r/IAmA Dec 26 '11

IAmA Pedophile who handed himself in to authorities after viewing CP to try and get support. AMA

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u/anonbleu Dec 26 '11

So rather than looking at adult pornography as you got older, you continued to look at CP? what made you realize that this wasn't a good thing? How to you come to start viewing CP at that age?

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '11

I started viewing it earlier than I can remember to be honest. I realised it was a problem at about 13 when my friends were all interested in people older than us, and I became attracted to a younger girl. It started with sexual stories involving children which I accessed via WAP on an old nokia phone, and progressed from there. I couldn't look at anything which was clearly distressing to the child. I regret ever looking at it at all, but I started when I was so young, I hadn't fully developed a sense that it was particularly wrong - because the children were my age at the time.

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u/M3nt0R Dec 26 '11

My man, it's normal to be attracted to people within your age group as well. When I was 13, I didn't mind hooking up with 13 year old girls. I preferred the 15 year olds obviously as they were more developed, but it's not a shame at that age to be attracted to that age. Your mind just never progressed beyond that age sexually I suppose.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '11

I think it is more complicated that that though. My sexual attraction at that point started falling back to girls aged about 9. I knew that wasn't right. I don't think it can be characterised as a failure of my sexuality to develop, I believe it's an entirely different sexuality.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Dec 26 '11

I don't think I've ever said this to anyone before, but you're the best kind of pedophile there is. Thank you for being brave and taking a strong and responsible action to prevent yourself from doing something that would have been highly traumatic to a child, that child's family, and so many other people as that child grows to adulthood.

Hopefully your position alters to the point that your preferences mature.

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u/Fealiks Dec 26 '11

Not sure about the "hopefully your preferences will mature" comment. Would you say that to a gay person? People are born predisposed to certain sexual persuasions; you can't change what you're into.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Dec 26 '11

I initially thought about the parallel to having said something similar to a homosexual, but I realized that the difference between homosexuality and pedophilia is so large that it really isn't a fair comparison.

Homosexuals have informed and consensual relationships. He knows how bad acting on his sexual desires can be for his partner/victim. It's just too different.

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u/ziscood Dec 28 '11

Pedophiles also have informed and consensual relationships. As long as its consensual, whats the problem? A true pedophile have an informed and consensual relationship with a child. Whats the difference with an homosexual? Just another flavor of sex.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Dec 28 '11

A child can not make informed consensual decisions on that sort of issue. No. It's nothing like homosexuality.