Template:Debate Guide:Arguments about attraction to minors

Too many people hold conflicting beliefs about attraction to minors...

• Against: MAPs are invalid - The idea of "valid/invalid" sexuality is questionable.
• Against: Pedophiles chose their condition - Like other orientations, pedophilia is not a choice.
• Against: Pedophilia is unnatural - How can an unchosen sexual orientation not be part of nature?

Popular anti-MAP sentiments and common human flaws go hand in hand...

• Self-loathing hatred - Violently anti-MAP sentiments are an example of "reaction formation".
• Parenthood and pedophilia - Somewhat similarly, parenthood structures perceptions of the "pedophile".

Human sexuality, including attraction to minors, is mischaracterized and misunderstood...

• Against: Cognitive distortions - The justification for this slur against pedophiles is a fallacious, circular argument.
• Against: Porn is the theory, rape is its practise - Completely unfounded belief that Child Porn causes offending.
• Against: Sex and violence are as one in the psyche - Conflating MAPs' sexual interest with "violence or psychopathy".