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Prevalence of attraction to minors

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	*: "In an online survey of 8,718 German men [representative sample of general population][...], 5.5% (n = 482) reported any indication of pedophilic sexual interest [...]. Specifically, 4.1% (n = 358) reported sexual fantasies involving prepubescent children (Table 1). The majority of men who fantasized about children reported fantasies about girls (68.4%; n = 245), 13.1% (n = 47) about boys, and 18.4% (n = 66) about boys and girls."		*: "In an online survey of 8,718 German men [representative sample of general population][...], 5.5% (n = 482) reported any indication of pedophilic sexual interest [...]. Specifically, 4.1% (n = 358) reported sexual fantasies involving prepubescent children (Table 1). The majority of men who fantasized about children reported fantasies about girls (68.4%; n = 245), 13.1% (n = 47) about boys, and 18.4% (n = 66) about boys and girls."
	*:'''Note''': Since “493 participants (4.7%) completed the survey but indicated that they did not want their data to be used for this research” this statistic may be significantly underestimated.		*:'''Note''': Since “493 participants (4.7%) completed the survey but indicated that they did not want their data to be used for this research” this statistic may be significantly underestimated.

			*'''Phillipps, M.E.R. and Willis, G.M.. (2025) "[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13218719.2025.2546305 ‘I have no desire to hurt a child’: prosocial navigation of sexual attraction to children]" Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2025.2546305.'''
			::"Thus, prevalence estimates for attraction to children – although rare (0.4% of women vs. 1.7% of men) – exceed estimates for more widely recognised mental health disorders such as schizophrenia (lifetime prevalence estimate 0.3%–0.7%; American Psychiatric Association, 2013)."

	=== Exclusivity of attraction ===		=== Exclusivity of attraction ===

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Non-offending MAPs

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	*:"Neurobehavioral models of pedophilia and child sexual offending suggest a pattern of temporal and in particular prefrontal disturbances leading to inappropriate behavioral control and subsequently an increased propensity to sexually offend against children. However, clear empirical evidence for such mechanisms is still missing. Using a go/nogo paradigm in combination with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we compared behavioral performance and neural response patterns among three groups of men matched for age and IQ: pedophiles with (N=40) and without (N=37) a history of hands-on sexual offences against children as well as healthy non-offending controls (N=40). As compared to offending pedophiles, non-offending pedophiles exhibited superior inhibitory control as reflected by significantly lower rate of commission errors. Group-by-condition interaction analysis also revealed inhibition-related activation in the left posterior cingulate and the left superior frontal cortex that distinguished between offending and non-offending pedophiles, while no significant differences were found between pedophiles and healthy controls. Both areas showing distinct activation pattern among pedophiles play a critical role in linking neural networks that relate to effective cognitive functioning. Data therefore suggest that heightened inhibition-related recruitment of these areas as well as decreased amount of commission errors is related to better inhibitory control in pedophiles who successfully avoid committing hands-on sexual offences against children."		*:"Neurobehavioral models of pedophilia and child sexual offending suggest a pattern of temporal and in particular prefrontal disturbances leading to inappropriate behavioral control and subsequently an increased propensity to sexually offend against children. However, clear empirical evidence for such mechanisms is still missing. Using a go/nogo paradigm in combination with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we compared behavioral performance and neural response patterns among three groups of men matched for age and IQ: pedophiles with (N=40) and without (N=37) a history of hands-on sexual offences against children as well as healthy non-offending controls (N=40). As compared to offending pedophiles, non-offending pedophiles exhibited superior inhibitory control as reflected by significantly lower rate of commission errors. Group-by-condition interaction analysis also revealed inhibition-related activation in the left posterior cingulate and the left superior frontal cortex that distinguished between offending and non-offending pedophiles, while no significant differences were found between pedophiles and healthy controls. Both areas showing distinct activation pattern among pedophiles play a critical role in linking neural networks that relate to effective cognitive functioning. Data therefore suggest that heightened inhibition-related recruitment of these areas as well as decreased amount of commission errors is related to better inhibitory control in pedophiles who successfully avoid committing hands-on sexual offences against children."

