[lbo-talk] Irish priests beat, raped children

[Miles Jackson]

Chris Doss wrote:
> Your figure is, I think, grossly overinflated. Most men are sexually repelled by children, not attracted. That's why pedophilia is considered a perversion or mental disorder. Most men cannot imagine themselves doing it.
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> --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> The problem is that the sexual abuse of children is so
>> widespread, that by my guess, a good third of the male
>> population would wind up in jail.
>>
>> It's not that cut and dry.
>>
>> Joanna
It's not a figure, it's a guess, as J. notes.  I'll guess 0.5%.  (C'mon 
Chris, it's fun to pull numbers out of the air!)

Miles