The Uprising Question Here Is Why Are Individuals ( Mostly Men ) Sexually Attracted?

This is common in child sexual abuse as ”Such manipulation can include the process of "grooming" a child—giving gifts, affection, and other treats to a child to create a natural pathway to eventual sexual contact” (Minetor). This goes against the innocence of a child, as it teaches them at a young age, consequently embedding within them a connection with prostitution of oneself in order to get gifts and physical

Many experts agree that pedophiles develop a sexual interest over a long period of time. Most commonly pedophiles are subject to some form of sexual abuse or trauma at a young age. Other common reasons are abuse or some other related problem during sexual development, as a result they develop an interest in children as sexual objects. According to some of the pedophiles arrested they stated that they developed an interest in children as sexual objects as a result of seeing such images over the internet

Categories of paedophile Paedophile is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children, generally age 11 years or younger. Normally paedophile is classified into four categories which are perverted offender, regressed child offender, fixated child offender and naive paedophile(Ramsland, 2012). The first type is perverted. These offenders are interested in molesting and sexually abusing children because they want to physically harm them(Ramsland, 2012).

With the Pandora’s Box opened, we may find ourselves forced to rediscover morality due to our natural tendencies. This does not mean accepting adult-child relationships. Figure 3 indicates if we are serious about protecting children, then that ultimately requires some level of understanding, which is a problem for most because that is dangerously close to compassion. On the contrary, the risk they pose is the very reason why we need to support pedophiles who do not want to become sex offenders. We all want the same thing. We do not want them to offend nor their potential victims to offend. In 2008, Michael Seto, a forensic psychologist, published a book stating that the onset of pedophilia is right around the stages of puberty, as with any other sexual orientation. I believe we can prevent a greater number of victims if we put more energy into early detection and providing support before the first offense occurs, rather than solely relying on punishment after the fact. We need to be thinking about the children that pedophiles once were and catch them at their vulnerable stages, which are during puberty. There we can find a sense of compassion and support to want to help. In 2014, Margo Kaplan, an associate professor at Rutgers School of Law, wrote an op-ed in New York Times stating that pedophilia is neurologically rooted, supporting Cantor’s research.

There has been much debate about why people commit sexual crimes. As far as to what causes people to become sex offenders, there is no real answer to this question. No single factor can fully interpret why someone commits a sexual offense, though it is believed that some combination of factors may combine to increase sexual deviancy dramatically. These factors include biological, circumstantial, environmental, and sociocultural aspects of the person, describing the development of abnormal sexual expression through the same mechanisms by which conventional sexuality is also learned (Terry and Tallon). There are a number of sub-theories which have been designed to explain the onset of sexual deviancy. However, because no one can pinpoint the dynamics of sexual deviancy, different theories have been developed to study and account for the development of sexual aggression and behavior. An explanation of the main theories is offered below:

Masturbation and the sexualization of minors was seen as evil, and sinful, and as a result, society tried to curb these ailments through genital mutation of both sexes. However, while minors being seen as sexual beings was taboo, at the same time, child sexual abuse occurred commonly behind closed doors. Child prostitution and pornography flourished during this period, as well as slave owners frequently used rape and sexual abuse to crush the spirit of young African-American girls. Similarly, in the 20th century, many popular stories pushed the idea that young girls were capable of willingly ‘seducing’ older men who were ‘helpless’ and unable to resist the temptation. Likewise, stories such as “Greek Love” by J.Z. Eglinton put forth the idea that boys who were forced into relationships with much older men were simply being prepared for sexual experiences in adulthood. Society often contradicts itself even today. Its said children should not be exploited sexually, yet child pornography thrives and is sought after, child sexual abuse is rampant, victims of CSA are often belittled in court while their abusers are believed and protected; as well television often portrays teenagers, particularly young girls, in “seductive” and sexual ways. While incest has mostly been seen as universally taboo and has been stigmatized, the sexualization of children has often been used to rationalize incest and child sexual

Although irrational, many of these drives originated during childhood. According to this theory a child’s first six years of life is divided into three stages. These three stages, characterized by a type of sexual pleasure, are as follows, oral stage, anal stage, and phallic stage. Oral stage is present during infancy. It holds the idea that the mouth is the erotic body part. The anal stage, present throughout toddlerhood, holds the idea that the anus is the erotic body part. The last stage, phallic stage, is present during the preschool years. This stage holds the idea that the child’s libido declares his or her genitalia as their erogenous zone. After these three stages there is latency, and then genital stage (Berger, 2008).

