Yes. They are still a pedophile by definition. But I think I am in the minority when I say I think it's more of a sexual orientation than a preference. I have a very close relative who is in jail for this and we have talked a lot about it.
I don't blame him for how he feels or what he desires it. I don't think he chooses it anymore than gay or lesbians choose it.
I blame him because of his choice to act on it. A choice that took advantage of someone too young to make their own informed decision.
If he had those feelings and was able to not act on them, I would have no issues.
That said, unfortunately, I think that it is a rare situation to have such dangerous predilections under control.
he would have had to attack a child before you can accuse him... you would think
Yeah exactly but I guess that's not what people wanna believe. Which is honestly why I asked it.
well if he never attacked a child before and he wasn't known to watch children porn you have nothing to go by aside for suspicion... and if you have that that may be enough... why would you roll the dice with a child's safety.
I didn't say i would I'm sure we. probably know at least one..
The devil is in the details, right? As Trexx said in his comments, a pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to, technically, pre-pubescent children. If you know you have that attraction, it's moral and ethical duty to keep yourself away from kids, EVEN if you've never acted on it. If you know this about someone, you'd never trust that person around kids anyway.
If you never acted on it, and no one else ever knew, great thing for everyone especially the child, but you're still technically a pedophile because of the sexual attraction you have.
Technically a pedophile is simply someone who is sexually attracted to children.
My controversial opinion is that these people are not monsters simply for feeling attraction to children. I actually pity them. Acting on those thoughts is however, pretty much completely inexcusable.
I wouldn't trust a pedophile around children personally. It doesn't mean they are a bad person either it's just simply because the risk factor of abuse going up at all makes it not worth it to even consider
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Well if they didn't you wouldn't know either way so you can't say that.
Pedophilia is an attraction, not an action.
I agree with you. They'll look at 8 yo girls instead of 18 yo girls.
It's just someone who is sexually attracted to children but they don't have to have touched a child or viewed child porn to be considered a pedophile.
Well how would you even know?
Well that's just the definition of a pedophile. I wouldn't know if someone is one just by looking at them but there is a high chance if they look at child porn and touch children sexually they are a pedophile.
You called them a pedophile in your question. 😂
I just call them monsters. They just decided to stay hidden.
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