In consensual pedosexual relations children not only partizipate, but often even initiate sex. It is in no way only the adult who takes the initiative.
Sandfort points out that we have to distinguish here two things - the initiative for the first contact and the initiative for the following contacts.
The initiative for the first contact comes much more often from the adult. But, nonetheless, some children also initiate sex. Often such children already have had other sexual experiences, but not necessarily.
The results about the participation of children, but also about the sexual initiative in ongoing relations (below) show that this is not caused by an absence of interest of the child, but an absence of sexual knowledge.
Thus, the question who has taken the initiative for the first contact is not a criterion for evaluating a relation. It does not prove that the child was not interested in the sexual part of the relation.
During an ongoing relation the picture changes, and the child also often takes the initiative.
In Sandforts study of 25 ongoing pedosexual relations there was shown an obvious shift - the first contact was more often initiated by the adult, but for the contacts at the moment of investigation the distribution was much more equal.
Now some experiences mostly about the begin of the relation. We don't want to prove that in most cases the child initiates the relation. This is nonsense. But, even a few number of such experiences shows that the widely distributed opinion that the minor never initiates the sex is nonsense.
From an alt.sex.intergen posting:
>The fact that you actually, truly believe that there are children who want >to have a sexual relationship shows how credible you are.Obviously you do not know what you are talking about. You have not had an 11 year old boy ask you if you'd follow him, and lead you to a place where he proceeded to feel your genitals. You anve not had an 11 year old boy (the same boy) ask to be fellated and, when you say no, repeat the request every time he saw you until you did it. You have not talked to people who tell you they were masturbating at 6 and looking to have sex at 9. You have not... but I have.
The Yankee
On occasions, it is definitely the boy who takes the initiative in starting something sexual with an adult. This really happened to me about 35 years ago.
anonymous
"Jason A. Ruiz" writes:
not that I apporove of sex with children...BUT I remember being very sexualy inquisitive (for lack of a better word) as young as 6 years old.... I came from a functional family was not not beat, molested or mentally abused...and having talked with several friends who recall similar experiences..I'd have to say...yes even some young children WANT to have sex...that's not to say it's right...(of course I think the 18 year age limit is a bit stretching it)...but it is concievable that a 14 year old can CONSENT to a sexual relationship
Jason A. Ruiz