what is the psychology of child molesters?

Question

i appreciate scientific answers from the people who have some knowledge of psychology

when i specifically posted this question in psychology category it is sad to note that people like introspecter gave irrelevent answer

Answer 1

it is called pedophilia in psychology.some adults whose preferred or exclusive method of achieving sexual excitement is by fantasizing or engaging in sexual activity with prepubeertal children. while some authorities state that pedophilia occurs only in males, there are specific cases of women having repeated sexual contact with children. about two thirs of the victims of pedophiles are girls between ages eight and elven. adults who fail in their sexual activity with their aged women in order to over come that inferiority complex do molest children.he is a complete strangr to the child in only 10.3 %cases, i about 15 percent of reported cases, the pedophile is a relative, making the sexual contact a form of incest. alchoholism figures prominently in these cases too.MAC Namara and sagarin caurtion that it is hard to know how often pedophiles who have been caught say they were drunk as an excuse to reduce the stigma and lessen the chances of punishment.according to cohen, seghorn and calmas, the most common is the personally immature pedophile, a person who has never succeeded in developing interpersonal skills and is dran tochildren because he feels in control of the situation.regressed [edp[hil usually begins to developa sense of sexual inadeuacy, has problems dealing with every day stresses, and often becomes alcholic and molest children.another type of pedophile is aggressive pedophile who has a history of antisocial behaviour and may feel strong hostility toward women. they are msot likely to assault their victims and may cause severe physical harm.according to the psychologist nicholas groth, who works extensively with sex offenders, 80 % of pedophiles have a history of being sexually abused when they were children. psycho therapy and freud's psycho analysys may make these people normal.

Answer 2

the problem is u worded the question wrong. Psychology is the study of the mind and an individuals behavior. You can't group all child molesters. It truly is an individual thing. There are soo many possibilities that this question can't be answered. Give a specific scenario and some background next time.

Answer 3

I believe that most child molesters experienced so sort of child abuse when they were young and that trauma was so great that it stuck with them until that becomes the only thing they no. This is not a excuse for them it's just what I think. And it were known at and early age could have helped this person

Answer 4

molesters often see their sufferers because of the fact the only element organic existence has to grant. they are going to often molester infants because of the fact they are seen as harmless and not "grimy". a lot of human beings often are fool to have self belief that molesters considerable objective is sexual. in simple terms like with rape it is fairly approximately capacity. the capacity to take a organic and harmless baby and cause them to "grimy". In a ill way it is the comparable capacity somebody in case you tell a baby Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny isn't genuine yet greater severe. Micheal Jackson is a robust occasion, he has consistently noted how corrupted the international is and how organic infants are. Micheal desires to have the capacity to enable the youngsters comprehend how "undesirable" the international fairly is.

Answer 5

you can't lump all molesters into one. there may be certain characteristics that molesters have in common--like low selfesteem, a lack of trust, being attracted only to children (sexual fetish) or being stunted in their development. they could also be perverted...it is hard to say that every molester fits a concise description! It is best to interview the specific individual to understand their behavior, motivation, and thoughts.

Answer 6

child molesters have often been molested, adults abused as children either become an abuser or a victim. they over identify with the abuser. in their childhood minds they felt that if you are an abuser you have power and therefore you can protect yourself from further abuse

Answer 7

That's like asking "What's the psychology of stupid?"

Answer 8

well you see, there are these men, or women, and they like children in ways that are not socially acceptable in our society. And we define it as a sickness.