In addition to aesthetics, many are attracted to the personalities of kids.

I've been at GC a long time. I have heard many factors cited and have heard many GMs.

But I've never once heard anyone say, "Servility is hawt. When she flinches and rushed to obey its a turn on."

We did have one nutcase who claimed to promote Islamism because he thought it would provide him with a child sex-slave. But he was a nutter and a troll. Had he gone to join the Jihadists he likely would've ended up beheaded because he really didn't seem to understand that you cannot pick and choose when you join up.

And of course it cannot escape notice that he needed to promote even greater parental ownership and even greater adult authority in order to find a culture that might allow him to enjoy that kind of power over kids.

Dante