They claim to control their urges. Until they get caught again. Never trust a child molester. They know they shouldn't do it the first time. They cant control their urges. Or they wouldn't have done it the first time. And if someone needs therapy. Then you know they cant help it.
The statistics I cited in my OP do not lie, and I have seen many other studies besides the ones I linked. Are you suggesting that the recidivism studies are flawed? Do you think the researchers are part of a conspiracy theory? Even if you inflated some of them to account for underreporting, you still end up with the same reality: Most adjudicated child molesters, particularly the one-third that are children themselves, do not cause further harm to the community, which of itself demonstrates that they can control their *behavior*.
If someone needs therapy, then you know they are human with a mental illness. I have an autism spectrum disorder, and I see a therapist for that and other things, like being an abuse survivor. Does that mean I cannot help myself somehow?
I think you need to look into this issue more before you make declarative statements that do not align with the realities found in research. While it is understandable, given the myths the media has spread for the past three decades, there is increasing evidence that sexual offenders do not repeat themselves. You could start by watching a sexual abuse prevention symposium.
Here you can find several to choose from. If you do not care to watch videos, I summarized this year's
Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: 2017 Symposium.
but as for pedophilia.
if it's not a chemical imbalance it could be caused by another issue or multiple. if so we are a bit more damned but we could look at each specific issue and try to solve it.
it could be genetic. we don't know that much about our genetics and genetics are the framework of everything. if it is genetic we can simply correct it at birth. in which case funding projects to end pedophilia and funding projects for designer baby's/genetic editing would be helpful
I agree with much of what you said, particularly the distinction between pedophilia and sexual abuse, except this part. Pedophilia is no doubt at least partly genetic: James Cantor did fMRI research into the brains of pedophiles, and found that pedophilia seems to be in the brain's connections, its wiring, much in the same way that autism and schizophrenia is in the brain's wiring. Some (like
Paul Federoff) have suggested that pedophilia can change, however, there are many other researchers who disagree with the methods he used in his study (I wrote an analysis of that
here).
So, thee is no evidence that pedophilia can change, much in the same way there is no evidence that homosexuality can change. Which leads us to your next point...
if nothing as above works and we are just stuck with them then maybe find an outlet that causes no one harm.
or maybe send them all to some space colony on an asteroid somewhere and have them work.
There are already outlets that cause no harm. Much like a conservative Christian homosexual can refrain from entering a same-sex romantic relationship, pedophiles can refrain from harming children. There is much evidence to support this, given that only one-third of abusers are pedophilic, and by the
estimates we have, most pedophiles do not harm children.
Pedophiles have sexual fantasy, fictional materials like erotica, and many can explore appropriate adult relationships. The idea that a pedophile will invariably offend is not one supported by research.
really no matter what you do someone is going to get offended somehow. but it is a tricky topic simply because you have to think of all perspective's
Bingo. To form a comprehensive prevention plan, one must consider what is fair to existing abusers, the research that has been done on adjudicated abusers, the research that has been done in general, the perspective and rights of victims, educating the public, how most people will perceive the plan and how to sell them on the plan, and of course, the perspectives of experts from multiple areas: Helping victims, helping abusers, helping communities, nonprofits, law enforcement, etc.
Considering multiple angles and how to get them to meet in the middle is certainly a daunting task.
