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CMV: Pedophiles are not necessarily rapists, have no control over whom they are attracted to, and should be encouraged to go to therapy rather than socially scrutinized.

I was thinking about sexuality, gender and race. People sometimes have racial dating preferences by being attracted to specific members of specific races (not necessarily of their own). People find this as an acceptable form of racial discrimination (e.g - choosing to only date White women) because attraction cannot be controlled. 

Same with homosexuality or heterosexuality. We sexually discriminate based on our personal preferences, and it is okay. This; however, wasn't always the case. The LGBT community has been (and in many cases, still are) the target of violence and scrutiny- even leading up to some deaths of in-closet victims who were discovered to be such. Homosexuals do not control whom they are attracted to, which is why we now no longer scrutinize them.

So why do we treat pedophiles any differently? Some might say "Because children do not have a choice and shouldn't have sex with pedophiles", as if a pedophile *must* have sex with children. But this isn't what is being said. It is possible to acknowledge that a pedophile is attracted to children, *prevent them from having sex with children*, but also have sympathy for their condition. We treat pedophiles as the worst kinds of human beings, that pedophiles who are sent to prison are the most likely to be killed over other kinds of inmates. 

And yet they do not have a choice with whom they are attracted to. My opinion is that pedophiles shouldn't be ousted as child rapists, but be provided a means to recognize and handle their condition in a way that allows them to function in society without actually having sex with children. Therapy wouldn't be to cure pedophiles, but help them control urges. If we keep scrutinizing them, they are less likely to seek therapy and more likely to stay in the closet, fueling the demand for illegal child exploitation through child pornography. Perhaps, we can develop a way for them to have sexual release (like adopting current sex robots) **without** them having sex with real children as a part of their therapy.

TLDR: Pedophiles don't have control over their sexuality. We shouldn't scrutinized them because it makes more closet pedophiles fuel the demand for child porn. We should treat them, give them therapy, and provide means that would deter them from seeking sexual release with real children.
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This is already being done. Diagnostically it is called pedophilic disorder in the DSM. The treatment isn't just therapy, but also medicine, commonly medroxyprogesterone. The aforementioned drug lowers the libido of the individual on it.