Re: Depends on what you mean by 'accepted'

Pretty much forever in your lifetime (and mine), yeah. Pretty much forever, unqualified, far from it.

Oh? With very few exceptions, human parents and parents in the animal kingdom raise and care for their children until the point where the child can fend for themselves (or, in the case of humans post-19th century, to the point society thinks children can fend for themselves.) There have been very few exceptions to this, and almost always the exceptions have been social experiments that failed.

Which is exactly why any progress will come from action, not argument

If there were enough of us to make action worthwhile it would be different, but we (by which I mean self-identified MAPs with an interest in advancing said cause) are such a small minority that any actions we take will be steamrolled by our opposition. Has it been otherwise thus far?

Actually, no, I find that too little selfish. Measuring your quality of life by how many girls you frequent is no less sad when it's a ped who does it as when a teleiophile does it.

Straw man. Who said anything about quantity? I was talking quality time with a girl one loves and adores. Do you understand the difference?

Then that is not a sexual orientation. I easily recognize the sexual attractiveness of Megan Fox or Taylor Lautner but no, I don't wanna do them. When I see a beautiful girl, though, I certainly wanna do her. That doesn't mean it's the only feeling there, but the day that particular feeling is absent, I'll go to the doctor.

Oh, are we playing the 'You're not a True Pedo' (No True Scotsman) game again? Perhaps it means different things to different people, but I think the fundamental of a sexual orientation is not a conscious desire to act but simply the base physiological reaction. I can look at a little girl and get turned on, but that doesn't automatically mean the thought passes through my head of actually getting in bed with her. Also, I'm not attracted to every little girl, even though I may find them pretty. Does that make me less of an MAP? I can find adults attractive too, though it is extremely rare and generally short-lived. But often I can find adults aesthetically beautiful without finding them sexually attractive, in the same way I can find a field of flowers beautiful, which is what i think you meant above. That is not sexual attraction; it's just a recognition of aesthetic appeal.