There are even studies that claim that it's the social pressure causes the trauma rather than an event itself, but who cares [1]? Don't you stumble upon taboos or the society would crucify you. I like how people look at the witchhunting from above while being the same exact people: closed minded, sticking to taboos, lynching people who even question their norms and traditions etc etc.
He is fucking skeptical, he don't have a bunch of kids in his basement, whom he rapes daily, he is questioning the taboo and the arguments behind it.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Myth-Sexual-Children-Aftermath/dp/0465022111
> you are a pedo my good sir, face the wall
First, your misguided, vicious hatred of pedophiles is based on an unscientific cultural myth that adult/child sexual interactions are intrinsically harmful. However, as I elaborate here:
> As a psychology major with a special interest in cultural psychology, I recognize that all psychological traits (e.g, self-concept, color perception, psychological disorders, sexuality) derive their concrete features from sociocultural and political-economic (environmental) factors. This means that any distress resulting from adult/child sexual interactions is not inherent to them but instead results from certain cultural factors relating to them, namely, the stigma Walker describes in the article. This may sound strange, but the conclusion here is that, if we want to eliminate any suffering undergone by children in these interactions, we must permit and normalize them. > > To my knowledge, there is no reliable scientific evidence that adult/child sexual interactions are necessarily, or even generally harmful. Rind et al. (1998), which is a meta-analysis of 59 studies investigating this claim, failed to find support for it. In other words, this idea is a scientifically baseless cultural myth, as Harvard University cognitive psychologist Susan A. Clancy confirms in <em>The Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children--and Its Aftermath</em>. While she concludes that these interactions are unethical despite being intrinsically harmless, due to the lack of informed consent on the child's part, this is nonconsequentialist claptrap. In actuality, harm is the ultimate measure of ethicality—if some action isn't harmful, it is not unethical. > > The stigma against pedophilia (and, by extension, hebephilia and ephebophilia) is traditionalist, prudish, quintessential sex-negativity unsupported by any sound scientific evidence and historically rooted in classism, racism, and even misogyny, as revealed in SUNY College professor Carolyn E. Cocca's <em>Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States</em>, where she traces it to a royal English decree from the year 1275 that, funnily enough, set the age of consent to 10. There were no illusions of "trauma" resulting from adult/child sexual interactions then, just like there's no real evidence today supporting this myth. It has no rightful place in modern, civilized society and should be soundly rejected by all well-meaning people.
Evidently, contrary to what fauxgressives (pseudoleftists) including feminists mistakenly believe, this neo-puritan stigma is actually deeply right-wing.
Second, you might counter that some studies have indeed found that these interactions are harmful. In actuality, though, because the stigma discourages people from coming forward about enjoying harmless sexual interactions with adults as children, these studies are unrepresentative of adult/child child sexual interactions at large, meaning that generalizations here would be unwarranted—that is, such overextrapolation would be scientifically baseless.
Third, your shameless promotion of the execution of pedophiles, even if they haven't engaged sexually with children—as if such ruthless "law and order" politics have anything in common with genuine leftism—further nakedly reveals the obscenely right-wing nature of the social forces backing antipedophilia.
Finally, I of course do not expect any good-faith replies on the matter, either from bloodthirsty degenerates like yourself or even substantially less disturbed fauxgressives—being right-wingers who have little respect for democratic rights and social progression, your ilk lack the capacity for much more than peurile aspersions and stonewalling tactics. As I recount here regarding my yearslong experience of debating adherents of the popular ideology and movement surrounding trans folk's issues:
> FYI, in my experience of debating this issue to death over the past year with fauxgressive adherents of popular transgender ideology like yourself, you people all but invariably either resort to petty personal attacks, offer a slew of fallacious arguments, or else simply cop out; not once have any of you successfully defended your views. Evidently, this is because the ideology is indefensible. It is not possible to successfully defend these ideas, hence why all you people ever do is lash out or give up.
To be sure, the same applies to fauxgressives of all stripes, including antipedophilia fanatics like yourself and presumably everyone else in this post.