	*'''Phillipps, M.E.R. and Willis, G.M.. (2025) "‘I have no desire to hurt a child’: prosocial navigation of sexual attraction to children" Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2025.2546305.'''		*'''Phillipps, M.E.R. and Willis, G.M.. (2025) "[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13218719.2025.2546305 ‘I have no desire to hurt a child’: prosocial navigation of sexual attraction to children]" Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2025.2546305.'''
	::"Thus, prevalence estimates for attraction to children – although rare (0.4% of women vs. 1.7% of men) – exceed estimates for more widely recognised mental health disorders such as schizophrenia (lifetime prevalence estimate 0.3%–0.7%; American Psychiatric Association, 2013)."		::"Thus, prevalence estimates for attraction to children – although rare (0.4% of women vs. 1.7% of men) – exceed estimates for more widely recognised mental health disorders such as schizophrenia (lifetime prevalence estimate 0.3%–0.7%; American Psychiatric Association, 2013)."
	::"Consistent with previous qualitative studies (Dymond & Duff, 2020; Muir, 2018; Walker, 2021), legal and social consequences of offending were a salient, yet secondary, motivator for nonoffending compared to participants’ moral values."		::"Consistent with previous qualitative studies (Dymond & Duff, 2020; Muir, 2018; Walker, 2021), legal and social consequences of offending were a salient, yet secondary, motivator for nonoffending compared to participants’ moral values."

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	*'''Kärgel, C., Massau, C., Weiß, S., Walter, M., Borchardt, V., Krueger, T.H.C. … Schiffer, B. (2016). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/hbm.23443 Evidence for Superior Neurobiological and Behavioral Inhibitory Control Abilities in Non-Offending as Compared to Offending Pedophiles.] ''Human Brain Mapping'', 00(00), 1-13.'''		*'''Kärgel, C., Massau, C., Weiß, S., Walter, M., Borchardt, V., Krueger, T.H.C. … Schiffer, B. (2016). [https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/hbm.23443 Evidence for Superior Neurobiological and Behavioral Inhibitory Control Abilities in Non-Offending as Compared to Offending Pedophiles.] ''Human Brain Mapping'', 00(00), 1-13.'''
	*:"Neurobehavioral models of pedophilia and child sexual offending suggest a pattern of temporal and in particular prefrontal disturbances leading to inappropriate behavioral control and subsequently an increased propensity to sexually offend against children. However, clear empirical evidence for such mechanisms is still missing. Using a go/nogo paradigm in combination with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we compared behavioral performance and neural response patterns among three groups of men matched for age and IQ: pedophiles with (N=40) and without (N=37) a history of hands-on sexual offences against children as well as healthy non-offending controls (N=40). As compared to offending pedophiles, non-offending pedophiles exhibited superior inhibitory control as reflected by significantly lower rate of commission errors. Group-by-condition interaction analysis also revealed inhibition-related activation in the left posterior cingulate and the left superior frontal cortex that distinguished between offending and non-offending pedophiles, while no significant differences were found between pedophiles and healthy controls. Both areas showing distinct activation pattern among pedophiles play a critical role in linking neural networks that relate to effective cognitive functioning. Data therefore suggest that heightened inhibition-related recruitment of these areas as well as decreased amount of commission errors is related to better inhibitory control in pedophiles who successfully avoid committing hands-on sexual offences against children."		*:"Neurobehavioral models of pedophilia and child sexual offending suggest a pattern of temporal and in particular prefrontal disturbances leading to inappropriate behavioral control and subsequently an increased propensity to sexually offend against children. However, clear empirical evidence for such mechanisms is still missing. Using a go/nogo paradigm in combination with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we compared behavioral performance and neural response patterns among three groups of men matched for age and IQ: pedophiles with (N=40) and without (N=37) a history of hands-on sexual offences against children as well as healthy non-offending controls (N=40). As compared to offending pedophiles, non-offending pedophiles exhibited superior inhibitory control as reflected by significantly lower rate of commission errors. Group-by-condition interaction analysis also revealed inhibition-related activation in the left posterior cingulate and the left superior frontal cortex that distinguished between offending and non-offending pedophiles, while no significant differences were found between pedophiles and healthy controls. Both areas showing distinct activation pattern among pedophiles play a critical role in linking neural networks that relate to effective cognitive functioning. Data therefore suggest that heightened inhibition-related recruitment of these areas as well as decreased amount of commission errors is related to better inhibitory control in pedophiles who successfully avoid committing hands-on sexual offences against children."

