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Showing Original Post only (View all)Are Some Men Born Pedophiles? New Science Says Yes, But Sexologists Say Not So Fast [View all]
http://www.alternet.org/are-some-men-born-pedophiles-new-science-says-yes-sexologists-say-not-so-fastPope Benedicts legacy will be forever tied to it. Penn States lawyers are offering legal settlements over it. Adults who knew perpetrators for years still struggle with it. And now new research suggests that some people are born with brains wired for sexual attraction to childrenor pedophiliaa propensity thats further shaped by life experiences and often cannot be controlled.
Whatever the chain of events is, the chain begins before birth, said James M. Cantor, a University of Toronto professor of psychiatry whose research team has made a series of startling correlations finding that pedophiles are likely to share physical attributes, such as slightly lower IQs, shorter body height, left-handedness and less brain tissue.
There is no way to explain the findings that we get for pedophelia without mentioning or without including biology, he recently told Canadas Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. It is inescapable at this point. We cannot rule out psycho-social influences, but we cannot have a complete theory that cannot explain these non-obvious but but exquisitely important biological findings.
Cantors findings have become big news not just because pedophilia is seen as one of the worst crimesand its scandals and cover-ups dont seem to end, whether in the Roman Catholic church or football-protecting universities. The idea that moraland immoralbehavior has a basis in biology is the latest twist in the age-old debate of whether nature or nurture drives human action. For much of the 20 th century, psychologists looked more to the nurture side of the equation. But 21 st century science, with brain-scan imaging and computing power to analyze big data, are suggesting that both factorsones genes and ones upbringingshape human sexuality.
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Are Some Men Born Pedophiles? New Science Says Yes, But Sexologists Say Not So Fast [View all]
xchrom
Feb 2013
OP
i think ones sexuality is hard wired at birth. we may not just know it or society bends us to its n
loli phabay
Feb 2013
#1
depends on if you you believe a high sex drive is a sickness or not. I dont we are all different
loli phabay
Feb 2013
#3
yup and you are entitled to it. i just dont think its a sex drive issue when it comes to these crim
loli phabay
Feb 2013
#7
yep, some people don't have any empathy and only concern themselves with their own wants...
bettyellen
Feb 2013
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