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Originally Posted by guccilvr
I have no doubt that men are more likely to commit such crimes. I just agree that if more was reported we'd see the stats change as far as women are concerned. It may not be 50/50, but I would guess it would be 30/70 (women/men), or possibly even higher.
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I won't disagree with that. Sounds fair. And I do understand that there is a bias in regards to men having sex with teen girls that leads to instances of it being reported more often the same crime committed by women with teen boys. For that matter, I can't say for sure, but I have the impression that men having sex with teen
boys carries more of a social stigma, as well.
Personally, while I don't think it is right, kids in their mid-to-late teens having sex with adults doesn't cause me that much psychic disturbance. I mean, there is only so much mental and physiological difference between a sixteen year old and an eighteen year old. I agree there should be laws against it, but it doesn't provoke the same outrage in me as it seems to do with many other people.
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Stats don't really mean much in this arena. For instance, one statistic shows that a sex offender (even the 18 year old lumped in) has had at least 7 victims prior to being caught. I'd venture to say (and so does the expert) that this is often way too high for most offenders. The true pedophiles would be the ones who have this stat while most "petty" offenders have one victim.
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I agree with you completely, which is why I believe child molestation and pedophilia should be treated at least somewhat distinctly. For example, if the study that came up with the statistic you quoted above was based on data acquired from the cases of offenders across the board, then that 7 victims number, if narrowed down to actual pedophiles might become
even higher. It's scary. And our rather puritanical approach of treating all of these cases as if they were committed by the same depraved mindset could conceivably be
hurting the cause of really protecting our kids from those who would set out to hurt them rather than helping it.
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She has explained all the fetishes undeneath the paraphelia umbrella and most are quite healthy, it's just the phelias such as pedophelia that are dangerous. Pedophila is ranked as a fetish in the psych world and I do agree with your statement that more people once found of possessing child porn or committing an act, need to actually be evaluated for this fetish. If it is found to be a fetish then they should place them at a higher level of imprisonment etc.
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You're right, pedophilia is categorized as a fetish, but it is a distinctly anti-social fetish and one that I believe should have more significance in our justice system. Glad we can agree on that.
