Hebephilia Plethysmographica: A Partial Rejoinder to Blanchard et al. (2008)

Janssen, Diederik F.

doi:10.1007/s10508-009-9479-5

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“…Many critiques of hebephilia have suggested that it is based on a North American view of acceptable sexual partners and that in many cultures men have sexual relations with pubescent children. In fact, according to these researchers hebephilia might have been evolutionarily adaptive (Franklin, 2009;Janssen, 2009;Green, 2010). It is of note that similar arguments have been made in relation to pedophilia (e.g., Green, 2002).…”

Section: Implications For Clinical Sexologymentioning

confidence: 75%

“…Pathological arguments. In addition to legal arguments, it has been claimed that a diagnosis of hebephilia in DSM-5 would pathologize sexual interests that do not conform to societal norms (e.g., Janssen, 2009). Similarly, others have argued that hebephilia is based on a Western notion of the appropriate age of sexual partners, which varies cross-culturally (Green, 2010;Wakefield, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Hebephilic Sexual Interests In Sexual Offenders

Stephens¹

2021

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Hebephilia refers to a sexual interest for pubescent children in Tanner Stage 2 or 3 of sexual development (i.e., early stages of secondary sex development; Blanchard, Lykins, et al., 2009). Hebephilia was recently proposed as a standalone diagnosis, alongside pedophilia, in the main diagnostic manual used by clinicians in Canada and the United States to diagnose mental health disorders, which ignited considerable controversy in the field. The dissertation examined the validity of hebephilia as a construct through three interrelated studies utilizing a large sample of sexual offenders from a Sexual Behaviours Clinic (n = 2,238). Study 1 examined the convergent validity of hebephilia in a sample of admitters and deniers. There was convergence among self-report, sexual behaviour, and sexual arousal indicators of hebephilia. Further, there was considerable overlap between pedophilia (i.e., sexual interest in prepubescent children) and hebephilia. Study 2 and Study 3 examined the association between hebephilia and sexual offending. Hebephilia is arguably most pertinent to furthering our understanding of sexual offending against children, as one could not act on this sexual interest legally without committing a sexual offence against a child. Study 2 examined concurrent validity by examining the role of hebephilia in sexual victim choice. Similar to pedophilia, hebephilia was associated with a greater number of victims under the age of 15. Further, hebephilia was associated with an increased likelihood of victim age polymorphism (i.e., having victims in other age ranges). Finally, Study 3 examined a subsample of offenders assessed at the Sexual Behaviours Clinic (n = 656) whose criminal records were coded and analyzed in order to assess the predictive validity of hebephilia. Both pedophilia and hebephilia were associated with an increased likelihood of sexual non-contact recidivism, after controlling for time at risk. Based on their high degree of overlap and similar correlates, the major conclusion of this dissertation is that pedophilia and hebephilia are more similar than they are different. Results are discussed within the context of the debate on whether hebephilia is a mental health disorder and the implications for the assessment and risk management of sexual offenders.

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confidence: 75%

Section: Legal Argumentsmentioning

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Hebephilic Sexual Interests In Sexual Offenders

Stephens¹

2021

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“…A series of Letters-to-the-Editor criticized the Blanchard et al (2009) study (DeClue, 2009;Franklin, 2009;Green, 2010;Janssen, 2009;Kramer,2011;Moser,2009;Plaud, 2009;Tromovitch, 2009;Zander, 2009). Criticisms were methodological, conceptual, and extra-scientific.…”

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Hebephilia as Mental Disorder? A Historical, Cross-Cultural, Sociological, Cross-Species, Non-Clinical Empirical, and Evolutionary Review

Rind¹,

Yuill

2012

Arch Sex Behav

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“…It was the leap from description to proposed diagnosis that provoked vigorous protest. This proposal prompted seven rebuttals (DeClue, 2009;Franklin, 2009b;Janssen, 2009;Moser, 2009;Plaud, 2009;Tromovitch, 2009;Zander, 2009) raising a host of concerns, including methodological problems, doubts about the construct's validity, and fears about the legal and public policy implications of pathologizing such a common human condition.…”

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Hebephilia: Quintessence of diagnostic pretextuality

Franklin¹

2010

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Hebephilia is an archaic term used to describe adult sexual attraction to adolescents. Prior to the advent of contemporary sexually violent predator laws, the term was not found in any dictionary or formal diagnostic system. Overnight, it is on the fast track toward recognition as a psychiatric condition meriting inclusion in the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This article traces the sudden emergence and popularity of hebephilia to pressure from the legal arena and, specifically, to the legal mandate of a serious mental abnormality for civil commitment of sex offenders. Hebephilia is proposed as a quintessential example of pretextuality, in which special interests promote a pseudoscientific construct that furthers an implicit, instrumental goal. Inherent problems with the construct's reliability and validity are discussed. A warning is issued about unintended consequences if hebephilia or its relative, pedohebephilia, make their way into the DSM-5, due out in 2013.

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Hebephilia Plethysmographica: A Partial Rejoinder to Blanchard et al. (2008)

Cited by 6 publications

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Hebephilic Sexual Interests In Sexual Offenders

Hebephilic Sexual Interests In Sexual Offenders

Hebephilia as Mental Disorder? A Historical, Cross-Cultural, Sociological, Cross-Species, Non-Clinical Empirical, and Evolutionary Review

Hebephilia: Quintessence of diagnostic pretextuality

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