			*'''Phillipps, M.E.R. and Willis, G.M.. (2025) "‘I have no desire to hurt a child’: prosocial navigation of sexual attraction to children" Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2025.2546305.'''
			::"Thus, prevalence estimates for attraction to children – although rare (0.4% of women vs. 1.7% of men) – exceed estimates for more widely recognised mental health disorders such as schizophrenia (lifetime prevalence estimate 0.3%–0.7%; American Psychiatric Association, 2013)."
			::"Consistent with previous qualitative studies (Dymond & Duff, 2020; Muir, 2018; Walker, 2021), legal and social consequences of offending were a salient, yet secondary, motivator for nonoffending compared to participants’ moral values."
			::"[A]lthough participants held motivators for sexual offending as defined by the MFM [Motivation Facilitation Model] (including paedophilia and/or hebephilia), they lacked facilitating factors (e.g. antisociality, sexual self-regulation problems, general self-regulation problems) associated with sexual offending. By contrast, individuals convicted of sexual offences demonstrate motivating ''and'' facilitating factors."

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	Evidence concerning the prevalence of [[pedophilia]] in the general population is limited, methodologically disparate and inconclusive. Studies using [[phallometry]] have found that most men show at least some arousal to prepubescent children, with a significant minority demonstrating a clear preference. Though often less exclusively oriented, and possibly less likely to recognize their feelings as pedophilic or to participate in organizing and research around the issue, women also experience sexual attraction to children and young people.<ref>Lievesley and Lapworth (2021) interviewed a small sample of [[Intergenerational Lesbianism\|Lesbian MAPs]], who tended to be nonexclusive in their attraction to minors. See, [https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-021-02160-z.pdf Lievesley, R., Lapworth, R. “We Do Exist”: The Experiences of Women Living with a Sexual Interest in Minors. Arch Sex Behav (2021)].; In the decades prior, German Psychologist Marina Knopf (1994) attempted to solicit interviews from females who had experienced intergenerational lesbianism. Knopf received letters but all respondents except one refused to be interviewed. Knopf argued that the age taboo, or what she terms the "paedosexual taboo," might be "felt so strongly by women precisely because the opportunities for breaking it lie so close at hand." Because of their special closeness [to young people]," Knopf argued, "the paedosexual attraction, as well as the taboo, could be greater than for men" (p. 19). Knopf detected a greater sense of guilt and fear of arrest among females~~, and~~ Berlin's female intergenerational rights organization ("Kanalratten" meaning "Sewer Rats"), which had published a manifesto, were too inhibited to meet Knopf after agreeing to be interviewed by her. See, Marina Knopf, [https://www.brongersma.info/Paidika-11 "Sexual Contacts Between Women and Children"], in ''Paidika'', Vol. 3, No.3 (1994).</ref> We do know that when expanding the definition of pedophilia to encompass attraction towards ages as high as 12 or 13 (i.e. "pedohebephilia"), phallometry consistently suggests that around 20% of men are equally or more aroused by "children".<ref name="Schuster" /> As [[James Kincaid]] says:		Evidence concerning the prevalence of [[pedophilia]] in the general population is limited, methodologically disparate and inconclusive. Studies using [[phallometry]] have found that most men show at least some arousal to prepubescent children, with a significant minority demonstrating a clear preference. Though often less exclusively oriented, and possibly less likely to recognize their feelings as pedophilic or to participate in organizing and research around the issue, women also experience sexual attraction to children and young people.<ref>Lievesley and Lapworth (2021) interviewed a small sample of [[Intergenerational Lesbianism\|Lesbian MAPs]], who tended to be nonexclusive in their attraction to minors. See, [https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-021-02160-z.pdf Lievesley, R., Lapworth, R. “We Do Exist”: The Experiences of Women Living with a Sexual Interest in Minors. Arch Sex Behav (2021)]. In the decades prior, German Psychologist Marina Knopf (1994) attempted to solicit interviews from females who had experienced intergenerational lesbianism. Knopf received letters but all respondents except one refused to be interviewed. Knopf argued that the age taboo, or what she terms the "paedosexual taboo," might be "felt so strongly by women precisely because the opportunities for breaking it lie so close at hand." Because of their special closeness [to young people]," Knopf argued, "the paedosexual attraction, as well as the taboo, could be greater than for men" (p. 19). Knopf detected a greater sense of guilt and fear of arrest among females. Berlin's female intergenerational rights organization ("Kanalratten" meaning "Sewer Rats"), which had published a manifesto, were too inhibited to meet Knopf after agreeing to be interviewed by her. See, Marina Knopf, [https://www.brongersma.info/Paidika-11 "Sexual Contacts Between Women and Children"], in ''Paidika'', Vol. 3, No.3 (1994).</ref> We do know that when expanding the definition of pedophilia to encompass attraction towards ages as high as 12 or 13 (i.e. "pedohebephilia"), phallometry consistently suggests that around 20% of men are equally or more aroused by "children".<ref name="Schuster" /> As [[James Kincaid]] says:

