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A survey found 1 in 6 men admit sexual feelings for children. So is paedophilia increasing? (2023, linked study is worth a read). (theconversation.com)
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I came across this after someone I know made some claims about pedophilia prevalence I found unbelievable. Leading me to the survey.

Surveys are hard, there's always some percentage of people that say strange things, and self reports could be over or underestimates of prevalence.

I think that the way the results bundle 19 year old who watch a porn video that had a 17 year old in it, and 50 year old that watched a porn video of a 5 year old together is needlessly inflammatory. While neither is good I think culturally we are generally vastly more worried about what leads to the second, or even what makes the 50 year old look for 17 year olds (i.e. cases where the 19 year old didn't grow out of it).

Still, some of these stats are extremely troubling to me, and I'm interested in what people make of it.

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[โ€“] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The researchers also found:

  • around one in ten (9.4%) Australian men has sexually offended against children

Does that figure accurately reflect the Australian population? Like, 1 in eleven men (roughly) have acted on some sexual impulse with a child. That sounds pretty high. I know a lot of adult males; so with that kind of statistic (and the follow-up about their typical backgrounds), it would be highly likely that I know a few sexual offenders without realising it.

[โ€“] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Well it's hard to say. Their sampling is pretty good, although mostly reflects the white population here as they discuss.

We don't really have better stats than self reports, and this is a good study of self reports. You could dive into the data to see exactly what are the major areas, they indicate it's CP, CP when also a child, sexual chats online mostly. With about 3% assault or worse.

Keep in mind it's not uniform, the wierdos and freaks are amusingly less likely to. It's more likely to be the well dressed guy with a family. So social elites. Depending on your crowd you might be pretty unlikely to know someone who does this.