> That people are rightfully opposed to it?
I discussed this issue in depth in the comments below already. But, suffice it to say, no, the stigma is not ethically justifiable or supported by reliable science.
My summary of the issue here is apropos:
> As a psychology major with a special interest in cultural psychology, I recognize that all psychological traits (e.g, self-concept, color perception, psychological disorders, sexuality) derive their concrete features from sociocultural and political-economic (environmental) factors. This means that any distress resulting from adult/child sexual interactions is not inherent to them but instead results from certain cultural factors relating to them, namely, the stigma Walker describes in the article. This may sound strange, but the conclusion here is that, if we want to eliminate any suffering undergone by children in these interactions, we must permit and normalize them. > > To my knowledge, there is no reliable scientific evidence that adult/child sexual interactions are necessarily, or even generally harmful. Rind et al. (1998), which is a meta-analysis of 59 studies investigating this claim, failed to find support for it. In other words, this idea is a scientifically baseless cultural myth, as Harvard University cognitive psychologist Susan A. Clancy confirms in <em>The Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children--and Its Aftermath</em>. While she concludes that these interactions are unethical despite being intrinsically harmless, due to the lack of informed consent on the child's part, this is nonconsequentialist claptrap. In actuality, harm is the ultimate measure of ethicality—if some action isn't harmful, it is not unethical. > > The stigma against pedophilia (and, by extension, hebephilia and ephebophilia) is traditionalist, prudish, quintessential sex-negativity unsupported by any sound scientific evidence and historically rooted in classism, racism, and even misogyny, as revealed in SUNY College professor Carolyn E. Cocca's <em>Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States</em>, where she traces it to a royal English decree from the year 1275 that, funnily enough, set the age of consent to 10. There were no illusions of "trauma" resulting from adult/child sexual interactions then, just like there's no real evidence today supporting this myth. It has no rightful place in modern, civilized society and should be soundly rejected by all well-meaning people.
> Besides, she deserves to not be sexualized by horny jackasses online—child (which she is) or not.
Implicit in this charge is that sex is somehow bad, even when it doesn't directly result in harm. Again, why do you childish reactionaries hate ordinary, human sexuality so much?
I already explained that it is untrue that children literally cannot consent. Anyway, the reason for these laws has to do with history, not ethics. I elaborate on this point here:
> To my knowledge, there is no reliable scientific evidence that adult/child sexual interactions are necessarily, or even generally harmful. Rind et al. (1998), which is a meta-analysis of 59 studies investigating this claim, failed to find support for it. In other words, this idea is a scientifically baseless cultural myth, as Harvard University cognitive psychologist Susan A. Clancy confirms in <em>The Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children--and Its Aftermath</em>. While she concludes that these interactions are unethical despite being intrinsically harmless, due to the lack of informed consent on the child's part, this is nonconsequentialist claptrap. In actuality, harm is the ultimate measure of ethicality—if some action isn't harmful, it is not unethical. > > The stigma against pedophilia (and, by extension, hebephilia and ephebophilia) is traditionalist, prudish, quintessential sex-negativity unsupported by any sound scientific evidence and historically rooted in classism, racism, and even misogyny, as revealed in SUNY College professor Carolyn E. Cocca's <em>Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States</em>, where she traces it to a royal English decree from the year 1275 that, funnily enough, set the age of consent to 10. There were no illusions of "trauma" resulting from adult/child sexual interactions then, just like there's no real evidence today supporting this myth. It has no rightful place in modern, civilized society and should be soundly rejected by all well-meaning people.
As a psychology major with a special interest in cultural psychology, I recognize that all psychological traits (e.g, self-concept, color perception, psychological disorders, sexuality) derive their concrete features from sociocultural and political-economic (environmental) factors. This means that any distress resulting from adult/child sexual interactions is not inherent to them but instead results from certain cultural factors relating them, namely, the stigma Walker describes in the article. This may sound strange, but the conclusion here is that, if we want to eliminate the suffering undergone by children in these interactions, we must permit and normalize them.
