But it wouldn’t literally be a sexual orientation

Sexual orientation refers to gender

So pedophilia can’t literally be a sexual orientation

@ThePangburn

Look up sexual orientation @squid

Yeah I mean can we clarify pedophilia most certainly isn’t a sexual orientation and it literally can’t be a sexual orientation @m.miller

I could debate that after work if anyone thinks it is a sexual orientation

Not the Oxford English Dictionary

It gives literal descriptions of words

No

Not a scientific dictionary

No they definitely have meanings they can have different usages but words also have meanings

Not a scientific dictionary

No

You’re wrong

I’m sorry

The whole point of a scientific dictionary is to give the exact definition of a word.

I learned this in school when learning about relatable sources

@squid I’m not being rude but you’re wrong

Look it up

I promise you

The Webster dictionary does what you’re talking about

There is common usage and there’s an exact definition

All words in the Oxford English Dictionary have definitions

The Webster dictionary is not a scientific dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary is just one scientific dictionary that just so happens to be the most popular one

The Webster gets updated to the common usages of words

It can change

No

You don’t understand that there are different types of dictionaries

Just look it up

No point in talking about it when you can just look it up

I have to think of a example hold on

The usage of the word is just wrong

Find another word

Sexual preference maybe

Words have definitions

You’re right sexual preference isn’t even right

Yes

But when you’re diagnosing something like pedophilia you can’t just throw words around willy nilly. I totally understand what you’re trying to say. But if you’re literally trying to diagnose pedophilia then you can’t use words incorrectly

Say pedophilia is a sexual orientation is a huge claim so it matters what words you use

Homosexuality and heterosexuality are the only two types of sexuality’s so far

Throwing pedophilia in there would have to have a lot of evidence. You can’t just say it is a sexuality

Hold on

When I said sexuality I meant sexual orientations

Every time I said sexuality I meant to say sexual orientations

Because sexual orientation refers to what gender you are attracted to, children is not a gender

That is the exact scientific definition of sexual orientation

But if you’re making that claim

You have to use the term literally

Science

Which isn’t an authority

Absolutely it does

But science labels events with words

Or label a finding

Now you’re just babbling

In science words have absolute definitions

That’s it

I can’t argue it anymore

Ok sure

I’m dumb

Stop

I don’t care

Never thought I’d act like this in this chat

But I just can’t say anymore

Absolutely not because it is a horrifying claim to say pedophilia is a sexual orientation if you’re using the word literally I’d never agree with that. But I’m certainly done talking about this specific topic

Saying pedophilia is a sexual orientation is absolutely normalizing it. You wouldnt use the word sexual orientation to describe that you only like blonde girls. There are only 3 sexual orientations you can have, Hetero, Homo, Bi. To add pedophilia to that is disgusting and is normalizing it

No sir lol

Yes and they need help

But that doesn’t mean you normalize it

And there’s everything wrong with being a pedophile

Btw

No I don’t believe the thought is a crime

I think they should be helped

^

I’m actually not pro any death for that

But it’s reasonable

Rather understandable

@squid and he said that

There are those that need help

NORMALIZE IT

Normalize what

Pedophilia

Insane

First of all pedophilia definitely isn’t some genetic problem. I shouldn’t say that with certainty but I certainly don’t think it’s genetic

It’s an environmental thing and has something to do with there childhood

It’s definitely nurture I’d say and there’s only proof that it is nurture it’s impossible to prove that it’s nature

But being gay is different than being a pedophile

These are abused people

Pedophiles

A lot of pedophiles have admitted that they were sexually abused at a young age

You said it’s not an active choice but then you said something about it being straight or gay (or at least that’s what I saw) I’m telling you it’s not like that at all

@Deleted User yes but you can’t prove it

You can’t pin point certain genes to be a behavior to something

That’s why there’s no pin pointed gay gene

But there’s other reasons to understand that that’s genetic

But I’d go on to guess that Pedophilia definitely isn’t genetic

Homosexuality

@squid you’re right some gay people are gay because of a traumatic experience you’re right on that.

But it is also genetic