The most dangerous enemy of homophiles is the semi-homophile struggling against one important part of his sexual nature (Sect. 24).
The adult in having sex with the child places him in a situation over which he has no control and of which he cannot forsee the consequences (Sect. 71).
The British Wolfenden Committee, certainly not a public body bent on minimizing sexual problems, stated "that cases in which physical injury results from the act of buggery are rare" even where the passive partner is young (Sect. 85).
...wonders at boy "victims" showing so little resentment. (Sect.95)
Treatment of a pedophile suffering from the effects of society's condemnation will be directed toward curing the patient of his internalised self-hate and helping him to accept his own nature (Sect. 193-194)
... in alleged cases of a child being traumatised, no importance could be attached to the kind of sexual practice used, nor were homosexual incidents in themselves more traumatic than heterosexual ones. The same opinion was voiced in a reservation added to the Wolfenden Report (p.202)