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There have been tangential studies (studies not directly studying adult-child sexual activity) in other countries which confirm that "children" (minors) are sexually active, and usually suffer no harms from engaging in sexual activity, as long as the sexual activity is not forced or strongly coerced.
There have been tangential studies (studies not directly studying adult-child sexual activity) in other countries which confirm that "children" (minors) are sexually active, and usually suffer no harms from engaging in sexual activity, as long as the sexual activity is not forced or strongly coerced.
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==Relevance to BoyLovers==
BoyLovers are condemned for engaging in sexual activities with young boys, though research has demonstrated that usually no harms result to the boyS from such activities, aside from any harms of a sociogenic nature.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Pedophilia, Science and Self-Deception]]
*[[Pedophilia, Science and Self-Deception]]
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*[[antisexual]]
*[[antisexual]]


NOTE: THE FOLLOWING SEARCH RETURNS A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TO BE INCLUDED IN "SEE ALSO":
https://www.boywiki.org/en/Special:Search/Sexuality_of_children
==External links==
:https://www.newgon.com/wiki/Research:_Secondary_Harm
==External links==
==External links==
https://www.newgon.com/wiki/Research:_Secondary_Harm
*''The Sexual Life Of Children'' by Floyd M. Martinson (may be read on-line at this link)
:https://www.ipce.info/host/martinson/index.html
*"The Effects of Early Sexual Experiences: A review and Synthesis of Research" by Larry L. Constantine, from ''Children and Sex'' by Constantine & Martinson (eds) (.PDF file for downloading)
:https://www.ipce.info/booksreborn/martinson/infant/InfantAndChildSexuality.pdf
*A Chronology of Sex Research
:https://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chronology_of_Sex_Research
* ''Childhood Sexuality: Normal Sexual Behavior and Development'' by Theo Sandfort
:https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Sexuality-Normal-Behavior-Development/dp/0789011999
**Download of the above here:
::https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/private/biblio_attachments/childhood_sexuality-_normal_sexual_behavior_and_development--sandfort_and_rademakers.pdf
* ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'' (1948) - chapter 5 - Early Sexual Growth and Activity
:https://www.ipce.info/library/books/kinsey-sexual-behavior-human-male-ch-5
*''The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia; an account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea'' by Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
:https://archive.org/details/sexuallifeofsava00mali
*THE SEXUAL RIGHTS OF CHILDREN: IMPLICATIONS OF A RADICAL PERSPECTIVE by LARRY L. CONSTANTINE
:https://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/const_rights_text.htm
*The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship by Matthew Waites
:https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/9780230505933.pdf
*The Magical Age of 10
:https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/herdt_-_the_magical_age_of_10_2000.pdf
*Harmful to Minors
:https://www.ipce.info/library_3/pdf/harmfultominors.pdf
*Normative Sexual Behavior in Children: A Contemporary Sample
:https://www.ipce.info/library_2/frie/friedrich.pdf
*Harming Children in the Name of "Child Protection": How Minors Who Have Sex with Other Minors are Abused by the Law and Therapy' by Andrew Heller; From the book ''Censoring Sex Research - The Debate over Male Intergenerational Relations'' edited by Thomas K. Hubbard & Beert Verstraete; Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA; 2013 (several pages missing - I hope to fix that soon-User4)
:https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/heller_pages_241_242_249_missing.pdf.pdf
*'The Main Thing Is Being Wanted'
:https://www.ipce.info/.../the_main_thing_is_being_wanted-some_case_studies_on_adult_sexual_experiences_with_children.pdf
*The Trauma Myth
:https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/the_trauma_myth.pdf
*The Quality of Adolescent Sexual Experiences
:https://www.ipce.info/booksreborn/martinson/adolescent/Adolescent.pdf
*MURRAY & ROSCOE, BOY-WIVES & FEMALE HUSBANDS
:https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/private/biblio_attachments/murray-roscoe-boy-wives-female-husbands-98.pdf
*Sexual Consent and the Adolescent Male, or What Can We Learn from the Greeks?
:https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/sexual_consent_and_the_adolescent_male_or_what_can_we_learn_from_the_greeks.pdf
*Censoring Sex Research: The Debate over Male Intergenerational Relations eds. Hubbard, Thomas K., & Verstraete Beert
:https://www.ipce.info/library/book/censoring-sex-research-debate-over-male-interge
*Social Response to Age-Gap Sex Involving Minors by Bruce Rind
:https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/sociual_response_to_age-gap_sex_involving_minors.pdf
*Growing Up Sexually - World Reference Atlas (website)
:http://www.sexarchive.info/GESUND/ARCHIV/GUS/GUS_MAIN_INDEX.HTM


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[[Category:Sexuality]]
[[Category:Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:Encyclopedia]]

Revision as of 16:06, 2 May 2015

Child sexuality is a little-researched topic. This is due to most research being carried out in Western anglophile countries, where the subject of children engaging in sexual activity is taboo, and any such sexual activity (or even research on child sexual activity) is automatically considered to be "inappropriate".

