(May 17, 2012 at 1:30 am)Annik Wrote: Pedophilia is a preference, just like heterosexuality. The difference there is lack of consent and the victimization of children. Pedophiles can go their whole lives without touching a child. The think "child rapists" would be a more appropriate term. A lot of times, these urges manifest into compulsion or there is an apathy to the recourse of their actions. These child rapists should not be compared to homosexuals so much as other rapists.
Although I'll admit that wasn't the most solid point.
For further clarification to anyone in this thread, when I refer to sexuality (or pedophilia, etc.), I am referring both to preferences and to actions. I thought that would be clear after my last few posts, but evidently it was not clear enough. This is one of the problems with words having multiple accepted definitions, so there's not much I can do about it.
