Bastani J B, Kentsmith D K
Am J Psychother. 1980 Jan;34(1):20-5. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.1.20.
The authors presents three case histories of wives of sexual deviants--two pedophilics and one exhibitionist. Each of these women felt responsible for the deviance of her husband and attempted to control her husband's acts through sexual activity. The authors suggest that these women derived some psychologic gain through the deviant acts of their husbands, having remained with these men during trying times. The ego defense mechanisms utilized by them included denial, intellectualization, isolation of affect and undoing. The wife is recognized as an integral part of the dynamic system involving the man, and as such, the necessity for her participation in the treatment is recognized. By encouraging change in the wives, a measure of change could be induced in their husbands. Myths about these women fitting a stereotype of cold, sexually unresponsive persons, as described in the literature and by their spouses, were not substantiated.
作者介绍了三名性变态者妻子的病例史——两名恋童癖者和一名暴露癖者。这些女性中的每一个都觉得要为丈夫的变态行为负责，并试图通过性行为来控制丈夫的行为。作者认为，这些女性通过丈夫的变态行为获得了一些心理上的好处，在艰难时期一直与这些男性在一起。她们所采用的自我防御机制包括否认、理智化、情感隔离和抵消。妻子被认为是涉及该男性的动态系统中不可或缺的一部分，因此，认识到她参与治疗的必要性。通过鼓励妻子做出改变，可以促使她们的丈夫也发生一定程度的改变。文献以及她们配偶所描述的关于这些女性符合冷漠、性无反应之人刻板印象的说法并未得到证实。
