sv51macross wrote...
So here's a question, do pedophiles have stronger sexual urges than 'normal'sexual people? It seems like it, because there are plen-T of virgins out there not raping other adults.
You don't quite the whole picture. Yes, there are a lot of virgins out there who don't have sex, but most of them are under the age of eighteen. It's not like there there are a lot of 30-year-olds who have never had sex. You can't compare a 35-year-old man who has always been attracted to little girls but never had sex with one to a 20-year-old guy who has always been attracted to women but never had sex with one.
Also, being a pedophile may create a schism in the person's brain. He may think, "I am attracted to little kids. That's fucked up. I'm fucked up. I want to have sex with a little kid, but I think I never should because it's wrong." When a person has conflicting ideas like that, it can be very stressful (even more so because of the nature of the ideas), and the person's mind is more likely to snap. Like I said before, I am not defending child molesters, and I do believe, like waar said, that it's a battle of wills, and people should be strong enough to fight the urge, but it takes considerably less to break the will of a pedophile than a non-pedophile.
Of course, you have to think about the nature of rape and the nature of pedophilia. They say that all rape (and while I do agree that most is, I am unsure about 100%) is done because of power and not sexual gratification. What about when a pedophile molests a child? Power might be a part of why the pedophile does it, but I'm sure sexual gratification comes into it, too. It could be that part of the sexual gratification comes from the power, but that seems like too simple an answer. If it was all about power, then pedophiles wouldn't be aroused at just the sight of children.