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SpikyAube ago

I think that there are probably more female pedophiles than are known about, and that the way people think of women on perhaps a more subconscious level means they are much less likely to be caught. There are several conditions and disorders that are 'gendered' in the sense that when a man or boy exhibits certain behaviours its recognised as a symptom of something else, but when women do it is not recognised as scuh, and vice versa. It's also the case that men and women may generally have different ways of going about things, and so while male pedophilia has been well documented along with the ways in which males groom children and carry out abuses, it is very possible that female pedophiles use different methods or exhibit different signs, or are perhaps better at manipulating children into secrercy etc, and so they are much more likely to get away with it, especially because women are much more trusted than men when it comes to children.

So I think we cannot be definitive when saying that the majority ofpedophiles are male. I also think that pedophilia is distinct from homosexuality - being attracted to children is a thing all of its own, it doesn't matter if the children are male or female, they are children, their maleness or femaleness is not sexual. It is also the case that grown men are more likely to be able to get access to male children than to female children, through activities such as scout groups, after school clubs, sports teams etc.

So I think it is very important to remember all these factors and variables - they make it very possible that there is little truth in the idea that pedophilia is connected with male homosexuality and that it appearing that way may just be a facet of our society and way of arranging and thinking of things, and our inherent prejudices (e.g assuming a woman is safer than a man when its comes to kids).