arihi :bocchi_arch: :naima_padoru: :blobcatchristmastree: :ibrs2: :ene: on Nostr: the behavior itself is antisocial. partaking in it is forming the antisocial behavior ...

the behavior itself is antisocial. partaking in it is forming the antisocial behavior further. violent videogames and fiction books aren't nearly on the same level. pretty much no one is playing counter strike or doom purely for the act of violence; and i haven't seen a mainstream game yet that would glorify sexual violence. some smaller games that did received negative reception and i think that's not surprising to anyone.

> said pedophile is almost certainly very aware of the problems involved with reality and is probably deliberately avoidant as a result
the correct course of action is finding a way to get rid of such thoughts and return to daily life. the first step to fixing a problem is admitting that you have a problem.
they might be avoidant as a response to minimizing the trigger of the thoughts. if they're not entertaining the idea of doing the deed then all's good and there's self-support groups for people like that.

addicted to socializing isn't said because it's usually seen as a positive thing. it's biologically required to some extent - even a person who doesn't like to socialize needs some amount human contact or else they will lose their marbles. "addicted" is usually a term with relations to negative dependencies, not positive ones (even when used informally in this context).

comparing a person being homosexual with a person watching media depicting sexualized murder and pedophilia doesn't make much sense to me. there's nothing wrong with the first one and something very deeply wrong with the second one. just because human brains are weird it doesn't mean that a person struggling with bad thoughts shouldn't attempt to control their thoughts. being gay is not a choice, having immoral thoughts isn't a choice either, but intentionally entertaining the immoral thoughts absolutely sounds like it is.