Not every pedophile is a rapist.

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"-phile" is supposed to mean one who has an affinity, sometimes including attraction, to something. Oenophile, Porscheophile, pedophile, etc. Pedophiles often rape children, but the "-philia" is the attraction, not the act that often results from the attraction. 

I have no clue how it comes about. Maybe it's different in different cases? I dunno. Maybe some are born with it, but maybe others are subject to a developmental disorder that sets them back. Maybe they are a social recluse and don't have the normal dating opportunities in high school, so their age of attraction doesn't evolve?

I have no clue, but I am for the death penalty for actual rapists. In theory, a pedophile should get help before they attempt rape or anything else illegal or immoral. But how? It's unclear really what's at play mentally (I am not a doctor, LCSW, etc.).