To my knowledge, there is no reliable scientific evidence that adult/child sexual interactions are necessarily, or even generally harmful. Rind et al. (1998), which was a meta-analysis of 59 studies investigating this issue, failed to find support for it. In other words, this idea is a scientifically baseless cultural myth, as Harvard University cognitive psychologist Susan A. Clancy confirms in <em>The Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children--and Its Aftermath</em>. While she concludes that these interactions are unethical, despite being intrinsically harmless, due to the lack of informed consent on the child's part, this is nonconsequentialist claptrap. In actuality, harm is the ultimate measure of ethicality, and if some action isn't harmful, it is not unethical.
The stigma against pedophilia (and, by extension, hebephilia and ephebophilia) is traditionalist, prudish, quintessential sex-negativity unsupported by any sound scientific evidence and historically rooted in classism, racism, and even misogyny, as revealed in SUNY College professor Carolyn E. Cocca's <em>Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States</em>, where she traces it to a royal English decree from the year 1275 that, funnily enough, set the age of consent to 10. There were no illusions of "trauma" resulting from adult/child sexual interactions then, just like there's no real evidence today supporting this myth. It has no rightful place in modern, civilized society and should be soundly rejected by all well-meaning folks.
It's an important concept really...everyone has trauma from something in their lives. Mental/emotional trauma is also somewhat relative, meaning that just because one person has something "worse" happen to them it doesn't necessarily mean the harm is significantly different.
Trauma from assault is still trauma whether sexual or otherwise.
One issue I personally take fire for is that I don't think a lot of underage sex involves trauma. Twisting of perspective yes, potentially resulting in significant issues later in life and problems adjusting as well as much more immediate issues with pregnancies and disease...but in and of itself sex is just sex, not a horrible experience.
i.e. nobody should be going to jail for a Tinder hookup. If they're underage and online seeking sex it's a parenting problem, not a criminal one. Having some hurdles to jump through like providing ID might even be a necessary foolishness to employ but the current system where hooking up with someone from an adult only site can result in a lifetime of hell for someone just looking for getting laid NSA is ridiculous. The teenager who did the deed didn't gain any issues from that encounter that they didn't already have. At worst it should be a ticket and a warning that three of these result in a misdemeanor "pay attention dumbass" conviction.
Then make sites like Tinder require significant verification of age before listing. If it really matters.
Honestly I don't think it does. I still remember being a teenager...I chased sex every chance I got, flipping a skirt up in a school hallway while she leaned back against me etc. Teenagers and people in general are extraordinarily sexual creatures and we chase it enough that it's both important to try to put a leash on it and important to understand you're never going to seriously control it...and you shouldn't. It's literally how the human race continues on the planet and it's not going to be all puritanical catholic coldness in a bunker between old people.
Suppression of actual sexual acts in underage post-pubescents is important, but it's not "holy shit let's ruin lives and make our society stupid over it" important. It's really just been pushed to this level because it's politically useful to "sex assassinate" opponents like what they did to Cody Wilson where the girl was on a site where age was supposedly verified and they camped outside the hotel taking pictures while he had sex with her...obviously less concerned with the girl getting laid than getting information for a power play.
Then there's my stepdaughter who got busted sending pics and video of her junk to boys at 15...prosecutors are still holding the threat of a felony charge against her until she's 18 because she took pictures of herself. That degree of fucked up is just plain stupid. Oh, I know they claim they're just doing it to help reign her in and help her grow up without "making bad decisions"...motherfucker the bad decisions and repercussions are what you're doing to her right now, not what she's doing with herself. We had talks with her in the household, she's grown through the phase, and she's a relatively normal almost-adult now...but with a fucking pending sex charge because the government can't keep its hands off of our sex. I'm mad about what happened in my life but I can flip off the world and charge forward and be fine more or less. Her? She's a goddamned child and you're threatening her with a lifetime of hell? I'm surprised I haven't lost my shit over this one more than I have already.
