It's not just about preventing from acting on urges, it's the fact they would feel guilty just by finding a child attractive in the first place. There would be no reason for someone who is attracted to adults to feel guilty. :umm2:

I would like to think most people will have that chain of thought in their minds if they ever feel the urge to do something and I'm sure they do.

Still for those that go their entire lives not engaging in sex that people like us take for granted as a typical human luxury because the people they are attracted to are grossly underage, they have my deepest condolences.

Unless they like fancied Dot Cotton or something :ninja2:

Well coming to grips with that guilt is something that can happen when people seek help, which like Livia pointed out is available for those that want it

This is a very thoughtful and sympathetic view, I totally agree.
It must be hell to repulse yourself and know your feeling and emotions are illegal.
I feel this should be treated like a mental health issue, voluntary chemical castration perhaps to remove the pain of attraction?

:facepalm: I was giving an example of an extreme self preventative paedophile. You missed my point completely.

No I didn't and don't bloody facepalm me

Again this comes back to whether paedophilia is innate or learned. If it's the latter and someone doesn't even try to get help in an attempt to 'unlearn' it well then they should feel guilty. It's better to try and confront your urges rather than try and lock yourself away from them.

I don't think that would even slightly make a difference, they would still have the ability to abuse via other means. :huh: It wouldn't remove the attraction or impulses either.

Are you sure about that, How else would they ? why the face palm and the headscratching? Just discuss the topic without the patronising please.

Was your sexuality innate or learned?

Just like on most things in the serious debate section I'm no expert and this is all just pure conjecture on my part but Mental health issue is probably the way I would go with it too. I think where I struggle to think of it as a 'sexuality' is because of what separates this from most conventional sexualities like heterosexuality/homosexuality etc. I.e the attraction is to people who are pre-pubescent and therefore not generally having bodies that are ready to engage in sex. Also there is the morality factor too, we rightfully place protection on people up until a certain age where the responsibilities of sexual contact can be explored at a reasonable maturity.

I think so long as society on the whole is ready to openly accept people who put their hands up and say they have these urges or feelings or whatever and want help without the response of 'string the bastards up by the short and curlies ' then we are heading in the right direction.

Not sure where I stand on chemical castration. Not a topic I've really given much thought about tbh Kizz.

Well, with their hands for a start? :umm2: I'm not trying to patronise anyone, I'm expression my thoughts.

Innate but as I said earlier there is no scientific consensus on whether paedophilia is the same, many experts would dispute that it is an orientation the same as homosexuality or heterosexuality

if they can't help the way they feel and are doing their utmost to not act on their urges I don't see why they should be stigmatised

This article addresses quite a lot of the issues, this is what it has about innate vs learned

This is serious debates hard to take you serious expressing yourself via emoticons... However, your comment 'with their hands' tells me you're not aware what chemical castration is.

I am perfectly aware of what it means, I was referencing this definition.
http://puu.sh/8voDy.png
It doesn't completely remove the urges, it just seems to reduce the frequency, also it's completely reversible. :huh: I just don't think there's any point in it. It's just my opinion.

I don't think there have been enough studies to form a concrete scientific analysis, for some reason the subjects don't feel they can come forward with impunity maybe?

If the person felt unable to leave the house because of how they felt, surely this would be a good option? At least for a trial..if it can numb urges and such.

Thankyou for the wiki definition, with medication and ongoing support the issue could be managed and controlled in a similar way as say schizophrenics?

I don't understand why people would even think about considering it as a sexual orientation, to me orientation refers to the gender you're attracted to whether it's one or both. Peadophillia is a demented fetish and even thinking of considering it anything like a sexual orientation sounds like a justification to me.

It may be just a deviance, who knows. To you it might do, as said how many studies are there?
If they don't act on their urges they are innocent, like a psychopath that hasn't killed anyone yet.

Not all Psychopaths kill though, the ones who don't usually wreck lives in some other way.

And I would think not all pedophiles abuse kids, they might just become reclusive and suicidal?
Who knows, it is a really odd thing to try to imagine isn't it?

It's not something I'll give much thought to probably.