Sex offender counselor says ‘pedophile’ is a ‘judgmental insult’ that harms minor attracted persons

A Pennsylvania Department of Corrections counselor who works with sex offenders has stoked controversy after defending “minor attracted persons” and complaining that the term “pedophile” is a “judgmental, hurtful insult.“

(Article by Baxter Dmitry republished from NewsPunch.com)

In a video posted to YouTube that has since been clipped and gone viral on Twitter, Miranda Galbreath says pedophiles are “probably the most vilified population of folks in our culture.”

“The term pedophile has moved from being a diagnostic label to being a judgmental, hurtful insult that we hurl at people in order to harm them or slander them,” Galbreath insisted.

“I also like to use person-first language that recognizes that any label we apply to a person is only part of who they are and doesn’t represent everything that they are,” she added.

Asserting that “many minor-attracted persons never act on their attraction,” Galbreath complained that saying mean things about would-be child molesters is harmful to an “already marginalized population.”

? Licensed counselor and sex therapist advocates for “MAPs” (minor attracted persons). She says they are “vilified” and “marginalized” and shouldn’t be referred to as pedophiles pic.twitter.com/Fu5PVF7uwY

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 10, 2022

This licensed therapist works for @PennsylvaniaGov in the Department of Corrections

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 10, 2022

Summit report: Galbreath sought to remove agency from pedophiles, suggesting that their sickness isn’t their own fault and that their sexual perversions should be accepted on the same level as heterosexuality or homosexuality.

“[Minor-attracted person] simply means that the person has an enduring sexual or romantic attraction to minors. They have not chosen this attraction, just as the rest of us have not chosen whatever our attraction is,” Galbreath said.

“You don’t get to choose to be heterosexual or to be gay or whatever you are, and you don’t get to choose to be a minor-attracted person,” she added.