Scholars Say Paedophilia Is Now A Sexual Orientation That Should Be Accepted By Society

The online community erupted in outrage after a German medical student gave a TEDxTalk arguing that pedophilia is an “unchangeable sexual orientation” just like heterosexuality and that society should become more accepting of pedophiles.

Mirjam Heine defended her claims before an audience at the University of Würzburg in Germany during a presentation called, “Why our perception of pedophilia has to change.” She makes the extremely controversial claim that pedophilia is simply another sexual orientation.

“According to current research pedophilia is an unchangeable sexual orientation just like, for example, heterosexuality. No one chooses to be a pedophile, no one can cease being one,” Heine argued. “The difference between pedophilia and other sexual orientations is that living out this sexual orientation will end in a disaster.”

However, experts say Heine is wrong on several levels. More about that in a minute.

But first, the disaster Heine refers to is the sexual abuse of minors – which she strongly condemned. “Let me be very clear here. Abusing children is wrong without any doubt, but a pedophile who doesn’t abuse children has done nothing wrong,” Heine said, adding that pedophilia is just a preference to have sex with children.

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