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Titolo: "WHAT MAKES A PEDOPHILE?"

Da questo studio 
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/82/4/457.long
traggo la seguente citazione:
"Do people choose to be pedophiles or are they born that way? 
If they are born that way, 
can any type of treatment convert them into a normal
adult sexual orientation?
These questions remain an area of medical controversy".
Ci sono anche altri dati di frequenze e percentuali
su omo e su etero.
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da rifletterci su:
EFFECTS OF ABUSE ON CHILDREN
Generally, abused children experience the greatest psychological damage
when the abuse occurs from father figures (close neighbors, priests or
ministers, coaches) or involves force and/or genital contact.5,45,46 The
specific long-term effects on abused children as they grow into adulthood
are difficult to predict. Some individuals adapt and have a higher degree
of resilience, whereas others are profoundly and negatively changed.
Studies have found that the children abused by pedophiles have higher
measures of trauma, depression, and neurosis on standardized psychometric
testing.45,46 Individuals who experience long-term abuse are significantly
more likely to have affective illness (eg, depression), anxiety disorders
(eg, generalized anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, panic
attacks), eating disorders (anorexia in females), substance abuse,
personality disorders, and/or adjustment disorders and to make suicidal
gestures or actually engage in serious suicide attempts than those who are
not abused.43,46,82,83 These children often have problems with long-term
intimacy and feelings of guilt and shame over their role in the
incident.84 In addition, sexually abused children have lower levels of
education and a higher frequency of unemployment.46 It is difficult to
determine whether the higher frequency of unemployment is because of the
sexual abuse or whether the unemployment as an adult is a marker for a
trait that led the abused child to be seen as vulnerable as a child.46
We have clinically treated 10 adult men who were molested by a priest or
minister. Many of these men reported initially liking the relationship
with the clergyman because of the attention they received and having a
special relationship with a person of power and respect. Later, these men
reported feeling rejected, abandoned, and betrayed. They all reported
multiple sexual acts. Five were "passed around" to other pedophilic
clergy, who also engaged in multiple sexual acts with them. Common
features seen in the abused men included guilt, anger, and confusion about
the abuse. Eight of the abused men had either treatment-refractory or
recurrent depression, 7 had divorced at least twice, 6 had made serious
suicide attempts, and 4 had alcohol or drug dependency issues. All
reported fear of isolation from others, shame, and a fear of emotional
dependency on others. Five reported they were gay or bisexual, whereas 3
of the remaining 5 had difficulty with both emotional and physical
intimacy with their spouses. 
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 intimacy with their spouses.
Che è la trama de "La mala educacion" di Almodovar,
che molti qui avevano commentato, e pochissimi capito.