UncleFrosky #pratt #psycho reddit.com
I mean to be fair if you know you're a pedophile and you conscientiously chose a profession where you have to be around children that probably means you have some untoward intentions or at least are an idiot for purposely sailing into the siren song
I disagree. Don’t adults who are attracted to adults have attractions to coworkers they can’t have never do anything untoward (such as cornering them in side room and assaulting them)? If the pedophile is not inclined to act on their attractions, is able to focus on their job in a professional manner, has appropriate positive feelings for children, wants them nurtured and protected and has strong empathy for them and never does anything inappropriate, why would you characterize that as “sailing into the siren song”?
Because you're presenting something alluring to you that you can never have without violating extreme moral convention
Would you describe it the same way if a straight man worked in an office with women coworkers that he could not have without violating extreme moral convention, i.e. rape?
Most men are sometimes attracted to mostly developed or developed teens. By your logic, shouldn’t men be precluded from teaching high school students? Some women are also attracted to mostly developed or developed teens. Should they be precluded from teaching high school? The vast majority of these people would never pursue a teen, keep their attractions to themselves and perform their jobs professionally. If you trust these people to teach your teenagers why would you have greater concern about someone attracted to younger children who would never pursue a child, keeps the attractions to himself and performs his job professionally?
You are applying a double-standard based on who people are attracted to rather than rationally evaluating actual risk based on a person’s risk factors for criminality such as lack of empathy, poor impulse control, etc. A straight man who is severely lacking in empathy, who has excessively high testosterone and who has poor impulse control is at much higher risk of committing a sexual assault than a pedophile who has strong empathy and normal testosterone and impulse control.