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Carroll and Wolpe

Introduction to Sexology?

(1996)

Regarding a college level sexology textbook in the U.S.A. I was made aware, ... that there is a college level introductory Sexology textbook, available for sale in the United States.... The target audience of this textbook would be 18 to 21 year olds. The authors of the text book are Carroll and Wolpe and the copyright date is 1996; regrettably I do not, at the moment, have the exact name of the textbook's title, but it may be something like, *Introduction to Sexology*. On the first page of chapter one, entitled "Sex in Other Times and Places," there is a photo of a piece of pottery from ancient Greece showing one of the archetypal scene of a man and a naked boy of, say, 12 years. The man has his right hand on his hip, and his left hand is fondling the boy's small erect penis. Both are smiling. ...

The first chapter of the textbook, I was told, correctly describes man/boy relationships in some historical and anthropological societies. A dozen or more older sexology textbooks in the United States incorrectly describe these same practices as "homosexual" and/or part of "gay" history. I have not yet seen these pages in the new textbook.

Chapter 14 is entitled "Varieties of Sexual Expression." I call attention to a paragraph on page 554, which I reproduce below. I interjected all material in [brackets]; none of the material in [brackets] below is found in this textbook:

start quote: "A number of small organizations in Western countries, usually made up of pedophiles and ephebephiles, argue that man-boy love should be legalized, usually under the pretense of guarding "the sexual rights of children and adolescents" (Okami, 1990)."

"In America, the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) argues for the abolition of age of consent laws. NAMBLA argues that there is a difference between those who simply want to use children for sexual release and those who develop long lasting, often exclusive, and even loving relationships with a single boy."

["use children for sexual release", "long lasting, often exclusive", "a single boy"? Wait a minute! News to me. No where does NAMBLA use such formulations in its position papers and its periodic publications.]

"Suppe (1984) agrees that pederasty among postpubescent boys need not necessarily be harmful [...] (which is not to deny that it often may be). On the other hand, those who work with sexually abused children vehemently deny the claim, pointing to children whose lives were ruined by sex with adults."

Personal Voices 14.4 tells the story of one pedophiliac, a physician, who established emotional and intimate relationships with young boys before being caught and sentenced to a prison term.