The question of whether homosexuality is related to various bad things is independent of one's stance towards homosexuals as citizens, their rights to marriage etc. which is fine by me. Given some recent tweets about the penile response of a large, clinical sample of men to various stimuli, there was some Twitter speculation that homosexuality and pedophilia were linked. Tara McCarthy asked me to look into the matter, so I took a quick look. This is not meant to be exhaustive.
I think I found the study that the coloured bar graph about penile response pertains too. Although it is rendered differently, the data matches up exactly. Note figure 1.
They were sorted by penile response, by terms of age attraction and gender, hence the symmetry between groups.
For heterosexuals:
1066 were classed as teleiophiles
761 as hebephiles
159 as pedophiles
For homosexuals:
96 were classed as teleiophiles
86 as hebephiles
110 as pedophiles
Most were sex offenders and many of the sources listed signified exposure to the judicial system, one non criminal source involved those who were referred by their physician due to their unsual sexual proclivity or ideation. So although it obviously is not a general sample, the disparity between groups is still quite striking. A more general sample would be interesting to see.
I think I found the study that the coloured bar graph about penile response pertains too. Although it is rendered differently, the data matches up exactly. Note figure 1.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310141/#!po=34.3023
They were sorted by penile response, by terms of age attraction and gender, hence the symmetry between groups.
For heterosexuals:
1066 were classed as teleiophiles
761 as hebephiles
159 as pedophiles
For homosexuals:
96 were classed as teleiophiles
86 as hebephiles
110 as pedophiles
Most were sex offenders and many of the sources listed signified exposure to the judicial system, one non criminal source involved those who were referred by their physician due to their unsual sexual proclivity or ideation. So although it obviously is not a general sample, the disparity between groups is still quite striking. A more general sample would be interesting to see.