Thank you. My friend got accused as pedo recently and it hurts to see people throwing that word around like it's nothing. He's not a pedo but the damage is done for his reputation ):
There's cause for pedophilia either biogical or psychological. There's Neurological cause, environmental factors ect. It's better to get professional help rather than just say they're criminal and should just die.
I'm sorry that happened to your friend. I also get upset that instead of getting help, they’re stigmatized with the way their mind works. They’re the same as psychopaths and sociopaths, people just lump them together with criminals. Everyone’s not giving them a hand and then are shocked whenever they hear on the news about them committing crimes and murders. Society’s fucked up.
I’ve seen the comments and i think its necessary to educate people that predators and pedophiles are not the same. Pedophilia is a PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER characterized by intense attraction towards children. It is something pedophiles cannot control but they can through proper medication and therapy. Predators, on the other hand, are pedophiles that ACT upon their attraction and cause harm to children.
I just wanna put this out because i know someone who’s a pedophile and he’s always desperate for help to get rid of his urges. He’s a great guy and doing his best in college. Before he went to therapy, he said the only thing that can help him were R18+ shota/loli manga and he felt disgusted with himself after his “sessions.” He doesn’t want to become a child molester and ruin his life. He even went through intense mental breakdowns because he really doesn’t wanna hurt kids.
He’s doing fine these days and his therapies are helping a lot. I wanna put this out here because guys like him deserved to be heard and a lot of people just throw around the word “pedophile” carelessly. If you know someone who’s a pedophile, tell them to get help before it’s too late. They shouldn’t be stigmatized because it leads to more children being harmed like Yui.