Ravi
Diamond Member
I wouldn't label it a preference, either. Or an addiction. IMO, it is akin to what must be in the heads/souls of rapists. A need to dominate. But I don't really know that much about it.Now, you've really gone and mixed up some terminology!
My point was about clinical terminology and I used that pedo example just to be humorous.
There is such a thing as a clinical diagnosis of sexual addiction, but I wouldn't characterize adults lusting after children as merely a preference.
If someone has a sexual addiction that includes a compulsion for sex with children, then it can get really confusing to label the pervert!
I don't think a clinical diagnosis of sexual addiction is valid.