tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post4679347943037421502..comments2024-03-20T19:17:02.285-07:00Comments on IN THE NEWS: Why are these men downloading child pornography?Karen Franklin, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-30174721548794257562021-04-07T18:44:06.429-07:002021-04-07T18:44:06.429-07:00Reminder that the CAMH "experts" Seto, B...Reminder that the CAMH "experts" Seto, Blanchard, Cantor and Bailey are clueless about the biology of male sexual preferences. <br /><br />There's no law of evolution that says the males in a species must prefer the "fully developed" adult females. The only thing that ultimately matters in evolution is reproductive success and if the males in a species can achieve greater reproductive success by going for immature females then they will evolve to do exactly that.<br /><br />Because what matters in the human mating system is the amount of offspring a female can produce over the long-term it makes sense for men to go for females that are a bit immature and haven't quite yet reached reproductive age, as this means they still have all their reproductive years ahead of them.<br /><br />The most important determiner of a girl's attractiveness is the face, and the faces men find most attractive are those of pubescent girls not adults. Of course this is already known in the sex and anime industries, e.g. Xiaoice, China's most popular AI GF. She's "18" years old but she's obviously modeled on a girl about 14. That's what the market wants.<br /><br />https://i.imgur.com/dZoxaD7.jpeg<br /><br />Female fertility fluctuates over the menstrual cycle and the fertile window is only about 5 days per month yet humans have sex all throughout the cycle. Human couples have sex when the female is already pregnant and won't get "more pregnant". They have sex when the female is lactating and ovulation has been shut down.<br /><br />It doesn't matter whether an INDIVIDUAL mating with a female results in conception or not. What matters is the amount of offspring a man can potentially get from a female over the course of a long-term relationship in which they regularly have sex. By beginning a relationship with a female just prior the onset of her fertility a man can potentially monopolise the whole of her reproductive lifespan and get as many offspring from her as possible. Very simple.<br /><br />This is in contrast to the chimp mating system. Chimp males and females don't form exclusive bonds like humans and their mating system is mostly promiscuous pumping-and-dumping. Under this kind of mating system a female's current fertility status is important to the males. The females develop sexual swellings on their butts during the fertile part of the menstrual cycle to advertise that they're currently able to conceive. The males mate with these females the most and aren't very interested in the females outside the fertile time of the month without sexual swellings. We don't see these huge fluctuations in attractiveness and sexual activity over the menstrual cycle in our species.<br /><br />This is all pretty basic stuff in primatology and biological anthropology. But run it by "experts" like Seto or Cantor and it'll just go straight over the top of their heads. They're just not very intelligent. Most of their data comes from crappy willy tests in the lab or self-report surveys in which the men are obviously lying. If you want to understand what men want take a look at real-world data like the how traffic different porn groups get, the age girls are most likely to be sexually assaulted, what age sells for the highest price in bride markets etc. <br /><br />For instance, a recent study found that the most popular age for women on dating sites was 18.<br /><br />https://i.imgur.com/ALucwkS.png<br /><br />Now, we're not getting the full picture here since the sites have a lower age limit of 18. What would the graph look like if girls under 18 were allowed on the sites?<br /><br />Like this?<br /><br />https://i.imgur.com/n1jTFq1.png<br /><br />Yeah sure. I think it would look more like this.<br /><br />https://i.imgur.com/KubdVgC.pngAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-21336314828646086492018-01-03T07:55:46.346-08:002018-01-03T07:55:46.346-08:00Anonymous:
Thanks for your educational comments o...Anonymous: <br />Thanks for your educational comments on the role of P2P technology in fueling illegal online activities such as child porn distribution.Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-74972493032720910762018-01-03T07:26:58.809-08:002018-01-03T07:26:58.809-08:00I think that I should further clarify number nine ...I think that I should further clarify number nine in my above post: Most of those who use P2P sites are not wantonly sharing their files with other users. Most of these P2P users,(not all), while downloading P2P files, other users can then upload files from the downloader's hard drive. This is an automatic process. A user can set his P2P site to share only with a select few, but most users set their P2P site for this automatic operation. Again, most P2P user's never know who they're getting free music, movie, and yes, CP files from. Whether the P2P file sharing idea was originally a well meaning design or not, it is clearly an outlier in the cyber world. Also it's very design makes it nearly impossible to regulate. LE should be putting enough resources into shutting down ALL P2P sites as they do in prosecuting vulnerable individuals who fall prey to the evils on these sites. