I came across this after someone I know made some claims about pedophilia prevalence I found unbelievable. Leading me to the survey.
Surveys are hard, there’s always some percentage of people that say strange things, and self reports could be over or underestimates of prevalence.
I think that the way the results bundle 19 year old who watch a porn video that had a 17 year old in it, and 50 year old that watched a porn video of a 5 year old together is needlessly inflammatory. While neither is good I think culturally we are generally vastly more worried about what leads to the second, or even what makes the 50 year old look for 17 year olds (i.e. cases where the 19 year old didn’t grow out of it).
Still, some of these stats are extremely troubling to me, and I’m interested in what people make of it.
@naevaTheRat probably not. The actual condition is more prevalent than most people are aware it is just the cases we usually hear about are the worse ones. Most are disgusted by it and do not act on it or it stems from trauma. It is also taboo to even talk about and probably with all this shit going on with TOC, people are less afraid right now cuz people will literally go on a witch hunt when the condition itself is a lot more complex and most people do not act on theit urges, impulses, etc.
An article headline is a rhetorical question m8
@eureka I didn’t ask.
You should read the piece and the study I think. Rather than respond to the headline.
@naevaTheRat no thanks. I deal with reading this type of stuff enough.
It is strange to comment on something without reading it.
Is it? I feel like it’s pretty damn common, actually.
That said, what I certainly wouldn’t do is comment without reading something, and then react with indignation when corrected, like our friend here.
Call me a loser, call me a boomer, call me an anarkiddy, but never call me a pessimist :)
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@naevaTheRat I am not defending pedophiles btw, but there is a difference between the condition and pedophiles.