# Police force teenager to have an erection so they can photograph it.

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**Created:** [July 9, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720 "2014-07-09T17:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/181 "2015-12-17T16:41:45Z")

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Well, seeing it as normal is still a pretty far cry from seeking it out to get your rocks off. I mean, I think ABC Family sitcoms are normal but I don’t beat off to them.

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/182 "2015-12-17T18:33:27Z")

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> [@Sinaptics](#):
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> I’ve heard before that LEOs that have to view things like child pornography have to go through counseling when it’s over as it’s possible for it to become normal to some degree. Not sure if that’s true or not.

> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Well, seeing it as normal is still a pretty far cry from seeking it out to get your rocks off. I mean, I think ABC Family sitcoms are normal but I don’t beat off to them.

Yes, that RNATB, he’s a hardened man. Or maybe just has a broken tuner.

But seriously yes, it’s different things, _becoming jaded_ from repeated exposure to the nastiness, vs. developing a _liking for it. OTOH_\* if _ **there** _ is already\*\*\* the inclination at the start, this would be Miracle-Gro for it.  
At least the minister/priest goes in with the belief/delusion that he’ll have Divine Power preventing him from giving in to the urge. No such excuse in the vice squad.

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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/183 "2015-12-18T16:14:43Z")

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> [@Sinaptics](#):
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> “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”

I was thinking more on the lines of “I’m suppressing and fighting my own pedophile tendencies so much that I’m going to go into law enforcement and join an anti-pedophile task force” situation. But that’s speculation.

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