Not every pedophile is a rapist.

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I'm surprised some people seem to think such urges are by choice. Maybe I'm misunderstanding. I don't know how, or indeed why, such urges would be generated. As Losty has pointed out previously, you don't have to be a paedophile to abuse a child anyway, of any age.

Well, irrationality is the human condition, isn't it? We should all strive to be more objective, but the fact is that that isn't really built into us.

Sure, yes. I agree we are generally pretty bad at it, especially when it's an emotional issue.

But as you say, we can try and identify when it is happening, and attempt to balance it.