"5 Ways We Misunderstand Pedophilia (That Makes it Worse)"

"And we are ignorant; pedophilia is almost a total mystery to modern science. We don't know what causes it, or how to prevent it, or how to cure it (short of a form of castration), because the moment a test subject admits they're a pedophile, they're ruined for life. Why would anyone ever come forward? Thus, society's insistence on taking the harshest possible position winds up exacerbating the problem... The thought of pedophilia icks most of us out so much that we pretty much just turn a blind eye and wait for something terrible (and prosecutable!) to happen. The deck is heavily stacked against therapists like Mr. Prescott, who try to make any sort of positive difference"
http://www.cracked.com/article_20981_5-ways-were-making-pedophilia-worse_p5.html