Is pedophilia similar to homosexuality?
This is a genuine question. I mean this to a certain extent.
I mean no disrespect to any homosexuals on their lifestyle or anyone who supports them because they are human too, they just believe different things to me.
But i feel that being a pedophile means to have sexual desires of children and then act upon these feelings. In the same way as having sexual desires of the same gender and acting upon this feeling.
So can it be argued that pedophilia is a sexual orientation?
p.s I made the question slightly misleading. And i just wanted opinions after having a deep conversation with a friend about equality and somehow we ended with this.
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On paper you could have a reasonable argument.
Where it falls down is the intent of a pedophiles sexual desires V the intent of a homosexuals sexual desires.
A pedophile by definition is a person who is attracted to children, children who in fact don't even have hair on their balls. You could say it is defined in the name as a desire for children who are before puberty.
Despite what these people want to say, children simply are not reconised by the law as being mature enough to decide if they will enter into a sexual relationship with a older person.
This is why the law does not reconise this attraction.
Where as for homosexuality.
The two people involved are of a legal age to be able to enter into the relationship.
As a matter of fact the age of consent should in fact be lower than heterosexual sex simply because there is no chance of little children resulting from the encounters.
There you have it. Why pedophiles and homosexuals are NOT the same thing.
No, it's the not the same at all. Pedophilia is a mental illness and NO ONE is born with it. Pedophilia is wrong on so many levels, it does not involve consent and takes advantage of children who are clearly incapable of making such decisions at a young age. To mistake pedophilia in the same league as homosexuality is beyond absurd. Homosexuality does not involve taking advantage of someone and molesting & raping them.
No more than it's similar to heterosexuality. You can't help what sex(es) you're attracted to, and you can't choose what age groups you're attracted to, but with homosexuality we're talking about attraction and relationships between consenting adults whereas children cannot legally consent and are not biologically ready for sex.
There's also a difference between pedophilia (sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children) and child molestation/rape (sexual contact with pre-pubescent children). Many pedophiles would never hurt children in spite of their desires, and many child molesters/rapists are not pedophiles but merely go after children because they're easy targets.
Also, fyi, child molesters are mostly straight like the general populous, so I really don't see why you're connecting them more to the LGBT+ community than the straight/heterosexual community.
Is pedophilia similar to heterosexuality?
Of course not. Mutual attraction and relationship-building between adults is not the same as wholly sexual attraction and wish to dominate/abuse of an adult for a child.
No, it isn't, no matter how many times this "question" gets asked. Go and teach yourself what the difference between a sexuality and a paraphilia is. I'll give you a hint:
One is a natural expression of human behaviour. The other is a mental illness.
Aisha, A pediphile is one sick individual, someone who doesn't care what childs life he/she screws up.
A homosexual is a person who has an attraction to the same sex, and has no desires to be with a child.
No, not even f****** close!
so not.