The appeal to pedophilia?

Guybrush · 11-26-2011, 06:18 PM

Wikipedia mentions several possible risk factors in developing pedophilia.

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Several researchers have reported correlations between pedophilia and certain psychological characteristics, such as low self-esteem and poor social skills. Cohen et al. (2002), studying child sex offenders, states that pedophiles have impaired interpersonal functioning and elevated passive-aggressiveness, as well as impaired self-concept. Regarding disinhibitory traits, pedophiles demonstrate elevated psychopathy and propensity for cognitive distortions. According to the authors, pathologic personality traits in pedophiles lend support to a hypothesis that such pathology is related to both motivation for and failure to inhibit pedophilic behavior.

According to Wilson and Cox (1983), "The paedophiles emerge as significantly higher on Psychoticism, Introversion and Neurotocism than age-matched controls. [But] there is a difficulty in untangling cause and effect. We cannot tell whether paedophiles gravitate towards children because, being highly introverted, they find the company of children less threatening than that of adults, or whether the social withdrawal implied by their introversion is a result of the isolation engendered by their preference i.e., awareness of the social approbation and hostility that it evokes" (p. 324).

Studying child sex offenders, a review of qualitative research studies published between 1982 and 2001 concluded that pedophiles use cognitive distortions to meet personal needs, justifying abuse by making excuses, redefining their actions as love and mutuality, and exploiting the power imbalance inherent in all adult-child relationships.[58] Other cognitive distortions include the idea of "children as sexual beings," "uncontrollability of sexuality," and "sexual entitlement-bias."

One review of the literature concludes that research on personality correlates and psychopathology in pedophiles is rarely methodologically correct, in part owing to confusion between pedophiles and child sex offenders, as well as the difficulty of obtaining a representative, community sample of pedophiles. Seto (2004) points out that pedophiles who are available from a clinical setting are likely there because of distress over their sexual preference or pressure from others. This increases the likelihood that they will show psychological problems. Similarly, pedophiles recruited from a correctional setting have been convicted of a crime, making it more likely that they will show anti-social characteristics.

While not causes of pedophilia themselves, childhood abuse by adults or comorbid psychiatric illnesses — such as personality disorders and substance abuse — are risk factors for acting on pedophilic urges. Blanchard, Cantor, and Robichaud (2006) noted about comorbid psychiatric illnesses that, "The theoretical implications are not so clear. Do particular genes or noxious factors in the prenatal environment predispose a male to develop both affective disorders and pedophilia, or do the frustration, danger, and isolation engendered by unacceptable sexual desires — or their occasional furtive satisfaction — lead to anxiety and despair?" They indicated that, because they previously found mothers of pedophiles to be more likely to have undergone psychiatric treatment, the genetic possibility is more likely.

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.. And I also believe being a catholic priest is a risk factor

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Some more info!

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Although what causes pedophilia is not yet known, beginning in 2002, researchers began reporting a series of findings linking pedophilia with brain structure and function: Pedophilic (and hebephilic) men have lower IQs, poorer scores on memory tests, greater rates of non-right-handedness, greater rates of school grade failure over and above the IQ differences, lesser physical height, greater probability of having suffered childhood head injuries resulting in unconsciousness, and several differences in MRI-detected brain structures. They report that their findings suggest that there are one or more neurological characteristics present at birth that cause or increase the likelihood of being pedophilic. Evidence of familial transmittability "suggests, but does not prove that genetic factors are responsible" for the development of pedophilia.

Another study, using structural MRI, shows that male pedophiles have a lower volume of white matter than a control group.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has shown that child molesters diagnosed with pedophilia have reduced activation of the hypothalamus as compared with non-pedophilic persons when viewing sexually arousing pictures of adults. A 2008 functional neuroimaging study notes that central processing of sexual stimuli in heterosexual "paedophile forensic inpatients" may be altered by a disturbance in the prefrontal networks, which "may be associated with stimulus-controlled behaviours, such as sexual compulsive behaviours." The findings may also suggest "a dysfunction at the cognitive stage of sexual arousal processing."

Blanchard, Cantor, and Robichaud (2006) reviewed the research that attempted to identify hormonal aspects of pedophiles. They concluded that there is some evidence that pedophilic men have less testosterone than controls, but that the research is of poor quality and that it is difficult to draw any firm conclusion from it.

lucifer_sam · 11-26-2011, 06:59 PM

The Catholicism thing could easily be traced to homophobic repression of sexuality -- it was (and is) not uncommon for devoutly Catholic parents to urge effeminate boys to pursue the clergy as a means to "control" their emergent sexuality. It's pretty twisted parenting, when you think about it.

The sooner Catholicism embraces homosexuals (as many Protestant denominations have done), the better.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 11-27-2011, 08:54 AM

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I think it's the same with necrophiles and pyromaniacs and murderers. Or probably even the same as people who enjoy sex in public, SM or Sex with animals.
Some twisted 'error' in their brains. Sometimes born that way, sometimes triggered by certain experiences in the past.

