Recent research related to juvenile sex offending: findings and directions for further research.

Serious scholarly inquiry into juvenile sex offending represents a relatively new field, dating from the mid 1940s. During the next 4 decades, a mere handful of articles exploring aspects of juvenile sex offending were added to the available literature. By the 1980s, however, the literature began to increase rapidly, a trend that continues today.

Blanchard's Autogynephilia Theory: a critique.

Over the last 20 years, Ray Blanchard, Ph.D., with a variety of coauthors and collaborators, has proposed a theory that links the sexual orientation of male-to-female transsexuals with the presence or absence of autogynephilia (erotic arousal by the thought or image of "himself" as a woman).

Autogynephilia in women.

Autogynephilia, an erotic interest in the thought or image of oneself as a woman, has been described as a sexual interest of some male-to-female transsexuals (MTFs); the term has not been applied to natal women. To test the possibility that natal women also experience autogynephilia, an Autogynephilia Scale for Women (ASW) was created from items used to categorize MTFs as autogynephilic in other studies. A questionnaire that included the ASW was distributed to a sample of 51 professional women employed at an urban hospital; 29 completed questionnaires were returned for analysis.

S/M (sadomasochistic) interests as an issue in a child custody proceeding.

This article describes a child custody case centered on the fitness of the mother, who was involved in an SM relationship with her live-in boyfriend. Although the investigation confirmed that no child abuse had occurred, that the child was unaware of the mother's sexual interests, that there were no incidents of inappropriate sexual activities in front of the minor, and that the child was doing well, the court severely limited the mother's visitation and custody arrangements and ended her alimony. Practitioners of alternative sexual lifestyles have not fared well in child custody hearings, and this case is no exception.

24/7 SM slavery.

This study describes the nature of 24/7 SM slavery as practiced within the SM (sadomasochistic) community. These SM participants, who attempt to live full-time in owner-slave roles, represent a small proportion of those with SM interests. SM slaves have not been studied systematically to determine if and how they differ from other SM practitioners.

Situating unusual child and adolescent sexual behavior in context.

There is a lack of scientific knowledge concerning what constitutes normal versus unusual sexual behaviors among minors. Clinical judgements in these cases often are clouded by unfounded sociocultural assumptions, personal biases, legal issues, and moral considerations. Current diagnostic nomenclature that is used commonly for adult sexual activities is inappropriately applied to minors.

Safer sex and the polyamorous lesbian.

SUMMARY In recent years, concern about transmission of AIDS and other STDs has prompted people of all sexual orientations to use various safer sex techniques. This article explains why monogamy is not necessarily any safer than polyamory. Research on the low risk of woman-to-woman transmission of HIV and other STDs is described.

S/M (sadomasochistic) interactions in semi-public settings.

An organized semi-public event for the exhibition of S/M (sadomasochistic) behavior is known as a "party" by the participants. Using a retrospective analysis of the author's experiences over the last 25 years, a description of these parties is presented. The present paper explores the structure, function, and purpose of these parties.

HIV prevention: a dramaturgical analysis and practical guide to creating safer sex interventions.

Safer sex is currently a major strategy for preventing HIV transmission. We examine safer sex interventions using an interactionist form of dramaturgical analysis. This approach yields a dynamic model with which to generate novel safer sex interventions highly sensitive to changing individual, cultural, and social variables.

Lust, lack of desire, and paraphilias: some thoughts and possible connections.

How one develops specific sexual interests (desires, eroticisms, orientation, lust, preferences, etc.) is a basic and essentially unanswered question in sexology. The present paper explores a theoretical relationship between the the development of specific sexual interests and those individuals complaining of lack of desire.

Swastika, pink triangle and yellow star-the destruction of sexology and the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany.

Much early sexological research, indeed the very concept of sexology, was the work of German Jews. Hitler's rise to power first curtailed, then prevented, and finally destroyed all German sex research and a flourishing sex reform movement. Once the scientific and scholarly study of sex had come to an end, the sexual ideology-of Nazism, which was antisemitic, antifeminist, and homophobic, could easily be put into practice.