The average person will be violently victimized at some point in their lives and it's just part of growing up, growing older, and understanding the way of the world. Such is life. Criminalizing otherwise normal activities and going batshit insane over one category so we can make the powerful even more powerful is a damned disheartening turn that the world took about thirty years ago or so. Sex has always been a difficult topic. I can hope that we'll grow out of the larger part of it sometime in the next hundred years or so but I really don't see it happening anytime soon.
I like to recommend The Trauma Myth written by a psycopathologist, for a look at what I'm talking about. It's a short read and she's gotten her share of hell for writing it, but I feel like it's a great summary of the problem with turning people into victims instead of helping them grow through difficult situations and traumatic events.
Have you ever heard of a book called "The Trauma Myth"? It presents very compelling evidence that children are not as traumatised by sexual abuse as commonly believed. Link to book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trauma-Myth-Sexual-Children-Aftermath/dp/0465022111.
What do you say about all the people that were raped as children that say otherwise? Such as in the controversial Rind meta-analysis.
> I think you don't understand at all what damage that kind of action has on a child.
I perhaps don't. With what reference, if not social, do children ultimately conclude that sex with an adult is bad? If it were socially normal, what would be the cause of psychological harm I wonder?
Btw, many of my ideas comes from studies such as these:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178902001015
http://www.amazon.com/The-Trauma-Myth-Children-Aftermath/dp/0465022111
> You really think in that circumstance the children don't care and aren't harmed until they leave the home?!
That's often the case, yes. Although not allowing a child to leave the home is itself relatively harmful.
> How dare you tell a rape victim that they weren't damaged by the act itself but by 'society'?!
I'm not. I'm going by studies, testimony, and logic. Try educating yourself and looking into it further.
This is quite unfortunate. Not only is this unfair to falsely accused teachers, it is also insensitive towards real molestation victims.
I also think that this is an issue in the law. I feel as though molestation is too high on the criminal offense meter. Sometimes it can be even worse that actual rape, manslaughter, etc.
I have read this this book and done more research in this subject. And it turns out that sexual contact from strangers usually does not affect the child much, if at all, when growing up. In most cases, the traumatizing cases are the ones that are violent, reacquiring, or with a close family member. More research should be done on this of course so we can get a clearer picture. this can be quite a sensitive topic.
Dozens of studies exist supporting his assertion.
Bauserman, Robert; Rind, Bruce (1997). "Psychological Correlates of Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Experiences with Adults: A Review of the Nonclinical Literature," Archives of Sexual Behavior, 26(2), 105-141.
>"Secondary consequences include reactions of others, such as parents and peers, to the sexual contacts. Feelings of guilt and shame regarding the sexual contacts, which are based on perceived violation of one’s own and others’ norms, are also addressed here. Emotional responses of guilt were related to outcomes, with greater guilt associated with more negative responses, Haugaard and Emery (1989) and Okami (1991) both reported guilt feelings to be associated with negative evaluations of experiences. Stein et al. (1988), in their study of unwanted experience in a community sample, noted that feelings of guilt and shame were common. Risin and Koss (1987) reported that guilt feelings were more common in experiences involving fondling, which were also associated with more force and greater levels of other negative feelings. Finally, Sandfort (1984) reported that when the boys interviewed in his study were asked about negative aspects of their relationships, many cited concerns about possible negative reactions from others, such as parents, peers, and authorities. The role of socialization in these reactions may be very important. Finkelhor (1979) and Fritz et al. (1981) both suggested that boys’ reactions may be more positive than those of girls because boys are socialized to regard sex in a more positive fashion, whereas girls receive more negative messages. Fritz et at. (1981) stated that although girls typically regarded their experiences as sexual violation, boys often regarded their experiences as sexual initiation.
>Clearly, feelings of guilt and shame and concerns about negative reactions from others are associated with negative responses to early sexual contacts with adults. These responses, however, are not inherent in the sexual contact per se but rather stem from social taboos and condemnation (cf. Constantine, 1981). To the extent that boys receive more positive messages regarding sexuality, they are less likely to experience these negative emotions and to react negatively to sexual contacts."
