What issue is important to you but under discussed in society?

I agree with you that the majority of these people are "wired that way" and need to be treated like they have a mental disorder.

But just because you "didn't feel too bad about it" doesn't mean that it didn't devastate others. Congratulations on not feeling bad about it, I'm happy for you. You don't have to deal with the emotional turmoil. But for most people it's beyond traumatic.

I'm baffled by your "difference between abuse and just sex" comment. There is no such thing as consensual sex with a child, because a child cannot consent. A child cannot choose between right and wrong, a child is not sexually developed, a child is not capable of handling any relationship beyond friendship.

If they don't get physically hurt or manipulated, what's the problem? Again, congratulations, you're in the minority of people who don't feel hurt. But since a child cannot consent, a child has no way of not being manipulated.

There is evidence that being manipulated or threatened into sexual activity is harmful.

Any sexual activity with a child is done out of extortion of some kind. Children cannot consent and therefore cannot be in a consensual relationship.

I agree with you that it's a problem that needs to be discussed in a rational manner. It seems more common than is comfortable, but where I part with you is that I believe there is something wrong with a person who finds a child sexually attractive. It is a mental problem that needs to be addressed.

People who have those feelings should be able to seek counselling and treatment without being treated as monsters. The monsters are the ones who act on their feelings, who victimize somebody who is incapable of telling them no.

Again, I'm happy that you don't feel broken up by what happened to you. That's a good thing. But children are incapable of consent. Regardless of whether or not it scars them, it is still non-consensual, and not okay in any way.

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