Re: The Pedosmile: Do Pedophiles Have A Certain Smile?

This article has opened up an opportunity for meaningful discussion. I really like how the author differentiated those with pedophilic feelings and those give to those feelings to do harm to children. The shocking lack of meaningful discussion in the blog of this article shows that our society is not yet ready to meaningfully engage the topic. I believe that if people with pedophilic feelings had support groups that they could go to, a way of positively responding to those feelings, that child molestation would be reduced.

To the author of the article, let me add my own two bits. You said that pedophiles generally have, "lower IQ than the general population". Consider that the community of those who are sexually drawn to children but who do not act out are very difficult to identify and study. Could it be that intelligence is a protective factor allowing the more intellectually endowed the ability to override their feelings?