Is he mentally ill?

Most cases—know victim

Boys are more likely to be abused in public and by strangers

Brother-sister is most common and not always harmful

• Brother-sister is most common and not always harmful

• Father-daughter is second most common-

• Younger daughters—more socially inept, dependent fathers

• Older daughters—more authoritarian, angry fathers

• Fathers who are actively involved in child care are less likely to abuse

• General family disruption—conflict, abuse, alcoholism

Recurrent intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, and behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubertal child

• Recurrent intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, and behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubertal child

• Nearly all pedophiles are male; 2/3 of victims are girls

• Pedophiles are more likely to believe that children benefit from sexual contact

• Begins in adolescence and persists over a person’s life

• Tend to be shy, introverted, yet still desire to have mastery or control over someone

How common?

• How common?

• Definitions vary and way info is gathered varies, leaving wide estimates in how common this is.

• Somewhere between 14% and 25% of women in US are raped in their lifetimes. Reported rapes are 20x greater than Japan, 13x greater than GB

• Types of rape—

• Stranger—4%
• Spouse—9% (often a part of other violence in the home, rarely reported, marital rape exemption laws have all been repealed in this country)
• Acquaintance—19%
• Know well—22%
• In love with—46%

• Some studies have found rates of 80% by acquaintance or known person—these #s are hard to call because they may not perceive themselves as victims.

• Perhaps 5-16% of acquaintance rapes are reported.

1) Might not fit her idea of what a real rape is, even though she still feels the trauma

• 1) Might not fit her idea of what a real rape is, even though she still feels the trauma

• 2) Might blame herself or be aware that others will

• 3) Might not recall incident well because of alcohol or drug use

• 4) Mistrust of police or legal system

• 5) Fear reprisals from rapist, his friends or his family

• 6) Fear publicity

Both.

• Both.

• 1970s—big thing about power, but sex seems to be a part of it

• Victims tend to be in teens/early 20s
• Rapists cite sexual motives
• Rapists share similarities with some of the paraphilias

60% are under 25

• 60% are under 25

• Hypersexual peer group

• Sexually active, but actually know little about sex

• Low SES

• Prior criminal record

• Accepting of rape myths

• Date rapists—tend to be more middle to upper middle class

• Poor cognitive appraisal of women (believe women lie)

• Poor social and communication skills

• Impulsive

• Sexually aroused by depictions of rape

• May have hx of sexual abuse

• Use strength to get what they want

Difficult to treat successfully

• Difficult to treat successfully

• Meta-analyses show modest effects

• Cognitive-behavioral techniques are most effective

• Nonpedophile child molesters and exhibitionists respond better than pedophiles and rapists

Repetitive, planned activity rather than a single event

• Repetitive, planned activity rather than a single event

• Immediately after—trouble sleeping, crying, fear of being alone, fear of sex, eating problems, headaches, irritability, withdrawn

• Distress peaks about 3 wks after, stays high for a month, then begins to decline

• Physical trauma combines with psychological factors (rape trauma syndrome)

• PTSD

• Negative impact on victim’s intimate relationships

• STDs

Human sexual response

• Human sexual response

• Masters and Johnson

• Vasocongestion

• Myotonia

• 4 stages—Excitement, Plateau, Orgasm, Resolution

• Model was missing a cognitive piece—most sex researchers now consider a desire phase
• Disorders can occur in desire, excitement, or orgasm or pain

• Laumann, Paik, and Rosen (1999)

• 43% of women and 31% of men (18-59) experience sexual problems for women, problems decrease with age, except problems with lubrication
• for men, problems with decreased desire and erection increase with age
• pre and post marital (divorced, separated, widowed) increased risk for problems
• higher educational attainment is negatively corr. with sex problems for men and women

Lack of desire or interest/aversion to sex, increasing in frequency over past generation

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