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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 2(1), pp. 25 - 27
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2014.020104
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Roots of Molestation of Boys?
Anne Innis Dagg *
University of Waterloo, Independent Studies Program
ABSTRACT
Adults of monkey and ape species often examine and fondle the penis and scrotum of youngsters. In the past, tribal societies in hot climates routinely wore little clothing so that the genitalia of boys were commonly exposed and unremarked. Diapers were unknown. By contrast, in Western societies genitalia must always be covered, and unethical adults can traumatize boys to the point of their suicide by in secret manipulating these genitalia. The cause of this negative reaction seems to be related to the tension involved in toilet-training toddlers. Parents are usually anxious to hurry the process, in the past to reduce the laundry of cloth diapers and presently to enrol the child in day care programs that refuse to admit children in diapers. Coercive toilet-training may cause irrational fears in boys, some of whom continue to wet their beds as adults. Western insistence that genitalia must be private, never public, may instil in boys that privacy means dirty as well, and too shameful to talk about to their parents or guardians.
KEYWORDS
Male Genitalia, Penis, Toilet-Training, Diaper, Molestation
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[1] Anne Innis Dagg , "Roots of Molestation of Boys?," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 25 - 27, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2014.020104.
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Anne Innis Dagg (2014). Roots of Molestation of Boys?. Sociology and Anthropology, 2(1), 25 - 27. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2014.020104.