golden Severa etc.

Jeff Wilson · 17 May 2006, 07:39 · from 2006-May.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 02:39:40 -0500
Subject: (urth) golden Severa etc.
In-Reply-To: <10605162300.AA06067 at slack.com>
References: <10605162300.AA06067 at slack.com>
Message-ID: <446AD33C.4010606 at io.com>

David DiGiacomo wrote:

>>Pedophiles are often attracted to children because of their perceived
>>innocence.
> 
> 
> I know this is not really relevant to Wolfe, but... this assertion just
> has me floored.  Where did this idea come from?  How could anyone possibly
> know?  What does "often" mean?  

Pedophilia has been studied and profiled the same way most criminal 
pathologies have been. "Often" here means a behavior shared by a 
significant portion of the group studied.

 > Would these pedophiles be attracted to
> adults if they seemed especially innocent?

Like Dorcas? Possibly, but not necessarily.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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