As a survivor of pedophilia, I can say without doubt, thst one of two things happ n when you're sexually abused as a child: you either end up so disgusted that you find yourself utterly repulsed by the idea of pedophilia but you hide those feelings, or you end up a pedophile yourself. In my case, I'm so utterly disgusted by the idea, I had trouble even wiping my children's bottoms when their diapers needed changing and would refuse to bathe them. It took years of working with my ex wife to get to the point where I was somewhat comfortable with those two actions. It caused more than a little strife early on in our marriage. When we had our daughter (thr youngest of 5 kids) it all came flooding back and caused even more issues. The ex even accused me of being a pussy because I flat out refused to change the girl's diapers or bathe her, much less look at her if she wasn't fully dressed.

In high school, I would outright refuse to shower with the other students after P.E., football practice, or weightlifting. To this day I still have trouble using a public bathroom (some of the abuse happened in school bathrooms by the elementary school janitor). I went thru a lot of harassment because of that, but once I came out as a survivor to some of my teammates, that harassment stopped.

I've met some recovering pedos throughout my adult years and always ask them what brought them to the point they felt sexually attracted to children, and THEY ALL to a person said the same thing: they themselves were abused as children. Every. Single. One.

This has led me to believe in what I said at the beginning of this reply. You are either so repulsed you have issues with certain things regarding children or even public bathroom use, or you end up a pedo yourself. There is no grey area. There is no being "born this way." It's ALL due to "environmental" factors. Pedos are groomed, not "naturally" created.

As a survivor of pedophilia, I can say without doubt, thst one of two things happ n when you're sexually abused as a child: you either end up so disgusted that you find yourself utterly repulsed by the idea of pedophilia but you hide those feelings, or you end up a pedophile yourself. In my case, I'm so utterly disgusted by the idea, I had trouble even wiping my children's bottoms when their diapers needed changing and would refuse to bathe them. It took years of working with my wife to get to the point where I was somewhat comfortable with those two actions.

In high school, I would outright refuse to shower with the other students after P.E., football practice, or weightlifting. To this day I still have trouble using a public bathroom (some of the abuse happened in school bathrooms by the elementary school janitor).

I've met some recovering pedos throughout my adult years and always ask them what brought them to the point they felt sexually attracted to children, and THEY ALL to a person said the same thing: they themselves were abused as children. Every. Single. One.

This has led me to believe in what I said at the beginning of this reply. You are either so repulsed you have issues with certain things regarding children or even public bathroom use, or you end up a pedo yourself. There is no grey area. There is no being "born this way." It's ALL due to "environmental" factors.