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Hi there,
I recently watched Oprah with my mother, and the subject was pedophiles in rehabilitation centers. It was fully funded by tax payers and said it was a ridiculous waste of money. My mother asked me why.
I compared pedophilia to being homosexual. Rather than being attracted to members of the other sex, around your own age, you are looking for members of your own sex. Homosexuality has become reasonably accepted in modern-day society, and I fully support that.
I am not saying that homosexuality is as bad as pedophilia, but it has similarities. It hasn't been their choice to be attracted to children, just as it hasn't been a gay's choice to be attracted to their own sex. It's something that they were born with and that can not be cured. At most, it can be oppressed by the individual.
My mother disagreed and said that pedophiles are just sick-minded individuals who were seriously ill. She was for the idea of trying to rehabilitate the pedophiles.
Personally, I feel that this is just as useless or stupid as sending gays to Bible camps to convert them back to their "normal" state. It hasn't worked and will not work.
However, I'm not saying we should accept pedophiles as happened with gay people. Pedophiles often take advantage of children who are not capable of giving rational consent.
Sorry if this sounds like rambling, English isn't my first language, and I didn't think this through much, I just wanted to share and hear what your take on this is.
Is pedophilia comparable to homosexuality (in the way of not being curable) and how useful is it to treat pedophiles to "cure" their condition with tax payer's money?
P.S. Don't derail this thread to another "should homosexuality be accepted"-debate. Try to keep it to the subject of pedophilia.
I recently watched Oprah with my mother, and the subject was pedophiles in rehabilitation centers. It was fully funded by tax payers and said it was a ridiculous waste of money. My mother asked me why.
I compared pedophilia to being homosexual. Rather than being attracted to members of the other sex, around your own age, you are looking for members of your own sex. Homosexuality has become reasonably accepted in modern-day society, and I fully support that.
I am not saying that homosexuality is as bad as pedophilia, but it has similarities. It hasn't been their choice to be attracted to children, just as it hasn't been a gay's choice to be attracted to their own sex. It's something that they were born with and that can not be cured. At most, it can be oppressed by the individual.
My mother disagreed and said that pedophiles are just sick-minded individuals who were seriously ill. She was for the idea of trying to rehabilitate the pedophiles.
Personally, I feel that this is just as useless or stupid as sending gays to Bible camps to convert them back to their "normal" state. It hasn't worked and will not work.
However, I'm not saying we should accept pedophiles as happened with gay people. Pedophiles often take advantage of children who are not capable of giving rational consent.
Sorry if this sounds like rambling, English isn't my first language, and I didn't think this through much, I just wanted to share and hear what your take on this is.
Is pedophilia comparable to homosexuality (in the way of not being curable) and how useful is it to treat pedophiles to "cure" their condition with tax payer's money?
P.S. Don't derail this thread to another "should homosexuality be accepted"-debate. Try to keep it to the subject of pedophilia.