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- From: snodgras@lclark.edu (Bil Snodgrass)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Pedophilia as sexual orientation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.175539.24863@lclark.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:55:39 GMT
- Article-I.D.: lclark.1993Jan26.175539.24863
- References: <3019510926011993/A07347/POSSE/1171D2702400*@mrgate.uwyo.edu>
- Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
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- In article <3019510926011993/A07347/POSSE/1171D2702400*@mrgate.uwyo.edu> LASAGA@corral.uwyo.edu (LASAGA) writes:
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- >roy@panix.com (Roy Radow) writes:
- >
- >>Pedophilia is a sexual orientation. Sexual abuse is an illegal assault.
- >
- >Pedophilia is _not_ a sexual orientation. Why not?
- >
- >Well, would you consider a rapist to have a "sexual orientation" to rape?
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- Well I think in the back of their minds many heterosexual men look
- at rape as a God given orientation. Think I can back that up with
- 60 million rape victims....
-
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- >I certainly don't. The only difference between a child abuser and
- >a rapist is the age of their victim. That's it.
-
- Yes! And I for one feel we should get rid of the word Pedohilia and
- call the person what he (vast majority are hes) is a RAPIST.
-
- Both involve acts of
- >violence and/or abuse of power.
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- And non-consent!
-
- >
- >The same argument applies to sexual harassment. A sexual harasser
- >does not have the "sexual orientation" towards X. They have a
- >tendency to _harass_ sexually.
- >
- >-maria
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- Thank you Maria!
-
- Bil
-