Pub Date : 1988-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100306
J. Bain, R. Langevin, S. Hucker, R. Dickey, P. Wright, C. Schonberg
Twenty-six pedophiles and 16 nonviolent nonsex offenders were compared on baseline values of Luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone, estradiol, dehydroenpiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) and cortisol. Pedophiles had significantly higher levels of LH and FSH but lower levels of testosterone. There were no significant differences on the remaining hormones. When age and substance abuse were controlled, LH and FSH differences were not statistically significant but testosterone differences remained and pedophiles now had lower levels of cortisol. In a second study, 26 pedophiles and 14 healthy community controls were compared on the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) test. Blood was sampled for LH and FSH at times — 15, 0, 20, 45 and 60 minutes. There were no group differences in baseline values of LH or FSH. Pedophiles, however, showed greater increases in LH (but not FSH) than controls after GnRH injection. Results were similar when age, substance abuse and baseline levels of testosterone were taken into account. The findings suggest that further investigation of pituitary functioning in pedophiles is warranted.
{"title":"Sex hormones in pedophiles","authors":"J. Bain, R. Langevin, S. Hucker, R. Dickey, P. Wright, C. Schonberg","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100306","url":null,"abstract":"Twenty-six pedophiles and 16 nonviolent nonsex offenders were compared on baseline values of Luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone, estradiol, dehydroenpiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) and cortisol. Pedophiles had significantly higher levels of LH and FSH but lower levels of testosterone. There were no significant differences on the remaining hormones. When age and substance abuse were controlled, LH and FSH differences were not statistically significant but testosterone differences remained and pedophiles now had lower levels of cortisol. In a second study, 26 pedophiles and 14 healthy community controls were compared on the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) test. Blood was sampled for LH and FSH at times — 15, 0, 20, 45 and 60 minutes. There were no group differences in baseline values of LH or FSH. Pedophiles, however, showed greater increases in LH (but not FSH) than controls after GnRH injection. Results were similar when age, substance abuse and baseline levels of testosterone were taken into account. The findings suggest that further investigation of pituitary functioning in pedophiles is warranted.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131121737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100303
E. Garnett, C. Nahmias, G. Wortzman, Ron Langevin, R. Dickey
Positron Emission Tomography (PT) scans of the brain were compared in a sexual sadist and two community controls. The participants heard either an erotic audiotape or a sexually neutral tape while penile circumference was monitored. Results showed reliable penile differences between erotic and neutral stimuli. PT results showed that the right hemisphere of the brain was more activated than the left during both types of stimuli but the pattern of activation was not distinct. The erotic stimuli produced greater activation levels but in the same areas of the brain as neutral stimuli. The deep limbic structures of the brain were not especially activated as expected. The sadist differed from the controls in showing more bilateral activation during both types of stimuli but, here too, the same brain sites were activated. Suggestions for future study are discussed.
{"title":"Positron Emission Tomography and sexual arousal in a sadist and two controls","authors":"E. Garnett, C. Nahmias, G. Wortzman, Ron Langevin, R. Dickey","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100303","url":null,"abstract":"Positron Emission Tomography (PT) scans of the brain were compared in a sexual sadist and two community controls. The participants heard either an erotic audiotape or a sexually neutral tape while penile circumference was monitored. Results showed reliable penile differences between erotic and neutral stimuli. PT results showed that the right hemisphere of the brain was more activated than the left during both types of stimuli but the pattern of activation was not distinct. The erotic stimuli produced greater activation levels but in the same areas of the brain as neutral stimuli. The deep limbic structures of the brain were not especially activated as expected. The sadist differed from the controls in showing more bilateral activation during both types of stimuli but, here too, the same brain sites were activated. Suggestions for future study are discussed.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114080068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100307
E. Levitt
A number of social scientists have expressed the view that alternative life style ("swinging") tends to improve marital harmony among those who engage in it. To examine this view, data were collected from a sample of individuals attending an alternative life styles (ALS) convention. The results suggest that a large majority of the respondents were satisfied with their participation in ALS, despite differential effects on marriage. Of those respondants who were married or had been married, 14.1% reported that participation in ALS had helped to keep their marriage together and 16.9% believed that their participation in ALS had resulted in a divorce or separation. The results are interpreted as failing to support the view that ALS participation usually improves marital adjustment. Apparently, ALS behavior is as likely to disrupt a marriage as to improve it.
