No.
I believe it’s important to stress that experiencing a desire or a fantasy or an intrusive thought does not make you a monster, it’s about what you actually do with it. Your actions define who you are.
I believe people who experience attraction towards children should have
access to support, therapy and spaces to talk with other people who go
through this experience. Even if the conversations make outsiders
uncomfortable.
I don’t really care whether we see attraction towards children as something
that people are born with, the result of trauma or the result of our
culture, or a combination of all that.
It’s clear that when someone experiences an attraction that would be harmful to act out, they need an environment that is conductive to shame free self-examination, open conversations, and emotional support as they figure out how to live ethically and happily. And they should have the space to be seen and treated as whole people, who are not
defined by that one aspect.
I believe an attitude of ‘kill anyone who experienced attraction towards children, they’re always going to be evil’ is a very harmful attitude that is actively making children less safe.
Such an attitude pushes people to isolate themselves, to tell no one, to not seek help, to be alone with their self-hatred. This is not a situation that is conductive towards personal growth and finding ways to live well and ethically. This is a situation where people become perpetrators. If you’re already an irredeemable monster, why not act on it?
I believe that if we honestly care about preventing harm to children, we must do better.
Oh, and finally, I believe that the people who stalk my Tumblr, who call opinions like mine ‘defending pedophiles’ and ‘pedophile apologists’ or who actively excuse me of being a pedophile because of this, are manipulate toxic people who want to lash out at me to feel in control. They are not people who actually have children’s safety as a priority.
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