3/ Some offenders aren& #39;t exclusively focused on children - they& #39;re into a bit of everything. One guy spent hours debriefing with me as part of his plea deal. He was a porn addict his entire life, but at age 60 stumbled into the wrong material. It wasn& #39;t that he *wanted* it
4/ it was that everything else had become boring. He had collected every type of antisocial fetish porn he could find - organized by type, date, etc. He led "pillar of the community" life, and just wanted to have a dirty secret. We got him because he was trying to get a 15-yo
5/ to "perform" on webcam for him (and even bought the webcam for her). Unfortunately for him, the "girl" was a Chicago police officer. His "dirty secret" room was his "Freemason" office which his wife was forbidden to enter. He used his status to hide in plain sight.
6/ There& #39;s more than boredom and perversion here. There& #39;s a feeling of power and invincibility they experience. My longest-lasting case (which I inherited from another agent who retired before he could finish it) was all about perversion AND power
7/ Allen Harrod ( https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/patriarch-polygamy-power/content?oid=15069">https://www.newsreview.com/sacrament... ) literally declared himself the next "Joseph Smith," and claimed his authority to abuse children came directly from his version of God. He operated his cult for *two decades* before being caught. https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/sacramento/press-releases/2009/sc042009.htm">https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/...
8/ Imagine then how someone who is super-wealthy, bored, and lacks a bit of real self-esteem might react to the idea that they could do something so antisocial? Sure, you will always find apologists who will say "that girl looked 18" but that& #39;s hardly the point: it& #39;s abuse
9/ It& #39;s abuse because there is a gross imbalance of power, and a huge difference in interpretations of what is going on between the adult and the child. A child can say & #39;yes,& #39; but they can& #39;t consent - because they don& #39;t fully understand the consequences (even a teen).
10/ Consent must be *knowing consent* or it is not consent. It& #39;s the same in investments: Your 90-year-old grandmother can say "yes" to an investment - she& #39;s an adult - but if she doesn& #39;t really understand that the "nice man" is spouting nonsense at her to con her, it& #39;s illegal
11/ Pimps in Sacramento loved underage girls: they had a longer "shelf life," they brought in higher sums, and they were easier to manipulate. "I& #39;m your fiance." "We just need money to get married." They also loved using expertly-timed violence and threats to maintain power
12/ Do you get the theme? Power, boredom, perversion, the thrill of the forbidden. Now, think about Epstein with his girls. Imagine what they& #39;re told. Imagine the billionaires and other powerful men who promise them modeling careers, money, stardom, and drugs - oh, the drugs!
13/ Imagine the threats - implied and otherwise - and the gifts. Carrot and stick night after night. Constant manipulation by men who seem to make the world go around - but who secretly crave complete adulation because no matter how rich and powerful they become, it& #39;s not enough
14/ Relationships with adult women can& #39;t compare to the sheer power and control they feel with these girls. *That* is what this is about.

So please stop arguing over whether or not it& #39;s pedophilia or something else: it& #39;s not about attraction.

Rape never is.
15/ It& #39;s about control. Domination. Manipulation.

And insecurity. Ego-stroking. Narcissism.

Whether or not the victim objectively "looks like a woman" is missing the point - and it& #39;s a form of victim blaming.
16/ This is a crime because it is inherently coercive - not because it does or doesn& #39;t seem "gross" to you.

As I& #39;ve said before, knowing consent is the moral basis of all human transactions.
17/ What these men did - and many others still do - violates the fundamental right of other human beings to exercise free will.

Sexual attraction is merely the distracting sideshow.

Stay focused.
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