To keep it brief most research on pedophilia, herbophilia, etc. Indicate that it is split into two categories. One is a sexual growth disorder that can be treated, with one of the most effective treatments actually being providing legal safe access to non-harmful materials. AKA drawings of fictional people.
The other category comes from personality disorders this form can’t be treated in any known way directly. You have to treat the personality disorder itself. And as such providing any source does nothing good or bad to help with the situation.
It’s a big reason why the whole concept of it’s a drawing and it should be considered the same as fundamentally flawed. You have one case where it does show that it helps in one case where it doesn’t matter.
Anything that is generated from real people does cause harm and should be illegal no matter what. Harming one person to help another is not a valid path.
But harming no one to help someone. Even if you feel icky about it is a valid path.
And study after study after study keeps proving over and over again. Just because you show someone something or exposed them to it. It doesn’t make them more likely to engage in something that they know is wrong.
To keep it brief most research on pedophilia, herbophilia, etc. Indicate that it is split into two categories. One is a sexual growth disorder that can be treated, with one of the most effective treatments actually being providing legal safe access to non-harmful materials. AKA drawings of fictional people.
The other category comes from personality disorders this form can’t be treated in any known way directly. You have to treat the personality disorder itself. And as such providing any source does nothing good or bad to help with the situation.
It’s a big reason why the whole concept of it’s a drawing and it should be considered the same as fundamentally flawed. You have one case where it does show that it helps in one case where it doesn’t matter.
Anything that is generated from real people does cause harm and should be illegal no matter what. Harming one person to help another is not a valid path.
But harming no one to help someone. Even if you feel icky about it is a valid path.
And study after study after study keeps proving over and over again. Just because you show someone something or exposed them to it. It doesn’t make them more likely to engage in something that they know is wrong.