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Gnu asks joe a question about adoption
Gnu Ordure:
Joe, I'm curious; when you adopted your daughters, did you tell the adoption authorities that you're a paedophile?
[split from another topic]
albeto:
--- Quote from: Gnu Ordure on July 14, 2012, 11:22:31 AM ---Joe, I'm curious; when you adopted your daughters, did you tell the adoption authorities that you're a paedophile?
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Perhaps it's a terribly naive question, but why would someone do that? I'm a woman attracted to men and I have no problem knowing how to reign in my sexual impulses, even in the presence of men I find particularly yummy. Is it naive for me to separate pedophilia from abuse and assume abuse is more likely to be a matter of poor sympathetic social skills than sexual attraction?
Kimberly:
If I'm a recovering addict I'm not going to keep my drug of choice around. While it's not the same thing I don't see the point in flirting with disaster. I have an addictive personality so I set up boundaries for myself to prevent bad choices from being easier to make. If I was attracted to young girls I would adopt sons to prevent any possible abuse on my part. Perhaps I'm too cautious but when you are talking about the emotional and mental welfare of children I think erring on the side of caution is the best policy.
Gnu Ordure:
--- Quote from: albeto on July 14, 2012, 12:45:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: Gnu Ordure on July 14, 2012, 11:22:31 AM ---Joe, I'm curious; when you adopted your daughters, did you tell the adoption authorities that you're a paedophile?
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Perhaps it's a terribly naive question, but why would someone do that?
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Because they were asked that specific question.
Here in the UK, the lengthy screening of prospective adoptive parents includes asking about their sexual orientation and their sexual behaviour.
--- Quote ---Is it naive for me to separate pedophilia from abuse and assume abuse is more likely to be a matter of poor sympathetic social skills than sexual attraction?
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Is it naive of me to think that a mother giving up her daughter for adoption wouldn't want her to be adopted by paedophiles, even if they claim to be non-practising? Would you be cool with that, Albeto, if it was your daughter?
Azdgari:
--- Quote from: Gnu Ordure on July 14, 2012, 11:22:31 AM ---Joe, I'm curious; when you adopted your daughters, did you tell the adoption authorities that you're a paedophile?
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Isn't that question more on-topic to the thread where Joe's sexuality was already being discussed? Given the purpose of this thread, it seems pretty tasteless to me.
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