{"title":"Alternative life style and marital satisfaction: A brief report","authors":"E. Levitt","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100307","url":null,"abstract":"A number of social scientists have expressed the view that alternative life style (\"swinging\") tends to improve marital harmony among those who engage in it. To examine this view, data were collected from a sample of individuals attending an alternative life styles (ALS) convention. The results suggest that a large majority of the respondents were satisfied with their participation in ALS, despite differential effects on marriage. Of those respondants who were married or had been married, 14.1% reported that participation in ALS had helped to keep their marriage together and 16.9% believed that their participation in ALS had resulted in a divorce or separation. The results are interpreted as failing to support the view that ALS participation usually improves marital adjustment. Apparently, ALS behavior is as likely to disrupt a marriage as to improve it.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124454018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100301
R. Langevin, R. Lang, P. Wright, L. Handy, R. Frenzel, Edward L. Black
A total of 279 men were asked about their purchase of erotic magazines, rental of videos and attendance at erotic movies. There were 131 sex offenders and 50 community controls from Alberta and 97 sex offenders from Ontario. In line with results from previous commissions on the subject, community volunteers reported greater exposure to erotica than sex offenders but there were no group differences in regular use of erotica. There were also no group differences in the types of erotica to which the respondents were exposed. The adult female was the main subject of materials to which most men had been exposed. An examination of age, education, intelligence, admission to the offense, and validity scales of the MMPI showed that the best predictor of erotica use was lower intelligence. Of the 15% of sex offenders against children who used erotic materials in their offence, conventional adult female erotica was used, usually to stimulate the child's curiosity. Theories of erotica use in sex offences and methods of study are reviewed.
{"title":"Pornography and sexual offences","authors":"R. Langevin, R. Lang, P. Wright, L. Handy, R. Frenzel, Edward L. Black","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100301","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 279 men were asked about their purchase of erotic magazines, rental of videos and attendance at erotic movies. There were 131 sex offenders and 50 community controls from Alberta and 97 sex offenders from Ontario. In line with results from previous commissions on the subject, community volunteers reported greater exposure to erotica than sex offenders but there were no group differences in regular use of erotica. There were also no group differences in the types of erotica to which the respondents were exposed. The adult female was the main subject of materials to which most men had been exposed. An examination of age, education, intelligence, admission to the offense, and validity scales of the MMPI showed that the best predictor of erotica use was lower intelligence. Of the 15% of sex offenders against children who used erotic materials in their offence, conventional adult female erotica was used, usually to stimulate the child's curiosity. Theories of erotica use in sex offences and methods of study are reviewed.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130340297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100304
R. Langevin, G. Wortzman, R. Dickey, P. Wright, L. Handy
Ninety-one incest perpetrators were compared to 36 nonviolent nonsex offenders for the presence of neuropsychological impairment. The WAIS-R, Halstead-Reitan battery, and CT scans of the brain were used. The sex offenders were also examined for the presence of substance abuse, violence, pedophilia, and biological relationship to the victim. Incest offenders had significantly lower IQ scores than controls but generally were within normal limits. One in eight incest offenders was neuropsychologically impaired on the Reitan battery and one in four showed some CT abnormality, usually in the temporal lobe areas. Incest and offender control groups, however, did not differ significantly in this respect. Neuropsychological impairment among incest offenders was associated with violence and nonbiological relationship to the victim but not with substance abuse or pedophilia. Overall, 3 in 10 incest offenders showed some neuropsychological finding. Results suggest that neuropsychological assessment of incest offenders clinically is worthwhile.
{"title":"Neuropsychological impairment in incest offenders","authors":"R. Langevin, G. Wortzman, R. Dickey, P. Wright, L. Handy","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100304","url":null,"abstract":"Ninety-one incest perpetrators were compared to 36 nonviolent nonsex offenders for the presence of neuropsychological impairment. The WAIS-R, Halstead-Reitan battery, and CT scans of the brain were used. The sex offenders were also examined for the presence of substance abuse, violence, pedophilia, and biological relationship to the victim. Incest offenders had significantly lower IQ scores than controls but generally were within normal limits. One in eight incest offenders was neuropsychologically impaired on the Reitan battery and one in four showed some CT abnormality, usually in the temporal lobe areas. Incest and offender control groups, however, did not differ significantly in this respect. Neuropsychological impairment among incest offenders was associated with violence and nonbiological relationship to the victim but not with substance abuse or pedophilia. Overall, 3 in 10 incest offenders showed some neuropsychological finding. Results suggest that neuropsychological assessment of incest offenders clinically is worthwhile.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133049171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-04-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100207
R. Lang, R. Frenzel
Fifty-two incest and 50 pedophilic offenders, under sentence, were interviewed with respect to verbal and non-verbal strategies used to sexually seduce children. All sex offenders had received in-hospital treatment for six months to one year and were mostly non-defensive about various forms of enticement, exploitation or entrapment, including threats of harm, used to elicit eroticized responses from female children. A sizable number of incest (61%) and pedophilic offenders (58%) confided they felt powerful and in control. One third of men in each group relied on some element of gratuitous violence (e.g., pushing, grabbing, shoving or spanking) to force compliance from unwilling children. Forty-eight (94%) incestuous and thirty-seven (74%) pedophilic men either pretended, or believed, the child enjoyed sexual activity with them. Most sex offenders exhibited stereotypic thinking about sex with children. All incest offenders and nearly half of the pedophiles assaulted children in their own home. The findings point to the slow, but deliberate, ‘grooming process’ used by men who erotically prefer children as sex partners over mature adults. Owing to their vulnerability, all children should be taught safety rules in the context of early sex education that promotes self-disclosure of any inappropriate sexual contact by a stranger, family member or trusted caregiver.
