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: 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 - What do violently anti-pedophile sentiments reveal about their beholders?
Parenthood and pedophilia - Parenthood structures perceptions of the pedophile.
Against: Only a pedophile would make this argument - Irrelevant and nonsensical.

Pedophilia and human sexuality are mischaracterised and misunderstood...

The nature of human attraction - Why humans have a capacity for diverse taste.
Against: Cognitive distortions - The justification for this slur against pedophiles is a fallacious, circular argument.
Against: Sex and violence are as one in the psyche - There is no rational basis for conflating pedophiles' sexual interest with violence or psycopathy.
Against: Corresponding age attraction - Questions the assumption of a unique "childhood" sexual orientation.

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 *[[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|Self-loathing hatred]] - What do violently anti-pedophile sentiments reveal about their beholders?
 *[[Debate Guide: Parenthood and pedophilia|Parenthood and pedophilia]] - Parenthood structures perceptions of the pedophile.
-*''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.
+*''Against: [[Debate Guide: Only a pedophile would make this argument|Only a pedophile would make this argument]] - Irrelevant and nonsensical.
 '''Pedophilia and human sexuality are mischaracterised and misunderstood...'''