BIOL 2P92 Lecture Notes - Necrophilia, Etiology, Coprophilia
19 Jan 2013
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Homicidal child molesters show greater physiological response to and preference for descriptions of assaults on children. Incest: sexual relations between close relatives for whom marriage is forbidden; most common between brothers and sisters, then father-daughter (considered more pathological) The incest taboo has adaptive evolutionary significance (negative biological effects) It is more present when mothers is absent or disabled or in patriarchal or traditional families. Incest is listed in dsm as a subtype of pedophilia. Incest is by definition between members of the same sex. Incest victims tend to be more older than pedophile"s victims they desire. Incest is usually when they are mature physically whereas in pedophile is when they are sexually immature. Gynephile: an adult who is incestuous with a child in the absence of a mature, adults sex partner. Plethysmograph measures have been described as phallometric tests and they have been used to identity males. Both adults and adolescents with pedophilic interests.