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-81240716690008227172017-12-30T11:27:54.878-08:002017-12-30T11:27:54.878-08:00Dr. Franklin, allow me to further expand on your v...Dr. Franklin, allow me to further expand on your very well researched article by further explaining the modern technology behind almost every viewer of CP. 1) According to the USSC's 2012 analysis of internet CP prosecutions 96% of CP viewers are finding CP on free peer to peer file sharing sites. 2) These sites function as personal, independant internet servers, totally unregulated, the wild, wild west of the internet. 3) Consequently, many CP viewers who look at these images on peer to peer sites almost always receive images, (age ranges) that they did not ask for, (prepubescent images), and their search histories can verify this. 4) There are little to no warnings on these P2P sites and for obvious reasons, the federal government loves it! To further explain, how many of you out there have seen this warning when you pop a DVD in your player: "Piracy is not a victimless crime", etc...? If there was ever a reason to post clear and bold warnings regarding the illegality of an activity you would think it be child pornography, Unfortunately, the reality is that it is the least regulated, (little to no warnings) illegal activity in our society. 6) The government is using this reckless, unregulated activity to catch what they think are closet pedofiles. 7) our lawmakers love enacting evermore tougher penalties for viewing CP. For obvious reasons it greatly helps our lawmakers get reelected! 8) In many professional law circles the sentences handed down are many times so severe that the term that is use is called "hyper punishment". Remember, these are otherwise law abiding citizens who get sucked down a "rabbit hole" and who have harmed no one.9) In many of these cases it is difficult to know what the age interest are of the viewer. This is because adult porn can be viewed from multiple sites for free, and there are so many of these sites that there is simply no need to download these images. Whereas on the P2P sites you MUST download these images in order to share these images later with another viewer thereby creating evidence on the viewer's hard drive. The very platform of P2P sites is literally designed for piracy and illegal activity.Many people start out downloading free music and movie videos because they are relatively speaking, young and consequently, have little funds available for purchasing music CD's and movie videos. I think I know what I'm talking about here as my son who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 11 is now in prison for looking at CP. Now, I ask your blog readers, who else besides the exploited child from St. Petersburg Russia, (anywhere in the world), is being victimized here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-51466554046971377122017-11-19T19:01:38.137-08:002017-11-19T19:01:38.137-08:00"...those without fixed sexual interests in c..."...those without fixed sexual interests in children will have a wider variety of images, including those of adults and other themes such as bestiality, bondage and the like, with child photos in the minority."<br /><br />I think this is a very important point that has been largely ignored when considering the issue. However, whether child images are in the minority or the majority may be a moot point a lot of the time anyway. A forensic analysis is only a snapshot in time that might not necessarily reveal the bigger long-term picture and dynamics of the user's downward spiral and change in porn interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-85313446680624183242017-10-23T08:15:45.103-07:002017-10-23T08:15:45.103-07:00Hello Karen,
Have you listened to The Butterfly Ef...Hello Karen,<br />Have you listened to The Butterfly Effect by Jon Ronson? If you haven't, it's a podcast he did. I got it from Audible. It relates to what you have written here. I mention this because I wrote to Jon and referenced you and this blog.<br />If you wanted more details about my letter or interest in your article or how they are related I'd be happy to explain.