Joe Cerrato –
ABNORMAL SEX
Copyright(c)2006 by Joe Cerrato All Rights
Reserved
The sex
offender is one of society’s most constant problems. In addition, it is the
most difficult to understand. Unfortunately, we attempt to analyze the crime
with our normal conception of sex. We forget that the offence was committed by
an abnormal person influenced by many strange and complex motivations and,
therefore, our analysis of the crime and the criminal must be guided by the
principles of abnormal sexology.
Abnormal
sex offenses are not always recognized. the accepted elements of normal sex may
not even be remotely present. The basic ingredients may be fire, hanging,
slashing, beating, stabbing, all of which are listed as other police offenses.
The
basic facts for understanding abnormal sexology are placed under the divisions
which follow.
I.
Basic Sex Divisions of Humanity
All humanity is divided into three basic
sexual divisions.
They are
defined as the following:
1. Heterosexual – one who
will have sex only with a member of the opposite sex (man with woman).
2. Bisexual – one who has the ability and
inclinations to have sex with a member of either sex:
a.
man with woman – man
b.
Woman with man – woman
3. Homosexual – one who desires sex with a member of
the same sex and who more often than not lacks the ability to have sex with a
member of the opposite sex (man with man – woman with woman).
II. Motivating Elements
Sadism
and masochism are motivating elements which are always found either separately
or combined in abnormal sex activity. They may also influence drives other than
the sex drive. They are defined:
1. Sadism
This
element is readily recognized by police because of its aggressive action
directed in most instances against an individual. A sadist can only secure
ultimate sex satisfaction through cruelty, torture, and the suffering of
others. He is an emotionally and mentally sick individual who is always
dangerous, and society must be constantly protected against him. He is not
cruel merely for the sake of cruelty but indulges in these activities in order
to arouse and satisfy his sexual feelings.
Remember
that the sadist needs only to kill or torture in order to secure satisfaction.
There need not be even remote sex relations such as the normal person
understands them. He can never obtain complete gratification by normal means
and is thus forced to inflict pain on his partner. Sadists are of both sexes
with the woman just as perverse and dangerous as the man.
2. Masochism
Masochism
is characterized by being associated with the person’s negative attitudes
toward sex; it is, moreover, a condition wherein sex satisfaction is derived
through being tortured, humiliated, and through experiencing pain and
suffering. A person addicted to this practice is known as a masochist and is
one of the greatest mysteries of the abnormal sex world. His condition is
associated with other psychopathology characteristics, such as schizophrenia
and the lowering of inner control.
Masochism
is as prevalent a condition as sadism but is much more difficult to recognize.
The reason is that the masochist is nonagressive in his activities and places
his love partner in the role of the aggressor.
The
masochist delights in being whipped, tortured, humiliated and being made
subject to the will of a person of the opposite sex or, if a homosexual, the
same sex. It is known as the “King-Slave Complex.”
The
masochist lives in a complete world of fantasy constantly imaging that the
object of his affection is forcing him to submit to various unusual tortures.
On many occasions the masochist persuades someone to perform these acts which
often results in death or injury.
There
are three particular masochistic practices which should be brought to police
attention.
The
first of these is a condition known as bondage. Although it has been in
existence since the beginning of mankind, in recent years it has reached an
all-time high in erotic pornography. Bondage caters to every possible fetish,
sadistic and masochistic inclination. Numerous posed pictures are available in
every position using any material and showing any desired action. Books dealing
with bondage flood the news stands, and the photographs are drawn or else posed
by live models. The victims are placed in all conceivable positions with a view
in mind of appealing to both the sadist and the masochist. Efforts by postal
authorities to keep this material from the news stands has been unsuccessful
inasmuch as they are not obscene according to the general definition of
obscenity.
A second
condition, which is a most difficult one to understand and explain, is infibulations. It
literally comes down to self-torture of the privates. Cases of it have been
found with surprising regularity by the police.
In early
times it was conceived as a sort of chastity belt in order to prevent
intercourse. Masochists, however, have seized upon this device to secure sex
gratification through self cruelty.
