@matrix Hot take: it is "a sexuality" in precisely the same sense that homosexuality is a sexuality: it's a sexual attraction to a particular category of person in whom people without that attraction would have no sexual interest. The essential difference is that pedophilia is actually dangerous.
The actual problem with the argument made by the slojak here is the implied assertion that all sexualities should be acceptable. Word for word, the statement being made is true, but as an argument, it's a red herring: it attempts to distract from the fact that contained within the essence of pedophilia is a desire to abuse children.
Hot take: it is "a sexuality" in precisely the same sense that homosexuality is a sexuality: it's a sexual attraction to a particular category of person in whom people without that attraction would have no sexual interest. The essential difference is that pedophilia is actually dangerous.
The actual problem with the argument made by the slojak here is the implied assertion that all sexualities should be acceptable. Word for word, the statement being made is true, but as an argument, it's a red herring: it attempts to distract from the fact that contained within the essence of pedophilia is a desire to abuse children.