<br />RobertRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759833620576576921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-28855073409137253502017-08-29T02:46:38.028-07:002017-08-29T02:46:38.028-07:00Anybody ever hear of a Japanese inspection? If the...Anybody ever hear of a Japanese inspection? If the Japan port authority do not want a specific trailer filled with let say strawberries to be brought into port let say the trailer is owned by a group that is not liked by the port authority for one reason or another. they let the trailer sit and sit until all the strawberries have gone rotten. They did not say yes! bring it to be inspected and they did not say no eather rather they just let the strawberries rot nothing to inspect. This is what has become of the making of a new and better law SB 421 the Sex offender Tier System. The committee will just let it in limbo until past the due date and it becomes a dead bill. No one said yes and no one said no. And nobody is saying a damn thing not the Dem. and not the Rep. Not law enforcement (who is the ones that a registry is meant to help in public safety) not the Courts or the Judges or the DA(s) not the Office of the Public Defended nobody am I am just one person who nobody will pay any attention. What's really and Honestly going on. This new law works and it puts the most needed offenders out in the open (the serial pedophiles and Sexual Violent Predators) and persons who are not sure if they are dangerous. Only those low level <br />misd. Offenses and the moderate level non violent felonies that occurred over 20 plus years ago without another sex crime and no criminal history of violence. <br />The only bad point I can see is that the static 99 R exam is no good for persons very young and if the crime occurred over 20 years. But Karen you yourself said a few years ago the this exam is bad science that it does not work like they make it out But you did say it my not show who is going to commit serious and violent sex crime but you said it does work very good showing who is not. But that is not what they want to hear or know they don't care who is not going to commit a violent sex crime they only care who is.<br />What is your views after so many years of this registration laws rules and regulations that were by mostly majority made through wrong, misunderstood, false, folklore and propaganda ( like stranger danger etc.) and the now stable yet flexible System using true and real facts and works that has been put<br /> on the back burner until the gas runs out.<br />Neil Fisher<br /> <br /><br />.<br /><br /><br /> <br /> offenses .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160268416816190406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-31483655456378234652017-08-29T02:42:18.078-07:002017-08-29T02:42:18.078-07:00Anybody ever hear of a Japanese inspection? If the...Anybody ever hear of a Japanese inspection? If the Japan port authority do not want a specific trailer filled with let say strawberries to be brought into port let say the trailer is owned by a group that is not liked by the port authority for one reason or another. they let the trailer sit and sit until all the strawberries have gone rotten. They did not say yes! bring it to be inspected and they did not say no eather rather they just let the strawberries rot nothing to inspect. This is what has become of the making of a new and better law SB 421 the Sex offender Tier System. The committee will just let it in limbo until past the due date and it becomes a dead bill. No one said yes and no one said no. And nobody is saying a damn thing not the Dem. and not the Rep. Not law enforcement (who is the ones that a registry is meant to help in public safety) not the Courts or the Judges or the DA(s) not the Office of the Public Defended nobody am I am just one person who nobody will pay any attention. What's really and Honestly going on. This new law works and it puts the most needed offenders out in the open (the serial pedophiles and Sexual Violent Predators) and persons who are not sure if they are dangerous. Only those low level <br />misd. Offenses and the moderate level non violent felonies that occurred over 20 plus years ago without another sex crime and no criminal history of violence. <br />The only bad point I can see is that the static 99 R exam is no good for persons very young and if the crime occurred over 20 years. But Karen you yourself said a few years ago the this exam is bad science that it does not work like they make it out But you did say it my not show who is going to commit serious and violent sex crime but you said it does work very good showing who is not. But that is not what they want to hear or know they don't care who is not going to commit a violent sex crime they only care who is.<br />What is your views after so many years of this registration laws rules and regulations that were by mostly majority made through wrong, misunderstood, false, folklore and propaganda ( like stranger danger etc.) and the now stable yet flexible System using true and real facts and works that has been but on the back burner until the gas runs out.<br />Neil Fisher<br /> <br /><br />.<br /><br /><br /> <br /> offenses .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160268416816190406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-58761915700797431402017-08-25T13:44:00.685-07:002017-08-25T13:44:00.685-07:00Attention important new information.
