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*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Pedophiles chose their condition|Pedophiles chose their condition]]
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*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Pedophilia is unnatural|Pedophilia is unnatural]]
'''Minor-attraction faces fundamental challenges: Arguments from acceptance, agency and functionality...'''
*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Don't listen to a pedophile|Don't listen to a pedophile]] - One's orientation has absolutely no bearing on whether their argument is right or wrong.
 
*[[Debate Guide: The nature of Human Attraction|The nature of Human Attraction]] - Why humans have a ''capacity'' for diverse taste.
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: MAPs are invalid|MAPs are invalid]] - The idea of "valid/invalid" sexuality is questionable.
*[[Debate Guide: Self-Loathing Hatred|Self-Loathing Hatred]]
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Pedophiles chose their condition|Pedophiles chose their condition]] - Like other orientations, pedophilia is not a choice.
*[[Debate Guide: Parenthood and Pedophilia|Parenthood and Pedophilia]]
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Pedophilia is unnatural|Pedophilia is unnatural]] - How can an unchosen sexual orientation not be part of nature?
*[[Debate Guide: Corresponding age attraction|Corresponding age attraction]] - Questions the assumption of a unique "childhood" sexual orientation.
 
*[[Debate Guide: Cognitive distortions|Cognitive distortions]] - the justification for this slur against pedophiles is a fallacious, circular argument.
'''Popular anti-MAP sentiments and common human flaws go hand in hand...'''
*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Sex and violence are as one in the psyche|Sex and violence are as one in the psyche]] - There is no rational basis for conflating pedophiles' sexual interest with violence or psycopathy.
 
*[[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|Self-loathing hatred]] - Violently anti-MAP sentiments are an example of "reaction formation".
*[[Debate Guide: Parenthood and pedophilia|Parenthood and pedophilia]] - Somewhat similarly, parenthood structures perceptions of the "pedophile".
 
'''Human sexuality, including attraction to minors, is mischaracterized and misunderstood...'''
 
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Cognitive distortions|Cognitive distortions]] - The justification for this slur against pedophiles is a fallacious, circular argument.
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Porn is the theory, rape is its practise|Porn is the theory, rape is its practise]] - Completely unfounded belief that Child Porn causes offending.
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: The violent sexual predator|The violent sexual predator]] - Now less common argument conflating MAPs' sexual interest with "violence", "psychopathy" or "reptilian" impulses.

Latest revision as of 04:02, 7 September 2025

Minor-attraction faces fundamental challenges: Arguments from acceptance, agency and functionality...

Popular anti-MAP sentiments and common human flaws go hand in hand...

Human sexuality, including attraction to minors, is mischaracterized and misunderstood...

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