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==Key Social Concepts== | ==Key Social Concepts== | ||
*[[Secondary Harm]]: Does social interpretation of adult-minor sex create or compound the harm attributed to it? | *[[Research: Secondary Harm]]: Does social interpretation of adult-minor sex create or compound the harm attributed to it? | ||
*[[Sexual Repression]]: Can sexual neglect and desexualization cause harm? | *[[Research: Sexual Repression]]: Can sexual neglect and desexualization cause harm? | ||
*[[Family Environment]]: Do family factors associated with 'CSA' inflate the negative effects reported in most studies of it? | *[[Research: Family Environment]]: Do family factors associated with 'CSA' inflate the negative effects reported in most studies of it? | ||
==In Relation to the Child== | ==In Relation to the Child== | ||
*[[Prevalence of Harm and Negative Outcomes]]: How often do these factors occur in different age groups of "sexually abused" children? | *[[Research: Prevalence of Harm and Negative Outcomes]]: How often do these factors occur in different age groups of "sexually abused" children? | ||
*[[Childhood Sexual Innocence]]: Is the cultural hypothesis of innate sexual "innocence" supported by the literature? | *[[Research: Childhood Sexual Innocence]]: Is the cultural hypothesis of innate sexual "innocence" supported by the literature? | ||
*[[Cognitive Ability Research]]: At what age do young people develop certain abilities, qualities, and is there a "peak"? | *[[Research: Cognitive Ability Research]]: At what age do young people develop certain abilities, qualities, and is there a "peak"? | ||
*[[Profiling the Child Victim]]: Do children who have been sexually involved express a typical set of symptoms? | *[[Research: Profiling the Child Victim]]: Do children who have been sexually involved express a typical set of symptoms? | ||
*[[Body Count]]: What proportion of children have been "sexually abused"? How does this depend upon our definitions? | *[[Research: Body Count]]: What proportion of children have been "sexually abused"? How does this depend upon our definitions? | ||
*[[Youthful Sexual Behaviour]]: Where research has been carried out into so-called "sex play", what are the outcomes? | *[[Research: Youthful Sexual Behaviour]]: Where research has been carried out into so-called "sex play", what are the outcomes? | ||
*[[Association or Causation]]: Is the association between adult mental health and child sexual abuse causative? | *[[Research: Association or Causation]]: Is the association between adult mental health and child sexual abuse causative? | ||
==In Relation to the Child's Older Partner== | ==In Relation to the Child's Older Partner== | ||
*[[Recidivism]]: When compared to other criminal categories, how often do child sex offenders reoffend? | *[[Research: Recidivism]]: When compared to other criminal categories, how often do child sex offenders reoffend? | ||
*[[Abused-Abuser]]: Is the idea that "abused" children go on to perpetrate empirically sound? | *[[Research: Abused-Abuser]]: Is the idea that "abused" children go on to perpetrate empirically sound? | ||
*[[Immaturity]]: Are the adult partners retarded or lacking in intelligence? | *[[Research: Immaturity]]: Are the adult partners retarded or lacking in intelligence? | ||
*[[Pedophiles in the Criminal Population]]: How often do child sex offenders have a pedophilic preference? | *[[Research: Pedophiles in the Criminal Population]]: How often do child sex offenders have a pedophilic preference? | ||
==Anthropology and Zoology== | ==Anthropology and Zoology== | ||
*[[Intergenerational Sexual Behaviors in Animals]]: Does sex between juveniles and adults occur in other species? | *[[Research: Intergenerational Sexual Behaviors in Animals]]: Does sex between juveniles and adults occur in other species? | ||
*[[Intergenerational Relationships in History]]: Is adult-child sex culturally and historically ubiquitous? | *[[Research: Intergenerational Relationships in History]]: Is adult-child sex culturally and historically ubiquitous? | ||
*[[Nonwestern Intergenerational Relationships]]: How do tribal societies conceptualise their relationships? | *[[Research: Nonwestern Intergenerational Relationships]]: How do tribal societies conceptualise their relationships? | ||
