Chemical Castration: The Benefits and Disadvantages Intrinsic to Injecting Male Pedophiliacs with Depo-Provera

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how can you think about the rights of these people, how bout you think of the pain they caused or could cause an innocent child or adult. physically and emotionally! chemical castration in my opinion is a light punishment for these disgusting human beings! let me ask you, do you believe that going through therapy or chemical castrition would change your sexual preference? i dont care if its in their heads and they can't control it, if they can't do it someone else needs to try. so permenant castration would be a better solution. all the people who feel that a peaderast and or pedophile should be given a second chance or their given rights as humans is STUPID and they might know someone who has done it thats close to them or whom they love or maybe they themselves have disturbing thoughts!

I am not a rapist and will never be.I would have been. I had all those deaires and urges to force myself on anybody in a skirt. I would be caught and go to jail. That would be nothing to the shame on myself and my family. I did something about it. I went to Thailand and was castrated. I am totally impotent and have no sexual desire or urges. I injest no testerone. Any woman or girl is perfectly safe in my company. Its a simpe safe proceedure and while it takes time to adjust life is as rich as before. There is no sex but life is more than what is no longer between my legs

I have given myself "chemical castration" about 10 years ago, started, and wish I did it sooner to have helped our marriage. As I was over sexed so to say, anything that passed me with a good sway and a skirt was a target, not forced sex but as a relationship or one-night stands.

As depoprovera is almost not available anymore here in Brazil, I use Mesigyna when need to cut down my desire. After a couple of weeks, start with 1 injection per week, then every 2 weeks, it does it job great. Besides cutting the desire, I use it with some other hormones and love the side effects. My wife does also, as she knows that I will not jump the fence.

There are more benefits to chemical castration that every man should experience. It is semi-reversable other than the testies shrink some and develope some breast, but no big deal in my method, as I use estrogen also.

So if I had a chance to go out of jail, I would not mind it at all, and it would not be a punshiment really, but a great benefit.

Human and civil rights group in North America and Europe have consistently denounced mutilation- physical or chemical- as cruel and unusual punishment and repellent to any modern civilization.

The author of this article, as well as the commentors- mostly female- who express their approval of punitive castration show themselves to be deserving involuntary commitment with psychiatric treatment for their sexism and sadism.

See http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1878462,00.html for the opinions of some rights groups.

Thanks for this good paper and interesting comments. We must do all we can to thwart this growing problem of sexual abuse of children. Even toddlers and babies are being molested by pedophiles who defend pedophilia and rationalize what they're doing as being perfectly okay and normal. Castration - chemical or otherwise - really can help pedophiles overcome their dangerous and often unwanted desires.

We should each call, write, or email our representatives in government and demand castration for pedophiles. How many millions of children will be molested while we vacillate and procrastinate?

considering its mutilation and violates several parts of the canadian and american constitutions, as well as the geneva convention and basic human morals, i would say unnacceptable. i hate pedophiles and rapists etc. how ever mutilating some one because they did something wrong does not warrant you or anyother person (aside from god who will judge them in time), the right to do so. dont go down to their level and violate their rights. what they did was wrong and a life sentance in prison is deffinetly enough punishment until they die of what ever thing they die from. the beatings in prison are absolute anyway. i think its disgusting to even consider castration as a viable solution to ones crime. if a thief steals something should we cut their fingers off? no, its wrong and immoral. what would someone in several thousand years think of your actions? not to mention what it would do to some one who is commiting the act of depriving some one of a basic bodily function.

Well, the authorities in 1984 have finally gotten their wish fulfilled. Society has found a way to dim our sexual desires. Really, there are people on here who are not criminals and sex offenders jumping to kill their sex drive? We are animals, if you hadn't noticed. We are suppose to have sex drives. We are suppose to have sex! We are suppose to procreate.

Yes, there are some people with sexual disorders. They have these because we don't live in a perfect world. In fact we live in a deranged world. So deranged, sick, crap happens. If you grow up in hell you are likely to become a screwed up adult. And guess what? We're all a little messed up!

I'm not saying people should go out and rape each other. As a rape survivor I know the life long impact of rape. I also know lots of other rape survivors, with lots of different opinions. I also know a few reformed sex offenders. I believe that the two men I know that have reformed will not do it again. I feel the therapy and rehab they got (plus jail experience) was enough to scare them out of ever doing it again. Also, they weren't acting from a sociopathic desire. It was something that was bred from a life of pain and hell. Not saying what they did was right, just that because they didn't get the healing care they needed faster they did regretful things.

Rape is such an incredibly complicated, intense, and life changing experience for both the victim/survivor and perpetrator. You cannot simplify it the way a lot of you are. Every individual has individual needs to heal. Every survivor responds to the trauma differently and needs that taken into consideration when seeking and receiving treatment. This is also true of offenders. Not every offender is a rape machine going around the world molesting every nine-year-old they see. Yes, some may be that bad, but some also just make mistakes. It's a sad and tragic one at that. No one should have to be raped.

Rape is about both control and sex, and anger, and revenge, and on and on. Every single rapist has varying reasons for why they did/do it. Sometimes a man, or even a woman, makes a mistake they can't take back. Sometimes the offender can't be cured. Sometimes they can.

