Pedophiles

There are many problems in our society today and one problem is pedophilia. It is a form of child abuse that is seriously recognized in our world today. Pedophilia has many meanings but the main meaning that people tend to know is an adult who is sexually attracted to young children. The term Pedophilia originates from the Greek word paedophilia erotica which was created in 1886 by a psychiatrist from Vienna, Richard von Kraftt-Ebing and he gave numerous characterizations pertaining to the behavior patterns of pedophilia. There are many names for pedophilia such as “boy lovers”, “perverts”, and “child molesters”. The first characteristic of a pedophile is a sexual interest towards children either when a person is older or just as they reach puberty. A second characteristic is a sexual interest mainly towards children. The final characteristic is a sexual interest for children that remains over time, never goes away, and gets stronger as time goes on.

The causes to why people become pedophiles is unknown but there is evidence that it can be because it ran in the families. It is still unclear if this is a learned behavior or if comes from the person’s genes. Additionally, A person’s development into pedophilia can be attributed to their male sexual hormones or the brain chemical called serotonin. Most pedophiles are of the male gender. Many psychologists would say that usually pedophiles are very friendly people because thy need to be friendly to get close to the children that they molest. Some of the ways that pedophiles lure children is by showing them toys and pets that they have or promising them many toys and things that the children would like. Another way the pedophiles lure children is through the internet witch is a widespread problem. Usually pedophiles were molested as young children and carry the abuse with them through life. They suffer from physical, physiological, and social damage because of their victimization and abuse from their past. They usually end up abusing those around them because it is who they know and are familiar with.

Another way the pedophiles lure children is through the internet witch is a widespread problem. Some ways that pedophiles take advantage of the internet for their own personal gain is to locate children that are easy to molest. Another way the pedophiles use the internet is to engage in inappropriate sexual communication to children. Pedophiles also use the internet to interact with each other and share child pornography.