Saturday, July 14, 2012

Have you heard of Virtuous Pedophiles?

So somehow recently I come across an article about a website called Virtuous Pedophiles. And I thought,  " Virtuous pedophiles? Yeah right".  But as a read the article I became intrigued and decided to check out the website. I looked it over and in what ( for me) was a bold move, I emailed one of the owners. I asked if he would mind corresponding with me and answering some questions. He replied back and agreed. When asked to explain the point of his ( and his partners) website he replied back " Our position as an organization, is that sexual activity between adults and children is always a bad idea, and we don't condone it, even if  a girl said it was  OK at the time."
The more we "talked" the more intrigued I became. Most people seem to equate the  word "child molester" with Pedophile. Now I've realized for a while that not all child molesters were pedophiles, but now I am learning, that apparently, not all pedophiles become child molesters. Many pedophiles lead law abiding lives, but still believe that, if it were legal, then a " consensual" adult/child relationship would be OK. The members of Virtuous Pedophiles do not agree.  Mr. Ethan Edwards, co-founder of the site, says that " No one knows in advance that there will be no harm and the risk of harm is just too great." He went on to say " When some pedophile says it might not be so harmful to a girl if she was OK with it, I see that as something that is centered on the needs of the pedophile. From the point of view of the girl, the main question shouldn't be whether it wouldn't be harmful. The question is what benefit there would be to her, and what the risk of harm is and that's still quite high."
This website and it's member are also against child porn. They do not make it, or use it. They see it for what it is, abuse of a child, even if they are not the one's taking it, they believe looking at it is promoting child abuse.
As do most pedophiles, this group believes that they are born with this sexual orientation, just as homosexual are born attracted to the same sex, and heterosexuals are born attracted to the opposite.  The difference is, they do not believe those urges should be acted upon. So what do you think? Is it possible for a pedophile to be virtuous? Or does their  attraction to children alone make them unworthy of understanding? Do you believe it is possible to be a pedophile and not offend against children? Let me know what you think.

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