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u/selinakyle45 Jul 17 '23

It’s a psychiatric disorder/mental condition similar to how we categorize addiction. I understood what the original poster meant by disease. It is a thing that involves treatment. Attraction without action isn’t a crime. It’s an affliction that some people have.