We stigmatize pedophilia for the same reason we think it’s wrong for bosses to have sex with their employees or doctors to do their patients.
Comment generally seemed reasonable, but the quoted hypothesis seems highly unlikely. (One could argue, I’m not sure how convincingly, that “this is how we tend to justify our moral stance even if it’s not what caused our moral stance.”)
I can’t quote a study but I would bet sure stigmatizing racism directly led to a reduction in racist remarks and actions. People are impressionable and are strongly influenced by the society around them.
I don’t disagree, but i think the situation becomes drastically different when we are talking about sexual desires. Again, I don’t have anything better than moderate familiarization with Kinsey to back that up.
Comment generally seemed reasonable, but the quoted hypothesis seems highly unlikely. (One could argue, I’m not sure how convincingly, that “this is how we tend to justify our moral stance even if it’s not what caused our moral stance.”)
I agree. What I meant to say is we SHOULD stigmatize, not we stigmatize. thanks for making me rethink it.
Does stigmatizing harmful social acts reliably lead to a reduction in their incidence or in the harm they cause?
I can’t quote a study but I would bet sure stigmatizing racism directly led to a reduction in racist remarks and actions. People are impressionable and are strongly influenced by the society around them.
But only a reduction in racism against beings that were nearly indistinguishable from the racist humans in the first place.
I don’t disagree, but i think the situation becomes drastically different when we are talking about sexual desires. Again, I don’t have anything better than moderate familiarization with Kinsey to back that up.
I would say quite the opposite, as would Dr. Kinsey from what i understand.