Cases of sexual deviation do not only occur in adults, but also children. This of course can cause severe trauma to the child who experiences it. Therefore, it is important for parents to take steps to protect their children from sexual abusers.
Sexual deviance or paraphilia is sexual behavior that involves activities, situations, subjects, or objects that are unusual and generally do not induce sexual urges in others.
Until now, the cause of sexual deviation is not known with certainty. However, there are several factors that are thought to trigger this behavior, such as genetic factors or childhood trauma due to sexual abuse.
Anyone, including children, can experience sexual deviance. Therefore, it is important for parents to recognize the types of sexual abuse and implement measures to protect their children from perpetrators.
Types of Sexual Deviance You Need to Know
There are several types of sexual deviations that are important to know, namely:
1. Pedophilia
Pedophilia is a type of sexual perversion that makes children as sexual objects. Most of the children who become victims are less than 13 years old.
A person with this sexual disorder often invites children to see him masturbating, undressing the child, touching the child's genitals, even forcing the child to have sexual activity with him.
2. Forteurism
Froteurism is a type of sexual deviation which is characterized by a tendency to rub one's genitals on the body of a stranger.
Perpetrators of this sexual disorder often perform their actions without knowing the place and are usually carried out in public places or crowd centers.
3. Exhibitionism
Exhibitionism is sexual behavior carried out by exposing their genitals to strangers. A person with this sexual disorder will feel satisfied when he sees other people shocked or afraid of his actions. Not infrequently the perpetrators to masturbate in public places.
4. Voyeurism
People with voyeurism have a tendency to peek or observe people who are changing clothes, bathing, or having sex to get sexual satisfaction.
People with this sexual deviation are generally not interested in having sex with their victims, but only seek sexual satisfaction by masturbating.
5. Masochism
A person with masochistic sexual deviation will get sexual satisfaction when he is hurt or harassed by his partner.
Patients with this sexual disorder usually also have sexual relations with partners who have sadistic behavior, which is a type of sexual deviation when someone gets sexual satisfaction by hurting their partner verbally or nonverbally.
6. Zoophilia
A person with a zoophilic sexual deviation will get sexual satisfaction by having sex with animals.
Sufferers believe that sexual intercourse with animals is more enjoyable and quality than with humans, because animals have physical characteristics that can arouse passion, such as thick fur.
In addition to the several types of sexual deviation above, there are also other types of sexual disorders, such as sexual attraction to corpses (necrophilia), sexual predisposition to feces (necrophilia).coprophilia), and sexual satisfaction through telephone conversations (skatologia).
How to Protect Children from Sexual Perverts
Preventing children from interacting with perpetrators of sexual deviance is not easy, because generally people with sexual deviance are difficult to identify and look like people with a normal sexual orientation.
However, there are several ways that parents can do to protect their children from sexual deviation sufferers, namely:
- Introduce children to sexual education from an early age, such as recognizing certain body parts that are not allowed to be seen or touched by strangers.
- Show the child the names of the genital organs, such as the breast and penis, so that the child can tell if a stranger touches them.
- Teach children to always be open to tell the things they are facing.
- Tell your child not to give toys, food, or drinks from strangers.
- Provide understanding so that children refuse to travel with strangers without parental permission.
- Make sure the environment where children play is safe and has peers to play with.
Not infrequently the perpetrators of sexual deviance are people who are around children. Therefore, it is important for parents to be more aware of people in their children's play environment.
If there are people around you who have a tendency to sexual deviations, don't hesitate to take them to a psychiatrist or psychologist so that they can be treated appropriately.