{"title":"How sex offenders lure children","authors":"R. Lang, R. Frenzel","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100207","url":null,"abstract":"Fifty-two incest and 50 pedophilic offenders, under sentence, were interviewed with respect to verbal and non-verbal strategies used to sexually seduce children. All sex offenders had received in-hospital treatment for six months to one year and were mostly non-defensive about various forms of enticement, exploitation or entrapment, including threats of harm, used to elicit eroticized responses from female children. A sizable number of incest (61%) and pedophilic offenders (58%) confided they felt powerful and in control. One third of men in each group relied on some element of gratuitous violence (e.g., pushing, grabbing, shoving or spanking) to force compliance from unwilling children. Forty-eight (94%) incestuous and thirty-seven (74%) pedophilic men either pretended, or believed, the child enjoyed sexual activity with them. Most sex offenders exhibited stereotypic thinking about sex with children. All incest offenders and nearly half of the pedophiles assaulted children in their own home. The findings point to the slow, but deliberate, ‘grooming process’ used by men who erotically prefer children as sex partners over mature adults. Owing to their vulnerability, all children should be taught safety rules in the context of early sex education that promotes self-disclosure of any inappropriate sexual contact by a stranger, family member or trusted caregiver.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124742818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-04-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100202
B. Boat, M. Everson
The anatomical dolls have emerged as a promising, but controversial tool in child sexual abuse investigations to assist young children in describing what has happened to them. However, research on issues of doll usage by professionals, structuring the doll interviews and interpreting children's responses to the dolls has been lacking. The Anatomical Doll Project was designed to address these issues and data from three phases of the Project are presented in this paper. Phase I is a study of various professionals, interpretations of young children's interactions with the dolls. In Phase II interviewing guidelines were developed. Finally, a normative study of of 209 preschool-aged children who have not been referred for sexual abuse was conducted in Phase III to examine curiosity and play behaviors with the dolls.
{"title":"Research and issues in using anatomical dolls","authors":"B. Boat, M. Everson","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100202","url":null,"abstract":"The anatomical dolls have emerged as a promising, but controversial tool in child sexual abuse investigations to assist young children in describing what has happened to them. However, research on issues of doll usage by professionals, structuring the doll interviews and interpreting children's responses to the dolls has been lacking. The Anatomical Doll Project was designed to address these issues and data from three phases of the Project are presented in this paper. Phase I is a study of various professionals, interpretations of young children's interactions with the dolls. In Phase II interviewing guidelines were developed. Finally, a normative study of of 209 preschool-aged children who have not been referred for sexual abuse was conducted in Phase III to examine curiosity and play behaviors with the dolls.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122596861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-04-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100203
M. Schechter, R. Coates
We are currently witnessing a global epidemic of a group of diseases which are known as AIDS and which have in common an underlying profound impairment of the host immune system. The causative agent,human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been identified and testing for antibodies to this virus has demonstrated its spread into many populations around the world. HIV is now known to give rise to a wide clinical spectrum including asymptomatic infection, progressive central nervous system infection, and the fatal immune deficiency termed AIDS. The proportion of HIV-infected persons who will eventually develop AIDS cannot be known with precision at this time although it is likely to be at least 40% and could be as high as 100%. AIDS and HIV have been reported in over half of the countries in the world including the USSR and China. The global distribution follows 3 epidemiologic patterns: that of the developed countries where the virus has primarily affected homosexual/bisexual men and intravenous drug users; that of Central Africa and parts of the Caribbean where it is essentially a heterosexually transmitted disease; and that of Asia and most of Central and South America where the disease is still rare. Although HIV has been recovered from peripheral blood, semen, saliva, tears, alveolar fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, brain tissue, and cervical and vaginal secretions, there is much data to indicate that its modes of spread are limited to sexual, parenteral (i.e. contaminated needles), iatrogenic (i.e. blood and blood products, transplantation, etc.), and perinatal (i.e. mother to offspring). There is now substantial evidence to indicate that casual contact, that is the type of non-sexual personal contact that might occur in the household, school setting, or workplace, does not give rise to HIV transmission. Similarly, transmission of HIV by insect vectors, e.g. mosquitoes, has also been effectively ruled out.
