I think it's a mental illness and should stay classified as one. If 'virtuous' pedophiles are so virtuous and don't want to offend, why do so many of them seem to shoot down suggestions like getting therapy, or taking libido-suppressing antidepressants to control their urges? Seriously, I've seen so many pedos argue that they can't go to therapy because...why? I hear that they're afraid of therapists telling the police or something, but pedophilia isn't a crime, and even so, therapists aren't required or even really allowed (at least in the US) to report unless they have good reason to believe that a person is going to offend against, say a kid. I feel like DBT or other forms of therapy that focus on staying grounded in reality might really help someone who wants to be helped, but I think that's the problem. Most pedos I've seen who announce that don't want help. They want acceptance a la the LGBT, to remove their 'sexuality' from the DSM, to push the normalization of sexually abusive 'relationships' with kids, or the legalization of sex abuse material (CP).
I don't think it's a good idea to resort to drawn depictions of children, normalizing the idea of children as sex objects just seems like it'd lead to further degeneracy, up to and beyond actual CP. That being said, I don't believe drawings of any kind should ever be illegal unless they're actually breaking the law. (threatening someone, using real CP, etc) And, I'm not a doctor, so at the end of the day, my opinions don't mean shit.