==In Relation to Minor-Attraction== | ==In Relation to Minor-Attraction== | ||
*[[Cognitive Distortion]]: Is the evidence for a significant degree of distortion in the beliefs of pedophiles sound? | *[[Research: Cognitive Distortion]]: Is the evidence for a significant degree of distortion in the beliefs of pedophiles sound? | ||
*[[Child Pornography]]: What is the nature of child pornography, and the effect of its use? | *[[Research: Child Pornography]]: What is the nature of child pornography, and the effect of its use? | ||
*[[Psychopathy and abnormal Psychology]]: Are the prevailing assertions about minor-attracted persons supported in the population? | *[[Research: Psychopathy and abnormal Psychology]]: Are the prevailing assertions about minor-attracted persons supported in the population? | ||
*[[Prevalence]]: How common is pedophilia? How many pedophiles "act out"? | *[[Research: Prevalence]]: How common is pedophilia? How many pedophiles "act out"? | ||
*[[A "cure" for pedophilia?]]: To what extent is pedophilia a choice? Can it be "cured"? | *[[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?]]: To what extent is pedophilia a choice? Can it be "cured"? | ||
*[[Pedophilia as a Sexual Orientation]]: Does paedophilia constitute an orientation? | *[[Research: Pedophilia as a Sexual Orientation]]: Does paedophilia constitute an orientation? | ||
Revision as of 13:31, 25 September 2008
These pages present a collection of scientific research and other demonstrative references on matters relevant to minor sexuality. Other sources for reading, development or general use can be found here.
Key Social Concepts
- Research: Secondary Harm: Does social interpretation of adult-minor sex create or compound the harm attributed to it?
- Research: Sexual Repression: Can sexual neglect and desexualization cause harm?
- Research: Family Environment: Do family factors associated with 'CSA' inflate the negative effects reported in most studies of it?
In Relation to the Child
- Research: Prevalence of Harm and Negative Outcomes: How often do these factors occur in different age groups of "sexually abused" children?
- Research: Childhood Sexual Innocence: Is the cultural hypothesis of innate sexual "innocence" supported by the literature?
- Research: Cognitive Ability Research: At what age do young people develop certain abilities, qualities, and is there a "peak"?
- Research: Profiling the Child Victim: Do children who have been sexually involved express a typical set of symptoms?
- Research: Body Count: What proportion of children have been "sexually abused"? How does this depend upon our definitions?
- Research: Youthful Sexual Behaviour: Where research has been carried out into so-called "sex play", what are the outcomes?
- Research: Association or Causation: Is the association between adult mental health and child sexual abuse causative?
In Relation to the Child's Older Partner
- Research: Recidivism: When compared to other criminal categories, how often do child sex offenders reoffend?
- Research: Abused-Abuser: Is the idea that "abused" children go on to perpetrate empirically sound?
- Research: Immaturity: Are the adult partners retarded or lacking in intelligence?
- Research: Pedophiles in the Criminal Population: How often do child sex offenders have a pedophilic preference?
Anthropology and Zoology
- Research: Intergenerational Sexual Behaviors in Animals: Does sex between juveniles and adults occur in other species?
- Research: Intergenerational Relationships in History: Is adult-child sex culturally and historically ubiquitous?
- Research: Nonwestern Intergenerational Relationships: How do tribal societies conceptualise their relationships?
In Relation to Minor-Attraction
- Research: Cognitive Distortion: Is the evidence for a significant degree of distortion in the beliefs of pedophiles sound?
- Research: Child Pornography: What is the nature of child pornography, and the effect of its use?
- Research: Psychopathy and abnormal Psychology: Are the prevailing assertions about minor-attracted persons supported in the population?
- Research: Prevalence: How common is pedophilia? How many pedophiles "act out"?
- Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?: To what extent is pedophilia a choice? Can it be "cured"?
- Research: Pedophilia as a Sexual Orientation: Does paedophilia constitute an orientation?