	<blockquote>A recent study of ideal desirability using a computer program called FacePrints found that "the ideal 25-year-old woman ... had a 14-year-old's abundant lips and an 11-year-old's delicate jaw." that small lower face providing also the prominent eyes and cheekbones of children. We are told to look like children if we can and for as long as we can, to pine for that look.<ref>[http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3FC2825F3DCE1EC49CC4594E698A746C Erotic Innocence - The Culture of Child Molesting] by James R. Kincaid; Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Paperback edition: 2000; First edition: 1998</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>A recent study of ideal desirability using a computer program called FacePrints found that "the ideal 25-year-old woman ... had a 14-year-old's abundant lips and an 11-year-old's delicate jaw." that small lower face providing also the prominent eyes and cheekbones of children. We are told to look like children if we can and for as long as we can, to pine for that look.<ref>[http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3FC2825F3DCE1EC49CC4594E698A746C Erotic Innocence - The Culture of Child Molesting] by James R. Kincaid; Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Paperback edition: 2000; First edition: 1998</ref></blockquote>

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	Evidence concerning the prevalence of [[pedophilia]] in the general population is limited, methodologically disparate and inconclusive. Studies using [[phallometry]] have found that most men show at least some arousal to prepubescent children, with a significant minority demonstrating a clear preference. We do know that when expanding the definition of pedophilia to encompass attraction towards ages as high as 12 or 13 (i.e. "pedohebephilia"), phallometry consistently suggests that around 20% of men are equally or more aroused by "children".<ref name="Schuster" /> As [[James Kincaid]] says:		Evidence concerning the prevalence of [[pedophilia]] in the general population is limited, methodologically disparate and inconclusive. Studies using [[phallometry]] have found that most men show at least some arousal to prepubescent children, with a significant minority demonstrating a clear preference. Though often less exclusively oriented, and possibly less likely to recognize their feelings as pedophilic or to participate in organizing and research around the issue, women also experience sexual attraction to children and young people.<ref>Lievesley and Lapworth (2021) interviewed a small sample of [[Intergenerational Lesbianism\|Lesbian MAPs]], who tended to be nonexclusive in their attraction to minors. See, [https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-021-02160-z.pdf Lievesley, R., Lapworth, R. “We Do Exist”: The Experiences of Women Living with a Sexual Interest in Minors. Arch Sex Behav (2021)].; In the decades prior, German Psychologist Marina Knopf (1994) attempted to solicit interviews from females who had experienced intergenerational lesbianism. Knopf received letters but all respondents except one refused to be interviewed. Knopf argued that the age taboo, or what she terms the "paedosexual taboo," might be "felt so strongly by women precisely because the opportunities for breaking it lie so close at hand." Because of their special closeness [to young people]," Knopf argued, "the paedosexual attraction, as well as the taboo, could be greater than for men" (p. 19). Knopf detected a greater sense of guilt and fear of arrest among females, and Berlin's female intergenerational rights organization ("Kanalratten" meaning "Sewer Rats"), which had published a manifesto, were too inhibited to meet Knopf after agreeing to be interviewed by her. See, Marina Knopf, [https://www.brongersma.info/Paidika-11 "Sexual Contacts Between Women and Children"], in ''Paidika'', Vol. 3, No.3 (1994).</ref> We do know that when expanding the definition of pedophilia to encompass attraction towards ages as high as 12 or 13 (i.e. "pedohebephilia"), phallometry consistently suggests that around 20% of men are equally or more aroused by "children".<ref name="Schuster" /> As [[James Kincaid]] says:

