Why do people become pedophiles?

Answer 1

People do not typically "become" pedophiles, they realize that they have pedophilia over time. No one knows what causes pedophilia, or what causes pedophiles to be sexually attracted to children, though Dr. James Cantor has done extensive fMRI research into brain differences in pedophilic and non-pedophilic persons.

Answer 2

This is a long and complicated question. Go get a book on it and read up. Some reasons can include feelings of empowerment, overwhelming sexual cravings and many other more complicated reasons.

Answer 3

Pedophilia is classified as a sexual orientation by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V). Pedophilia is separate from pedophilic disorder, a distinction meant to indicate that people can have the attraction but not the interpersonal difficulties that would make it a mental disorder. Pedophilia is what makes people pedophiles.

Some pedophiles are exclusive, meaning that they are only attracted to children, and some are non-exclusive, meaning they are also attracted to peers or other age groups. No one knows what causes pedophilia, or why it develops in some people but not in others, though researchers like James Cantor have found physical differences in the brains of pedophilic people as compared to non-pedophilic people. Pedophilia does not cause people to sexually abuse children, as sexual abuse is motivated by a wide variety of factors concerning the abuser's choice to abuse.

Pedophilia is also unrelated to peter pan complex. Comorbid disorders cited in the DSM-V are depression, bipolar, substance use, and anxiety disorders, as well as antisocial personality disorder and other paraphilic disorders. The DSM-V notes that comorbid disorders are more frequently found in those with offenses against children, more commonly called preferential offenders, and that these other disorders are not generalizable to non-offending pedophiles.

Answer 4

• Pedophiles have a 'Peter Pan Complex' (never grew up) and in some cases they can be childlike regarding their personality. The main reason is that children are easier to manipulate than mature males or females. It is not about the touching or in many cases the sexual act, but total control over their victim. The Pedophile can threaten a child in many cases that 'it's a secret between them' often plying the child with toys or, some Pedophiles will threaten the child by telling them they will hurt someone in their family if they tell.