Sexual Desire Among an Online Sample of Men Sexually Attracted to Children

Sexual Desire Among an Online Sample of Men Sexually Attracted to Children

Sexual attraction to children occurs in roughly 3 to 9 percent of the population. However, most knowledge about such desires comes from forensic samples, and most studies fail to assess preferred sexual activity and sexual partner. A new multimodal assessment of sexual desire was used to investigate...

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Published in:Journal of child sexual abuse Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 643 - 656
Main Authors: Mitchell, Renae C., Bravo, Alex P., Galupo, M. Paz
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Routledge 18-08-2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Child
Child Abuse, Sexual - statistics & numerical data
child sexual abusecommunity sample
Children
Females
Gender
Humans
Internet
Internet - statistics & numerical data
Male
measurement
Men
Middle Aged
Offending
Pedophilia
Pedophilia - epidemiology
Pedophilia - physiopathology
risk factors
Sex offenders
Sexual behavior
Sexual desire
sexual offending
Sexuality - physiology
Sexuality - statistics & numerical data
risk factors
child sexual abusecommunity sample
measurement
pedophilia
sexual offending
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Summary:Sexual attraction to children occurs in roughly 3 to 9 percent of the population. However, most knowledge about such desires comes from forensic samples, and most studies fail to assess preferred sexual activity and sexual partner. A new multimodal assessment of sexual desire was used to investigate interest in consensual and nonconsensual sex with adults and children in an online sample of men sexually attracted to children (n = 101). Desires were compared across history of sex offending behavior and preferred gender of child victim. Men who have and have not acted on their sexual attractions to children reported similar levels of sexual desire. Men primarily attracted to girls reported greater desire for sex with adults than did men primarily attracted to boys. Results highlight the heterogeneity of men sexually attracted to children as well as possible distinctions across gender of children to whom they are primarily attracted.
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ISSN:1053-8712
1547-0679
DOI:10.1080/10538712.2017.1328476