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[–]Cicerosolo 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Well, male paedophiles and female ones have fundamentally different behaviours and attractions but irrespective of that, paedophilia in my view doesn't fit the strict definition of a paraphilia, it's more of a sexuality (extremely contentious and hotly argued). Paraphilias/fetishes are a latent and distinct form of sexual interest , entirely absent from the female mind in any real real numbers. My God, just think of the breadth and range of male paraphilias. It's staggering. I'll try to find the scholarly article from a sex researcher that sold me on this view. I do think women should be more aware of this and learn more fear of the male sexual deviance and the way it dominates the weak.

[–]uwushallnotpass 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

paedophilia in my view doesn't fit the strict definition of a paraphilia, it's more of a sexuality

A prison psychologist with 11 years' experience of treating paedophiles would strongly disagree with you+. Paedophiles do not find children "hot" in the same way that adults find other adults "hot". They are turned on solely by the idea of violating the boundaries of someone defenceless and innocent. There is a reason why all of the sex dolls made for paedophiles have shocked and frightened expressions. It doesn't have anything to do with a "target location error" - this is anti-science propagated by people like James Cantor, who are trying to normalise the acceptance of paedophilia as a sexual orientation. There is a lot of evidence that paedophilia can develop from years of watching hardcore pornography, in the same way as all other paraphilias like AGP. Gail Dines states that not a single one of the convicted paedophiles she interviewed were initially attracted to children - they reported that they "got bored" with standard pornography and wanted to "try something new". They started with child pornography, and progressed to raping children.

(+ He is a Christian, and has corresponding opinions on homosexuality that I do not agree with and am certainly not endorsing. But this doesn't discredit his research into paedophilia, which appears to be solid and grounded in a careful evidentiary process.)

[–]Cicerosolo 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oh God, please no men are turned on by power rather than physical attraction. I thought we'd stop doing that post dreger's book galileo's middle finger. That may be a component but the biggest component physical attraction. I've seen material arguing they have an erotic target location that gets stunted during development. So when they're 8 they love other 8 year olds but it just never moves beyond that, even as they age. I'm sorry if I sound strident but the female view that male sexuality is an adjunct of power dynamics primarily or only is laughable. We need to all except that for many men are gutter trash primarily moved by physical attraction to weird shit. Still, on the main point, my view it's not a paraphilia is not the dominant view, I just find it most compelling. I do think male sexuality is so weird. There's like heterosexual, bi, homosexual, autogynephile, paedo. Maybe I read too much Blanchard

But you do make a good point later. I've seen people who work with these scum divided into two: those who get there through porn escalation, those who are paedos from young. I don't know if the former is concrete enough to be cured but the latter cannot, like a sexuality. Well, there is one way to cure them but everyone seems more into acceptance these days

[–]Cicerosolo 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oh God, please no men are turned on by power rather than physical attraction. I thought we'd stop doing that post dreger's book galileo's middle finger. That may be a component but the biggest component physical attraction. I've seen material arguing they have an erotic target location that gets stunted during development. So when they're 8 they love other 8 year olds but it just never moves beyond that, even as they age. I'm sorry if I sound strident but the female view that male sexuality is an adjunct of power dynamics primarily or only is laughable. We need to all except that for many men are gutter trash primarily moved by physical attraction to weird shit. Still, on the main point, my view it's not a paraphilia is not the dominant view, I just find it most compelling. I do think male sexuality is so weird. There's like heterosexual, bi, homosexual, autogynephile, paedo. Maybe I read too much Blanchard

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Okay, I'm intrigued. If you've got research, I'd love to read it and learn more. You could post it as a separate thread too - I'm sure many would like to see this.