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Male Sexual offenses. Abstract This article proposes a new approach to
male sexual offenses: a theory of the relational-emotional ...
... Female Offenders Most research gives examples of male juvenile sexual offenders.
Recently females have been found to commit sexual offenses. ...
... in news media, the vast majority of sex offenders registered are male. ... In conclusion,
to help prevent sexual offenses, I propose locking up offenders for the ...
... decreases the occurrence of repeat offenses from 75 ... to concoct new sordid sexual
fantasies involving ... increases aggressive tendencies in male pedophiles while ...
... the face of data that reflects the shrinking amount of qualified male candidates. ...
Sexual offenses are in a way, abuses of power that can affect order, cohesion ...
Submitted by playgurl85 on December 13, 2006
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Abstract
This article proposes a new approach to male sexual offenses: a theory of the relational-emotional basis of sexual compulsion, and a treatment procedure that deals directly with emotions and relationships. There are two central hypotheses: 1. Offenders have no secure social bonds. 2. The offenders extensive unacknowledged shame takes the direction of compulsive assaults on women. To underline the meaning of social bonds and shame, we review the literature on these two related topics. Assuming for the sake of argument zero bonds and shame outside of awareness as root causes of sexual compulsion, we outline an approach to treatment that increases awareness of social bonds, uncovers hidden shame, and decreases the arousal of shame in the offenders relationships with others.
There is a large literature on the causes of sexual assault and the treatment of sex offenders, summarized in Marshall et al (1990) and Hall et al (1993). Both summaries make it clear that there is no agreement on the causes of sexual assault, nor on its treatment: there is no theory that explains sexual assault, and no treatment that has been effective in treating sex offenders. Here we propose that the main reason for their inconclusiveness is that these studies have not dealt directly and extensively with relationships and emotion, which we take to the main elements in causation and cure. Instead, they focus on behavior, thoughts, and beliefs.
However, there is one reoccurring finding which involves the offenders emotions in an indirect way. Studies have repeatedly shown that sex offenders seek to humiliate their victims, as summarized in Darke (1990). Typically, the authors of these studies interpret the intent to humiliate as an interest in power. The theory of shame-rage loops, to be described below, suggests a more elaborate interpretation: being ashamed of themselves in general, assaultive men are also ashamed of their sexual desires. Experiencing...
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