LTO wrote:How about PTSD?
The "D" in PTSD stands for disorder, it is not an illness.
Regarding the first link:
Among 747 males the risk of being a perpetrator was positively correlated with reported sexual abuse victim experiences. The overall rate of having been a victim was 35% for perpetrators and 11% for non-perpetrators. Of the 96 females, 43% had been victims but only one was a perpetrator. A high percentage of male subjects abused in childhood by a female relative became perpetrators. Having been a victim was a strong predictor of becoming a perpetrator, as was an index of parental loss in childhood.
It seems that only males become paedophiles if they are raped by paedophiles, but the females didn't show the same results. Do males and females respond differently to victimization, or is the percentage just higher of male paedophiles in society and it's a coincidence?
747 males but only 96 females were included in the research, that is a very big difference.
There is a widespread belief among professionals working in the field that in boys there is a causal link between involvement in sexual activities with an older person and subsequently becoming an adult perpetrator of child sexual abuse. However, there is little empirical research evidence for this belief. Hence, it is of considerable social, clinical and theoretical importance to ascertain to what extent perpetrators of sexual abuse have themselves been victims; also, if there is a link, to explore the underlying psychodynamics.
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