A third
method of securing masochistic sex satisfaction, which is one of the favorite
methods of the masochist, is that of hanging. The pervert tries this in
numerous ways using a great deal of symbolism, fetishism and fantasy. The main
element is that they must feel others are doing it to them, but at the same time
they imagine they are someone they are not.
There is
a long history of young male adults found hanging under these unusual
circumstances. Frequently pornographic literature or photographs are in the
vicinity of the body. The sex sensation in the hanging is created by the
shutting off of blood to the head. On many occasions they get so stimulated
that they are unable to save themselves and are found dead and listed as
suicides. In an attempt to help this type of sexual deviate, the masochist must
be treated with behavior therapy.
3. Sado-Masochism
Sado-Masochism
is a dual deviation in which the individual can secure sexual satisfaction from
either aggressive (sadistic) or submissive (masochistic) acts. The most
publicized sex offenders have been found to possess these tendencies. In the
sado-masochist the aggressive feelings are predominant. He has a high sex drive
and continually prowls the streets, alleys, and highways like an animal trying
to find a victim. After the rape, the murder, or the assault he is 1ike an
animal that has eaten a full meal and then begins to feel sorry for what he has
done.
Many times he will go to the police and confess to sex
crimes
which he did not commit in an effort to humiliate and
torture
himself. This masochistic tendency only lasts until
the deviate
is ready to engage in additional sadistic practices.
There are hundreds of sex perversions
which in one form or the other constitute crimes investigated by police. One of
the first steps to take in making a study of sex offenses is to find out what
they are. Those offenses most commonly encountered by the police are set forth.
Exhibitionism, or
indecent exposure, is an offense which constitutes one of the largest group of
sex offenders, being the offense most commonly encountered by police, and it
involves individuals who publicly exhibit either the private parts of their
bodies or else the entire nude body.
Nearly all such offenses are committed
by men who exhibit their genital organs to women, girls, or young children of
both sexes. This individual is compelled by inner tensions to expose himself.
It may involve an interpersonal stress and acting out of a conflict in his
image, or be the result of a problem with authority figures. Usually he has no
desire for any further sex play. He has been satisfied by the exposure.
The individual may, however, feel no
compulsion to exhibit himself, but he has found this to be a means of proceeding
to more aggressive and involved sex play. He uses exposure as a sex aid in his
activities.
Further, an individual who exposes himself
may do so because of a defective mentality, and may be associated with other
psychopathology or mental retardation. Conditions such as certain weather
conditions, certain periods of the month, or the influence of alcohol, sorrow,
etc., may prompt the individual to exposure.
There are even individuals who are
respected in society who had no idea they would ever become involved, but due
to unexpected opportunity, association with a sex symbol, or sudden inclination
find themselves in what is to them a terrible situation. Individuals who suffer
from sociopathic personality disorders may also be part of the makeup of the
group of exhibitionists.
Another group of individuals who engage
in sex perversions are those who practice voyeurism, or what is better known as
"peeping toms" or prowlers. The word voyeur comes from a French word
meaning "one who sees."
Psychiatrists feel there are elements of
voyeurism in most men, which accounts for the popularity of "girly-girly"
shows, burlesque, and night club acts which stress nudity. Basically, there is nothing wrong
in looking, but it becomes a police offense when the person being
observed does not want to be
observed.
Unfortunately, police often feel the
"peeping tom" is harmless, a nuisance, and will only look; however,
further analysis of the situation will clearly show the dangerous potential.
Voyeurism is the securing of sex
pleasure by the eye and does not confine itself to looking at women either in
picture or in the flesh, but can be brought about by the individual looking at
anything which has been created or made and which means something to his own
twisted mind.
Voyeurism is not restricted to males, as
older women are often involved in peeping, and it has also been found that
those "peepers" who are married are generally unhappy. This
perversion does not usually have any serious criminal or untreatable
anti-social aspects.
