Why do it seems that pedophilia is, nowadays, percieved as the most vicious crime, along with terrorism? Why not, for example, sexual assault?
I mean it as an actual question, but first I should clarify my intent :
-I’m not advocating for normalizing pedophilia
-I have been a victim of it myself. Luckily, I’ve mostly recovered from it and live a happy life.
-Because of my political commitments, which are totally unrelated to this question, I’ve met some old people from the 70s who advocated for the depenalization of consensual sex between minors and adults (if such a thing exist, which can legitimately be doubted).
-I’m friend with one of them but I could never understand how that idea came to their minds. She knows I oppose the very idea. But it got me curious.
What I want to ask is, what, in contemporary history, contributed to make pedophilia the #1 vicious crime, surpassing rape in most consciences (if I’m not mistaken), in your opinion?
Feel free to delete this if that’s not acceptable. Also, I didn’t include the word “pedophilia” in the title to avoid triggering people who may have such experiences.
Being sexually attracted to children is rape? Not in my world. You’re like one of those people saying an earring makes a man gay. Where I come from fucking a dude makes a man gay not an earring. And raping a child makes someone a child rapist not being attracted to a child.
The post is about crimes related to pedophilia, and the crimes all involve harming children. The thoughts inside of someone’s head are not crimes.
Pedophilia is not a crime. If you are correct this post is wrong. Still people act like pedophilia is a crime.