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Would you allow your son to go to a camp with heterosexual leaders and members?

Would you allow your son to go to a camp with heterosexual leaders and members?


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According to a study from 1993 by Dr. Carole Jenny, in 82% of sexual abuse cases studied during her research, the alleged offender was a heterosexual partner of a close relative of the child. Here is a quote from the abstract:



Another study, from 1975, by Dr. Nicholas Groth studied a random group of 175 males convicted of sexual assault against children[FONT=arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif]. [/FONT]The study showed the following:



With that in mind, it may be more safe for our sons if we remove all heterosexual males from camps and groups like the Boy Scouts and fill them with flaming homosexuals since the former appear to be exceedingly more likely to sexually abuse young children. Do you agree? Would you send your son to camp with heterosexual men given these alarming statistics?

Using this logic, I would presume that you will be petitioning Obama to pass laws to ensure that children are removed from their homes and families to ensure they're not abused.

After all, liberals like to use the same logic about guns. Guns are the weapon of choice for some murderers, mass or otherwise, ergo, guns must be taken from all, including law abiding citizens.

Some pedophiles prefer sexually assaulting young family members, ergo, all family members, including law abiding citizens, must be removed from contact with young children related to them.

There really is no problem with society that the American liberal can't legislate with blanket condemnation and controlled behaviour.
 
First, this is in reference to the true definition of paedophilia; sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children. Attraction to post-pubescent children is a different issue.

Paedophiles are generally attracted to characteristics specific to pre-pubescent children - they commonly discard and move on when children they have been abusing get old and begin developing adult features. Men who abuse pre-pubescent generally express no sexual attraction to adult males and are indeed often in a relationship with an adult female (after all, a number of children are abused by their own father).

Now paedophilia is a complex concept, probably not entirely understood and there are bound to be exceptions and variations but as general principals the above applies. This is why attributing the term homosexual to a paedophile who abuses boys is flawed. Of course, the other obvious reason for avoiding such unconditional link is that this is so often a precursor to condemning homosexuals as paedophiles in general and other such idiocy. While it shouldn't be necessary to account for such things, in non-academic environments like this, it most certainly is.
I think applying the term heterosexual to a Pedophile is equally flawed.

Like I said before, Pedophilia very well could be the product of a overly "straight"-biased society. Like my example with the ancient Greeks.
 
I think applying the term heterosexual to a Pedophile is equally flawed.
I agree. Oddly enough, that doesn't happen anything like as often.

Like I said before, Pedophilia very well could be the product of a overly "straight"-biased society. Like my example with the ancient Greeks.
I believe that wasn't strictly paedophilia though. As I said, there is a fundamental difference between attraction to pre-pubescent children and post-pubescent children. That doesn't make either right but they are different.
 
If the camp, in their brochure, stated that all of the leaders and members were "hetrosexual".......this would make me uneasy, due to its ridiculous strangeness..
Of course, in real life, this scenario would be ludricrous....and never happen.
So, off to camp, and end of story...
And , in reality, this silly sexual business would not be.......
HOWEVER, I would want to know about any complaints addressed to that camp...Jason....as I recall...
 
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No, you misunderstand sexuality. Pedophilia is a mental disorder which is SEPARATE from a regular sexuality like homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality. Therefore, a male pedophile who abuses young boys can CERTAINLY be a heterosexual man.

I think, more and more, it's beginning to look like pedophilia is a sexual orientation.

The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes.

A pedophile's sexual orientation is to be attracted to prepubescent children.
 
Don't underestimate me. I'm capable of being much more non-sequitur than that. :2razz: I'm just saying that neither homosexuals nor heterosexuals are more or less likely than the other to victimize children. Is that a controversial position?
I think that a homosexual feels that he must suppress himself more.....the hetro is more relaxed, more willing to take chances..
Many factors here, many degrees of sexuallity...

Overall, maybe its better not to know some things...
 
No, you misunderstand sexuality. Pedophilia is a mental disorder which is SEPARATE from a regular sexuality like homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality. Therefore, a male pedophile who abuses young boys can CERTAINLY be a heterosexual man.

Wow, way to contradict yourself. Pedophilia is separate from heterosexuality insofar as orientation. Therefore, a male pedophile can certainly be heterosexual.

It's one thing to make a joke thread. It's another to discredit yourself completely while posting inside it.
 
Heterosexuals are a threat to the very moral fabric of our society! I'd never let my kids anywhere near them.
 
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