Fottage is a
practice which comes from a French word meaning dry rub and aptly describes the
activities of these perverts known as frotteurs,
"huggers" or "feelers."
They secure sexual satisfaction by rubbing against the
clothed buttocks, breasts, or legs of a woman or, sometimes, a man. They
frequent crowded places such as subways, motion picture houses, fairs, sporting
events, trolley cars, zoos, and even churches. Some of these perverts can
become sexually
interested only when a person is wearing a certain
type of material such as corduroy, silk, satin, velvet, rubber, or leather.
Kleptomania is a
condition which is usually identified with the uncontrollable desire to steal,
but it may also be a form of sexual gratification. A kleptomaniac should not be
confused with a thief or shoplifter who steals articles of value. The theft is
always accompanied by a number of emotional anticipation,
fear and, finally, satisfaction. These emotions can bring about a particular
masochistic sex thrill desires.
Triolism is a form
of exhibitionism-voyeurism, wherein the deviate is to perform sexual acts with
several partners or in the presence of others. On the voyeur's side of the
Picture, he secures satisfaction from watching other people engage in various
sex acts.
This desire is often satisfied by the
deviate's seeing a degenerate "circus" or by his hiring several women
in bawdy houses. There are numerous cases in which well-to-do men have become
addicted to this perversion, and have set up houses or apartments to which
young boys and girls have been
invited and paid to engage in indecent
performances.
A common form of triolism,
which often comes to the attention of the police, involves a man who insists
that a stranger or friend have sexual relations with his wife in order that he
may be sexually aroused.
Bestiality or zooerasty is commonly described as Sex relations between a
human and an animal. This perversion has existed from time immemorial.
Ancient laws forbade such intercourse, and modern
society has found it necessary not only to enforce the law, but also to change
it to cover various situations.
Ancient Roman empresses, according to
history, had intercourse with stallions and other animals. Modern
"smokers" or "stag" parties sometimes feature prostitutes
who have intercourse with dogs and other animals.
The condition involving unnatural
fondness for certain types of animals and Sex satisfaction achieved by
stroking, petting, fondling, or associating with the animal is known as Zoophilia. Odor contributes to the over-all enjoyment.
Cases of zoophilia
often come to the attention of the police when an individual insists on keeping
an unusual number of dogs, cats, parakeets, or other animals in the house, thus
creating a nuisance and violating public health laws. Other cases may involve
persons who insist on frequenting stables, zoos, and pet stores.
In the perversion of koprolagnia the subject secures sexual excitement by eating, smelling, throwing, or handling human
excrement or other filth. This perversion is a sign of mental instability and
persons addicted to it can logically be expected to commit more serious crimes.
Those who have been associated with mental institutions are fully aware that
attendants are constantly bothered by these practices on the part of certain
inmates.
From biology you learn the bowel is connected
with every form of excitement, such as fear, joy, anticipation, apprehension,
and also sex satisfaction. The principal reason police must understand, these
unpleasant situations is because they are indicative of a disturbed personality
who may develop more dangerous practices. Police should realize the real import
of such actions and not catalogue them as mischief or meanness.
Urolagnia
is a perversion similar to koprolagnia except, in
this deviation, the person is sexually aroused by the sight, odor, or contact
of urine.
Transvestism
or
transvestitism involves a persistent compulsion to dress in the clothing of the
opposite sex, and the obtaining of sex satisfaction through doing so. As this
desire deepens, it causes frustration, tension, and unhappiness in the person
because of the strong wish to be something they cannot.
Many times the transvestite demands surgery in the
hope of reaching his ultimate goal.
Fallacy in police thinking is to assume
a man found in women's clothes is a homosexual; this is incorrect. A person is
not a homsexual until he engages in relations with
one of the same sex.
Transvestites are roughly divided into
four classes, the first being the homosexual, in which tile transvestite wears
lipstick, rouge, and dresses in feminine clothing in order to make himself more
attractive as the "wife" in the typical homosexual liaison.
