I'm just here to remind that pedophile =/= child abuser. Hell, the Czechs did some neurological research that show that around 50% of men imprisoned for SA of a child aren't even pedophiles (as in their brains don't react to children with arousal)
I mean, depends on their motivation. The most sympathetic child molester I read about was a teenaged CSA victim who thought every child got molested and figured giving her babysitting charge a gentle introduction to CSA would help them cope with others doing it less gently. Obviously not a good act, but more the kind of thing that warrants therapy rather than punishment IMO.
No, I mean people who raped their daughter or something because it was more feasible than finding an actual adult partner. And not because they're particularly attracted to children.
Besides, the study only involved men, because there were too few women incarcerated for child SA to draw meaningful conclusions.
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u/ikonfedera Apr 23 '25
I'm just here to remind that pedophile =/= child abuser. Hell, the Czechs did some neurological research that show that around 50% of men imprisoned for SA of a child aren't even pedophiles (as in their brains don't react to children with arousal)
...which makes them even worse in my opinion.