior, Moser--along with several other prominent mental-health experts--argued in favor of de-pathologizing pedophilia. Some of the commentators writing in that issue said that there is little or no proof that sex with adults is harmful to minors. Another mental-health expert argued that society should not discriminate against adults who are attracted to children--noting that many beloved authors and public figures throughout history have been high-functioning individuals who could actually be classified as pedophiles.
"Any sexual interest," Moser concluded in his Archives commentary, "can be healthy and life-enhancing..."
"People with Paraphilic Sexual Interests Suffer Like Homosexuals Did Before the 1973 Decision..."
If they can succeed in removing pedophilia from the DSM, they can claim their perversion is as normal as homosexuality. Then they won't hesitate to ask the question. Or insist that the age of consent be lowered.