HOMOSEXUAL OFFENDERS VS. ADULTS: OTHER FACTORS
Friday, March 27th, 2009The marked homosexual orientation of the homosexual offenders vs. adults is well illustrated by their responses to the sight or thought of members of the same or opposite sex. By far the largest proportion of any group responded to males (85 per cent) and also the largest proportion responded strongly (69 per cent). Conversely, relatively few responded to females: slightly over one third, the second largest percentage recorded, said they felt little or no response, and only 15 per cent (the third smallest proportion) reported strong or frequent Arousal. Only one in ten said they reacted more to females than to males.
These offenders are distinctive in yet another way: more of them— approximately three quarters—were sexually aroused by pornography than were the members of any other group except the aggressors vs. minors who equaled them. Moreover, about two fifths reported strong or frequent arousal, which puts them within two percentage points of die first ranking aggressors vs. minors. Their unusual responsiveness to noncontact stimuli is certainly associated with their socioeconomic and educational status which is higher than that of any other group. Higher status is generally associated with greater imaginativeness, ability to project, and empathy. Persons from the poorly educated segments of our population we have ordinarily found to be lacking in these attributes and consequently less responsive to noncontact stimuli. Another but seemingly less important variable is what can best be called “sex drive.” The homosexual offenders vs. adults have orgasm With greater frequency than other groups, but since this apparently does not result in a satiation which reduces responsiveness (as in the case of the heterosexual offenders vs. adults) we can postulate a strong motivational force, a strong “sex drive,” which could be expected to render them more responsive to sexual stimuli of all sorts.
While there was nothing unusual about their use of drugs or alcohol their gambling behavior deserves comment. Slightly over three fifths of them had never gambled, which is the largest proportion of non-gamblers recorded. Also they had one of the smallest proportions (under 7 per cent) of individuals who gambled for income rather than for purely social reasons. We suspect that this relative abstention from gambling is specifically related to homosexuality in some as yet unclear fashion. While a strongly homosexual man does seek the company of other men, he is interested primarily in the males rather than in the activity that may have brought them together. Thus, he may frequent bars habitually but drink little, or haunt the beaches where body builders congregate, but never indulge in exercises himself. Similarly, he may seek out groups of gamblers, but merely mingle with them rather than become involved. Furthermore, when men gamble, even in a primarily social way, they are apt to fix their attention on the game and to resent interruptions and distractions. Thus, the gambling situation does not make a good milieu for sexual seduction.
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