Plummer, Ken (1981). "The Paedophile's Progress: A View from Below," in Brian Taylor (ed.), Perspectives on Paedophilia, p. 227. London: Batsford.
>"Studies point to the experience being without trauma and frequently mutually pleasurable ... unless, and this is an important proviso, it is 'discovered' by the family or the community. When this happens, it appears that the child can become shocked by the engulfing anger and outrage of the adult."
Henry, J. (1997). "System intervention trauma to child sexual abuse victims following disclosure," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 12(4), 499-512.
>"Results indicated that higher trauma scores, as measured by the Trauma Symptom Checklist, were related to an increased number of interviews, even when other aspects of the abuse such as seriousness were controlled for." (As cited in Investigation & Prosecution in Child Sexual Abuse)
Berliner, L., & Conte, J. R. (1995). "The effects of disclosure and intervention on sexually abused children," Child Abuse and Neglect, 19(3), 371-384.
>"Having contact with a greater number of professionals following disclosure was related to greater negative impact of the abuse." (As cited in Investigation & Prosecution in Child Sexual Abuse)
Sandfort, T. (1987). Boys on their contacts with men: A study of sexually expressed friendships, New York: Global Academic Publishers, 1987.
>"Great stress is placed in the literature upon the reaction of the child's environment if it comes to light that he has had sex with an adult. According to Weeks (1976) parental response is the single most important factor in determining what effect this will all have upon the child (See also Zeegers 1968, Van der Kwast 1975). Also if the discovery results in a court case this can turn the sexual contact into a negative experience." (Chapter 3)
>Storr, A. (1974). Sexual Deviation, Penguin, Harmondsworth, p.105. "various authorities who have examined children who have been seduced have concluded that the emotional as opposed to the physical damage which is done to children is more the result of adult horror than of anything intrinsically dreadful in the sexual contact itself"
Jones, G. (1990). "The Study of Intergenerational Intimacy in North America: Beyond Politics and Pedophilia," Journal of Homosexuality, 20(1-2), pp. 275-295.
>"Such harm undoubtedly can occur, though a number of authors have pointed out that the trauma may be induced or exacerbated by strong reactions of parents, police,court officials and other adults when they discover that such an activity has taken place (Lempp, 1978; Mohr, 1968; Weeks, 1976)."
Forouzan, Elham, and Gijseghem, Hubert Van (2005). "Psychosocial Adjustment and Psychopathology of Men Sexually Abused During Childhood," International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 49(6), 626-651
>"However, it has also been reported that invasive interventions could be just as harmful as the absence of family and structured support to the victim’s development (Elwell & Ephross, 1987; Van Gijseghem, 1998)."
O'Carroll, Tom (2000). "Sexual Privacy for Paedophiles and Children: A Complementary Background Paper."
>"Regarding iatrogenic sources of harm, Prof Richard Green has written: "…research suggests that cases leading to official legal action -- rather than being dealt with informally -- produce more severe and lasting ill effects on children." Green cites several studies, the first American (Walters, 1975): "Most of the psychological damage, if any, stems not from the abuse but the interpretation of the abuse and the handling of the situation by parents, medical personnel, law enforcement and school officials, and social workers." An English study (Howard League Working Party, 1985), found: "The degree of lasting harm suffered by victims… seems to flow predominantly not from the sexual nature of the experience, but rather from other sources of shock associated with it, notably the use of violence or intimidation or the abuse of parental powers. The subsequent intervention of parents, or other authorities, in order to bring the offender to justice often seems to aggravate the damage caused by the offence itself." (Sexual Science and the Law, by Richard Green, Harvard, 1992)"
Kilpatrick, A. (1987). "Childhood sexual experiences: Problems and issues in studying long-range effects," The Journal of Sex Research, 23, 173-196.
