Pedophilia has become too rampant and I am getting utterly disgusted with how the "authorities" in many countries are handling these vermins. As a mother, I would like to see a more permanent and drastic measures being taken to protect our young - the same as Russia's law - chemical castrations for pedophiles.
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I understand the desire to create a serious deterrent, however, my understanding is that the underlying issue here is the presence of unloving consciousness that prays on victims and/or overpowers free will and it is very important not to create more imbalance by the proposed solutions. It is all too easy for people to be falsely accused of abusing children and even as a way to eliminate political or business opponents - so I am opposed to any kind of 'revenge' or physical punishment that in itself can also be found to create victims and overpowers free will.
The best possible outcome is that ways are found to enlighten the perpetrators in ways that are loving and which result in them totally changing their thoughts and behaviours. That though means a significantly deeper understanding of human psychology and emotions than is typically found in prisons and therapists - from what I understand.. So we have a way to go with that. The other side of this is that children need to be made fully aware of how to defend themselves and also the risks involved with agreeing to sexual activity - this is the polar opposite to what government typically does, in that there is generally a move to make people reliant on 'the state' instead of helping them be stronger in all ways.
I wish I can agree with you that a person that preys on young children are somehow curable with enlightenment or therapy. I've seen too many so-called "cured" pedophiles released from prison only to go on to commit the same sick acts. And many who were released from prison and haven't repeated these crimes again, also have admitted that they have to fight this urge every minute of their days. Meanwhile, what about the children? While we can go on and on about why these pedophiles should be given treatments, the fact remains, children are in danger from these pedophiles preyers who we hope to cure.
Every dysfunction has a root cause that can be changed, but it requires very specific intentions and understandings to do so. One of the problems with taking an approach of punishment is that we never got to the root causes and so even if we executed every abuser, that would do nothing to stop more being spat out of our loveless societal structures as new children are born.
I wish I can agree with you on positive approach on how to deal with pedophiles. However, I tend to believe many pedophiles - who take great pleasure in abusing young innocent babes - as pure evil who do not want to be redeemed.
I accept that many are acting out on evil impulses, yes - so their path of healing is not going to be the same as someone who has confused perceptions about self and sexuality. I understand why you would not think healing would be possible in many cases and I am not speaking from direct experience of these beings, so you may be right.