My point is, that we cannot, as human beings, simplify a subject that is inexplicably complex. It's so hypocritical to punish criminals with punishments that are similar to the things they themselves do. It's like the death penalty, let's show the world how killing is wrong by killing. That's not very logical is it? So why is chemical castration, destroying someone's sex drive, which is often a side-effect rape victims experience, a solution. All we are telling the world is that we are punishing sex crimes by perpetrating more sex crimes. This is idiocy!

i read your paper and found that you repeatedly referred to all people who sexually abuse children as pedophiles,but that is inaccurate,you are correct in saying that people offend for different reasons and gave good examples of reasons, but a pedophile by definition of the DSMIV is someone who is at least the age of 18 and has recurrent urges or fantasies about prepubescent or pubescent children and is at least 5 years older then said children.i am in no way attempting to take up for child molesters or pedophilia,but a child molester at least from a psychiatry standpoint is different then a pedophile.it might also be necessary to point out that not all pedophiles offend.they are a minority to say the least but i think that by referring to all child molesters as pedophiles you create a unnecessary hostility to the mentally disturbed.once again i in no way condone what they do but i do realize the have a disease.i say this as a survival of childhood abuse,i am able to look past my own pain and realize that the man who hurt me is in fact a pedophile and needs help i would have rather he gotten help for his disorder then spend time in prison.i am not saying this is true in all or even most cases but it is a fact people should take into account when discussing child molesters and pedophilia.

Although this is a sensitive topic, I feel it is necessary that it be debated. For the last year and a half I have worked at a residential treatment facility for MR males. Many of the residents have sexually maladaptive behaviors. I am not suggesting they all be chemically castrated, but if they are incapable of learning that this behavior is wrong, what is the most cost-effective, humane, and efficient way to help them? Many have repeatedly perpetrated on young children and other residents. To institutionalise them forever is expensive, to let them prey on other residents or go outside the facility on a pass and abuse someone is not acceptable, and expecting them to suddenly (or even eventually) understand why it is wrong to behave this way irresponsible because that is not always possible. Sexual criminals apparently don't understand or care that what they do is wrong in a similar, albeit more malicious, way. I feel less ambiguous about the ethics of chemically castrating sex offenders of average intelligence, and the arguments against it seem too emotive. If a person is abused and they become an abuser they are allowed impunity based on the idea that they "learned" the wrong behavior? Chemical castration could be an effective learning tool, not totally punitive. It could be used as a metaphorical crutch during rehabilitation, and what is wrong with being given a crutch if you limp? It isn't cruel, it's helpful. I'm a late-20's female who has never been sexually abused, and I can respond positively to the idea of chemical castration for pedophiles, whether they be criminal or intellectually deficient individuals, logically and without emotion. I'd like for there to be an absolute ethical answer to this question, but there is not. Who decides whether something is moral and ethical? The victims? The parole boards? The psychiatrists? Society at large? Everyone will have different opinions, and I think we should consider each case contextually, but really, give me a better solution than chemical castration...I'd love to figure out what it is...and be convinced that it is the better solution.

THese are people that RAPE children and you people are talking about side effects. I have worked in places where these offenders end up and let me tell you once they get into an institution they are then preying on the weaker residents. Not only will chemical castration benefit kids but the vulnerable adults that they are co-habitating with in institutions. Side effects are minimal compared to the psychological damage done to victims of sex crimes. Do these people hard wired or not really deserve the benefits of consideration of side effects. Go out and READ stats on all this and you will see by not treating pedophiles we are breeding them.

I think your article is a little off the mark. To say that it is biased is an understatement. Yes, I think we can all agree that we detest child molesters, however, some of your comments are way off base. To suggest that if a child molester were given spare time they would devise schemes to molest is wrong. They do this whether they have time or not. Their brains are hardwired for the activity. If they don't have the time, they will make the time.
In reading your article I am left wondering if you have ever been a victim of such abuse. It would explain your lack of objectivity.
In the future, you might wish to stick to the facts rather than injecting unsupported ramblings. It would make for a much more interesting read.

Im just a young christian man, who wants to wait for his wife and stay sexualy pure, but my sex drive is insane, enough talk where and how can I get these drugs that decrease sexual drive??

My husband and i been married for 25 yrs. We have a disabled child and I know its gotten to the point where he gets frustrated. For the past 2 yrs he has been involved with someone who has been with the whole town it seems. But he says he loves me but has feelings for her. He says he wont ever leave me for her. But it hurts when he does leave once out of the week to be with her. Is there anything he can take as a temporary affect where he goes over there and cant get it up. Maybe he will start thinking this is truly wrong what he is doing and its taking a toll on him. I know u all might think its stupid but if u knew the situation I am in you would understand. Because I do need him. I do love him dearly too. But I am physically unable to handle my children alone. It's embarrassing even asking this but I want to save my marriage. He is loving,physically and mentally to me. Over all the years our sex life has not changed. We are very active in that. And he does so much for me. But I dont want to live like this either. Everyone who knows him cannot believe he is doing this. Any suggestions will help.

I am in favour of any mechanism that reduces the incidence of rape as long as the treatment is NOT left in the hands of the perpetrators.

A slow release system that can be placed 'well under the skin' would be preferable as long as it lasted at least 3 - 6 months so that treatment would only need to be administered on a rare basis requiring few appointments.