I was hoping this might generate some interesting discussion.
It sounds like a very reasonable approach. I've often wondered at how awful it must be to be born with that desire. I know a number of people that have been abused as kids. The actual rate must be shocking. There have to be preventative measures, because punishment only comes after a kid has suffered, and will continue to suffer. This is something that scares the shit out of me now that I have a child. But there is something else here. r/jailbait was (is it back?, pardon me if I don't check, I would have to explain to my wife next to me) a very highly trafficked subreddit. Attraction to young girls is not an uncommon phenomenon. I believe that sexual attraction to prepubescent girls probably is uncommon, but after females sexual mature, I don't think the male mind is so discerning. I'm sure there is a parallel for gay men, and probably for straight and gay women. At any rate, I think it is important to add to the conversation that legal age definitions and pedophilia do not perfectly overlap. Yet, all minors are susceptible to adults, and adults should not act, and if it takes support to help them, then they should have that support. The most important thing is that kids can grow up unscathed, punishment comes too late for that.
FYI: r/jailbait and similar subreddits are still down as the haven't gone back on their new policy. I was happily surprised by this piece. Most like it that I've read make the false equivalency of homosexuality and pedophilia, but it gives a better comparison:Like other clinicians, Berlin compares contemporary attitudes toward pedophilia to old attitudes about alcoholism, before it was understood as a disease that can be managed with proper support.
I'll always be attracted to younger women. It's inevitable, but their age ages with me. Right now, 25 year olds look like 18 year olds used to. It's funny cause when your a kid it's the older girls that look the best. I wonder if this is biologically imparted so that we go for the women at the likeliest point of fertility? Alright, my wife checks Hubski. I've said too much. [edit] So I just checked the NC Sex registry and within a 3 mile radius of my home there are 18 registered sex offenders. Of which, I was surprised to see that 2 of them are women and they are all varied as far as race, age etc. I'm glad that I did not recognize any of them.This is something that scares the shit out of me now that I have a child.
Me too. This is why I think it's important to know all of your child's friends/parents. Although, can you really ever know something like this? Scary stuff. mike, I think your comment says it well "How can these people ever hope to get better when they will be stigmatized for the rest of their lives?" he asked. I agree. Don't you? And yet, as a parent, I want to know... don't you?
-Tricky indeed. I do want to know but I've never looked up my neighborhood. I think I will.
I live in Norway now, one of the most progressive countries (justice system focuses on rehabilitation not punishment, for example). Sexual offenders came up in conversation with a friend, and I showed him the map of my old neighborhood in the US which shows where sex offenders live, complete with name and offense(s). He was horrified. "How can these people ever hope to get better when they will be stigmatized for the rest of their lives?" he asked. I agree. Don't you? And yet, as a parent, I want to know... don't you? Tricky. Tricky.
Find the DNA and screen for it and don't let people with it have children along with other detrimental DNA. License child birth and only allow those with good genes to bread. At the same time develop new species of human through genetic engineering to produce supreme beings. yes i am serious