SB 421 is the...Attention important new information.<br />SB 421 is the new sex offender registration Tier System law that will fix the outdated and broken California sex offender registration system by weeding out all the low threat, lower level no longer dangerous offenders leaving only the higher level dangerous offenders to be on the registration list.<br />This is a modern stable yet flexible system and it works. And is good for tens of thousands of individuals who no longer belong on the registration list.<br />Support SB 421 by advising the governor to sigh it into law. It is in the best interest for the majority of the California tax payers and citizens and law enforcement and the children of the state of California.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160268416816190406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-88884949600766815632017-08-24T18:54:12.428-07:002017-08-24T18:54:12.428-07:00Attention important new information.
SB 421 is the...Attention important new information.<br />SB 421 is the new sex offender registration Tier System law that will fix the outdated and broken California sex offender registration system by weeding out all the low threat, lower level no longer dangerous offenders leaving only the higher level dangerous offenders to be on the registration list.<br />This is a modern stable yet flexible system and it works. And is good for tens of thousands of individuals who no longer belong on the registration list.<br />Support SB 421 by advising the governor to sigh it into law. It is in the best interest for the majority of the California tax payers and citizens and law enforcement and the children of the state of California.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160268416816190406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-63771094144643839762017-06-08T07:48:44.774-07:002017-06-08T07:48:44.774-07:00Hi Anonymous #2:
I don't know what specific ...Hi Anonymous #2: <br /><br />I don't know what specific quote (if any) Anonymous #1 was referencing, but Ms. Wetterling has been outspoken on the topic of sex offender laws. Among the best reporting on her son's case, with in-depth interviews of Ms. Wetterling, is last year's podcast series, In the Dark. The series is <a href="http://www.apmreports.org/in-the-dark" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>; my Oct. 22, 2016 blog post on it is <a href="http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2016/10/in-dark-shines-brilliant-light-on.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-51206258875432560902017-06-07T07:52:00.070-07:002017-06-07T07:52:00.070-07:00sorry, couldn't find this Wetterling quote. co...sorry, couldn't find this Wetterling quote. could you direct me to a link to this quote? thanks! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-54875656997664623772017-05-30T10:42:14.288-07:002017-05-30T10:42:14.288-07:00Well done. I live in an upscale middle-income comm...Well done. I live in an upscale middle-income community where every mother walks their child to school. Nonsense and bad for children to raise them believing that every stranger is a child molester. Even Ms. Wetterling, who lost her son Jacob to a stranger, thinks we have created a monster. I think we must change this nonsense to a better message, which is, “This is a relatively safe world for children who need to keep their eyes open and use common sense with stranger.” By far, the risk is with the family. A child has more likelihood of being hit by a meteor than of being molested by a stranger. (Quote from Ms. Wetterling)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-36851885625806220562017-05-30T09:16:09.576-07:002017-05-30T09:16:09.576-07:00Thanks for your thoughts. Certainly, I doubt that ...Thanks for your thoughts. Certainly, I doubt that many people are surprised by adult men's sexual attraction to teenagers. My foci here were on (1) the exploitation of this attraction by the porn industry, and (2) the process via which non-pedophilic men "fall down the rabbit hole" and download material that is illegal. In the legal arena in which forensic psychologists see these men, it doesn't really matter whether the porn depicts teens or pre-teens, because the downloader (much like the man in a "Catch-a-Predator"-style sting) is putting himself at equal risk of arrest. Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-80541866186178709012017-05-30T09:07:07.503-07:002017-05-30T09:07:07.503-07:00The pornography at PornHub is of adults, so it is ...The pornography at PornHub is of adults, so it is legal. Only child pornography is illegal. Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-73436515609744483802017-05-26T20:36:14.141-07:002017-05-26T20:36:14.141-07:00Several thoughts, 1. Is that you can't trust c... Several thoughts, 1. Is that you can't trust counters, they can be set by people on the other side to make things look the way that they want them to. 2. Is this definitely child porn at porn hub? 3. Shouldn't it be illegal for anyone (as in the feds, etc. to see those porn pictures and post them as bait? There is something just WRONG with that! and finally, 4. Porn IS an addiction and while I think that many look at porn because of their addiction, I still don't understand why it's LEGAL for people to be employed and post those porn pictures, it's wrong and if it was a picture of me and I found out I would be H bent to sue! Oh, and finally, shouldn't there be more money, time and thought into education about the penalties of porn instead of money socked into setting traps?Sharon Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09457927970277104377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-18513023345687857502017-05-26T17:09:49.557-07:002017-05-26T17:09:49.557-07:00LOL men like 'em young. If there were no legal...LOL men like 'em young. If there were no legal restrictions the most popular age for girls in porn would probably be about 14. The porn industry knows this but the scientific establishment is kind of in denial about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-39167884799750671642017-05-26T16:25:45.312-07:002017-05-26T16:25:45.312-07:00Can the U.S. court system charge FBI for such its ...Can the U.S. court system charge FBI for such its questionable endeavors with Playpen and/or any other website? If so, why hasn't it? How can any law enforcement agency argue away any attempt to enforce the law by blatantly breaking the law?<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-4482543400124904282017-05-25T17:20:41.163-07:002017-05-25T17:20:41.163-07:00Hi Karen,
Although adult-teen sex is illegal for ...Hi Karen,<br /><br />Although adult-teen sex is illegal for some very good reasons, such an attraction on the part of adults for developing adolescence is normal as far as the psychiatric field is concerned. Since this is the case, why would the popularity of teen-related categories be considered a surprise? I recall hearing some time ago that the schoolgirl fembot was voted the most popular--and common--of all sex toys. I was not the least but shocked. Better engage with a fembot than the real thing.<br /><br />That said, the research on child porn mentined in this article fails to distinguish between the porn depicting teens and porn depicting prepubescent children. Many viewers download only teen porn while others focus on prepubescent children or even both. These viewers are not all pedophiles, yet they are clustered together as if they were. My point here, though, is that such in-depth research on the subject should elucidate the distinction, especially where differences are important. I was merely curious why this was not discussed, especially in a science-oriented article.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-18228589201574929562017-05-24T11:43:49.764-07:002017-05-24T11:43:49.764-07:00Thanks for these comments.
Jackie: I agree with ...Thanks for these comments. <br /><br />Jackie: I agree with you about the FBI's Operation Pacifier. What a crazy operation!<br /><br />Anonymous: I also agree with you about the promotion of teen and incest content. If you go to PornHub's statistical analyses (which I found fascinating), these are among the most popular categories. Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-18857051812208323602017-05-24T11:07:12.585-07:002017-05-24T11:07:12.585-07:00Another thing of note which you kind of touched on...Another thing of note which you kind of touched on in your article, every mainstream porn site pushes "teen", stepdad/daughter incest, and many other videos where women 18 or older dress up as high school kids for sex videos. They are basically promoting the sexualization of children using adult actors/actresses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-63704027041992957292017-05-24T09:06:00.656-07:002017-05-24T09:06:00.656-07:00You forgot to mention the F.B.I.'s Operation P...You forgot to mention the F.B.I.'s Operation Pacifier. They confiscated Playpen from the dark web. For 13 days, the FBI ran Playpen from their own servers in Virginia in order to deploy the NIT to potential pedophiles. Defense lawyers in one of the affected US cases have argued that by running the site themselves, the FBI in effect distributed child pornography. They also upgraded the services making it easier to access and download. How was this not a scandal I do not know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288586226227267432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-27805431864957036922017-05-22T09:05:29.465-07:002017-05-22T09:05:29.465-07:00thank you for the article, i found it highly inter...thank you for the article, i found it highly interesting.Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18390281596505365476noreply@blogger.com