Protecting children from sexual abuse by pedophiles, from the Harvard Mental Health Letter
Few disorders are as repulsive to the public as pedophilia, defined as sexual attraction to children who have not yet reached puberty. Although researchers once thought that it was possible to cure pedophilia, the consensus now is that this type of sexual behavior is unlikely to change.
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