ABSTRACT

People with pedophilia (PWP) can deal with their sexual desires by relieving sexual arousal without sexually exploiting children. Study 1 investigated whether public reactions toward nonoffending pedophilic men are affected by their strategies to relieve sexual arousal (nonsexual pictures vs. child sex dolls) or to reduce their sex drive via testosterone lowering medication in legally nonproblematic ways. A sample of German-speaking participants (N = 143) read three vignettes describing PWP using either of these strategies. Participants’ (59.4% females) mean age was 39.7 (SD = 15.6). Although no significant difference was detected between the nonsexual pictures and sex dolls conditions on cognitive (except for dangerousness), affective, and behavioral levels, both consistently elicited more stigmatizing reactions than the testosterone-lowering medication condition. To investigate if this effect was driven by disapproving any relief of sexual arousal or the use of actual child stimuli in particular, Study 2 (N = 151) added two conditions with PWP using adult child-like stimuli to relieve sexual arousal: adult-as-schoolgirl porn and adult partner with childlike appearance. Here, Participants’ (57.6% females) mean age was 28.0 (SD = 13.3). Results indicate that stigmatization was driven by disapproving the use of child stimuli rather than the relief of sexual arousal in general. Individuals with a sexual interest in children face strong stigmatizing reactions, which are only alleviated when they are described as undergoing treatment lowering sex drive or – to a lesser extent – being able to mate with an adult partner or using porn with adult actors posing as schoolgirls.

摘要

恋童癖者（PWP）可以通过缓解性唤起来处理他们的性欲，而不会对儿童进行性剥削。研究 1 调查了公众对非冒犯性恋童癖男性的反应是否受到他们减轻性唤起（非性图片与儿童性玩偶）或通过合法无问题的方式通过降低睾丸激素药物减少性欲的策略的影响。讲德语的参与者 ( N = 143)的样本阅读了三个描述 PWP 使用这些策略中的任何一个的小插图。参与者（59.4% 为女性）的平均年龄为 39.7 ( SD = 15.6）。尽管在认知（危险性除外）、情感和行为水平上，非性图片和性玩偶条件之间没有发现显着差异，但两者始终比降低睾丸激素的药物条件引起更多的污名化反应。为了调查这种效果是否是由不赞成任何性唤起的缓解或特别是使用实际儿童刺激所驱动的，研究 2 ( N = 151) 添加了 PWP 使用成人儿童样刺激来缓解性唤起的两个条件：成人-作为-女学生色情片和具有童颜的成人伴侣。此处，参与者（57.6% 为女性）的平均年龄为 28.0 ( SD = 13.3）。结果表明，污名化是由不赞成使用儿童刺激而不是一般的性唤起缓解引起的。对儿童有性兴趣的人会面临强烈的污名化反应，只有当他们被描述为正在接受降低性欲的治疗，或者——在较小程度上——能够与成年伴侣交配或与假扮女学生的成年演员一起使用色情片时，这种污名化反应才会得到缓解.