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And, as if you didn’t have enough to worry about already, this behavior is far from being an occasional kink -- pedophiles are so consumed with their sexual addiction that it encompasses their entire being and their day-to-day lives. They are calculating and patient in the steps they will take to obtain the resources that will eventually lead them to opportunities to be around children. If they have the ability, it is not uncommon for them to become educated in a field that has direct contact with children like daycares, camp counselors, teachers, children’s clothing stores, even doctors.
From the same New York Times study: [Pedophiles] individual jobs were described as being a disc jockey at parties ("a high concentration of gorgeous" children, a man claiming to hold the job said); a pediatric nurse ("lots of looking but no touching"); a piano teacher ("I could tell you stories that would make you ...well... I'll be good"); an employee at a water theme park ("bathing suits upon bathing suits!!!!!"); and a pediatrician specializing in gynecology ("No need to add anything more, I feel").
The most frequent job mentioned, however, was schoolteacher. A number of self-described teachers shared detailed observations about children in their classes, including events they considered sexual, like a second-grade boy holding his crotch during class.
The man relating that story held up that action as an expression of sexuality; he was not dissuaded when another participant in the conversation suggested that the boy might have just needed to go to the bathroom. Advertisement
There is even a movement afoot to do away with the term "pedophile". The preferred moniker these days is "child lovers". These so-called "child lovers" even call the accusation of being a pedophile libelous (although a small group do flaunt that label, citing that there’s nothing wrong with it), yet they embrace this new term. Their philosophy is such that they love children so much and are so willing to do anything to make children happy that they sacrifice for them, claiming that sex is a way to honor them.
Nowadays, pedophiles show up on various parenting blogs and forums -- often under the guise of being another mother or father -- making their case in subtle ways, although always with a very uncomfortable cloud of oddness that leaves you second-guessing yourself. Could this person be somebody entirely different, you might ask yourself? Because their language often contradicts itself, it’s difficult for pedophiles to carry on very long without other parents becoming suspicious, especially when they represent themselves as child advocates yet suggest that child molestation is really not a big deal.
Almost all of them use a number of alternate handles and screen names, creating entire blogs with each of their many personas. One such blog created an identity of a woman who had an affair with a pedophile when "she" was only 8 years old and fondly recalled memories from it. The writer scolded what they call "antis" -- an anti being a volunteer who attempts to scrub the internet of pedophilia propaganda. The blog made outrageously offensive comparisons to the slaughtered Jews in WWII, insisting that pedophiles are merely misunderstood and persecuted for loving children too much and how they wished people were more tolerant and loving.
Even an e-book has recently become widely available to pedophiles to promote their agenda: to lower the age of consent and to convince parents that pedophiles are simply trying to give children what they want, and the real abuse, they contend, is when parents get in the way of allowing their children the opportunity to “play” with them.
Sick?
Twisted?
Macabre?
You bet.
Unless you mistakenly stumble upon their forums, the extent of their deception, dishonesty and trickery would likely fool the best of them. Posts created about how the 4-year-old neighbor boy keeps trying to “come on” to him, will be tagged with “child abuse” or “laws to protect children”. Their wish is that a well intended search lands upon their defective reasoning. Their world is so consumed with lies and deceit, it’s no wonder their inability to decipher right from wrong gets so muddled in their alternate reality. Pedophiles even have literature that they’ve started passing out to children on how natural it is to want to have sex with grown-ups.
So can anything be done about this menace? The smarter predators use cyber-cloaking devices and services that masks their identity and bounces their internet connection to servers around the globe so they can't be tracked. As proud as they are of their perversion, they are also incredibly paranoid and try to remain as anonymous as possible. Because as much as they try to push the envelope into their absolutely outrageous line of reasoning, deep down they are nothing more than cowards; afraid of grown-ups, afraid of face-to-face confrontation and afraid of being caught.
There is hope however -- there are people on the other side, that genuinely do have the best interest of our children at heart. Heroes who continuously contribute hours of their time every day to protect kids from online predators. These crusaders are more powerful than law enforcement in many ways, as they dedicate their resources to one cause: preventing child abuse, victimization, and child pornography.
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Read the entire series:
- The Predator's Web - Child predators find safe haven and support online.
- Cyber Warriors - A new breed of superheroes battle online child predators.
- Chris Hansen - The famous face of the To Catch a Predator series talks about his motivation, his new book, and the most disturbing thing he's witnessed during production.
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