	<blockquote>A recent study of ideal desirability using a computer program called FacePrints found that "the ideal 25-year-old woman ... had a 14-year-old's abundant lips and an 11-year-old's delicate jaw." that small lower face providing also the prominent eyes and cheekbones of children. We are told to look like children if we can and for as long as we can, to pine for that look.<ref>[http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3FC2825F3DCE1EC49CC4594E698A746C Erotic Innocence - The Culture of Child Molesting] by James R. Kincaid; Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Paperback edition: 2000; First edition: 1998</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>A recent study of ideal desirability using a computer program called FacePrints found that "the ideal 25-year-old woman ... had a 14-year-old's abundant lips and an 11-year-old's delicate jaw." that small lower face providing also the prominent eyes and cheekbones of children. We are told to look like children if we can and for as long as we can, to pine for that look.<ref>[http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3FC2825F3DCE1EC49CC4594E698A746C Erotic Innocence - The Culture of Child Molesting] by James R. Kincaid; Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Paperback edition: 2000; First edition: 1998</ref></blockquote>

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	Bailey found that among identified pedophiles (while offending was very low), experiential/situational and lifestyle history features predicted offending, and "[[Pro-c~~\|pro-contact~~]]" beliefs did not. Other studies tend to make predictable observations re. impulse control in non-offending pedophiles.		Bailey found that among identified pedophiles (while offending was very low), experiential/situational and lifestyle history features predicted offending, and "[[Pro-c]]" beliefs did not. Other studies tend to make predictable observations re. impulse control in non-offending pedophiles.

	*'''Bailey, J. (2016). "[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27732028/ An Internet study of men sexually attracted to children: Correlates of sexual offending against children]," ''Journal of Abnormal Psychology'', Oct 2016.'''		*'''Bailey, J. (2016). "[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27732028/ An Internet study of men sexually attracted to children: Correlates of sexual offending against children]," ''Journal of Abnormal Psychology'', Oct 2016.'''

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	*'''Fedora O., Reddon J. R., Morrison J. W., Fedora S. K., Pascoe, H., & Yeudall, L. T. (1992). "Sadism and other paraphilias in normal controls and sex offenders," ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 21(1), 1-15.'''		*'''Fedora O., Reddon J. R., Morrison J. W., Fedora S. K., Pascoe, H., & Yeudall, L. T. (1992). "Sadism and other paraphilias in normal controls and sex offenders," ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 21(1), 1-15.'''
	*:"Of the control group, 28% evinced a paraphilic response, from a low of 3% for cross-dressing to a high of 17% for pedophilia."		*:"Of the control group, 28% evinced a paraphilic response, from a low of 3% for cross-dressing to a high of 17% for pedophilia. [...] Reports in the literature of a pedophilic orientation in controls range from 0-32%"

	*'''Byers, S.E., Purdon, C., & Clark, D.A. (1998). "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271622019_Sexual_intrusive_thoughts_of_college_students Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students]," ''Journal of Sex Research'', 35, 359–369.'''		*'''Byers, S.E., Purdon, C., & Clark, D.A. (1998). "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271622019_Sexual_intrusive_thoughts_of_college_students Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students]," ''Journal of Sex Research'', 35, 359–369.'''

