Re: Re: I too winced at the

Just in case your post is more than a flame and you are open to genuine discussion, let me try to assist the author here. The author clearly distinguishes pedophiles from child molesters, establishing child molesters as active pedophiles, or those pedophiles that engage in sexual acts with children. The discrimination of pedophiles is mentioned, and is the point of the article, only in the sense that discrimination means "a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things", and will help psychologists discern who is attracted to children as to help them cope with such an attraction, so they will not become child molesters, therefore stopping them from hurting children. By helping pedophiles keep their sexual desire contained. So the author in fact does not really conflate the terms child molester and pedophile, but focuses on identifying pedophiles (who, just like you said, are not necessarily child molesters) to treat them and try to stop them from becoming child molesters. So there's a lot of paranoia on the subject, and pedophiles hide because they are afraid of being taken for child molesters. Yeah, some probably do, but at the same time many seek no help and are at risk of becoming child molesters. That is the focus of this article, and why it makes for an interesting read.