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leftous OP wrote

Really well put. I agree reducing pedophilia to a simple "sexual preference" really neglects the harm and damage it does.

Pedophiles are people who fetishize innocence and are sexually excited by rape (which is what sex with a child entails). We call out the fetishization of minorities, trans people, etc - this is no different and far more disturbing. :/

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crapshoot wrote

So pedophilia is an oppressive mindset like racism/transphobia/etc, and there will be less pedophilia in the world if we fight against objectification of children and promote a culture where we treat children like people?

I'm all for that, but do you seriously believe that will reduce the number of people attracted to children?

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