The second class is known as the impersonator. There are
men and women who make their living on the stage in night clubs and in motion
pictures as male or female impersonators. Many are not sexually deviated and
they cannot be considered as true transvestites. There are, however, numerous
perverts involved in the field of impersonation.
The third class of transvestites are
those individuals who normally contain themselves within the boundaries of
their own sex but, at various stated periods of the month, corresponding to a woman's
menstrual period, they have an overwhelming compulsion to dress and act as
women without the involvement of sex. They may be influenced by various weather
conditions.
The true transvestite makes up the
fourth class. These indivividua1s have a sincere, strong desire to be what they
are not. If men, they wish to be women, and to wear beautiful clothing enjoyed
by that sex. They want to wear silks, satins, velvets, high-heeled shoes,
perfume, lipstick and rouge. They want to grow long hair and engage in feminine
occupations.
They want to live as women without sexual intercourse
with either men or women. Nothing masculine is attractive to them.
If women, they wish to wear rough clothing and engage
in masculine occupations. Nothing feminine is attractive to them and they also
want to live as men without sexual intercourse with either men or women.
The sexual perversion of pygmalionism involves the sexual desire for a statue or articles,
and consists of a variety of situations involving symbolism and fetishism (some
particular article of clothing, part of a body, or an object which has the
ability to stimulate and arouse the sex desire of an individual.)
Gerontophilia is a
condition where older persons of the opposite sex are chosen as sexual objects
of partners. This perversion has become quite frequent, and is now being called
to the attention of the police. These offenses which have been discussed are
considered to be relatively harmless, but that does not exclude the offender
from being potentially dangerous. We now refer to more dangerous types because
each of them from their very nature carries
a constant threat of injury, suffering, and possibly death.
The first of these potentially dangerous
perversions is referred to as Pyromania, or the Fire-Water Complex. Individuals
addicted to it are known as "firebugs," and are associated with arson
and the malicious setting of fires. Sex pyromaniacs are individuals who secure spirtua1
satisfaction through some connection with fire. Gratification may come from a
feeling of tension, danger, and excitement, or, it may occur from the smell or
sight of smoke, the dancing of the flames, or the sound of fire engines. These
situations will arouse sex desire which may be satisfied from mere association
with sight and sound of fire, or they may serve as an expedient in connection
with masturbation, intercourse, or sex perversities. The firebug shows an utter
lack of concern for the consequences of his acts, and cares not whether there
are animals or people in the burning homes or barns. Their only concern is the
satisfaction of their sex need.
The perversion of flagellation is characterized
by an intense passion to beat, whip, or club, or to be tortured in this manner.
It is one of the oldest perversions, and is recorded almost from the beginning
of time. Bawdy houses have always maintained straps, whips and switches for
individuals who came to the houses for this particular purpose. There are
cults, clubs, and groups throughout the country which constant1y practice this
perversion.
Piquerism
or
lust mutilation is a most dangerous perversion as the individuals in this
category secure sexual satisfaction through stabbing, piercing, or cutting.
They are gratified by the shedding of blood, the tearing of flesh, and/or the
pain and suffering of the victim. They delight in mutilating the body, cutting
off portions and, in many instances, entire dismemberment.
The perversion of necrophilia involves an
intense desire to have sexual intercourse with the dead. This is a repugnant
activity according to all civilized standards, however, it is more prevalent
than people realize and newspaper articles frequently include the statement:
"Autopsy showed the attack took place after death."
There have been frequent cases known in
which bawdy houses used coffins for these perverts and staged a death scene in
order to satisfy their sexual desire to have intercourse with the dead or
simulated dead.
The dangerous aspect occurs when a
person addicted to this perversion does not have access to dead people as would
medical students, morticians, or morgue attendants. This means the deviate, in
order to satisfy his desire, must kill someone. There have been numerous
instances where
mortician's assistants, medical students, and
others, particularly attendants in large city morgues, have been discovered
engaging in this practice.
In other cases, graves have been
desecrated, bodies dug up, and intercourse had by the deviate with the cadaver.
