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This isn’t that unpopular of an opinion. In fact, there are legal scholars and academics that would like to be able to do more research into pedophiles, but the subject is so taboo that it’s never going to get approved for funding. Same with any sort of prevention/treatment/rehabilitation programs. I would also assume that therapists are mandated to report if one of their patients talked about it, too complicating the situation all the more
I could get behind that. I’d choose to prevent all pedophiles from harming children over punishing them after the fact all day. >

It’s not like that is an option that we are rejecting >

Society itself does though >

Yeah, fucked up shit like pedophilia would most likely occur from someone going through some fucked up shit. They need some serious therapy. >

Treat mental problems?  That's simply not the American way.  Suppress the urges, drown your feelings in booze, and eventually indulge in secret.
/s (that's obv, right?) >

I was going to say this isn't an unpopular opinion, just a logical one. But based on the comments, boy, was I wrong!
Carry on. >

I knew it would be. I see the “Kill Your Local Pedophile” stickers all the time. It’s easier to hate than solve. >

I assume they’re being ironic. Any person I’ve seen wearing that, always looks like they’d be pedos. >

Absolutely not. These are the people in the rural area who would love to be the ‘hero’. >

I absolutely agree. I’m a survivor myself, and this is what I always advocate for. Whenever I point out it’s a psychiatric disorder that we should treat before children become victims and survivors, I’m accused of being a pedophile or being a pedophile apologist. Then, when I explain that I’m a survivor of child sexual abuse, I’m told that I’m a liar who’s making up stories. 
People don’t understand that wanting pedophiles to get psychiatric treatment isn’t the equivalent of having sympathy and empathy for people with disorders like depression or anxiety. They say shit like “the only cure for pedophilia is a bullet”, because they want to take a moral high ground and act as if being against pedophilia is a rare, special personality trait that they should be put on a pedestal for. When in reality, it doesn’t help survivors. They constantly speak over us, get aggressive with us when we have actual solutions that we would like to see and play blind and deaf to how they’re harming us and potential victims. 
The bullshit “save the children” hashtag did nothing. Like okay, you proclaimed your disproval against pedophilia. That’s the bare minimum. “I wanna murder pedophiles” doesn’t do shit for us either. Because at the end of the day, the same exact people who say this don’t bother to offer any real solutions, aren’t involved in any real advocacy, look down on survivors who have stigmatized disorders like BPD, HPD, NPD, etc., and all that they can say that they’ve done is post a hashtag on Facebook and said “if you don’t share this delete me”. It’s performative as fuck and if it’s all they have to say, we’d prefer it if they’d just shut the absolute fuck up. 
There’s a program in Germany where pedophiles are given therapy and medication. Studies show that it is actually working. But nah, let’s just keep claiming that we hate pedophilia and keep insisting that pizza gate is real and that dark makeup around the eyes is proof of satanic rituals involving kids. Because that’s easier than becoming volunteers, educating children about internet safety, holding pedophiles in families accountable, going to college to pursue careers that’ll actually help and actually listening to the exact people who have actually been hurt by these people. 
I’m sick and tired. >

Can't really put it more concisely than this. >

The problem with abuse is that it leads to more abuse. Many (if not most) of those people have been abused themself when they were younger. If the trauma doesnt get worked on properly (and soon enough) in therapy chances are they become an abuser. 
So what we need in the first place is proper therapy for the victims and awareness so that it can be stopped earlier if it occurs. 
But yes we also need treatment/therapy for the part of pedophiles who know how bad it is and really are willing to change that