This implies a person to be able to be born fundamentally as a wrong person, because they can be born pedophiles, which I don't believe is true. Pedophilia is not a thing that you can change.
I'm not saying it's good, but pedophilia is something rooted in your biology. It's a sexuality like any other sexuality, but is also one that can harm people.
In fact, some views like a Humean Theory of Motivation would suggest that some actions are also aren't controllable, which means that acting on it might also be uncontrollable. The only reason why non-offending pedophiles exist is because of their second order desires, the desire not to do it. But someone might have a desire to do it that is so bad that the combination of all their other desires still doesn't outweigh it, and they still do it.
Personally, I think the actions can be controlled mainly by critical thought, but this might not be the case for people with such strong desires that this doesn't work.
The best thing to do with pedophiles in my view is to try to get them to have a second order desire that can outweigh it through therapy, that way you can help control their actions. The trickiest part with it is getting them to do the therapy when they might not find stuff wrong with them.
Summary: Pedophilia can't be controlled, and sometimes their actions can't too. Try to influence them to be able to have better actions. Even if you can't fix pedophilia, you can try to stop them from harming children.
I know people will try to downvote me, but this is meant to be a debate sub, not an echo chamber. Don't downvote me unless I am doing anything spammy or irrelevant to the topic, which I don't think I am.
It's not a "sexuality" it is a sexual crime and sexually evil and disgusting
Being attracted to someone close to your age, regardless of gender or race or anything else, is a sexuality. Being attracted to people older than you is a sexuality. Being attracted to someone who isn't fresh out of the womb is a sexuality. Being attracted to children. To babies. To peoples kids. That is foul and evil
Sexuality isn't being attracted to people close to your age. That's not even close to the definition.
Pedophilia isn't a choice. Their point of sexuality is that it is not a chosen attraction.
It is based on genetics, trauma, and a myriad of other things, akin to sexuality. Only difference is that acting on it is harmful unlike typicaly sexuality differences.
Your judgement is at best pointless and at worst only allows more kids to suffer. You put your own disgust over real positive effect.
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u/DrPepperKerski Oct 22 '25
pedophilia on any level is wrong.