tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864523480310815226.post1429537075173745172..comments2023-06-22T02:30:32.015-07:00Comments on JerseyRic: "Paedophilia Is A Treatable Illness"RBougeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10627962988409870004noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864523480310815226.post-23885559262358013652013-07-03T02:14:01.128-07:002013-07-03T02:14:01.128-07:00Thank you Mr. Bougeard, another good article.
A f...Thank you Mr. Bougeard, another good article.<br /><br />A few observations:<br /><br />I agree that classing paedophilia as a mental illness is nonsensical unless you also similarly class all the other minority fetishes and sexual orientations - in which case are we going to include non-procreational activities such as homosexuality !?????<br /><br />Like anything, paedophilic offending must come about by a variety of means .......... sexual frustration, sexual boredom, sexual adventure, the excitement of the risk, the taboo ......... or just the male's tendency to f*ck anything with legs - or without legs (if you include vacuum cleaners & swimming pool filter systems -I kid you not) .......<br />..... to, at an extreme, paedophilia as a 'hard wired' sexual orientation.<br />Paedophilia as a sexual orientation is probably not treatable by anything other than 24/7 chaperoning/monitoring or chemical or medical castration.<br /><br />"Sufferers" do indeed need society's understanding and sympathy. Less so for the more opportunistic offenders who were stupid and selfish and offended because they could or because it was easy or novel. It is the more chronic sufferers who have less "choice" and who deserve more sympathy but ALSO the more onerous treatment to ensure they do not damage further victims rights and lives.<br />There is evidence that career paedophiles regularly notch up many hundreds of victims over their lifetime - most of which remain unreported.<br /><br />I agree that paedophiles have a "choice". But here is considerable research and debate within psychology as to what extent choice and free will are relevant. Certainly within the context of biological sexual need I would suggest that "choice" periodically or regularly becomes subservient to the urgency of instinct.<br /><br />People who are attracted to children often choose lives and career paths which bring them into contact with children - even if they have no [initial conscious] intention of acting upon their appetites. Obviously the majority of schoolteachers etc. choose their careers for entirely the right reasons.<br />How many paedophiles could resist their urges indefinitely when presented with opportunity ? Can they resist, in a cocky moment or in a, weak moment - even the sense of risk could be an excitement in itself, or it could even feel like 'love' ...... which, to be fair could be a relevant claim, depending on the age of the girl (..... boy ..... child !). This 'love' is a lie if it would be extinguished if the individual [sexual-object] were 5, 10, 20 .... years older. <br />Many paedophiles will not consider themselves predators = time and familiarity doubtless have a way of normalising and rationalising perception of behaviours and appetites.<br /><br />Paedophilia is as old as the hills and is here to stay- society needs to recognise this as one of the challenges to bringing up children in a safe and healthy environment and must put the rights of children above the rights of perpetrators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com