<human>: I'm sorry if these sentiments have already been expressed in a post before, but I just wanted to hear responses to what I had to say, if that's alright!

Being a pedophile is not a bad thing. I know there are many people that say homosexuality—same-sex sexual attraction—is not a choice and think that being gay is okay. I agree with this. But why doesn't that extend to pedophiles—people who are attracted to children?

I do not think that it's okay for an adult to have sex with a prepubescent child, but I think it's terrible that pedophiles are seen as rapists or child molesters (or at least seen as a threat of rape/molestation).

Maybe I'm just being pedantic about the connotation of the word "pedophile", but it's made me feel some degree of sympathy for pedophiles, because they have sexual attractions that they cannot fulfill and society immediately assumes them to bear a threat against children with molestation. If I'm being naïve then share your insight with me, I was just wondering what everyone thought!

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<bot>: I think that pedophile ≠ child molester, but society seems to equate them. What do you think about pedophiles?