Pedophilia, or the
child molester, is a particularly dangerous perversion as a child is the
fixation for the sexual act. It involves the molestation of children in varying
degrees, ranging from a pat on the head to murder and mutilation of the body.
The average child molester is usually
around 40 years old and is often known to the child, being is a personally
immature and is able to find confidence and be comfortable only with children, male
or female as his partner.
There are two types of deviates in this
case, the regressive offender and the aggressive offender.
The regressed offender's perversion is
usually precipitated by a spouse’s unfaithfulness, or he may be inadequate in
his activities. The aggressive offender, however, has as his primary aim
aggression. His behavior is anti-social and is usually diagnosed as hostile,
and an aggressive psychopath. His victims deal mainly with the male sex. This
offender may have characteristics of other psychopathology, also, such as being
sociopathic, mentally retarded, or a borderline
schizophrenic.
Perhaps the best known sex offense and
most publicized is that of rape. This is sexual intercourse with a woman
against her will and despite her resistance. It is necessary that there be
force, lack of consent, and penetration in order to establish the essential
elements of this crime.
Rapists are roughly divided into three types.
The first of these, the true sex offender, is an
individual who is a psychopath and who finds it impossible to control his sex
desires. The sight of a woman whom he fancies stimulates desires that are
impossible to suppress.
The sadistic rapist is an,
individual who rapes because that is the way he likes to have sex. He wants
force and cruelty. Unlike the first individual
he has control, but rapes because it is more satisfying.
The third type is the aggressive
criminal. This is a criminal who does not have rape as a
motive, as a need, or a compulsion. He is an individual who will rape because
of his aggressive personality if he comes across the opportunity in the
commission of another crime such as burglary or
robbery.
The perversion of anthropophagy places
individuals in this category into two types, the first of these being the cannibal.
This individual eats human flesh in order to achieve sexual satisfaction.
The second individual in this category is one who
drinks human blood in order to secure sexual satisfaction, and is known as the vampire. Newspapers
have, on numerous occasions, stated that "The victim was horribly
mutilated." This is from the doings of this sexual deviate.
The perversion of incest involves
sexual relations with a near relative, such as father with daughter, mother
with son, sister with brother and it may also involve aunts, uncles,
grandchildren, step-parents, daughter sons-in-law, etc.
Incest is associated with severe
Psychopathology and can result from the lowering of inner controls. It may also
be associated with pedophilia in cases in which the father has an intense
craving for his children. at reasons for this
perversion may relate to a faulty parental model or may be associated with
family pathology in which there are disturbed marital
relations. Such cases in the disturbed marital
relations may be those in which morals are low, or the wife is frigid, both of these encouraging incest.
A law against incest is necessary for
the preservation of the present day family life. Physical and mental defects,
if present in a family, could be accentuated through intermarriage.
Sex plays a very dominant part in family
quarrels, disturbances, assaults, murders, etc., and consideration must always
be given to this angle. .
The perversion of sodomy, in its
original term, referred only to anal relations between males, as in the ancient
city of
Forty-nine states define these various ways as the
following:
1. Bestiality -sexual relations with an animal or
bird.
2. Necrophilia -sexual relations with the dead.
3. Buggery - anal intercourse with man or woman. It also is
often referred to as bestiality.
4. Pederasty - anal intercourse with a boy or girl.
A willing
child is known as a passive pederast, and the adult in all
cases is known as the active pederast.
5. Fellatio -use of the mouth on the privates of
the male. A
male addicted to this practice is known as a fellateur, and
a woman as a fellatrice.
6. Cunnilingus -use of the mouth on the privates of a
female.
7. Annllingus -use of the
mouth on the rectum of a male or
female.
8. Mutual Masturbation -one of the individuals is a juvenile.
The field of abnormal sexology is most
complex. There are many theories advanced by medical authorities regarding the
motivations behind the commission of sex crimes and the reason for the manner
in which they are committed. It is not necessary that we know and understand
all of these theories, but we should have a good sound fundamental knowledge of
abnormal sex.
