Template:Debate Guide:Arguments about attraction to minors: Difference between revisions

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Too many people hold conflicting beliefs about pedophilia and other sexuality...

Against: MAPs are invalid - The idea of "valid/invalid" sexualities is questionable.
Against: Pedophiles chose their condition - Like other orientations, pedophilia is not a choice.
Against: Pedophilia is unnatural - How can an unchosen sexual orientation not be part of nature?

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

Self-loathing hatred - Violently anti-pedophile sentiments are an example of "reaction formation".
Parenthood and pedophilia - Somewhat similarly, parenthood structures perceptions of the "pedophile".

Pedophilia and human sexuality are mischaracterized and misunderstood...

Against: Cognitive distortions - The justification for this slur against pedophiles is a fallacious, circular argument.
Against: Porn is the theory, rape is its practise - Completely unfounded belief that Child Porn causes offending.
Against: Sex and violence are as one in the psyche - Conflating pedophiles' sexual interest with "violence or psychopathy".

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 *''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: Sex and violence are as one in the psyche|Sex and violence are as one in the psyche]] - Conflating pedophiles' sexual interest with "violence or psychopathy".
-*[[Debate Guide: The discursive nature of human sexuality|The discursive nature of human sexuality]] - How humans' diverse affective feelings are sometimes categorized as "sexual".