Fantasies of Adult-Child Sex Disgust even the Sex-Positive Public

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@EthanEdwards

I agree that pedophiles must control their actions to the extent of never molesting children. But I think (and feel!) that in general pedophiles should feel free to masturbate while thinking of children and feel no guilt about doing so. Past efforts to get men and boys to not masturbate were both cruel and largely ineffective. In the modern view it is instead viewed as a healthy part of sexuality. Deciding that an entire class of people with a condition they did not choose and cannot change cannot masturbate would only make sense if there was a very serious risk of harm to others.

There are some pedophiles who should probably not masturbate while thinking of children. One case is simply those who themselves perceive that it is leading them towards offending. The other is those who have already committed an offense against a child and a professional correctly judges that abstention is required for the future safety of children. But there is a widespread common-sense belief (at least among social liberals) that masturbation by ordinary people reduces sexual desire and any tendency to act inappropriately with others. We expect the same to hold for pedophiles.

I’ll be honest, I occasionally masturbate to (real and fictional) adult porn, but there have been times where I did so with lolicon. I don’t have guilt over the latter because I know that they’re just drawings.

A bit of a sidenote, but when it comes to fantasies involving minors, I’ve been doing so most of the time with fictional minors. I rarely think about real minors. Obviously, this is just my personal experience.

@EthanEdwards

There isn’t really a way to confirm these predilections on a massive scale,

Opinion polls would be a good start.

Well, here’s a start:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263292337_Stigmatization_of_People_with_Pedophilia_Two_Comparative_Surveys

I’m kinda lazy, so I copied what was said about the survey here:

Pedophiles are one of the most hated and distrusted groups in society; even more so, in some respects, than psychopaths. A 2014 U.S. based survey found that, of those polled:

• 44% believe pedophilia is something that one can choose
• 49% believe that people with pedophilia have taken a deliberate decision to have these interests
• 48% believe that people have the choice whether they have pedophilia or not
• 94% believe pedophilia poses a danger for children
• 83% believe pedophilia poses a danger for adolescents
• 39% believe pedophilia poses a danger for adults
• 59% feel afraid when they think of pedophiles
• 40% feel pity when they think of pedophiles
• 84% feel anger when they think of pedophiles

When asked, “How do you feel about interacting with people who are dominantly sexually interested in children, but have never committed a crime?”:

• 5% would have such a person as a friend
• 6% would accept such a person in their neighborhood
• 11% would accept such a person as a work colleague
• 15% would talk to such a person
• 49% would prefer such a person to be incarcerated
• 27% would prefer such a person to be dead.

By comparison, only 21% favored incarceration of psychopaths who have never committed a crime, and only 8% favored death for psychopaths who have never committed a crime.

I feel great knowing that people like me are seen as “monsters” or “subhumans” in modern society and are stigmatized for attractions that we can’t choose. This is fine. It definitely hasn’t resulted in any mental health issues, nor has it resulted in me feeling isolated. I’m perfectly fine with suppressing my feelings of anger and sadness, if I had any.

I definitely did not “come out” to someone close to me recently. They did not give me judgmental reactions, nor do I feel any worse than I did previously. This will surely make me trust other people with this information.

Yeah, I feel great, thanks for asking!