Why is homosexuality mistakenly associated with pedophilia?

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yeh but surely if a pedofile was atttracted to boys because he was gay, that means that ALL straight men are attracted to little girls.

Well what people dont understand is that humans are obsessed with sex, its undeniable! So it would apply for gays and straights. BUT of course humans hate difference so the homosexuality aspect stick out more. The anti-gays know this and use the child molestation stereotype as propaganda for hate, despite the fact that straight rape happens all the damn time...

I never knew that this was a stereotype. I have read that homosexuals are more likely to be child sex offenders, but that is not the same as being a pedophile. I recall reading that pedophiles are attracted to all children, without sexual preference. In the UK, urinating near a school is enough to be placed on the child sex offenders register. I once got drunk and was arrested for urinating in public, but I was not close enough to a school for it to be considered an offence of that nature. Also it was very late, so there was nobody to see what I did, except a cctv operator, who alerted a van-load of police officers.

The truth is that most children are abused and abducted by so-called "Straight" family members. Stranger-danger is a myth. Look at the abduction rates, they are close to 85% perpetrated by family members or friends... not strangers. Most children that are raped are in fact girls who are raped by men that they know. (I hate the word molested... I mean come on people, it is child rape. Let's use adult words for adult crimes!) According to government stats, Girls are sexually abused three times more often than boys.
All the friends/people I have known that have been touched/raped, have been attacked by married men, either a father, uncle, family friend, etc.
Gay men, like myself, prefer sex with other gay MEN. This discussion just further perpetuates the religious right-wing agenda, which is to slander any body who is different. I don't live a lifestyle. I was born this way. To be 100% honest, being gay is easy compared to being an aspie... people understand what gay is, it's in nature, it's been around for thousands of years. Okay, enough ranting for today.

I think the answer to the original question can be found in this 20 second video:

If you don't like several groups of people you just lump them all together and blast rhetoric at all of them. Gay liberal commie perverts just rolls off the tongue doesn't it?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so44kJNv9HE[/youtube]

Stupid topic, but I am compelled to respond. Pedophiles are simply people (could be either gender) who prefer sex with children. As long as the child is under say age 12 (age really depends upon an individual's sexual preference), they're happy. It's a fetish....sex is part of the drive as is power. The fetish could be towards both boys & girls, or for one or the other. I also feel that they have a strong desire to be that child's first sexual experience. I don't know why some people have a strong preference for children, I only know they do. It has nothing to do with being gay or a lesbian. It has everything to do with their sexual fetish (deviation from what is standard). I am not condoning the behavior of pedophiles, btw. It's wrong to mess up a child for life...because that's usually what happens. I think adults who are pedophiles are sick & twisted. Unfortunately, those who cannot control their fetish, cannot help but offend. They should be removed from the general population.

Sometimes a pedophile chooses a family member (most common), a child known to them outside his/her family, or a complete stranger that they've chosen (least common).

I am female & was molested by the same man (heterosexual with a wife/girl friend whom I also knew) when I was between 9 & 12 years old. I am very much straight inspite of what I've been through. I grew up around straight people as well as lesbians & gays. I have to say that the non-straight individuals I knew personally were far more respectful of me & my body than heterosexual men have been. It wasn't until I was in my mid 20s that a lesbian approached me in a overly flirtacious way that I was uncomfortable with. She never touched me, but she did embarrass the hell out of me. I know I didn't handle her advances as maturely as I should have. That's 1 single female out of all the individuals I've known over the years.

Tomboy

Children don't have the secondary sexual characteristics that would normally attract someone to a particular gender. So it seems to me that pedophilia is seperate from gay or straight.

It's just to make them look worse so more people would hate them.

Pedophiles should be kicked right square in they're Mangina.

Because people can be idiots at times, and the media loves promoting idiocy.