Psychological characteristics and offense risk among men who own sex dolls

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February 29, 2024

"The ownership of sex dolls has become an increasingly controversial social issue in recent years, with many people calling for the criminalization of such dolls. At the root of these calls is the assumption that sex doll ownership contributes to increases in deviant sexual offense risks among doll owners." Craig A. Harper and Rebecca Lievesley (Nottingham/UK) compared the psychological characteristics and comparative sexual aggression proclivities of sex doll owners and a non-owner comparison group using anonymous survey designs.

Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie 2023 Supplements

The psychologists report (in Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Supplement 2023): "Doll owners scored lower than comparators in relation to sexual aggression proclivity. Compared to non-owners with sexual attractions to adults, doll owners were, however, more likely to see women as unknowable, the world as dangerous, and have lower sexual self-esteem. They also have more obsessive and emotionally stable personality styles. Compared to non-owners with sexual attractions to children, child-like doll owners were less antisocial, sexually preoccupied, and anxiously attached, but more likely to exhibit schizotypal personality traits and engage in sexually objectifying behaviors.. .

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