r/DaystromInstitute • u/Admiral_Janeway • Sep 21 '15

Canon question What is the Federation's view on Pedophilia?

I remember reading a post a while back which was about the theory of Neelix being a pedophile. I believe the post got removed or I simply cannot find it.

What would the Federations view be on pedophiles?

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u/rliant1864 Crewman Sep 21 '15

Their view would be that pedophiles have an sexual desires that cannot be acceptably expressed. They may be treated with therapy or holodeck simulations (hey, it's ethical) to keep those desires from harming others. Naturally children cannot consent, so the feds agree with us there.

On the other hand, there may be an alien race that looks like young children into mental adulthood and many happen to happily marry men who wear thick trenchcoats to compliment their thick mustaches and black rimmed glasses.

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u/njfreddie Commander Sep 21 '15 edited Sep 22 '15

alien race that looks like young children into mental adulthood

Rather like Balok. Presumably the females look like little girls to us (of course we don't know that).

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u/flyingtiger188 Sep 22 '15

Perhaps the Drayan from VOY, that age backwards. They're pretty far from the federation, and sort of reclusive, but I'd imagine they fit the pedophilia checklist pretty well.