And it is not impossible for paedophiles to be husbands and fathers. Yes, though not many of them. These cases are rare and quite difficult to prove. Not much is known at the moment about women and paedophilia. In most cases, such cases concern incest between mother and son.
Incest involving mothers is even more of a taboo subject than that involving fathers.
It also happens that women, while not being the actual abusers, become the abuser's accomplice, particularly where the women themselves have been abused in childhood. This occurs, for example, when women remain silent in cases of incestuous relations between father and children, or when women photograph or film scenes in which husbands or partners sexually abuse a child. This is a key question, since individuals who were not responsible for their actions when the offence was committed cannot be convicted in a court of law. Expert psychiatric witnesses take the view that paedophiles who actively commit child abuse are, with a few rare exceptions, aware that their actions are immoral and against the law. They are not people who are mentally ill and who might consequently be held not to be responsible for their actions.