Nevertheless, I think in a lot of people's minds there's quite a lot going on that really definitely has to remain a fantasy. I think in a lot of cases it has more to do with the question whether a person can behave himself, than the actual sexual preference.

This, of course, is speculation.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 11-27-2011, 09:13 AM

The above post is for s_k, I liked how I picked up a Lady Gaga reference.

But I am taking this seriously. I definitely think that there are a lot of broken souls from awful upbringings that can wind up being pedophiles. Sexual abuse as a child can definitely trigger inappropriate behaviours/understandings which can result in sexual instability for some.

s_k · 11-27-2011, 09:48 AM

Lol, being born that way definitely isn't an excuse. Just perhaps a reason or an explanation. The question remains; "What's the appeal?".

Eitherway. I haven't got a clue what you're on about was I haven't got a clue about the music lady gaga makes, but the image sure looks funny ;D

Queen Boo · 11-29-2011, 07:37 AM

Contrary to popular belief, there are people who are sexually attracted to children and do not act on it. They can't help the thoughts and urges that they have but they realize how screwed up it is. They would never hurt a kid, can't even look at pictures of it because they know that those children are experience things that are very harmful to them, but perhaps they wank off to a drawing once in a while and then get on with their lives. These people cannot help their urges and if they were to tell anybody about them, they would mostlikely receive zero sympathy. They wish they were normal but they aren't.

Whenever I'm on 4chan and I see drawings of this nature, I think of the poor people made slaves by their own bodies and fighting their urges out of selflessness. Chester Molesters, Humbert Humberts and the like need jail time but they also need rehabilitation. Even those too weak or selfish to fight off the urges need help. People that are attracted to children need help and I feel really bad for them.

Men that fall for a woman when she's young and then stop being attracted to her as she ages make me sick though. I guess they can't help it either but they do. And they make me really scared that the quality of my relationships will be dependent on the perkiness of my tits.
I read an article Gavin Mcinnes wrote about To Catch a Predator that not only made my points about pedophilia way better than I ever could but set my mind at ease about my tits sagging. I'm on my phone but I'll try to post it.

lucifer_sam · 11-29-2011, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Lol, being born that way definitely isn't an excuse. Just perhaps a reason or an explanation. The question remains; "What's the appeal?".

Eitherway. I haven't got a clue what you're on about was I haven't got a clue about the music lady gaga makes, but the image sure looks funny ;D

I don't think they are.

I think there's probably a miscue that happens during their sexual development that forever imbalances them (whether that's sexual abuse by the hands of a predator or simply premature sexual activity), and their subconscious reflection on that experience is probably what leads them to hunger after younger children.

I know I was subject to some pretty piss-poor parenting when the subject of sex reared its head, and it definitely affected my own sexual development. But thankfully I was never a victim of child abuse. That would have been horrifying.

SIRIUSB · 11-29-2011, 10:27 AM

Interesting from Wiki:

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The Royal College of Psychiatrists stated in 2007:
“Despite almost a century of psychoanalytic and psychological speculation, there is no substantive evidence to support the suggestion that the nature of parenting or early childhood experiences play any role in the formation of a person's fundamental heterosexual or homosexual orientation. It would appear that sexual orientation is biological in nature, determined by a complex interplay of genetic factors and the early uterine environment. Sexual orientation is therefore not a choice.

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Garcia-Falgueras and Swaab state in the abstract of their 2010 study:
"The fetal brain develops during the intrauterine period in the male direction through a direct action of testosterone on the developing nerve cells, or in the female direction through the absence of this hormone surge. In this way, our gender identity (the conviction of belonging to the male or female gender) and sexual orientation are programmed or organized into our brain structures when we are still in the womb. There is no indication that social environment after birth has an effect on gender identity or sexual orientation."

11-26-2011, 06:59 PM	#42 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	The Catholicism thing could easily be traced to homophobic repression of sexuality -- it was (and is) not uncommon for devoutly Catholic parents to urge effeminate boys to pursue the clergy as a means to "control" their emergent sexuality. It's pretty twisted parenting, when you think about it. The sooner Catholicism embraces homosexuals (as many Protestant denominations have done), the better. __________________ first.am

11-27-2011, 09:13 AM	#44 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	The above post is for s_k, I liked how I picked up a Lady Gaga reference. But I am taking this seriously. I definitely think that there are a lot of broken souls from awful upbringings that can wind up being pedophiles. Sexual abuse as a child can definitely trigger inappropriate behaviours/understandings which can result in sexual instability for some. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

11-27-2011, 09:48 AM	#45 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	Lol, being born that way definitely isn't an excuse. Just perhaps a reason or an explanation. The question remains; "What's the appeal?". Eitherway. I haven't got a clue what you're on about was I haven't got a clue about the music lady gaga makes, but the image sure looks funny ;D __________________ Click here to see my collection