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Thread (Discussion): Poll 1031 - Do you consider the terms "pedophile" and "child molester" to have the same meaning?

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Message 142527 (In Reply to Message 142514)


Posted by steve on Dec 18, 2004 06:07 PM | Also by steve
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: 30 - 39, State: Virginia, Country: United States
#2-child molester, that is the pedophile who has gone to the next level.


rebel51, your 3 categories are compelling. To me, your categories are different levels of escalation for a pedophile - #1 attracted to children, but don't act on it, #2 physical contact, but without sexual contact, #3 sexual contact. Is that a fair interpretation?

It's probably a reasonable way of defining levels of pedophilia, but it ignores the fact that much (in fact, I believe it's most) of child molestation isn't really pedophilia in that the motivation of the perpetrator either isn't sexual (it's about power) or the perpetrator isn't primarily attracted to children and it's more a crime of convenience (though to me that's more of a technical difference). In other words, a high percentage of child molestation are acts of an adult molesting a child as a form of exerting power over the child, not for sexual gratification.

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Message 142514


Posted by rebel51 on Dec 18, 2004 12:17 PM | Also by rebel51
Gender: Female, Age Bracket: 50 - 59, State: California, Country: United States

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121952, admin, Nov 19, 2003 04:30 PM [Introduction]
      122552, ericblair, Dec 01, 2003 10:36 PM [Options]
            122858, steve, Dec 10, 2003 02:08 PM
                  142514, rebel51, Dec 18, 2004 12:17 PM
                        142525, brennus, Dec 18, 2004 05:59 PM
                        142527, steve, Dec 18, 2004 06:07 PM
                              142545, rebel51, Dec 19, 2004 11:48 AM
                              143482, oioi, Jan 08, 2005 05:10 PM [poll 1031]
                        142538, orolan, Dec 19, 2004 02:47 AM [reb]
                              142546, rebel51, Dec 19, 2004 12:48 PM
                                    142557, orolan, Dec 19, 2004 03:27 PM
      165836, anti, Oct 30, 2005 06:11 PM [ No...]
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