Letter to the Editor: Effects on Boy-Attracted Pedosexual Males of Viewing Boy Erotica

Is Pedophilia a Sexual Orientation?

“…Some respondents claimed their relationships with children were platonic, suggesting that sexual attraction was not the primary motivation. Other individuals might not have sexual contacts with children, but will view nude or sexually explicit depictions of children (Neutze, Seto, Schaefer, Mundt, & Beier, 2011;Riegel, 2004;Seto et al, 2006). There is little other research exploring the emotional aspects of adult-child contacts, from the adult's perspective.…”

Explanations given by child pornography offenders for their crimes

“…They found that child pornography offenders were significantly more sexually aroused by stimuli depicting children than were contact offenders with either child victims or adult victims. Both Bernard (1985) and Riegel (2004) have also described the overlap between paedophilia and child pornography use. Threequarters of Bernard's sample of 50 self-identified paedophiles reported that they collected photographs of semi-nude or nude children, with a majority indicating that they took the photographs themselves.…”

Kinderpornografie

“…Dem gegenüber steht die Hypothese, dass Personen mit pädo-philer Präferenz Kinderpornografie dazu nutzen, sexuelle Spannung abzubauen, ohne dass es zu einem Kontaktdelikt kommt (Carter et al 1987). In einer anonymen Onlinebefragung von 290 homosexuellen pädophilen Männern (Vorliegen einer Paraphilie gemäß Selbstauskunft) gaben 84 % der Teilnehmer an, dass der Konsum von Kinderpornografie für sie als Ersatz für den realen Kontakt mit einem Kind stehe (Riegel 2004). In diesem Zusammenhang werden zum Teil auch epidemiologische Studien zitiert, die z.…”