Children in the past were considered to have agency and could engage in sexual activity with others, including adults. The vast majority of such sexual relationships caused absolutely no harm to the children -- it is only in the past 40 years or so that child sexually activity has become stigmatized.

Third-wave feminists, radical feminists, and right-wing Republicans have (falsely) denied that children are sexual beings, and continue to (unjustly) condemn and to criminalize adults who engage in sexual activity with minors.

Sexologists are well aware that children are sexual beings, but, due to attacks from the above-mentioned groups, they remain cowardly silent as they fear the damage to -- or the complete loss of -- their careers.

In the Netherlands, Theo Sandfort performed research on young boys (adolescent boys and pre-adolescent boys) who were involved in sexual relationships with adult men, and reported on his research. The results showed that the boys fully enjoyed the sexual relationships they had with the men, and felt that any harms were cause by the attitudes of society and not by the relationships with the men or the sexual activities.

Kinsey also studied child sexuality, and he was fiercely attacked for having done so. He found that even very young children are normally sexually active, and capable of sensual enjoyment, and can even experience orgasm.

Larry Constantine also studied child sexuality in 1983.

There have been tangential studies (studies not directly studying adult-child sexual activity) in other countries which confirm that "children" (minors) are sexually active, and usually suffer no harms from engaging in sexual activity, as long as the sexual activity is not forced or strongly coerced.

Relevance to BoyLovers

BoyLovers are condemned for engaging in sexual activities with young boys, though research has demonstrated that usually no harms result to the boyS from such activities, aside from any harms of a sociogenic nature.

See also

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING SEARCH RETURNS A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TO BE INCLUDED IN "SEE ALSO":

https://www.boywiki.org/en/Special:Search/Sexuality_of_children

External links

https://www.newgon.com/wiki/Research:_Secondary_Harm

External links

  • The Sexual Life Of Children by Floyd M. Martinson (may be read on-line at this link)
https://www.ipce.info/host/martinson/index.html
  • "The Effects of Early Sexual Experiences: A review and Synthesis of Research" by Larry L. Constantine, from Children and Sex by Constantine & Martinson (eds) (.PDF file for downloading)
https://www.ipce.info/booksreborn/martinson/infant/InfantAndChildSexuality.pdf
  • A Chronology of Sex Research
https://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chronology_of_Sex_Research
  • Childhood Sexuality: Normal Sexual Behavior and Development by Theo Sandfort
https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Sexuality-Normal-Behavior-Development/dp/0789011999
    • Download of the above here:
https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/private/biblio_attachments/childhood_sexuality-_normal_sexual_behavior_and_development--sandfort_and_rademakers.pdf
  • Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) - chapter 5 - Early Sexual Growth and Activity
https://www.ipce.info/library/books/kinsey-sexual-behavior-human-male-ch-5
  • The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia; an account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea by Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
https://archive.org/details/sexuallifeofsava00mali
  • THE SEXUAL RIGHTS OF CHILDREN: IMPLICATIONS OF A RADICAL PERSPECTIVE by LARRY L. CONSTANTINE
https://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/const_rights_text.htm
  • The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship by Matthew Waites
https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/9780230505933.pdf
  • The Magical Age of 10
https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/herdt_-_the_magical_age_of_10_2000.pdf
  • Harmful to Minors
https://www.ipce.info/library_3/pdf/harmfultominors.pdf
  • Normative Sexual Behavior in Children: A Contemporary Sample
https://www.ipce.info/library_2/frie/friedrich.pdf
  • Harming Children in the Name of "Child Protection": How Minors Who Have Sex with Other Minors are Abused by the Law and Therapy' by Andrew Heller; From the book Censoring Sex Research - The Debate over Male Intergenerational Relations edited by Thomas K. Hubbard & Beert Verstraete; Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA; 2013 (several pages missing - I hope to fix that soon-User4)
https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/heller_pages_241_242_249_missing.pdf.pdf
  • 'The Main Thing Is Being Wanted'
https://www.ipce.info/.../the_main_thing_is_being_wanted-some_case_studies_on_adult_sexual_experiences_with_children.pdf
  • The Trauma Myth
https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/the_trauma_myth.pdf
  • The Quality of Adolescent Sexual Experiences
https://www.ipce.info/booksreborn/martinson/adolescent/Adolescent.pdf
  • MURRAY & ROSCOE, BOY-WIVES & FEMALE HUSBANDS
https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/private/biblio_attachments/murray-roscoe-boy-wives-female-husbands-98.pdf
  • Sexual Consent and the Adolescent Male, or What Can We Learn from the Greeks?
https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/sexual_consent_and_the_adolescent_male_or_what_can_we_learn_from_the_greeks.pdf
  • Censoring Sex Research: The Debate over Male Intergenerational Relations eds. Hubbard, Thomas K., & Verstraete Beert
https://www.ipce.info/library/book/censoring-sex-research-debate-over-male-interge
  • Social Response to Age-Gap Sex Involving Minors by Bruce Rind
https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/sociual_response_to_age-gap_sex_involving_minors.pdf
  • Growing Up Sexually - World Reference Atlas (website)
http://www.sexarchive.info/GESUND/ARCHIV/GUS/GUS_MAIN_INDEX.HTM