Paedophilia a 'sexual orientation - like being straight or gay' | News | The Independent
I got nothin' that's appropriate for polite company.
I got nothin' that's appropriate for polite company.
I don't see how these compare, one involves adults, the other minors.
...I disagree in saying that it is a sexual orientation like hetero or homosexuality. It is a paraphilia.
I'm not religious but lately I've come to understand why a creator would get pissed and decide to hurl a couple of large comets at us.
There isn't a hard line that I know of. Anything particularly unusual, especially if it causes harm to yourself or others, is a paraphilia.Scientifically speaking, what's the difference?
There isn't a hard line that I know of. Anything particularly unusual, especially if it causes harm to yourself or others, is a paraphilia.
I've always tied orientation toward desire for a specific gender.
If pedophilia were accepted as normal it would be a fetish rather than an orientation. Saying it's an orientation would be like saying sexual attraction to horses is an orientation.
In the absence of moral absolutes, the philosophical camel's nose is under the tent.
Huh ? I understand the camel/nose/tent theory, but I get lost with the "moral absolute" analogy - abscence or not !
Are you suggesting we may someday have a concensus re: moral absolutes (?) - or is your position that we do not now nor will we ever have a moral absolute. I contend since the definition of a moral absolute is not finite nor agreed upon we'll never keep the camel from making a completely entry into the circus !