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View Poll Results: Pedophilia should be considered a sexual orientation like homosexuality and heterosexuality
Yes, it is a sexual orientation 6 8.22%
No, it is an abnormal sexual behavior 59 80.82%
I don't know if it's an abnormal sexual behavior or sexual orientation 8 10.96%
Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-15-2013, 01:37 PM
 
Location: The D-M-V area
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Quite frankly this article disturbs me. But nothing that the Los Angeles Times can print should surprise me anymore.

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Now, many experts view it as a sexual orientation as immutable as heterosexuality or homosexuality. It is a deep-rooted predisposition — limited almost entirely to men — that becomes clear during puberty and does not change. The best estimates are that between 1% and 5% of men are pedophiles, meaning that they have a dominant attraction to prepubescent children.
Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia
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Old 01-15-2013, 01:45 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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No, it's not.

It's a power trip for men who may suffer from some form of mental illness. JMO
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Old 01-15-2013, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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I figured sooner or later we'd go down this path.
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Old 01-15-2013, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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The biological theory of pedophilia is generally accepted by the mental health field.

People do not choose to be sexually attracted to children.
People can choose to not act upon that attraction.
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Old 01-15-2013, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Default Wtf!!!

WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! And so should it be respected and encouraged? Should grown muthafruitcakes *trying not to curse* be fuding children? WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!!


OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Let someone come and tell me they want to marry or have sexual relations with my daughter and it's "normal" to view her as attractive as a 9 year old, I GURANTEE!! That muthafruitbasket will be GHOST!! Not even Ghost, I will be in a closed off vincity TORTURING that muthrumproast!!


I have known too many children that have been molested, raped, and MURDERED!! And now all of a sudden it's a fudging SEXUAL ORIENTATION???

WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!

NO THAT IS PERVERTED, FUDGED UP, DEMENTED, AND HORRIBLE!!

It's not like these children are consenting, and even if they are, kids don't know what the fudge they want half of the TIME!! They don't understand that type of relationship!!

Is this gonna be on an application now??

Sexual Orientation Please Check One from the following:

Heterosexual
Homosexual
Pedophilia??!!!!

I'd rather they say beastiality is a sexual orientation, I can possibly believe THAT at least!! Ok someone needs to blow these muthasuckers up for even thinking this shyt
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Old 01-15-2013, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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The biological theory of pedophilia is generally accepted by the mental health field.

People do not choose to be sexually attracted to children.
People can choose to not act upon that attraction.

And if they act on that "attraction" or can't "help" themselves in anyway, they need to be retired from life
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Old 01-15-2013, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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You really don't know what's in Pandora's Box until you open it. But once opened you can't close it again.
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Old 01-15-2013, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Montgomery Village
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Children aren't consenting adults. /thread
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Old 01-15-2013, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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There's nothing inherently contradictory about the categories "sexual orientation" and "abnormal sexual behavior." We may only designate things we like, or at least tolerate, as "orientations" but that's just a peculiarity of our usage.

Pedophilia is one of many paraphilias--or to use the prescientific term, "perversions"--which can fit into both categories.
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Old 01-15-2013, 02:11 PM
 
Location: South Bay Native
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The biological theory of pedophilia is generally accepted by the mental health field.

People do not choose to be sexually attracted to children.
People can choose to not act upon that attraction.
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And if they act on that "attraction" or can't "help" themselves in anyway, they need to be retired from life
Completely in agreement, with both statements. There's really not much else to say. I'm not only protective of someone putting their hands on my kids - NO CHILD ANYWHERE AND ANY TIME should EVER be subjected to a sexual predator. Ask any reputable psychologist if there is a cure for pedophilia - there isn't. I might not necessarily require a bullet to the brain for a known offender, but they should be quarantined to only be around others of their kind and never among the rest of society.
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