Citation

Riegel DL. Sex Cult. 2019; 23(3): 1010-1018.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12119-019-09606-6

PMID

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Abstract

There are at least two assumptions about childhood sexuality that are not supported by either empirical data or rational logic. One of these, childhood innocence, has recently been addressed by O'Carroll. Another, the assumption that psychosocial harm is the inevitable outcome of sexual experiences between younger/older persons, is revisited by examining a sampling of the relevant literature over time, principally in the area of boy/older male relationships, including earlier foundational victimology papers. The issues of this missing intrinsic harm mechanism are examined, and alternative extrinsic mechanisms of harm are proposed and considered.

Language: en

Keywords

Boy/older male sexually expressed relationship; Coincidental harm; Extrinsic harm; Iatrogenic harm; Intrinsic harm; Nocebogenic harm