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	Evidence concerning the prevalence of [[pedophilia]] in the general population is limited, methodologically disparate and inconclusive. Studies using [[phallometry]] have found that most men show at least some arousal to prepubescent children, with a significant minority demonstrating a clear preference. We do know that when expanding the definition of pedophilia to encompass attraction towards ages as high as 12 or 13 (i.e. "pedohebephilia"), phallometry consistently suggests that around 20% of men are equally or more aroused by "children".<ref name="Schuster" /> As [[James Kincaid]] says:		Evidence concerning the prevalence of [[pedophilia]] in the general population is limited, methodologically disparate and inconclusive. Studies using [[phallometry]] have found that most men show at least some arousal to prepubescent children, with a significant minority demonstrating a clear preference. We do know that when expanding the definition of pedophilia to encompass attraction towards ages as high as 12 or 13 (i.e. "pedohebephilia"), phallometry consistently suggests that around 20% of men are equally or more aroused by "children".<ref name="Schuster" /> As [[James Kincaid]] says:

	<blockquote>''A recent study of ideal desirability using a computer program called FacePrints found that "the ideal 25-year-old woman ... had a 14-year-old's abundant lips and an 11-year-old's delicate jaw." that small lower face providing also the prominent eyes and cheekbones of children. We are told to look like children if we can and for as long as we can, to pine for that look.''<ref>[http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3FC2825F3DCE1EC49CC4594E698A746C Erotic Innocence - The Culture of Child Molesting] by James R. Kincaid; Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Paperback edition: 2000; First edition: 1998</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>A recent study of ideal desirability using a computer program called FacePrints found that "the ideal 25-year-old woman ... had a 14-year-old's abundant lips and an 11-year-old's delicate jaw." that small lower face providing also the prominent eyes and cheekbones of children. We are told to look like children if we can and for as long as we can, to pine for that look.<ref>[http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3FC2825F3DCE1EC49CC4594E698A746C Erotic Innocence - The Culture of Child Molesting] by James R. Kincaid; Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Paperback edition: 2000; First edition: 1998</ref></blockquote>

	Further, the number of preferential hebephiles and ephebophiles is likely to be at least 10 times that the number of pedophiles.<ref name="Schuster">[https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/every_fifth.pdf Schuster - "Every Fifth" Combination of Studies]</ref> According to Michael Seto and the DSM-5, the actual prevalence of ''Pedophilic Disorder'' is unknown, with an estimate of up to 3-5% (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).<ref>[https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/pedophilic-disorder-dsm--5-302.2-(f65.4) DSM-5] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=717 Exact Copy (paraphilia)] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=729 Exact Copy (pedophilic disorder)].</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28526106 BBC Quote Seto on 5% upper estimate.]</ref> Evidence concerning women is for all practical purposes, absent (see this page and [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|our adjacent review on "orientation"]] for that limited information).		Further, the number of preferential hebephiles and ephebophiles is likely to be at least 10 times that the number of pedophiles.<ref name="Schuster">[https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/every_fifth.pdf Schuster - "Every Fifth" Combination of Studies]</ref> According to Michael Seto and the DSM-5, the actual prevalence of ''Pedophilic Disorder'' is unknown, with an estimate of up to 3-5% (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).<ref>[https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/pedophilic-disorder-dsm--5-302.2-(f65.4) DSM-5] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=717 Exact Copy (paraphilia)] or [https://www.docdroid.net/qSmIApN/dsm20v-pdf#page=729 Exact Copy (pedophilic disorder)].</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28526106 BBC Quote Seto on 5% upper estimate.]</ref> Evidence concerning women is for all practical purposes, absent (see this page and [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|our adjacent review on "orientation"]] for that limited information).

