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A survey found 1 in 6 men admit sexual feelings for children. So is paedophilia increasing? (2023, linked study is worth a read). (theconversation.com)
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I came across this after someone I know made some claims about pedophilia prevalence I found unbelievable. Leading me to the survey.

Surveys are hard, there's always some percentage of people that say strange things, and self reports could be over or underestimates of prevalence.

I think that the way the results bundle 19 year old who watch a porn video that had a 17 year old in it, and 50 year old that watched a porn video of a 5 year old together is needlessly inflammatory. While neither is good I think culturally we are generally vastly more worried about what leads to the second, or even what makes the 50 year old look for 17 year olds (i.e. cases where the 19 year old didn't grow out of it).

Still, some of these stats are extremely troubling to me, and I'm interested in what people make of it.

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[–] appetizer@lemmy.today 11 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Given the age of consent is 16, it's a bit stupid to include 17 year olds as children.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Given the age of consent is 16

Generally true for most states, a couple are 17 and there are various special cases. I didn't realise how different it is between states and about authority rules (e.g. in some states, a person has a higher AoC for a guardian or teacher).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_in_Oceania#Australia

I also didn't know how recently some states ended anti-homosexuality laws, esp Tasmania.

And I also didn't know that the federal 16 minimum age applies to Australians while outside of Australia. (Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Division 272 )

[–] appetizer@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

That's interesting! I didn't know that SA and TAS had separate ages.

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