You might not like them, but the average person probably doesn&#x27;t have the same resentment they have towards child porn viewers. I&#x27;ve seen people openly talking about watching such videos on the internet and edited versions are even broadcast on the news. It&#x27;s not a crime and it&#x27;s not demonized.<p>Not seeing any strong reasons, I suspect the real answer is that people feel hate towards sexual deviants of any sort just as they always have. It used to be gays but now they&#x27;re off limits, so pedophiles are about all they have left to hate. Maybe that combined with a bit of &quot;think of the children!&quot;. There&#x27;s also widespread hatred toward incest but it doesn&#x27;t seem so severe, perhaps because when it&#x27;s adults, only the former emotion applies, not the latter.