Can you spot a paedophile by the way they look?

efb · 12-06-2015 1:40am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Now if that's not a reason to introduce abortion! And the Catholic Church won't have a leg to stand on. :pac:

sure where would they get priests then? :pac:

Depraved · 12-06-2015 5:48am

They reckon that 1 on 50 people have sexual thoughts about children at some point. Now I'm wondering which of the last 50 people to reply to this thread is a pervert.

diomed · 12-06-2015 5:59am

I've reviewed the work.
walofs

haveringchick · 12-06-2015 7:45am

lukesmom wrote: »

Danny ward is now in navan

But do you know where Larry Murphy is?

timetogo · 12-06-2015 8:37am

Depraved wrote: »

They reckon that 1 on 50 people have sexual thoughts about children at some point. Now I'm wondering which of the last 50 people to reply to this thread is a pervert.

Well, it's not us and with your username ......

mariaalice · 12-06-2015 10:58am

I saw a two part series which is well worth watching it was on UTV, this girl was murdered near her flat in the south of England the police arrested her landlord and it was a clear case of confirmation bias, he was slightly odd looking, middle aged, lived on his own, etc. It nearly ruined his life until by accident the real killer was caught. It was frightening how easily it could happen.

biko · 12-06-2015 11:13am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15S0g8pG6HU

YFlyer · 12-06-2015 11:42am

Adverts for Twilight Racing coming up on my screen. What's that all about?

galljga1 · 12-06-2015 11:46am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Now if that's not a reason to introduce abortion! And the Catholic Church won't have a leg to stand on. :pac:

No chance of support from the RCC....where will they get their priests from?

kerry4sam · 12-06-2015 5:35pm

NachoBusiness wrote: »

New study suggests you can...

Low-set ears? Non-detached earlobes?
Furrowed tongue? High palate?
Curved fifth finger? Third toe longer than the second toe?
Excessive gap between first and second toe?
2.3cm shorter in height than a typical male?

If this sounds like you, best turn yourself in as chances are, you're a raving nonce:

Personally I think some of what they say is plausible but in the main, it's a load of bollox. What says you.

Asking can you spot a paedophile by the way they look , in my opinion , is akin to trying to use Racial Profiling , see here!

Just my thoughts,
kerry4sam

whatismyname · 12-06-2015 5:47pm

Oh Jesus.

I despair at reading the thread title, and despaired that there was a 'study' done that suggested you can.

My life would definitely be a lot better, if you could spot a paedophile by the way they looked - although, of course, people, especially my parents, would've had to been bothered doing anything to stop it even if it was that easy.

Although of course in their case they would've served the situation a lot better by spotting him by how he acted. He really couldn't have been more obvious.

But seriously, when the fcuk are we going to stop living in a society that even thinks that it's possible to spot a paedophile by how they look, that a rapist will look creepy, or whatever similar other ****e.

When will we wake up to how harmful even making jokes and trivial comments about this (feck knows how often I've seen this), and when will we wake up to the harm that these misconceptions cause within society and within children's lives every single day, and how childhoods are destroyed as a result. It is the fcuker who carries out their actions that ruins the kids childhood, and they alone are responsible for their actions, but the society we live in plays a huge part in letting it carry on, without even knowing it.

whatismyname · 12-06-2015 5:51pm

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

That's a clever point but havn't there been female paedophiles as well?

Yes. A friend of mine was sexually abused by her mother, and a girl I was in hospital with was sexually abused by a female family friend.

We've no idea how common it is, as when it does happen, it will be so little talked about, but it certainly happens.

ScumLord · 12-06-2015 5:59pm

a third toe longer than the second toe

Is that not common in a lot of men? I know with the hand the ring finger is often longer than the index finger due to testosterone. Couldn't it be the same thing happening with toes, maybe just not as common?

12-06-2015 6:11pm

kerry4sam wrote: »

Asking can you spot a paedophile by the way they look , in my opinion , is akin to trying to use Racial Profiling , see

Massive difference.

We already know that characteristics can find expression in 'packages' for want of a better word, depending on where genes are located on chromosomes. After all, it's been speculated that a gene for baldness is located adjacent to a biologically favourable gene, which has accidentally given rise to baldness, even though baldness confers no known advantage on reproduction.

Whereas there isn't simply a Roma or African 'gene', for example. There is a vast, diverse array of genetic information coding for those racial characteristics.

whatismyname · 12-06-2015 6:21pm

Sudden horrible thought that there's ever chance there's a paedophile(s) reading this now, going, 'well, I don't fit the bill. Ha!'

ScumLord · 12-06-2015 6:24pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

which has accidentally given rise to baldness, even though baldness confers no known advantage on reproduction.

It was either accidental or women selected it by finding bald men sexy.

Males of most mammalian species always have some physical characteristics of their maleness on display. The fact baldness is a pattern unique to each male, is driven by testosterone and serves no obvious function would imply it's an attractor feature. Baldness might have looked much more impressive on men that didn't shave with the beard and bald pattern being an instant way to distinguish between men.

12-06-2015 6:26pm

ScumLord wrote: »

It was either accidental or women selected it by finding bald men sexy.

Males of most mammalian species always have some physical characteristics of their maleness on display. The fact baldness is a pattern unique to each male, is driven by testosterone and serves no obvious function would imply it's an attractor feature. Baldness might have looked much more impressive on men that didn't shave with the beard and bald pattern being an instant way to distinguish between men.

Yes, those are other theories of baldness, the one I referenced is another.

I am simply trying to illustrate that characteristics can travel in 'packages', depending on their genetic origins. It wouldn't have been entirely surprising, for example, if that 'big foot/ big dick' myth were true (it isn't true)

kowloon · 14-06-2015 8:57pm

Have we figured out who the pedo is yet? It could be any of us. I suggest we go full John Carpenter on this and burn the entire place down before the fcuker can refreeze itself.