>"A related issue with respect to the use of terms like "consequences" and "effects" is that these terms imply causal relationships between childhood sexual experiences and adult functioning. Such causal inferences are usually inappropriate given the retrospective and/or correlational nature of many of the studies. For example, there have been many reports that the social system's handling of incidents regarding sexual abuse of children caused as much or more harm as the sexual experience itself (Brunold, 1964; De Francis, 1969; Justice & Justice, 1979; Mann & Gaynor, 1980; Schultz, 1973; Summit & Kryso, 1978). Effects or consequences attributed to the sexual experience itself may have actually been caused by the way the experience was handled by the social system, or, for that matter, by any number of other factors."
The most recent is a book by Harvard PhD Susan Clancy called "The Trauma Myth", which pretty much claims the same thing- that sex is not inherently traumatic to children, and society's reaction to children having sex itself often causes severe harm.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Trauma-Myth-Children-Aftermath/dp/0465022111
Sex doesn't ruin lives- society's reaction to the sex does. To avoid children being harmed severely by society's reaction to benign and mutually enjoyable adult-child sexual activity, pedophiles should not have sex with children.
More info on the subject (not that you'll bother to read it or anything):
Bauserman, Robert; Rind, Bruce (1997). "Psychological Correlates of Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Experiences with Adults: A Review of the Nonclinical Literature," Archives of Sexual Behavior, 26(2), 105-141.
>"Secondary consequences include reactions of others, such as parents and peers, to the sexual contacts. Feelings of guilt and shame regarding the sexual contacts, which are based on perceived violation of one’s own and others’ norms, are also addressed here. Emotional responses of guilt were related to outcomes, with greater guilt associated with more negative responses, Haugaard and Emery (1989) and Okami (1991) both reported guilt feelings to be associated with negative evaluations of experiences. Stein et al. (1988), in their study of unwanted experience in a community sample, noted that feelings of guilt and shame were common. Risin and Koss (1987) reported that guilt feelings were more common in experiences involving fondling, which were also associated with more force and greater levels of other negative feelings. Finally, Sandfort (1984) reported that when the boys interviewed in his study were asked about negative aspects of their relationships, many cited concerns about possible negative reactions from others, such as parents, peers, and authorities. The role of socialization in these reactions may be very important. Finkelhor (1979) and Fritz et al. (1981) both suggested that boys’ reactions may be more positive than those of girls because boys are socialized to regard sex in a more positive fashion, whereas girls receive more negative messages. Fritz et at. (1981) stated that although girls typically regarded their experiences as sexual violation, boys often regarded their experiences as sexual initiation.
>Clearly, feelings of guilt and shame and concerns about negative reactions from others are associated with negative responses to early sexual contacts with adults. These responses, however, are not inherent in the sexual contact per se but rather stem from social taboos and condemnation (cf. Constantine, 1981). To the extent that boys receive more positive messages regarding sexuality, they are less likely to experience these negative emotions and to react negatively to sexual contacts."
Plummer, Ken (1981). "The Paedophile's Progress: A View from Below," in Brian Taylor (ed.), Perspectives on Paedophilia, p. 227. London: Batsford.
>"Studies point to the experience being without trauma and frequently mutually pleasurable ... unless, and this is an important proviso, it is 'discovered' by the family or the community. When this happens, it appears that the child can become shocked by the engulfing anger and outrage of the adult."
Henry, J. (1997). "System intervention trauma to child sexual abuse victims following disclosure," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 12(4), 499-512.
>"Results indicated that higher trauma scores, as measured by the Trauma Symptom Checklist, were related to an increased number of interviews, even when other aspects of the abuse such as seriousness were controlled for." (As cited in Investigation & Prosecution in Child Sexual Abuse)
Berliner, L., & Conte, J. R. (1995). "The effects of disclosure and intervention on sexually abused children," Child Abuse and Neglect, 19(3), 371-384.
>"Having contact with a greater number of professionals following disclosure was related to greater negative impact of the abuse." (As cited in Investigation & Prosecution in Child Sexual Abuse)
Sandfort, T. (1987). Boys on their contacts with men: A study of sexually expressed friendships, New York: Global Academic Publishers, 1987.
