Posted by cubbybear on November 25, 2004, at 8:55:19
In reply to illness or the thoughts of a rational human being? » linkadge, posted by lostforwards on November 25, 2004, at 6:45:01
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> Pedophilia, as with homosexuality in the past, might be wrongly considered an illness when it's actually a choice.There is still no proven"cause" of homosexuality and maybe there never will be. Perhaps it's a confluence of genetic pre-disposition and conditioning. But whatever it is, it is NOT an illness and the prevailing thinking is that it is NOT a choice.
> Manipulating oxytocin could be useful for any number of purposes. I can think of one: A parent who's bothered "excessively" losing custody of a child.
I had never heard of oxytocin before and its alleged role in parent-child bonding is quite interesting. But I can only hope that our culture does not resort to forced behavior modification via hormones and other chemicals.
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