Hi I am a average student (not a pedophile) that think pedophilia is as normal as any other sexual orientation and just as acceptable.

I believe that the mental anguish that children experience to is due to cultural stigmatization.

I find that the current situation is a witch-hunt on par with what gays experienced and think you are very brave for admitting who you are.

I have these opinion because I done some research into the subject and base my opinion on that research conclusion.

I wish more people would use logos instead of pathos when discussing this matter.

Thanks for your comments. I'm also of the opinion that it could be a natural part of human sociobiology. I think the taboos regarding child sexuality, sexual development, and attraction to children are compounding a lot of problems. I wish western society could simply recognize sexuality as being a normal, natural and generally healthy thing. Instead, we have a kind of love-hate relationship with our own bodies and what we can do with them.

Ultimately, regardless of whether a child involved in an adult-child sexual encounter is harmed by the sex itself, the social climate, the legal system, or a combination of these, such an event most likely will harm them.

I feel it should be self-evident that people who are attracted to, or sexually abuse children are easy targets. Everyone seems to hate these groups (deserved or otherwise) and this manifests in increasingly draconian laws and hysteria. Few think of trying to really understand the issues or look at ways to prevent the potential harm. We could all use a little more logic.