WOMS240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sexual Arousal, Precondition, Incest Taboo
13 Jan 2018
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Threats: perpetrators four preconditions model i. Precondition 1: there has to be a motivation: emotional congruence (satisfying emotional needs, sexual arousal, blockage (when other forms of sexual satisfaction are not available) ii. Precondition 2: overcoming internal inhibitors: perp must be able to overcome internal controls that would prevent them from sexually abusing a child, drugs, alcohol, child pornography, etc. Precondition overcoming external inhibitors iii: social situations of how the child is supervised, lack of parental figure, unusual sleeping arrangement iv. Precondition 4 overcoming the child"s resistance: victim"s ability to resist advances, victim might feel powerless or a situation of trust may exist between the offender and the victim, two types of perpetrators i. ii. Fixated offender usually attracted to male children and unable to form a heterosexual relationship with someone their own age. Regressed offender primarily chooses young female victims. They are able to maintain the appearance of heterosexual relations with someone of their own age: theories around incest i.
