Why are there so many pedophiles?

[loyalsister]

57. It's a family issue

That is where it most often occurs. The linked article gives some pretty good information on the link. I also think there is a reasonable argument to be made that the way children are sexualized at a young age is both symptomatic and enabling.

Child sexual abuse impacts more Americans annually than cancer, AIDS, gun violence, LGBT inequality, and the mortgage crisis combined

Here are some statistics that should be familiar to us all, but aren't, either because they're too mind-boggling to be absorbed easily, or because they're not publicized enough. One in three-to-four girls, and one in five-to-seven boys are sexually abused before they turn 18, an overwhelming incidence of which happens within the family. These statistics are well known among industry professionals, who are often quick to add, "and this is a notoriously underreported crime."

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/america-has-an-incest-problem/272459/