Re:I'm a pedophile, but not a monster
by closed on Thursday December 31, 2015 @02:02PM
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Clinicians / their governments decided that gay sex was not wrong / illegal. From this perspective, sexual attraction to the same sex is as much a disorder as attraction to the opposite sex.
Sex with a child is illegal (broadly speaking). Being sexually attracted to a child could be a source of distress for a person or lead to damaging behaviors (e.g. sex with a child).
People could have a good handle on their attraction, like the person in the article purports, but from the perspective of people writing the DSM, sexual attraction to a child may be a disorder when it leads to undue distress or disorderly behavior. When what is seen as disorderly changes, the diagnosis might change, but I see this one as sticking around.
Sex with a child is illegal (broadly speaking). Being sexually attracted to a child could be a source of distress for a person or lead to damaging behaviors (e.g. sex with a child).
People could have a good handle on their attraction, like the person in the article purports, but from the perspective of people writing the DSM, sexual attraction to a child may be a disorder when it leads to undue distress or disorderly behavior. When what is seen as disorderly changes, the diagnosis might change, but I see this one as sticking around.