In studying the ages of the companions with whom the offenders vs. adults first had coitus, we see that for only a moderate number the girls were thirteen or younger; for 29 per cent the girls were fourteen to fifteen, for 28 per cent, sixteen to seventeen, and for 21 per cent eighteen to twenty. In the next age-category, that of women twenty-one and over, the offenders vs. adults plummet to the bottom of the rank-order with only 11 per cent of their members having had their first coitus with females who had attained legal age.
This drop does not reflect any marked age preference, but is chiefly the result of the fact that nearly all of the offenders vs. adults had had coitus before they were twenty-one; there were very few virginal offenders vs. adults left to have coitus with women their own age or older.
A direct question regarding age preference revealed only a moderate predilection for girls aged sixteen to seventeen. The fact that 16 per cent (fifth in rank-order) of the offenders vs. adults at the time they were interviewed (and the average age then was nearly thirty) preferred girls aged sixteen to seventeen does indicate an above-average though not extreme desire for youth. Note that only 8 per cent of the control group shared this preference. Obviously, while the majority of offenders vs. adults may not have preferred girls of sixteen to seventeen, they did find them quite acceptable as coital partners, as is demonstrated by the fact that about three fifths of the “victims” were girls of that age.
This drop does not reflect any marked age preference, but is chiefly the result of the fact that nearly all of the offenders vs. adults had had coitus before they were twenty-one; there were very few virginal offenders vs. adults left to have coitus with women their own age or older.
A direct question regarding age preference revealed only a moderate predilection for girls aged sixteen to seventeen. The fact that 16 per cent (fifth in rank-order) of the offenders vs. adults at the time they were interviewed (and the average age then was nearly thirty) preferred girls aged sixteen to seventeen does indicate an above-average though not extreme desire for youth. Note that only 8 per cent of the control group shared this preference. Obviously, while the majority of offenders vs. adults may not have preferred girls of sixteen to seventeen, they did find them quite acceptable as coital partners, as is demonstrated by the fact that about three fifths of the “victims” were girls of that age.
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