Most psychological research on the personalities of pedophiles consists of only clinical descriptions and case presentations. Bell and Hall represented the clinical approaches to the study of the personalities of pedophiles. They analyzed the dreams of a pedophiles and made suggestions about their characteristics. “ The inference from their case report was that pedophiles have a basic character disorder shown by schizoid and passive traits as well as a severe dread of adult sexuality.”(Bell & Hall 1971).

Although the disorder is categorized into many different types of specific paraphilia, the characteristics of the illness are often very similar. At first, the disorder may seem like a regular fetish or a sexual fantasy of an individual. However, if an individual is going through guilt, distress, depression, or any sense of immorality from his/her particular interest, the signs of the Paraphilic disorder becomes more explicit. As the individual relieves himself/herself from engaging in paraphilic behaviors, he/she becomes addicted to the cycle. Thus, being diagnosed with Paraphilic disorder. Sometimes, paraphilic subjects may deny that they have paraphilic symptoms or behaviors. But such motivation to deny engaging in paraphilic behavior is

Pedophilia is one of several psychological dispositions referred to as paraphilias. Paraphilia is a condition where sexual arousal is dependent on fantasizing about engaging in sexual behavior considered atypical or extreme (Psychology Today, 2014). Pedophilia and other paraphilia are viewed as mental illness that is abnormal, distasteful, weird, kinky and totally unacceptable by most people (Psychology Today, 2014).

Based off of the Comer’s textbook Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology, he defines a disorder as following the three D's: distress, deviance, dysfunction, and danger. Pedophilia is a deviance from societal norms due to the fact that wanting to have sexual relations with a child is not something that occurs in day-to-day life by the rest of society. It causes distress in the individual's life because they struggle with the urge to act upon their fantasies when knowing that what they are doing is wrong. Because of their distress it leads to dysfunction and them being able to carry-on their daily activities because of the constant urge to want to act out. Lastly the disorder causes danger not only for the victim that the individual wants to pursue, but also on the individual themselves. If the victim is sexually assaulted by the individual with that paraphilia, there can be long-lasting effects on their lives and the victim will need therapy to attempt to move on and heal themselves. The individual with pedophilia faces danger because they are putting themselves at risk of being arrested, being imprisoned, and such things of that

There are many different types of paraphilias, including pedophilia and necrophilia. Pedophilia is the sexual attraction or sexual gratification gained by an individual when they sexually engage with children or young, prepubescent individuals. Necrophilia is the sexual attraction or sexual gratification gained by an individual when they engage in intercourse with a corpse. Both paraphilias are socially shunned and deemed morally wrong for good reason. They are similar in that they both involve nonconsenting parties. Although a child may “consent” to the activity, their age makes them unfit to understand the situation and why it is inappropriate, therefore they will always be nonconsenting. Both a pedophile and a necrophile may gain sexual

However, because there are such violations of children taking place there must be a system set up that protects and serve children. One of the most shameful thoughts in my judgement is that of a parent(s) or guardian behaving as though that children are their property, and can be disposed of as such. Children are not something that is replaceable like a house, animals, money or other material possessions. Children although this is happening, are not to be sold for profit or to settle a debt. Parent(s) and or guardian(s) have a life in their hands and the rearing of that child or children effects the rest of their

There are many categories of sexual abuse, which include incest, pedophilia, exhibitionism, molestation, sex (statutory rape), sexual sadism, and child pornography. It is estimated that approximately three hundred thousand children are involved in child prostitution and pornography. Many times men or woman who abuse children were abused when they were young. In this way, abuse is very much a self-fulfilling prophesy, or circle problem. Historically, sexual abuse was not as much of a problem as it is in modern times. Incidences of sexual abuse are highest in urbanized, technologically advanced societies. We hold this to be self-evident because the basic need of sexual drive is denied a constructive outlet in modern society. In other cultures and times, prostitution was a valid form of employment, and this niche provided an integral outlet for connoisseurs of sex (ex. Nymphomaniacs.) Without this vent, men with sexual frustration may turn to the less reactive child as sexual prey. Due to the black market prostitution of children, a twelve-year-old boy can earn upwards of a thousand dollars per day selling himself on the streets of Los Angeles.

Most people consider pedophiles to be anyone who has committed a sex offense against a child and that all pedophiles will commit this offense. In both cases that is, at best, a half truth. The DSM-5, which is a tool that outlines the diagnostic criteria for a given disorder, defines pedophilic disorder as, “a paraphilia involving intense and recurrent sexual urges towards and fantasies about prepubescent children that have either been acted upon or which cause the person with the attraction distress or interpersonal difficulty.” With the latter half of this definition, we begin to open up to the idea that there are those who have sexual interests in children who have had no form of inappropriate contact with a child, but rather just have their daily life affected by the feelings that they are having toward