The sex crime is different from all
others in that the offender is driven by a basic urge, strange inner
compulsions and desperate need to satisfy strange desires. It is almost
impossible for the sex pervert to control his passions once they have been
aroused.
Gratification of the sex drive is often
accomplished in strange and disguised ways. In reality this means "Sex is
what makes you feel good." Contrary to a normal belief, sex is not a
biological urge that can be satisfied through intercourse or sodomy. On the
contrary sex behaviour and resultant satisfaction
often assume strange and completely
unrecognizable forms.
It is almost impossible even for trained
psychiatrists to always determine the difference between symbolism and
fetishism. Many authorities reject one and accept the other. Others lump them
together and again there are those who try to establish a difference.
The fetishist will commit a burglary and
assault and theft to obtain the required object. This state of fetishism
appears to be conditioned and is found to be treatable in group therapy and
behavior therapy, both of which are highly effective.
In analyzing the fetish it is found to
be any nonsexual object that excites the sex feeling. They have been classified
into four groups, as follows:
1. The fetish is a
part of the female body such as the eyes, the
hands, the legs,
the feet, the ankle, the knee, the hair, the breasts, the buttocks, or the
teeth.
2. The fetish is an article
of female attire sudch as shoes, gloves,
lingerie, stockings,
handkerchiefs, or gridles.
3. The fetish is some
particular material such as leather,
rubber, silk, satin, corduroy, and linen. Fur is a very
definite fetish,
some being attracted by the sight (like
leopard and mink), others by the short hair furs (seal and
beaver), other to
long hair furs (like monkey and fox.)
Leathere and rubber hold a very fascination and are used to
a great degree in
your bondage principles. the hands, the
legs,
4. Acts and attitudes. The fetish is an act committed
by either the partner involved or must be seen while engaged
in sex. It may be the way in which the girl gets undressed
or fixes her hair or the sight of others dancing on
television.
In
symbolism, which is closely related to fetishism, the
symbol is something
that stands for or represents a certain
thing. Our whole
life is one of symbols. We have symbols for
good luck, bad luck,
status, peace, religion and sex.
Everyone has a sex symbol. Many of them
are general, the most common being high heels, black lingerie, long hair,
plunging necklines, tight skirts, red dresses, red shoes.
Symbolism plays a very important part in sex, particularly
where abnormal perversions are involved. They are harm1ess except when they
become of major importance and cause deep conflicts in a person’s emotional
structure. It is at this point that they become dangerous.
The ritual of the sex offender, better
known to the police as modus operandi, is the manner in which the sex offense
is committed and to which the deviate conforms as religiously as possible.
Inasmuch as sex is a sensory operation the person involved will endeavor to
commit the offense in the manner most pleasurable to him. It is also influenced
by symbolism and fetishism.
The offender insists upon proceeding in
a certain prescribed manner. For instance, he will only enter through a certain
door or window. He will pick a particular time of day. He will insist upon the wearing
of certain clothing, and his approach will be made
in a detailed manner with either a willing
or unwilling partner.
One of the most important aspects of the
sex crime and the offender involves the fantasy or dream world. Everyone his sex
fantasies in which they dream of the way they would like to make love or
satisfy their sex desires with certain people. A normal person builds his
fantasies around accepted methods but the pervert or sex maniac will construct
his along perverted lines with overtones of sadism or masochism.
Ropes, shackles, knives, clubs, whips and other instruments
of confinement or torture are usually involved.
A sadist will dream in his fantasy of
abducting a young blonde woman, taking her to his room, tearing her clothes
from her and performing all sorts of sadistic outrages. He keeps dreaming until
his emotions so overpower him that he must put it into reality in order to
determine if he feels as satisfied as he dreams he will. This is the only way
in which he can secure relief from his built-up emotions. Psychiatrists say
that if they could determine when the pervert was about to leave the world of
fantasy and go into the world of reality, it would be an easy matter to prevent
many sex crimes.
