@article{ref1,
title="A content analysis of posts to an online support forum for "girl lovers"",
journal="Journal of child sexual abuse",
year="2022",
author="Cantor, Nicole and Yucel, Ebru and Mitchell, Damon and Angelone, D. J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The internet is an effective tool for studying the cognitive distortions among those with a sexual attraction to children. Identified through previous works, users of an online &quot;boy love&quot; forum were found to present a variety of justifications for adult-child sexual relations. The current study extends this line of inquiry, analyzing posts from an online &quot;girl love&quot; forum. We found that the most common justification to appear reflected a belief that societal attitudes and authority figures were to blame for the harms caused by adult-child sex. We also found that the forum provided users with support and reinforcement for such distorted beliefs. Overall, online forums provide a window into the cognitive life of individuals with a sexual attraction to children, and one that reflects beliefs that may be largely unexpressed in the confines of forensic treatment settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1053-8712",
doi="10.1080/10538712.2022.2112348",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2022.2112348"
}