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	*'''Byers, S.E., Purdon, C., & Clark, D.A. (1998). "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271622019_Sexual_intrusive_thoughts_of_college_students Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students]," ''Journal of Sex Research'', 35, 359–369.'''		*'''Byers, S.E., Purdon, C., & Clark, D.A. (1998). "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271622019_Sexual_intrusive_thoughts_of_college_students Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students]," ''Journal of Sex Research'', 35, 359–369.'''
	*:~~NewgonWiki~~: 19% of men and 7% of women reported sexual intrusive thoughts about sexual acts with a child or minor.		*:'''Note:''' 19% of men and 7% of women reported sexual intrusive thoughts about sexual acts with a child or minor.

	*'''Crépault, Claude and Couture, Marcel (1980). "Men's erotic fantasies," ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 9(6), 565-581.'''		*'''Crépault, Claude and Couture, Marcel (1980). "Men's erotic fantasies," ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 9(6), 565-581.'''
	*:~~NewgonWiki~~: 61.7% of the 94 men surveyed reported fantasies during heterosexual intercourse of "'sexually initiating a young girl" -- 12.8% "often," and 48.9% "sometimes." It was the thirteenth most common fantasy. 3.2% reported sometimes fantasizing of sexually initiating a young boy.		*:'''Note:''' 61.7% of the 94 men surveyed reported fantasies during heterosexual intercourse of "'sexually initiating a young girl" -- 12.8% "often," and 48.9% "sometimes." It was the thirteenth most common fantasy. 3.2% reported sometimes fantasizing of sexually initiating a young boy.

	* '''Dombert et al. (2016) [https://www.wellesu.com/10.1080/00224499.2015.1020108 How Common is Men's Self-Reported Sexual Interest in Prepubescent Children?] ''J Sex Res.''; 53(2):214-23. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1020108'''		* '''Dombert et al. (2016) [https://www.wellesu.com/10.1080/00224499.2015.1020108 How Common is Men's Self-Reported Sexual Interest in Prepubescent Children?] ''J Sex Res.''; 53(2):214-23. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1020108'''

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	* '''Dombert et al. (2016) [https://www.wellesu.com/10.1080/00224499.2015.1020108 How Common is Men's Self-Reported Sexual Interest in Prepubescent Children?] ''J Sex Res.''; 53(2):214-23. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1020108'''		* '''Dombert et al. (2016) [https://www.wellesu.com/10.1080/00224499.2015.1020108 How Common is Men's Self-Reported Sexual Interest in Prepubescent Children?] ''J Sex Res.''; 53(2):214-23. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1020108'''
	*: "In an online survey of 8,718 German men [representative sample of general population][...], 5.5% (n = 482) reported any indication of pedophilic sexual interest [...]. Specifically, 4.1% (n = 358) reported sexual fantasies involving prepubescent children (Table 1). The majority of men who fantasized about children reported fantasies about girls (68.4%; n = 245), 13.1% (n = 47) about boys, and 18.4% (n = 66) about boys and girls." ~~(editor note~~: ~~since~~ “493 participants (4.7%) completed the survey but indicated that they did not want their data to be used for this research” this statistic may be significantly underestimated)		*: "In an online survey of 8,718 German men [representative sample of general population][...], 5.5% (n = 482) reported any indication of pedophilic sexual interest [...]. Specifically, 4.1% (n = 358) reported sexual fantasies involving prepubescent children (Table 1). The majority of men who fantasized about children reported fantasies about girls (68.4%; n = 245), 13.1% (n = 47) about boys, and 18.4% (n = 66) about boys and girls."
			*:'''Note''': Since “493 participants (4.7%) completed the survey but indicated that they did not want their data to be used for this research” this statistic may be significantly underestimated.

	=== Exclusivity of attraction ===		=== Exclusivity of attraction ===