Pedophilia

Pedophilia is the most widely and intensely repudiated of the paraphilias. Pedophiles are men who erotically and romantically prefer children or young adolescents. They are grouped into categories depending on their erotic preferences for boys or girls and for very young, young, or pubertal children. Some pedophiles have highly age-and sex-specific tastes; others are less discriminating. Because the diagnosis of pedophilia requires that for a period of at least 6 months there are recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children, the disorder should not be expected to be present in every person who is guilty of child molestation. Some intrafamilial child abuse occurs more quickly and results from combinations of deteriorated marriages, sexual deprivation, sociopathy, and substance abuse. Child molestation, whether paraphilic or not, is a crime, however. Child molesters show several patterns of erectile responses to visual stimulation in the laboratory. Some have their greatest arousal to children of a specific age, and others respond to both children and adults. Others respond with their greatest arousal to aggressive clues.

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