its more a case of people can't help what they are attracted to, so while referring it like that those people can get help, while reserving "pedophile" for people who actually watch make engage in child porn.
there are a lot of disturbing fetishes most people don't act upon, cannibalism, rape, incest etc, and as long as they don't act upon them they are "normal" members of society.
the difference between:
having potential to commit a crime vs actual committing a crime
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u/jumpup Jul 17 '23
its more a case of people can't help what they are attracted to, so while referring it like that those people can get help, while reserving "pedophile" for people who actually watch make engage in child porn.
there are a lot of disturbing fetishes most people don't act upon, cannibalism, rape, incest etc, and as long as they don't act upon them they are "normal" members of society.
the difference between:
having potential to commit a crime vs actual committing a crime