# Growth hormone disorders and pedophilia **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 26, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growth-hormone-disorders-and-pedophilia/358285 "2006-05-26T03:34:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growth-hormone-disorders-and-pedophilia/358285/41 "2006-05-28T00:35:05Z")
> [@Twotwofive](#): > > It hardly seems worth responding to this, but in the hope of preventing this thread becoming yet another argument about semantics, I thought I’d just state the bleeding obvious and point out that while various people (law enforcement, specifically) have legitimate reasons for looking at child porn (I believe PT’s excuse was child abuse “research”), most people who look at pornographic material of any sort do it for kicks - especially something like child porn, which is likely to be extremely disturbing and distasteful to anyone who doesn’t find it titillating. And besides, I assume that the exhibition that you mention didn’t contain anything that it would be illegal to own. Well, I did knowingly go to an exhibit of pictures of prostitutes and people living in whorehouses, and the little girls were painted up and costumed up and doing the exact same poses as the older females including some pairs and trios doing the same posed scenes. Granted, I did it more from an interest in 1800s photography more than anything, but there was a sign at the entrance of the exhibition room stating that the pictures were graphic. Though I will confess do enjoy well laid out artwork and the photographer in question did do very nice clear poses, very nice light and shadow work, and very good quality images - not blurry, or out of focus, or any of the normal bad technique that came from the limits of the medium. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growth-hormone-disorders-and-pedophilia/358285.md?page=2)