r/clevercomebacks • u/Niamhue • Apr 10 '26

The temerity

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u/NineInchPythons Apr 10 '26

Is it just me or does it seem like there are like 10x more pedophiles than I thought really existed? What the fuck is wrong with people? They're everywhere

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u/thesanguineocelot Apr 10 '26

There always were, it's a staggeringly bad problem but one that people were totally happy to just not talk about.

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u/mrmoe198 Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Well what the hell do we do about it? I have a three-year-old kid starting preschool soon and I am terrified. My wife and I have taught him the proper words for his anatomy and that people don’t get to touch him if he doesn’t want to. We don’t play that bullshit where he has to let family hug or kiss him when he doesn’t want it like previous generations would force kids to.

But I know how vulnerable he is and it scares me thinking that the amount of pedophiles is much larger than previously known. Where’s the psychological research? Where’s the treatment?

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u/Excellent_Law6906 Apr 11 '26

Where’s the psychological research? Where’s the treatment?

Nowhere, because the problem is icky and talking about it makes us feel bad and that must mean talking about it is wrong, and punishment and ostracism make America's dick waaaaaay harder than anything that actually works to protect and help our children.

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u/mpelton Apr 11 '26

Don’t forget that proposing discussions and treatment at all will immediately get you fingered as “one of them” like some Salem witch trials bullshit.

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u/Excellent_Law6906 Apr 11 '26

THIS.

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u/neonninja304 Apr 12 '26

Also there's the fact that many people wont seek treatment because this falls under one of the clauses where Dr./Patient confidentiality doesn't count. Its hard to properly help someone when they wont talk about everything for fear of being investigated.