http://ccoso.org/newsletter/whymolest.html , According to this source...
This is obviously a very simple version of why grown people do sexual things with children, but it is also quite accurate. Many people like the way this formulation makes the offender completely responsible. But what about saying he's not sick? How can that be? How COULD a person do such a thing unless he was "sick?"
The answer is obvious, if we're unafraid to look at it. Simply put, adult sexual attraction to children is biologically natural. (i.e. found in nature) It's part of biological sexuality. Various societies have acknowledged this in one way or another. An ancient Sumerian poem for example, tells about a young male god's attraction to a female child he sees bathing in a stream. He tells her how much he wants to posses her sexually but she asks him to wait till she is older because her vagina is too small and it will hurt. Unwilling to delay his pleasure, he takes her by force. (Florence Rush - "Sexual Abuse of Children - The Best Kept Secret.")
....the existence of all these rules and severe punishments seems to imply that although sexual activity between adults and children is highly undesirable, left to our own devices, many of us would do it anyway. Otherwise, why would we need all those rules and punishments to keep us in line?
This theory is supported by responses to an anonymous questionnaire Briere and Runtz administered to 193 male college students. Many (21%) acknowledged sexual thoughts about children. (Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. 1989 13(1)) Some said they masturbated to these fantasies, and 7% thought they would act on their fantasies if they could be sure of remaining undiscovered.
Needless to say I am shocked, especially regarding the "193 college male students" study. What do you guys think of the article?