I couldn’t help but wonder how any adult could look at any of these innocent baby girls with lustful thoughts?
Honestly, this is why I write most of my pedophilic, incest, and other taboo stories. (Also, when in Rome, frott the thighs of youths.) Because I kinda wonder what goes through their minds, when they're doing something so incredibly wrong.
There is no acceptable answer, honestly. They're sick, and insane. Their acts are sick, and insane, but there's also a variety of reasons that vary according to the abuser. None of them are healthy, but that's why they have various victimologies, which also fascinates me about the types.
Another thing that's plausibly my own fantasy is the idea that if we understood them better, we would be better at protecting our children from the unthinkable. Unfortunately, it's unthinkable. So, it's a challenge to even think about rationally, when there's so many triggering emotions associated with it.