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CMV: Pedophile-Phobia Indirectly Contributes to Child Abuse

Since this is bound to be controversial, I would like to preface by saying that I do not, under any circumstances, condone sexual relations between adults and children. 

It is now commonly believed that the culture of encouraging men to bottle up their feelings has led to a suicide rate four times higher than women. This is because there is stigma about men expressing vulnerable emotions for fear of not appearing 'manly'. The fact that Lolicon is so globally popular is evidence that the sexualization of children is absolutely not a 0.1% fringe case. Most people are disgusted by the idea of paedophilia, and not without reason. The idea of sexual abuse of a child is absolutely apalling. But this stigma is ineffective for the same reason as DARE and Abstinence only are ineffective. All it does is leave the person alone with their thoughts, rather than making them introspect. I was sparked to write this by yet another news story of some cushy office worker being convicted of posession of child pornography.  

Child abuse IS wrong. But there is no room to talk about your feelings, to address your sexuality, or try and cope with your feelings. A therapist is likely to report you to the police, in addition to being humanly repulsed by the idea of helping someone like *that*.  

I don't really have a solution, it just makes me really sad to think about all the people who will probably never offend, have a wife and (perfectly healthy, non abused) children who are driven sometimes to suicide as a result. It's the exact same situation as homosexuality 100 years ago. And something has to break.
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DARE did not work because it lied to children about substances. That is why it was discontinued. And because it bred untrustworthyness such as instructing children to rat out their parents to the police in exchange for DARE diplomas. Often for drugs with low incidences of addiction, overdose, or abuse. DARE has been criticized and discontinued because it had an extremely high correlation with the likelihood of DARE children to experiment with drugs *more* than the children that did not undergo DARE instruction.

That is why it failed.

Legislation banning pedophilia in no way shape or form operates like that. Pedophilia is not some ubiquitous temptation that all humans are exposed to and must develop coping strategies to fight against.