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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Mental Health Group Looks To Remove Stigma From Pedophilia

A group of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals say it's time to change the way society views individuals who have physical attractions to children.

The organization, which calls itself B4U-Act, is lobbying for changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, the guideline of standards on mental health that's put together by the American Psychiatric Association.

The group says its mission is to help pedophiles before they create a crisis, and to do so by offering a less critical view of the disorder.

"Stigmatizing and stereotyping minor-attracted people inflames the fears of minor-attracted people, mental health professionals and the public, without contributing to an understanding of minor-attracted people or the issue of child sexual abuse," reads the organization's website.

B4U-Act said that 38 individuals attended a symposium in Baltimore last week, including researchers from Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and the universities of Illinois and Louisville. According to the group, which said to not endorse every point of view expressed, the speakers in attendance concluded that "minor-attracted" individuals are largely misunderstood and should not be criminalized even as their actions should be discouraged.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree that pedophiles are sick. Which is why they should be put down just like a rabid dog.

Anonymous said...

Here go the libs again trying to turn the table. "They aren't pedophiles they are victoms of society,they are minor attracted. As for me they can go blow that sunshine up someone elses a$$. I agree with 3:48 they(the pedophiles) have a place and it's not in a world where they can prey on the innocent.

Anonymous said...

So now, in this world of political correctness, we are calling the sick perversion of pedophilia, "MINOR-ATTRACTED PEOPLE". Now I've heard it all!!

Anonymous said...

First we have the queer marriage people, now the man boy love people, what's next, the marry a german shepheard people?

Anonymous said...

Its time to hold these Dr.s down and give them the broom in leui of all of the rapists who think this is a normal turn on.

Anonymous said...

4:24, don't you mean "alternative marriage" people, "male child-attracted" males, and "canine-connubial" people? You've got to be more politically correct

Rick said...

Calling pedophiles "Minor Attracted People" is the same as calling terrorist attacks "Man Made Disasters." If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.

Anonymous said...

i guess unstigmatizing and unstereotyping relationships with chickns are next.

Anonymous said...

This is part of the effort by Globalists to destroy our Society and merge us into a world government. Any thing goes. Completely destroy norms of behavior - some of which have existed for centuries. It has been disgusting to regular human beings for centuries when one adult engages in sexual activity with a child.

We are repulsed because it flies in the face of common decency.

Anonymous said...

We need to get the names off these people!

Anonymous said...

makes one harken for the psychiatric days of yore
Instead of prisons filled with violent offenders we just had quite institutions with rocking drooling lobotomized patients
we could be done debating and medicating autism and ADHD and impulsive drug alcohol and sex addicts and just the useless addle minded that score low on SATs and contribute little to society except more broken offspring
or perhaps one day we will be able to diagnose all these abnormalities prenatally and terminate accordingly

Anonymous said...

Only academics that have no common sense would come to such a conclusion.

Anonymous said...

People like 9:40 try to justify all perverse behavior.

Anonymous said...

9:40 PM

You are scary.

And not in a good way.

Anonymous said...

WTF? Are they nuts?

Anonymous said...

We have a pedophil in our family. We don't want him to come near our children or your children when he gets out of jail.