, Leipzig, Germany.
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Nov;53(10):3875-3893. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-03012-2. Epub 2024 Oct 15.
A dominant view among researchers is that boys' sexual interactions with adult men are traumatizing. In contrast, many gay men recall childhood sexual experiences with adult males as positive. The current study tested for both of these outcomes by examining recalled boyhood sexual experiences of older gay men. Interviews were conducted in the 1970-1980s, and thus, before the public view became popular that child-adult sexual interactions must be traumatizing. Quantitative analyses suggested that gay men with boyhood sexual experiences with adult males (n = 7, mostly aged 11-16 at first experience with men aged 20s to 50s) were as well adjusted as those without these experiences (n = 10), and these experiences were usually viewed positively (71%). Narrative analyses indicated that adjustment problems in adulthood were not related to these early sexual experiences but to other factors such as parental abusiveness, societal intolerance, internalized homophobia, or social isolation.
研究人员的主流观点认为，男孩与成年男性的性互动会造成创伤。相比之下，许多男同性恋者回忆起与成年男性的童年性经历是积极的。本研究通过考察年长男同性恋者回忆中的童年性经历，同时检验了这两种结果。这些访谈是在 20 世纪 70 年代至 80 年代进行的，因此，在公众观点变得流行之前，即儿童与成人的性互动必然会造成创伤。定量分析表明，有与成年男性发生过性行为的男同性恋者（n=7，初次与 20 多岁至 50 多岁的男性发生性行为时大多为 11-16 岁）和没有这些经历的男同性恋者（n=10）一样适应良好，并且这些经历通常被视为积极（71%）。叙事分析表明，成年后的适应问题与这些早期的性经历无关，而是与其他因素有关，如父母虐待、社会不容忍、内化的恐同症或社会孤立。
