The left has been planning their next move for a decade

[The Anonymous]

Redefining pedophilia with pedophiles' help: "Minor-attracted persons" say we need to rethink how the mental illness is defined -- and some experts agree.

e usually hear pedophilia talked about in terms of mental illness -- if not evil -- but on Aug. 17, 2011, a motley crew of self-identified "minor-attracted persons" and mental health professionals gathered in Baltimore to talk about it as a sexual identity. At hand is an issue deeply important to both groups: the revision of the diagnostic criteria for pedophilia.

The sponsor of the event, B4U-ACT, a support group aimed at preventing pedophiles from acting on their attraction to children, hopes to influence the relevant entry in the upcoming revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Understandably, the idea of pedophiles helping to define their own mental illness has some unnerved.

The Daily Caller wrote about the event in a piece headlined, "Conference aims to normalize pedophilia." It's true that many in the community believe that attraction to pubescent or pre-pubescent children isn't a mental illness at all, but the symposium itself has the stated aim of raising awareness about fundamental problems with the proposed revision to the DSM's entry on pedophilia.

More leftist machinations at link:


https://www.salon.com/2011/08/17/pedophilia/

 

[Legion]

Richard Kramer, director of B4U-ACT, argues that the panel of experts responsible for the revision "represents only the narrow field of sex offender assessment and treatment."

An article on the DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) debate in the Harvard Mental Health Letter said the scientific evidence supports that concern: "Several reports have concluded that most people with pedophilic tendencies eventually act on their sexual urges in some way. Typically this involves exposing themselves to children, watching naked children, masturbating in front of children, or touching children's genitals." Kramer and his ilk argue that such scientific wisdom is based on skewed data that looks only at offenders, and that many child molesters are not technically pedophiles (i.e., they offend because of opportunity, not sexual attachment).

Kramer and his ilk argue that such scientific wisdom is based on skewed data that looks only at offenders, and that many child molesters are not technically pedophiles (i.e., they offend because of opportunity, not sexual attachment).

https://www.salon.com/2011/08/17/pedophilia/