dereperez
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The problem is that people want to have just one definition for a thing. But it isn't that easy -- biologically speaking, it may well be an orientation. But that has no bearing on the social definition, which is an entirely different matter, or the ethical definition, which is yet another.
It's easy to take refuge in holding to just one definition, but that's just intellectual laziness. In order to deal with a problem, we have to look at it as it is, and that means not just allowing but insisting on the various definitions.
Well the term "pedophilia" is of course an umbrella that encompasses the biological definition, and all the social and ethical mores that are attached to the term and how we view that population in society. It is inherent that we are going to view different groups with our own biases.


 
						 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		