{"title":"Human immunodeficiency virus infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome: A review","authors":"M. Schechter, R. Coates","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100203","url":null,"abstract":"We are currently witnessing a global epidemic of a group of diseases which are known as AIDS and which have in common an underlying profound impairment of the host immune system. The causative agent,human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been identified and testing for antibodies to this virus has demonstrated its spread into many populations around the world. HIV is now known to give rise to a wide clinical spectrum including asymptomatic infection, progressive central nervous system infection, and the fatal immune deficiency termed AIDS. The proportion of HIV-infected persons who will eventually develop AIDS cannot be known with precision at this time although it is likely to be at least 40% and could be as high as 100%. AIDS and HIV have been reported in over half of the countries in the world including the USSR and China. The global distribution follows 3 epidemiologic patterns: that of the developed countries where the virus has primarily affected homosexual/bisexual men and intravenous drug users; that of Central Africa and parts of the Caribbean where it is essentially a heterosexually transmitted disease; and that of Asia and most of Central and South America where the disease is still rare. Although HIV has been recovered from peripheral blood, semen, saliva, tears, alveolar fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, brain tissue, and cervical and vaginal secretions, there is much data to indicate that its modes of spread are limited to sexual, parenteral (i.e. contaminated needles), iatrogenic (i.e. blood and blood products, transplantation, etc.), and perinatal (i.e. mother to offspring). There is now substantial evidence to indicate that casual contact, that is the type of non-sexual personal contact that might occur in the household, school setting, or workplace, does not give rise to HIV transmission. Similarly, transmission of HIV by insect vectors, e.g. mosquitoes, has also been effectively ruled out.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126830710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-04-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100206
Ron Langevin, M. Ben-Aron, P. Wright, V. Marchese, L. Handy
Thirteen sex killers were compared to 13 nonsex killers and 13 nonhomicidal sexually aggressive men on sexual history, substance abuse, history of violence, mental illness and personality, brain pathology and endocrine abnormalities. There were more similarities among the three groups than differences. Among the findings, the presence of transvestism and the early appearance of sadism differentiated the sex killers from the other two groups. Sex killers also killed by strangulation more often than nonsex killers and more often victimized a female stranger. The sex killer was more often diagnosed as ‘antisocial’ personality and ‘sadist’ than the other two groups. They were more often considered psychotic at the time of their offence and more often considered not guilty by reason of insanity. Directions for future research are noted.
{"title":"The sex killer","authors":"Ron Langevin, M. Ben-Aron, P. Wright, V. Marchese, L. Handy","doi":"10.1177/107906328800100206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328800100206","url":null,"abstract":"Thirteen sex killers were compared to 13 nonsex killers and 13 nonhomicidal sexually aggressive men on sexual history, substance abuse, history of violence, mental illness and personality, brain pathology and endocrine abnormalities. There were more similarities among the three groups than differences. Among the findings, the presence of transvestism and the early appearance of sadism differentiated the sex killers from the other two groups. Sex killers also killed by strangulation more often than nonsex killers and more often victimized a female stranger. The sex killer was more often diagnosed as ‘antisocial’ personality and ‘sadist’ than the other two groups. They were more often considered psychotic at the time of their offence and more often considered not guilty by reason of insanity. Directions for future research are noted.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131227397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1988-04-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328800100205
K. Freund, R. Watson, D. Rienzo
Self-reports about patterns of sexual behavior among voyeurs and exhibitionists were examined. Some of their reported experiences were compared with those of other sex offenders and community controls. Four hundred and thirty-seven patients, 92 university student controls and 35 controls with a lower educational level were examined. The self-reports of voyeurs were used to construct a scale for the assessment of voyeurism in co-operative individuals. The self-reports of exhibitionists provided information about the development of their pattern of erotic behavior. It was found that: (a) about one third to one half of the exhibitionists masturbated while exposing and during fantasies about exposing; (b) nearly two thirds of them admitted they had also masturbated in a public place though they knew nobody could see; (c) more than half experience the act of exposing as an invitation to intercourse and about one third as a substitute for intercourse with the target person; (d) the desired reaction from the target person was quite diverse although approximately one third wanted to sexually arouse her, and (e) their inclination to see prostitutes is more likely motivated by the impersonal kind of sexual interaction with prostitutes than by a particular preference for fellatio. The study also confirmed that obscene telephone calling, which occurs also with other anomalous erotic preferences, was connected particularly to exhibitionism.
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