While the fantasy is many times just as
its name implies, imaginary, unreal and out of this world, you can rest assured
that "the plan" which is often formulated by the offender to
accomplish his desires, is most methodical and cold-blooded.
They will sit for hours and carefully
plan how they can decoy the victim to a certain place and what they will do to
them from that moment on.
They receive an intense sex pleasure out of this
anticipation and arrangement and then revert into fantasy in enjoyment of what
will occur. Many times they write the plan out and continually revise and change
it until they feel they have a foolproof scheme.
On many occasions, particularly in the
case of persons who are above average in refinement and intelligence, who
occupy important positions or are deeply religious, there is created a
situation know as the "double identity" or depersonalization.
In this situation the offender has a
mental block created by his religion, principles, or way of life. This block
makes it impossible for him to admit or realize that he has committed a sex
offense which is at variance with his normal way of life. Therefore, he invents
a fictitious individual, a kind of Jekyll and Hyde, and places the blame for
the offense upon this imaginary person.
Normal man is expected to love his partner
with all five senses: sight, touch, sound, taste (kiss) and smell. She should
be pleasing to him in all these respects and it is a well established fact that
the senses are the piano board of love.
In sex abnormality, the deviate secures a great
pleasure out of one, many times to the exclusion of all others. This abnormal
obsession of a particular sense warps his whole personality and incites him to
the commission of crime in order to secure the necessary satisfaction.
Dealing with the sense of sight,
anything that can be seen with the naked eye may be responsible for the
emotional break. In the case of the "peeping tom" it is always sight
that provides the main stimulus. It may be long blonde hair, a tight dress, a
pair of red shoes, black silk stockings, high heels, a rubber raincoat, a leather jacket. Anyone of these can be the sex symbol that
triggers a reaction. It is impossible for us to understand from what he sees.
It is up to him to tell us through our skillful questioning.
The sense of smell, or odor, has always
been a vital ingredient in sex. However, contrary to normal understanding, in
abnormal sex, it is not always a pleasant odor. When we normally associate odor
with sex, we think of perfume or the smell of a girl's hair, incense, etc. In
sex perversions it could well be the most disagreeable odor possible with
particular emphasis on waste, urine, etc. It may be a smell that is
associated with a symbol or it may be a fetish such as
the odor of grass, trees, toilets, zoos, sweat, decaying fruit. Psychiatrically,
this condition is referred to as ozolagnia and refers to persons who are
completely sexually gratified by odor.
Sex inclinations may be aroused by the
touching of silk, velvet, tweed, corduroy, fur, hair, hot oatmeal, cold jello, or who knows what.
A very excellent case in point is the frotteur who secures his entire sex pleasure through touch.
In the case of the fetishist, a very vital sex force is exerted by the feel of
rubber or leather.
The music industry is well aware of the
fact that the playing of certain types of music can induce a variety of moods
in a person, patriotism, love, sorrow, regret and mellowness. We are also aware
that the fire alarm will bring a reaction of fear, the siren, one of
excitement, the fog-horn, a feeling of melancholy, the church chimes, religion,
the chirping of a bird, the feeling of tenderness; all of these are symbolic of
certain feelings.
In the case of the abnormal these same
sounds can become sex symbols which alert his mind to the commission of the
offense.
From the very beginning of time people
have attributed magical sex qualities to various foods and drinks. They are
referred to as aphrodisiacs.
They are credited with the increase of sex powers and
the ability to excite desire. Emperors and kings hired chemists and magicians
in order to make magic formulas. Ponce Deleon, the Spanish explorer, achieved
enduring fame by his quest for the "Fountain of Youth."
These hopes still persist today and many
individuals' feel that certain foods and drinks have the power to arouse the
emotions and maintain their stamina. These "magic potions" include a
wide range of alcoholic beverages, exotic and highly spiced foods, oysters,
clam chowder, liver, carrots, olives and anything else in which the consumer
has faith.
Many herbs, spices and medical powders
have been credited with this potency, the most famous
being "Spanish Fly," which, however, is quite dangerous and can
result in death if administered in large doses.
