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HOMOSEXUAL OFFENDERS VS. CHILDREN

March 27, 2009

Homosexual offenders vs. children are adult males who made homosexual overtures to, or had sexual contact with, boys under twelve. Since extremely few of the boys were relatives of the offender, it has not been considered worthwhile to establish a category of homosexual incest; this same situation obtains among all the homosexual-offender groups. Force or threat is also minimal in homosexual offenses and accordingly has not been made the basis for separate categories; we shall simply tabulate the instances in which force or threat are known.

Like the incest offender vs. children, the homosexual offender vs. children has broken not one but two taboos, in this case the taboo against homosexuality as well as that against sexual contact with children. He is also the logical counterpart of the heterosexual offender vs. children; just as some heterosexual males may select or accept an unsuitably young female, so may the homosexually oriented male turn to an unsuitably young male.

While we shall later discuss the age preferences of the homosexual offender vs. children, it is worth mentioning now that few seem particularly interested in boys under twelve; our impression is that they seek out adolescent or young adult males, but if these are unavailable at the moment, they will turn toward preadolescents. If the homosexual offender vs. children is convicted of another kind of sex offense, it is most commonly a homosexual offense involving a boy aged twelve to fifteen. The homosexual offenders vs. children also show a relative predisposition toward heterosexual offenses with girls under sixteen. In brief, most of them are interested sexually in young people, preferably but not necessarily male, and their minimum age limit is quite elastic and can be stretched to suit the immediate circumstances.

There are numerous reasons why these offenders are attracted to young males, and some of these reasons may be touched upon here before a more detailed analysis. Some homosexually oriented males do not want an adult partner who would not only have his own ideas but could insist successfully upon following them. A selfish or insecure person does not find a satisfactory partner in someone of equal or greater dominance. Moreover, with an older partner there is less likelihood of being able to cast oneself in the ego-satisfying role of a teacher; in fact, an adult (i.e., experienced) partner may be in a position to make unflattering comparisons or to make demands upon one. Precisely this same sort of thing lies at the core of the desire of some heterosexual males for inexperienced or virginal females. There are also homosexually oriented males who prefer feminine physical attributes in their homosexual partners, a not uncommon preference in men who are not exclusively homosexual. A prepubescent boy is feminine in that he lacks adult male characteristics such as body hair, masculine voice, and prominent musculature. The jokes and quips in our masculine folklore about the sexual desirability of fat little boys are based in part upon reality insofar as some males are concerned.

In still other instances one finds men who are interested primarily in reaching orgasm with any warm-blooded animal; they may prefer some specific sort of partner but are willing if necessary to utilize whatever is convenient, whether male, female, young, old, human or nonhuman. Males of such a broad range of acceptability are uncommon, but it is not rare to find males who, in special situations, can be almost equally polymorphous in their activity.

Disregard for age, sex, and species need not be regarded as biologically pathological; it is precisely what we see in various animals, particularly in certain monkeys. The polymorphous sex offender can be said to be operating at a primate level with the philosophy that necessity is the mother of improvisation. To return to the immediate subject, the homosexual offenders vs. children include more such polymorphic individuals than most other categories of sex offenders.