Psychiatric Association Debates Lifting Pedophilia Taboo

CNSNews.com ^ | 6/11/03 | Lawrence Morahan

[dsc]

"The main targets of gay pedophiles are young teens, rather than pre-adolescants."

I think it's important to keep clear that attraction to teens is a typical symptom of same-sex attraction disorder and not a separate disorder.

This is one of the dirty little truths about SSAD that make it look dangerous and unattractive, so activists try to deny it. One way they do that is to refer to any underage victim as a "child" and attribute such offenses to pedophilia and not SSAD.

The sad fact is that where there are SSAD sufferers, teen boys are at risk, and it has nothing to do with pedophilia (which is an attraction to the pre-pubescent).

[RussianConservative]

"And other psychiatrists have written, again in scientific journals, that if children can be forced to go to church, why should 'consent' be the defining moral issue when it comes to sex?" she said.

So if child of 3 forced to eat peas and to go to sleep then can be force raped too? Why should Russia follow West, again?

[SarahW]

This is shocking - because in paraphilias, there is probably actual brain damage or brain abnormalities contributing to disordered attraction and/or an inability to empathise.

Sexual attraction to pre-pubertal children is a manifestation of an abnormal mind.

[-YYZ-]

"This is why I supervise the activities of my almost-15-year-old daughter"

Why, because of pervs like me? (LOL)

Or you agree that this a normal attraction for males in general? (And btw, I don't disagree with the social unacceptability of relationships between grown men and adolescent girls - even if their bodies are fairly mature, they are not socially or intellectually mature. Maybe in another time it was normal to marry girls off at 14 or 15, but that time is not now, not here).

[Centurion2000]

Indeed, they have argued that many sexually molested children later look back on their experience as positive, Nicolosi said.

"And other psychiatrists have written, again in scientific journals, that if children can be forced to go to church, why should 'consent' be the defining moral issue when it comes to sex?" she said.

This person is truly INSANE. Equating church attendence with pedophilia is an abomination.

[BOOTSTICK]

This should make our Libertarian friends cheer.

[nina0113]

Actually she seems to be one of the good guys, pointing out the crap some sickos have written. She should have sourced it, though.

[LizardQueen]

Consider the madness that has the US considering that a young person does not have the maturity to drink alcohol responsibly until 21, yet is mature enough to cast a vote for President at 18, and is mature enough to have sex which involves risk of pregnancy or a fatal disease at an even younger age

I agree that this is nuts. And think that half of those kids sent to Iraq couldn't legally drink a beer in celebration when they get home!

My view is that we need to pick a reasonable age when adulthood is declared - I like the idea that it's 17 or 18 (ie. out of high school) and that's when the drinking, marriage, military service, sex, etc. can begin. I don't like the inconsistencies of the laws right now.

LQ

[LizardQueen]

This should make our Libertarian friends cheer.

Are you another of the anti-libertarian trolls who labels them all as pedophiles, or what?

LQ

[BOOTSTICK]

Try reading the Libertarian party platform adopted april, 2000, then read the chapter "Children and families", then read where it says ;" Children are also individuals, with individual rights, some children may seek to be emancipated from their parents, and those who do, should be allowed to do so, as long as they accept the responsabilities of adulthood.Errrr case closed!

[headsonpikes]

"Who would want to give all that up just to be a poor schmuck who suffers from same-sex attraction disorder because he was molested."

Here be truth.

[been called a cynic]

I've been thinking much the same lately regarding age of majority.

[carlo3b]

I was molested as a child by a stranger in our home. Any tips for protecting my two girls? I never leave them alone with any male.

I'll answer your last question, first.. Being careful about leaving the girls, or a boy, alone with a woman, has been good info in the past, however, today that isn't any less threatening, but it's a fair start. However my niece is still undergoing withdrawals from learning that a gym teacher has been abusing her daughters' friends for 2 years.
Regarding your concern about what to do to protect your kids and keep them safe.. I treat the gay problem much the same way I teach them the most basic and obvious everyday threats. I teach the kids not to touch a hot stove, look both ways before crossing the street, don't eat anything given to you from strangers, and never ever trust a queer!!
BTW, I tell them to stay away from anyone that gives them a queezy, creepy, or just plain bad feeling..so that covers most liberals as well.. :-)

[DeepDish]

If I imagine a Saudi iman reading an article like this
I begin to understand their loathing of our culture.

[Teetop]

Well, I see the lunatic left is making their move to condone pedophilia...

[Qwerty]

"Well, I see the lunatic left is making their move to condone pedophilia..."

Removing it as a mental illness is NOT condoning it, any more than saying murderers are not necessarily mentally ill. If you have a victim, it's still a crime.

[Qwerty]

"How much longer, Oh Lord?!?"

You've got a bit of a flair for the dramatic.

Have a donut or something while you wait.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

Wow, you said it before I could.

The lunatics are running the asylum...

[Darksheare]

Yes, many psychologists and psychiatrists are suffering from mental disorders themselves.
Usually Bipolar(manic depressive) or Schizophrenia.

Brings us to the corallory: It takes a nut to know a nut.
As well as: It takes a monster to know a monster.
And so on and such.

[Freedom4US]

Exactly. Inmates are now running asylum, for 40 years or so now. Old medical textbooks are the best, if you can find them, and haven't been purged from the libraries in your area.