One of our detractors said in a recent video that she simply didn't believe that virtuous pedophiles were virtuous or would stay virtuous their whole lives.

Ethan Edwards is the co-founder of Virtuous Pedophiles. Blog posts reflect his personal views, and are not statements from the organization.

It's been three months since my last post. Part of the reason for silence is that I've written what feels to me like a lot of material, and most of it isn't part of any news cycle. Most of it is just as relevant today as when I wrote it 4 or 5 years ago. It's rare that I have a truly new thought.

One of our detractors said in a recent video (which I will not identify) that she simply didn't believe that virtuous pedophiles were virtuous or would stay virtuous their whole lives. She said that if some ordinary guy told her that he would never approach a woman or look at pornography, she would be highly skeptical. She is equally skeptical about pedophiles who promise to not approach children or view CP.

This post is adapted from my answer to her.

There have always been lots of ordinary men who can't get a date. A great majority of them do not respond by raping women. While many could visit a prostitute occasionally, a great many don't want to. The assumption behind ordinary men approaching women is that quite often they can find a mutually enjoyable relationship, whether it be marriage at one extreme or a one-night stand at the other. This simply is not available to most pedophiles. Children cannot respond in that way. It's a natural deterrent. The prospect of a long prison term also deters a lot of people from committing any crime.

If being caught watching adult porn could ruin a man's life (a lifetime on a sex offender registry is a ruined life), a lot would find they could abstain. More important, if the only porn they could find was of women being tortured, they could also abstain. Conscientious pedophiles know the children in CP videos suffer and want no part of that.

About the author: Ethan Edwards is a pseudonym. I am a pedophile, always celibate, and I have never seen child pornography. My attraction is strongest to girls around 4 years old, but I am also attracted to girls and women up through their 30s or beyond. Now in my late 60s, I'm divorced and living alone. I was married for over 10 years and was heavily involved with raising my 3 daughters. For most of my career I was a successful software engineer. I am very unusual for a pedophile in that I didn't realize that I was one until I was in my 50s—but it was there all along. I am angry that we all must remain silent or risk losing everything. That was my mindset when I co-founded Virtuous Pedophiles in 2012. I soon learned of the the terror of the typical pedophile who realizes as a teenager that his attraction isn't going to go away, who has nowhere to turn for help. The injustice I am most passionate about is the harsh legal penalties imposed on pedophiles who passively view illegal images of children. I stepped down from my role as a director of Virtuous Pedophiles early in 2024 and am delighted to pass the mantle on to a younger generation. This content was taken from Ethan's longstanding blog, Celibate Pedophiles. Some of the titles and taglines have been edited for their inclusion at thepword.

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This content was removed from blogspot in 2020 because the platform banned the author's account, giving only a vague reason.

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