Wouldn't normalization and acceptance of pedophilia make actual abuse of children more likely? I mean wouldn't normalizing pedophilia make pedophiles more likely to act on their urges?
Depends on what you mean by normalizing. Does normalizing depression and grief, understanding that people feel bad emotions, that it's not their fault, that we can socially and (if necessary) medically help people through hard times, make suicide more likely? Does it make people who are hurting more likely to act on harmful thoughts? Or does it make them more able to seek professional or social help, more able to talk to friends during hard times, more able to google phone numbers for support services, and so on?
What I'm pro-normalizing is an anti-contact ideology that understands the reality of the issue, the unchosen nature of it, and the fact that it doesn't mean that a person will harm somebody. Think of it as similar to me being for allowing somebody to come to me and say "I'm feeling suicidal, I'm not going to act on it, I can't or don't want to see a therapist right now, but I really need to get this off my chest." and me saying "Please don't kill or harm yourself. Here are some techniques to help. If it gets too bad, please see a therapist. I'm here to listen non-judgmentally and offer advice where I can."
As a suicidal person myself, I know that I don't need to constantly be in a doctor's office to stop me ending it (having informed and kind people in your life to talk to is just as important to daily survival, if not more so, as having informed and kind professionals) - I need friends to talk to who are going to be able to tell what's too far for me, who are going to listen, who aren't going to freak out, etc. Having that is going to make me less likely to act on suicidal ideation, not more, and I believe the same is true for MAPs.
