• shane@feddit.nl
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    1 day ago

    I think it’s possible to be attracted to people under the legal age of consent and not be a terrible person. It is a hard life, as you cannot have sex with another person in the way that you enjoy, and probably want to avoid being near underage people as much as possible.

    In modern Western society you cannot find anyone to talk to about it, since therapists may even be required to report you. And any sort of erotica to masturbate to is mostly illegal - even just written stories that people made up.

    So I kind of admire someone who recognizes they have this attraction, and takes steps to avoid acting on it, just like someone who has desire to harm people - although at least someone with a rape fantasy or a murder fantasy can talk to a psychologist about it. I wouldn’t want a “non-offending pedophile” near kids though…