• Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    Add to that, that to the best of my knowledge, most child rapists are not pedophiles and most pedophiles are not child rapists.

    The two being convoluted helps child rapists by letting them hide behind their sexual orientation (“he can’t be a child predator, he has a wife and kids!”) and hurts pedophiles by stigmatizing their condition so that they have a harder time getting help to control or remove their sexual urges.

    If we really want to reduce the amount suffering for both adults and, most importantly, children then we have to be able to start having actual conversations about this.

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      11 hours ago

      I am 100% in favor of pushing the distinction.

      Let’s get the pedophiles treatment or therapy or whatever helps them while they continue to not hurt anybody while contributing to society.

      Let’s get the child rapists 3 hots and a cot with concrete walls all around.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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      20 hours ago

      If we really want to reduce the amount suffering for both adults and, most importantly, children then we have to be able to start having actual conversations about this.

      I appreciate that calling Trump a child rapist is also good for society.