Pedophilia: Mental illness or sexual orientation?

Many pedophiles in the United States think they have "a sexual orientation, and not a mental illness", meaning they don't have any disorder whatsoever from pedophilia. I disagree that it is only a sexual orientation, on child safety grounds. I see my disorder as entirely different.

There is a difference between sexual orientation and sexual identity. Anything can be a sexual orientation, meaning anyone can be attracted to anything. A sexual orientation is a variant of sexuality, usually ultimately determined by brain wiring and positioning. Pedophilia is centered in the parental lobe of the brain, meaning pedophiles are parents to every child they see, and can also get emotionally involved with a child they don't even know. I know I have felt panic attacks in the past when a parent as much as raised their voice to me.

Pedophilia is a mental illness, meaning a form of parental sexual aggression directed towards an unfair target. It is not a sin to be mentally ill, nor is it a crime, therefore being a pedophile is no sin and no crime. Pedophilia itself is not a moral subject, but a medical one, in terms of mental health labels in terms of self-diagnosis.

Anything can be a sexual orientation, but why announce it as a sexual orientation? Why not just say "I struggle with pedophilia as a mental disorder" like I do. See how much more sympathy you get that way. 

I myself find being a pedophile to be no big deal, meaning it is my normal. I sometimes hold my nose and plunge into fantasy, and otherwise am aware that I am capable of sexual fantasy about children, finding young girls attractive when I see them in public, or in catalogue ads.

I have no sexual identity, meaning I only have a clinical identity that serves that purpose. I identify as a pedophile, viscerally, as good/neutral, but identify clinically as bad/neutral. Pedophilia is a bad thing, because it is pointed at a child. It denotes, as a medicalizing term, a form of adult sexual entitlement when defended as an act towards a child, or else it is bad because it could lead to entitlement.

Pedophilia is not a recognized mental health label in this country, and the goal of my advocacy on this issue as a pro-pedophile children's rights advocate is to promote the label as a diagnosed and self-diagnosed label for both children and adults, with pedophilia being the newest and most improved label coming out. 

I am actually very much for labeling children with mental health disorders, and that is because it is not a crime or a sin to have a mental health label, or to struggle with mental illness. It is not weak to admit you are in pain. It should not even be a shame for a child to self-diagnose or be diagnosed as a pedophile, as we give labels meaning by choice. So we are afraid of the "word" pedophile? All I see is a bunch of letters, and what that combination of letters mean. Apart from that, I choose the connotation, and usually, I think waiting room or medical things. Maybe ambulance driver and suicide attempt, at the worst. Pro-pedophile means not stigmatizing the label. All it means to me is that I am attracted to children, and it helps me figure out the rest, including how to control it (which requires a certain level of awareness).

In reality, it isn't the pedophiles abusing children, meaning most are non-offending in that they don't offend children with their behavior. Non-pedophiles are far more of a risk around children. Think of a pedophile as a guy who fetishizes childhood on the sexual level, and doesn't want to grow up. Those, in fact, are the majority of pedophiles. A children's rights pedophile never wanted to be a child, because they perceived abuse and discrimination from adults as it was happening, thus they hate the world and conflate it with "my love". I myself am that type of pedophile, and I cope by choosing not to project any connotations onto children, assuming ignorance around them. As for the age of consent? I steamroller through any pro-contact beliefs by advocating against my self-interest, as I know it is just wrong to feel that way, and that it is entitlement. I don't know what they want, apart from the fact that they don't appreciate abuse, and I see it all around. Everyone at VirPed presumably is a virtuous pedophile, whereas I am not. I am a very wicked and evil adult by my very nature, by my very existence, and I must keep paying due penance for my existence as a member of an angry mob that has oppressed children, including me being a sexual oppressor of children merely for pestering them. I am grateful for their forgiveness, and demand nothing in return.

Who is this angry mob? Every single adult. Pedophiles might be an exception. The most common form of abuse committed by a pedophile is antisocial "leering", which can either be a sexual offense here in Pennsylvania when committed within a family home, or else a summary offense, meaning either harassment or disorderly conduct.