Brain tumour causes uncontrollable paedophilia

[Paddy]

The sudden and uncontrollable sexual deviance exhibited by a
40-year-old man was caused by an egg-sized brain tumour, his doctors
have told a scientific conference. Once the tumour had been removed,
his sex-obsession disappeared, and he returned home to his wife.

The cancer was located in the right lobe of the orbifrontal cortex,
which is known to be tied to judgment, impulse control and social
behaviour. But neurologists believe it is the first case linking
damage to the region with paedophilia.


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hmmm.....

[Dogbert]

I must have a very severe brain damage case then

[KvHagedorn]

Originally posted by Dogbert
I must have a very severe brain damage case then

Do you mean that you cannot control your pedophilic urges?

[Dogbert]

Why do you think I'm marrying a 1.48m' tall (short) girl ?

[ayoub_ibrahim]

Originally posted by Dogbert
I must have a very severe brain damage case then

me thinks his defense in court would be that he was an idiot!

[Paddy]

hehehe, my other half isn't even 5ft!

[Dogbert]

Hehe, so you're 'suffering' the same case too eh ?

[Paddy]

LOL I changed my avatar just for this thread!

[thop]

[KvHagedorn]

Paddy, that baby would be enough to scare any pedophile straight!

[Paddy]

indeed! Thank god it's not mine! (at least i don't think it is)

[ayoub_ibrahim]

me gets the swabs for dna samples!

[Paddy]

I'm not going near that thing... Have you seen it's lips?

[Dr Mordrid]

Deviant behavior associated with brain tumors is nothing new. Rather common when its in certain parts of the brain. Some become spree killers, some become sociopathic and others start showing sexual behaviorisms.

I can remember a case years ago where we CT scanned a man (CT and/or MRI's are pretty routine in murder cases these days) who had just blown into a rage and killed a stranger on the street with his bare hands.

Sure enough he had a pea-sized lesion in the pre-frontal cortex.

Damage here, be it caused by tumor, injury or accident of birth, can play hell with behavior....even causing all manner of criminal acts. So can some forms of schizophrenia, a disease that many now think may be caused by an inherited predisposition that is triggered by a virus or some other environmental factor.

Dr. Mordrid

[Fat Tone]

Originally posted by Dogbert
I must have a very severe brain damage case then

Am I the only person to finds that "joke" a bit sick? Perhaps being a father of two changes your perspective on these things?