>"Great stress is placed in the literature upon the reaction of the child's environment if it comes to light that he has had sex with an adult. According to Weeks (1976) parental response is the single most important factor in determining what effect this will all have upon the child (See also Zeegers 1968, Van der Kwast 1975). Also if the discovery results in a court case this can turn the sexual contact into a negative experience." (Chapter 3)
>Storr, A. (1974). Sexual Deviation, Penguin, Harmondsworth, p.105. "various authorities who have examined children who have been seduced have concluded that the emotional as opposed to the physical damage which is done to children is more the result of adult horror than of anything intrinsically dreadful in the sexual contact itself"
Jones, G. (1990). "The Study of Intergenerational Intimacy in North America: Beyond Politics and Pedophilia," Journal of Homosexuality, 20(1-2), pp. 275-295.
>"Such harm undoubtedly can occur, though a number of authors have pointed out that the trauma may be induced or exacerbated by strong reactions of parents, police,court officials and other adults when they discover that such an activity has taken place (Lempp, 1978; Mohr, 1968; Weeks, 1976)."
Forouzan, Elham, and Gijseghem, Hubert Van (2005). "Psychosocial Adjustment and Psychopathology of Men Sexually Abused During Childhood," International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 49(6), 626-651
>"However, it has also been reported that invasive interventions could be just as harmful as the absence of family and structured support to the victim’s development (Elwell & Ephross, 1987; Van Gijseghem, 1998)."
O'Carroll, Tom (2000). "Sexual Privacy for Paedophiles and Children: A Complementary Background Paper."
>"Regarding iatrogenic sources of harm, Prof Richard Green has written: "…research suggests that cases leading to official legal action -- rather than being dealt with informally -- produce more severe and lasting ill effects on children." Green cites several studies, the first American (Walters, 1975): "Most of the psychological damage, if any, stems not from the abuse but the interpretation of the abuse and the handling of the situation by parents, medical personnel, law enforcement and school officials, and social workers." An English study (Howard League Working Party, 1985), found: "The degree of lasting harm suffered by victims… seems to flow predominantly not from the sexual nature of the experience, but rather from other sources of shock associated with it, notably the use of violence or intimidation or the abuse of parental powers. The subsequent intervention of parents, or other authorities, in order to bring the offender to justice often seems to aggravate the damage caused by the offence itself." (Sexual Science and the Law, by Richard Green, Harvard, 1992)"
Kilpatrick, A. (1987). "Childhood sexual experiences: Problems and issues in studying long-range effects," The Journal of Sex Research, 23, 173-196.
>"A related issue with respect to the use of terms like "consequences" and "effects" is that these terms imply causal relationships between childhood sexual experiences and adult functioning. Such causal inferences are usually inappropriate given the retrospective and/or correlational nature of many of the studies. For example, there have been many reports that the social system's handling of incidents regarding sexual abuse of children caused as much or more harm as the sexual experience itself (Brunold, 1964; De Francis, 1969; Justice & Justice, 1979; Mann & Gaynor, 1980; Schultz, 1973; Summit & Kryso, 1978). Effects or consequences attributed to the sexual experience itself may have actually been caused by the way the experience was handled by the social system, or, for that matter, by any number of other factors."
The most recent is a book by Harvard PhD Susan Clancy called "The Trauma Myth", which pretty much claims the same thing- that sex is not inherently traumatic to children, and society's reaction to children having sex itself often causes severe harm.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Trauma-Myth-Children-Aftermath/dp/0465022111
>Kids don't know how to say no to an adult's request.
You must have never interacted with children ever. Try feeding them broccoli and you'll see just how obedient they are.
>Because somewhere, you know it's wrong.
There is nothing wrong about my love for little girls. I love them more than anything else in the world- everything about them is incredible and amazing, and nothing gives me more joy than spending time with them and making them happy. I have more than enough self-control to abstain from having sex with them, and there is no chance I will ever "lose control". The only thing wrong here is you and the repressive pseudo-religious superstition you espouse.
Speaking as devil's advocate, fucking children, while probably bad to an extent, is generally not regarded by people who study it as a traumatic event, in most cases. There's a book that goes into the reasoning behind that style of thought, and its ideas have become quite popular. link