Template:Debate Guide:Arguments about attraction to minors

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".
• The discursive nature of human sexuality - How humans' diverse affective feelings are sometimes categorized as "sexual".