# Was Chairman Mao a pedophile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [February 21, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chairman-mao-a-pedophile/681905 "2014-02-21T19:40:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chairman-mao-a-pedophile/681905/21 "2014-02-27T01:27:42Z")
> [@Powers](#): > > Jimmy Carter? Mikhail Gorbachev? Harry Truman? > Powers &8^] FDR? Even Bill Clinton – I never heard of him dipping his wick among the underaged. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chairman-mao-a-pedophile/681905/22 "2014-02-28T14:22:02Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > [Ghandi slept with 17-year old girls, but had no sex with them.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2521/did-mahatma-gandhi-sleep-with-virgins) GANDHI. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chairman-mao-a-pedophile/681905/23 "2014-03-05T10:12:23Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Is there any man who was in a position of power or influence in the 20th century who has not been accused of being a pedophile yet? Dwight D. Eisenhower? Richard M. Nixon? Ronald W. Reagan? Bushes I & II? (You know…just so lefties don’t get all the credit. ;)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chairman-mao-a-pedophile/681905.md?page=1)