Is the same true of movies where a man goes on a killing spree ala Rambo or John Wick? Or videogames where one does the same? I'm trying to suss out the logic where one indulgence of fantasy through fiction is ok and the other isn't.
If that is true, one would expect significant evidence to back it up exists. Studies on the effectiveness of gay conversion therapy suggest that your assertion is not based in fact.
I think the above poster is implying that no one is a pedophile by choice. That would mean people are choosing to desire heinous crimes, which would destroy their reputations permanently and send them to prison. If that were true, we would expect to see a lot more unity from these self selected people in the same way say cannabis users are always jockeying for laws to change.
As it is, it looks like an pedophilia is a unasked for mental state spread out over the population at random.
I've reread this a few times and I'm not sure if it's referring to me, or which position you're implying that person is taking.
But my view would be people don't choose to be pedophiles. I believe it's fairly well established that childhood sexual abuse correlates to adulthood pedophilia. Likewise nobody is born a furry, and, while being a furry doesn't demand sexual interest, exposure to sexualized furry content probably tilts some people in that direction over time.
I do think its kind of fucked up to not differentiate between people who are active child abusers and people who recognizing they're attracted to children but find it morally wrong and desire help.
That may be the case with some consumers of the material, but it is not obvious to me that it is the case with all or even most of them. Further, the idea that to have a desire necessarily leads to acting on it is on extremely shaky ground. To what extent is the 'habit' the habit of seeking out dirty stories, and to what extent is the 'desire' the desire to orgasm without harming another person?
See my reply down-thread.