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    Pedophilia inside Church Pedophilia is a psychiatric mental disorder that describes when an adult or an older adolescent has a sexual attraction for young children under thirteen years old. In addition, it is no longer a secret that pedophilia is part of the Catholic Church 's history from the beginning of the 1980 's, and while the Catholic Church knew about this terrible situation did not take effective actions to solve it. Despite the fact that it is a crime that has been happening for over thirty

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    famous that almost every literature lovers know. We all know who Lolita is. She is another word for sin, the sunlight for pedophilia. Pedophilia, as it is defined in the dictionary: is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children, generally age 11 years or younger. Most of the pedophilia have personality disorders, they are scare of the sex that happen between adults, whereas children will decrease their

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    To start, a woman’s body, from its thinness to its softness to its other distinctly feminine qualities, is a strong form of gender performance, which is “a set of acts that produce the effect or appearance of a coherent” single gender (Morris, 572). Boddy’s work on hymen repair in the Sudan sheds a lot of light onto why women, in particular, adhere to feminine beauty norms. In comparison to men, women’s identities are more unstable and “in need of constant reaffirmation” (Morris, 578). Thus, many

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    censored literature proves to be the most insightful and most original. Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita has been subject to criticism and censorship since its first publication in 1955. Critics constantly degrade the novel as repulsive and an endorsement of pedophilia. Although Lolita was censored for its sexual and obscene content, the characterization of protagonist Humbert Humbert proves it to be just as appropriate as other literature. Critics support Lolita’s censorship because they believe protagonist

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    Sexual deviance is considered any sexual activity that is different than the normal, acceptable sexual activities of a society, but is vital for the person to experience arousal and orgasm (Sadock, 2007). The activities that are considered deviant can change over time and be different in different societies. These are also known as paraphilias. A paraphilia involves an extreme and continual sexual interest in children, objects, animals, materials, etc. or harming oneself or others during sexual

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    intuition that virtual murder is morally permissible, with the institution that virtual pedophilia is not.” (509) If a player is molested in a virtual game then it represents a child and an adult because it is a person controlling the player on the computer. People are okay with a virtual murder but not with virtual pedophilia when both are related. In these cases though morality is not relative to either pedophilia or murder. Video games are most likely the cause for these crimes because they influence

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    Pedophilia in short is the desire of an adult for sexual contact with children. Pedophiles have been known to molest children only hours after being released from a lengthy prison sentence. In some instances, they kill their victims in order to cover up their crimes. Over the years, society has implemented many attempts to contain pedophilia including such measures as incarceration, therapy, and even castration. Few of these have proven successful. Pedophilia poses an alarming problem for society

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    some even consider it statutory rape but depending on the cultural norms, it is considered normal and not deviant. One form of sexually deviance that has become a major issue in the U.S and is pretty much frowned on by all cultures in America is Pedophilia. This form of sexual deviance roots itself in the belief that those committing these acts are showing a pure form of natural love toward a child/minor (Williams, 2017). Pedophiles often do not see anything wrong with their actions and believe

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    support pedophiles who do not want to become sex offenders. We all want the same thing. We do not want them to offend nor their potential victims to offend. In 2008, Michael Seto, a forensic psychologist, published a book stating that the onset of pedophilia is right around the stages of puberty, as with any other sexual orientation. I believe we can prevent a greater number of victims if we put more energy into early detection and providing support before the first offense occurs, rather than solely

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    Mystic River is a crime novel went straight to the bestseller lists on 2001 written by Dennis Lehane. The reproducing film Mystic River by Clint Eastwood also won countless Awards. As Lehane points out in his interview with Linda Richards: “ 50 percent of the reviews has said this is not simply a crime novel.” Which obviously pleased him. The psyches and nature of human are the most fascinating parts in his novel. In the story Dave Boyle was abducted as a child and being molested. He lives under

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