Little research has been
conducted to examine paraphilic sexual interests in nonclinical samples. The
little that exists suggests that atypical sexual interests are more common in
men than in women, but the reasons for this difference are unknown.
In this study,
we explored the prevalence of paraphilic interests in a nonclinical sample of
men and women. We expected that men would report greater arousal (or less
repulsion) toward various paraphilic acts than women. We also examined putative
correlates of paraphilias in an attempt to explain the sex difference.
In all,
305 men and 710 women completed an online survey assessing sexual experiences,
sexual interests, as well as indicators of neurodevelopmental stress, sex
drive, mating effort, impulsivity, masculinity/femininity, and socially
desirable responding.
As expected, significant sex differences were found, with
men reporting significantly less repulsion (or more arousal) to the majority of
paraphilic acts than women. Using mediation analysis, sex drive was the only
correlate to significantly and fully mediate the sex difference in paraphilic
interests. In other words, sex drive fully accounted for the sex difference in
paraphilic interests.
The implications of these findings for understanding the
etiology of atypical sexual interests are discussed.
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By:
- 1Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
- 2University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
- 3University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada martin.lalumiere@uottawa.ca.
- Sex Abuse. 2016 Feb;28(1):20-45. doi: 10.1177/1079063214525645. Epub 2014 Mar 14.
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