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CMV: There is no such thing as Gay Pedophiles or Straight Pedophiles, there are simply Pedophiles.

**Note**: I am only using Pedophilia in the strictest, scientific definition of the term, which is physical attraction to pre-pubescent children. This post is not in reference to Ebe/Hebephiles (those attracted to teens who have gone through puberty) because in their case secondary sex characteristics actually *do* factor into their attraction.

I’ve noticed homophobes have a tendency to zero in on a victim’s genitals and if the offending pedo in question happens to be a man while their victim has a penis and is AMAB this now suddenly makes the pedophile “gay” and is seen as a mark against the LGBT community.

But it’s a misconception to believe that (exclusively attracted) pedophiles are wired like most human beings who center their attraction based around sex. What’s unique about pedophiles is that they’re essentially attracted to gender-neutral sexless beings who lack any sort of the defining secondary sex characteristics that separates males from female. They are attracted to this distinct *lack* of sex markers so they can hardly be called either gay or straight no matter the assigned sex at birth of their victims.

Pre-pubescent children are mostly sexless, the only thing truly marking them as a certain sex are their genitals and chromosomes, but other than that they don’t truly grow into/develop until they hit puberty and are exposed to hormones. Hormones are the most important sex-defining characteristics, not genitals or chromosomes. Without hormones you would never truly be able to differentiate between a little “boy” or a little “girl” unless you pulled down their underwear. Their facial features, voice, height and upper body are completely identical.

If you want to be really pendatic, exclusive pedophiles are technically pansexual since gender/sex doesn’t seem to factor into their attractions at all, but even that’s the wrong word to use since it seems that what attracts pedos is the distinct *lack* of sex/gender, compared to the majority human population who are attracted *because* of one’s sex/gender.
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If your argument is correct that pedophiles strictly prey on children because they are "sexless" how do you account for pedophiles with a gender preference? If children are "sexless," wouldn't the data reflect a randomness of victims, especially from repeat offenders? Instead, most pedophiles prey exclusively on one gender or the other. How does that clear preference not reflect the pedophile's sexual orientation?

>I’ve noticed homophobes have a tendency to zero in on a victim’s genitals and if the offending pedo in question happens to be a man while their victim has a penis and is AMAB this now suddenly makes the pedophile “gay” and is seen as a mark against the LGBT community.


Seems like you are advancing this argument because you dislike how the current data reflects a disproportionately high frequency of male on male predation, and you would rather just muddy the waters and say everyone preys on everyone indiscriminately. However, this is simply not true.