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Old 03-07-2023, 01:25 AM
 
Location: Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA
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When I see those reality midget shows, I have always wondered if there was a [good] way to prevent someone into children from committing a crime by trying to set people up with adult midgets.
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You mean dwarfs? I mean they are small like children, but still have the facial features and body structures of adults.
OK guys, I think they prefer to be called Little People this century (correct me if there's a new one).

But how would you like to be set up with a pedophile because of your stature, knowing the guy is thinking to himself "OK, you're 26 but if I close my eyes I'll pretend you're 6"? In other words I think it's a bad idea.
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Old 03-07-2023, 07:38 AM
 
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Some countries are already trying to address the issue: to prevent children’s abuse by pedophiles.
That is the main objective.

“The dark field” program in Germany:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...re-they-offend

Some scary statistics mentioned

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Old 03-07-2023, 10:51 AM
 
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OK guys, I think they prefer to be called Little People this century (correct me if there's a new one).

But how would you like to be set up with a pedophile because of your stature, knowing the guy is thinking to himself "OK, you're 26 but if I close my eyes I'll pretend you're 6"? In other words I think it's a bad idea.

Exactly. My neighbor is a little person, but she's a full human being. I highly doubt she'd be thrilled with the prospect of being a "child-decoy" for a pedophile.
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Old 03-07-2023, 01:55 PM
 
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I read an article a while back where the journalist interviewed people who were technically pedophiles but had never acted on their urges. It's very easy to condemn these people as monsters, but they didn't know who to talk to or where they could go to get help. They didn't want this for themselves or know how to deal with it. So they live with this sense of secrecy and deep shame.
Wonder if the "journalist" was really just into pedophilia and using his story as "cover".......same for cops who investigate it.
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Old 03-07-2023, 03:55 PM
 
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I imagine the great majority were molested themselves.

I was close to someone who was molested and she was overly protective of it happening to her daughter to the point of what she was doing to protect her might be considered borderline molesting in itself.

I stayed out if it but it definitely was an extremely weird yet interesting dynamic that I didn’t know what to think
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Old 03-07-2023, 04:06 PM
 
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Some countries are already trying to address the issue: to prevent children’s abuse by pedophiles.
That is the main objective.

“The dark field” program in Germany:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...re-they-offend

Some scary statistics mentioned
Not surprised the services got swamped once non-Germans found out about it. That one guy who even moved to Germany from the UK and learned the German language because of the program seemed dedicated.
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Old 03-07-2023, 04:10 PM
 
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I imagine the great majority were molested themselves.

I was close to someone who was molested and she was overly protective of it happening to her daughter to the point of what she was doing to protect her might be considered borderline molesting in itself.

I stayed out if it but it definitely was an extremely weird yet interesting dynamic that I didn’t know what to think
Wow. Did this woman constantly check her daughter's genitals after she was with other adults? That sounds borderline psycho. The human fear psyche is really something.
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Old 03-07-2023, 05:26 PM
 
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"...this begs the question..."
raises the question.
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Old 03-07-2023, 07:30 PM
 
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Wow. Did this woman constantly check her daughter's genitals after she was with other adults? That sounds borderline psycho. The human fear psyche is really something.
Not exactly that but you’re in the ballpark
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Old 03-08-2023, 02:37 PM
 
Location: Ruston, Louisiana
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...er/8768423002/

So I was reading through this article, and what fascinates me the most is how there is a lot of science saying that pedophilia is hardwired in the womb before birth. Most people confuse pedophiles with child molesters, which is why it is often used as the ultimate insult of disgust among society.

If pedophilia is hardwired like other sexual orientations, this begs the question: is there a way to tell that a child will become a pedophile when they get older? Are there certain bizarre behaviors that future pedophile children exhibit? Is the attraction only dormant when they are children and become active when they grow up? I really want to know!
It is not hard wired in the womb that is ridiculous. If that were the case, we would have all sorts of hard wiring going on. Drugs, Murder, Rape. We could test each unborn child to see what they were destined to do when born. What would you do if you knew? Auto abort? We aren't born on an assembly line to be put in "future" catagories.

What would you do if you knew? What do you think we would do with these unborn children?
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