The Problem with When We Avoid Being Called Pedophiles

Blaidd_Dwrg · 2010-11-04T04:23:41+00:00

I was on holiday recently with my kids at a tacky seaside resort, and one thing that struck me was how friendly all the children were. Now I normally hate other people's offspring because other people suck at parenting and as a result their kids are obnoxious. These ones however kept wanting to play with us when we were in the pool. What really surprised me though was the fact that at no point did anybody come over with a suspicious expression insisting that their child come away from the strange man. Not even when a sweet, if somewhat overweight, 6 year old kept demanding that I pick her up and throw her as hard as I could and shrieking at the top of her voice each time I did so.

I have to say it was quite nice to be able to play without having to endure either snide comments from disrespectful children or glares of mistrust from adults who believe everyone who owns a penis is a potential rapist.

rwan · 2010-11-04T00:49:25+00:00

I'm really glad you wrote this. This issue is worse for men, but it can transcend gender. It seems like as an adult you are not allowed to help other peoples' children. While at some level this begins because we want to protect the interest of children, they are probably the people who end up being hurt the most by it.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/e0rzq/iama_21yearold_girl_who_was_disciplined_for/

supersock · 2010-11-04T00:55:56+00:00

Concern Troll!

but seriously this is something i have wondered about before too

Title	The Problem with When We Avoid Being Called Pedophiles
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Date	November 4, 2010 12:33 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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