Even as the mind twists abnormally to
commit the act so do the excuses offered by the offender in an effort to
justify what he has done. Possibly in his own mind he believes what he said,
but the excuses offered are many times even ridiculous.
In normal sex the ejaculation is the
climax or purpose of love-making. It is necessary for fulfillment; in abnormal
sex, however, it plays a relatively unimportant part. The fact that a sadist
can beat, slash, hang, or torture an individual gives him a feeling of psychic
sex satisfaction which is similar to the normal climax. A masochist can satisfy
his desire by being beat, bound, or tortured.
Another deviate will be content with the
presence of his sex symbol or the association with his fetish. Police
constantly make erroneous statements to the effect that a crime was not a sex
offense because of the absence of sex evidence as they know it.
An excellent example is the case of the
male homosexual who will pick up twenty or thirty men a night and at no time is
it necessary for him to achieve a normal sex climax. In many other instances,
the use of the fantasy is sufficient to bring psychic satisfaction without
actual physical ejaculation.
In abnormal sex it is not necessary in many
perversions to have a love partner. This is particularly true in the case of
the masochist who devises strange tortures to which he subjects himself and
obtains full gratification without the presence or assistance of anyone else.
In other cases, the abnormal sex
offender has developed such attachment and love for a fetish or symbol that it
is sufficient for him or her to possess the object and use it in whatever
manner they feel is necessary to bring the desired satisfaction.
In other situations the love partner is
necessary only because of their part in the ritual. The main gratification is
through the presence of the symbol and the use of the fetish and the human
being is tolerated only because he or she forms a link in the ceremony.
The abnormal sex offender is always
dangerous inasmuch as the majority progress in sex degeneracy. Such as the man
who first engages in relatively harmless indecent exposure, but moves on to
peeping tomism, the setting of fires, the molestation
of children.
An abnormal sex appetite is hard to
satisfy. The deviate demands intense physical activity in this phase of his life
and it is surprising how insatiable and persistent they are in their efforts to
satisfy their needs. There are those who are satisfied with one certain
perversion and there are others who try to accumulate as many as they can. They
are always alert for new and novel methods and in stronger doses.
We must be alert to the fact that any
person emotionally, sexually, unsound may suddenly go berserk when exhilarated
by the sex activity or the fact that he has someone in his power. He may then commit
many atrocities which do not fit into his previous pattern and which he,
himself, did not intend to do.
One of the most consistent excuses
offered by sex offenders for the commission of their crime is the urge. They will
try to excuse even
the most terrible mutilation by blaming it upon the mysterious
urge" which suddenly came over them and influenced them to commit the
crime
There should be no mystery to this urge
and we should be able to understand it well. They did it because it made them
feel good and they were satisfying a need for gratification. Sometime,
somewhere in every person's life there comes sex temptation or impulses and in
that particular moment the many currents which could cause the offense may have
flowed together. These currents are the urge, which is an ever present element,
since it was born with us, the person, that particular
person you come face to face with who
definitely arouses your desires, the response, which, when "there, is-no
response, will destroy the urge, however, when the response is given another
current has joined the stream. Further, there may be the factors of the urge,
person and response, but no time, or the possibility of having the urge, person,
response and time, but no place available. The life-saving factor in this
current may be good judgment.
Although everything else is favorable
you possess good judgment or have a conscience and that tells you that you
cannot proceed without getting caught. It is against your standards or
incompatible with your character and ethics.
There may occur a time when all factors
are present, and even good judgment is lacking, and the role of the sex
offender is assumed. There have been cases in which well-known married men or
women in prominent positions and of good reputation have thrown everything away,
ambition, future, family and love for a mistress, a prostitute, one not within their
station of life, a teenage girl or even homosexually, a boy.
There is no simple solution to this
problem. We can hope to only better understand the many and varied factors
which contribute to the behavior of the sex deviate, and possibly, to some
degree, help this person, while protecting ourselves and our community.
Researched and written by:
Joe Cerrato.