thread: risk or risk factor?

thread: risk or risk factor?

15 July 2020    
from twitter and bluesky threads

bly 

 

Does the distinction matter? Yes, so much that it could be the difference between child abuse and no crime.

 


People think of pedophiles as being "at risk of committing sexual crimes against children".

But pedophilia is just a risk *factor* for sexual crime (just as heterosexuality is also a risk factor for committing other kinds of sexual crimes).

Not only that but we also know >


> that [...] many [...] of those who commit sexual crimes against children are *not* pedophiles (surprising but true).

To me this means that sexual abuse prevention programmes shpuld be targeted at pedophiles *with multiple risk factors* AS WELL AS others at risk of offending. >


> This is separate from support efforts for those disclosing pedophile attraction only.

Those programmes are not predicated on crime prevention but on supporting people impacted by unfair stigma around presumed criminal intent. If policymakers could see >


> how these things are, and need to be different then there can be hope of a comprehensive and humane solution for situations like the current Menlo Church scandal and others like it. #MAPsAgainstAbuse




This thread has been edited to remove a factual claim (that more sexual offenders against children are non-pedophilic than are pedophilic). This claim, which has some support in the evidence base, nonetheless depends on a specific taxonomy of non-pedophiles and pedophiles. Other valid taxonomies could show a different picture.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

your mind changes you

 

science proves you like sex just as much with a condom

 

a moment in the sun

   

jakob

I was a very confused teenager, and I actually went from being straight in my own mind to being gay. And, you know, then being a pedophile...

 

ethan edwards

(In case there is any doubt, the title is sarcastic).

 

ender

We're out there in the open, we're identifying openly as pedophiles, as people who are attracted to children through no choice of ours, and you know we're there to raise awareness and education.

 
 
 
your mind changes you
jakob

I was a very confused teenager, and I actually went from being straight in my own mind to being gay. And, you know, then being a pedophile...

 
 
 
science proves you like sex just as much with a condom
ethan edwards

(In case there is any doubt, the title is sarcastic).

 
 
 
a moment in the sun
ender

We're out there in the open, we're identifying openly as pedophiles, as people who are attracted to children through no choice of ours, and you know we're there to raise awareness and education.