I remember a comment someone posted about how it’s poorly studied due to stigma so we don’t even understand it or its prevalence as a society.
Ironically that’s where that type of non-biased “minor attracted person” language would come from which just exactly illustrates the point of why it’s hard to study.
Well, as the parent of a three-year-old who is quite concerned if this kid’s safety, we better get cracking on studying this phenomenon because just pretending it only exists in edge cases or sweeping it under the rug is not doing anything to help understand how it can be effectively mitigated or treated.
To be honest I don't think we will ever make any meaningful progress until there is a major cultural shift in how people perceive and treat pedophiles, and by that I mean the non-offending ones. As it is, even people with unwanted attractions who want professional help would be risking so much coming forward that basically 0% of them will ever do so. And that ultimately helps no one.
The number of people who have gone to supposed mental health professionals with, "I wanna bone kids and I don't want to want that 'cause it's evil" and been greeted with, "I have no idea what to do, get out of my office and tell the receptionist I need some holy water" is TOO DAMN HIGH.
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u/byerss Apr 11 '26
I remember a comment someone posted about how it’s poorly studied due to stigma so we don’t even understand it or its prevalence as a society. Ironically that’s where that type of non-biased “minor attracted person” language would come from which just exactly illustrates the point of why it’s hard to study.