• Grimy@lemmy.world
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    If the person has never acted on it, then there isn’t really anyway to know and he wouldn’t be labeled with it.

    I guess we could be more accepting of people that just download pictures, but downloading those pictures is acting on it, and shows that they have trouble controlling it.

    I get your point, and that it isn’t always their fault, but the link between both words seems very justified imo.

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      Except that people who have not acted on it and are seeking support in continuing to not act on it are afraid of identifying themselves as pedophiles because the association, even amongst mental health professionals, is with the action and not the thoughts.