3 female sex offenders

Female Sex OffendersFemale Sex Offenders

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Saradjian Study of Female Saradjian Study of Female OffendersOffenders

N = 50 perpetratorsN = 50 perpetrators

36 controls36 controls

CriteriaCriteria Substantiated caseSubstantiated case

AdmissionsAdmissions 49 of 5049 of 50

(Saradjian, 1996)(Saradjian, 1996)

Sample CharacteristicsSample Characteristics

Social ClassSocial Class AllAllHomeless to aristocracyHomeless to aristocracy

Education & IQEducation & IQ 6 university degrees6 university degrees4 borderline IQ4 borderline IQ

RaceRace All CaucasianAll CaucasianEmploymentEmployment Most short term, unskilledMost short term, unskilled


TypesTypes

Independent – Victims < 6Independent – Victims < 6

Independent – Adolescent VictimsIndependent – Adolescent Victims

Initially CoercedInitially Coerced

TypologiesTypologies

Independent – victims < 6Independent – victims < 6 N = 14N = 14

Teacher/LoverTeacher/Lover N = 10N = 10

Initially CoercedInitially Coerced N = 12N = 12


Mean Age Gap Between Women Mean Age Gap Between Women & Victims& Victims

VictimsVictims Age Gap in YearsAge Gap in Years

AA <6<6 1818

B B Ages 11 - 17Ages 11 - 17 16.616.6

CC Coerced by MaleCoerced by Male 18.518.5


What Difference Did the Type What Difference Did the Type Make?Make?

Sexual MotivationsSexual Motivations

All offender groups: Sex with adults negative All offender groups: Sex with adults negative but met some needbut met some need

ControlsControls Sex rated positivelySex rated positively


Victims Young ChildrenVictims Young ChildrenMotivationsMotivations

Positive physical experiencePositive physical experience All All

Power and control Power and control AllAll

Wanted to hurt themWanted to hurt them 9 9

Merger Merger 8 8

Feel loved Feel loved 8 8


““Having sex with my sons was more Having sex with my sons was more enjoyable than having sex with a man and enjoyable than having sex with a man and that was because I had some control over that was because I had some control over what was going to happen.”what was going to happen.”

(Matthews et al., 1990, p. 206)(Matthews et al., 1990, p. 206)

““I was sexually aroused . . . Felt very I was sexually aroused . . . Felt very powerful.”powerful.”


FusionFusion

MergerMerger

““She wanted me to love her like her own She wanted me to love her like her own mother did when she was little and sick. It mother did when she was little and sick. It makes me nauseated to think about it. makes me nauseated to think about it. She used me to maintain her own sick She used me to maintain her own sick pleasure. I was mother, father, husband, pleasure. I was mother, father, husband, sister, lover and friend to her when I sister, lover and friend to her when I needed a mother.” needed a mother.”

(Rosencrans, 1997, p. 29)(Rosencrans, 1997, p. 29)

FusionFusion

““I was not a separate person to her. In her I was not a separate person to her. In her mind we were fused.”mind we were fused.”


““Another thing has to do with identity. My Another thing has to do with identity. My mom’s needs dominated every aspect of mom’s needs dominated every aspect of my life and she saw me as an extension of my life and she saw me as an extension of her. As an adult, at age 35, I am just her. As an adult, at age 35, I am just beginning to differentiate myself and find beginning to differentiate myself and find my own likes/dislikes and talents.” my own likes/dislikes and talents.”


IntrusivenessIntrusivenessAges 3 – 24Ages 3 – 24

Fondled her breasts, anus & other areasFondled her breasts, anus & other areas Repeated enemasRepeated enemas Watched while made to stripWatched while made to strip Made her put on sexy nightgownMade her put on sexy nightgown Watched her bathe and showerWatched her bathe and shower Watcher her masturbateWatcher her masturbate Watched her insert tamponsWatched her insert tampons

(Rosencrans, 1997)(Rosencrans, 1997)

Made to watch her mother Made to watch her mother

dress & undressdress & undress

go to the bathroomgo to the bathroom

expose herselfexpose herself Made to sleep with and her mother dressMade to sleep with and her mother dress

(Rosencrans, 1997) (Rosencrans, 1997)

FusionFusion

““I never got to be me. Find out who, what, I never got to be me. Find out who, what, when, where, why I was. She did more when, where, why I was. She did more than sex.”than sex.”


““I feel totally swallowed up by her; I see her, I feel totally swallowed up by her; I see her, smell her, feel her breath on my body.”smell her, feel her breath on my body.”

(Saradjian, 1996, p. (Saradjian, 1996, p. 11)11)

Responses to FusionResponses to Fusion

One womanOne woman

Large amounts of plastic surgeryLarge amounts of plastic surgery

To look different from momTo look different from mom

FusionFusion

““It was part of an overall relationship in It was part of an overall relationship in which I was allowed no boundaries or which I was allowed no boundaries or identity. I feel like she sucked my brains identity. I feel like she sucked my brains out with a soda straw so she could fill me out with a soda straw so she could fill me with her own identity.”with her own identity.”


Maternal IntrojectsMaternal Introjects

““There’s a woman who lives inside my There’s a woman who lives inside my body/mind who is NOT part of the body/mind who is NOT part of the comprehensive/entity called Karen . . . comprehensive/entity called Karen . . . This woman who shares [my] body bears This woman who shares [my] body bears my mother’s name.”my mother’s name.”

(Rosencrans, 1997, p 154)(Rosencrans, 1997, p 154)

Fear of DependenceFear of Dependence

““[I have a] fear of dependency on others. [I] [I have a] fear of dependency on others. [I] fear needing people and fear fear needing people and fear abandonment, or of feeling helpless, abandonment, or of feeling helpless, powerless, or trapped with no way out.”powerless, or trapped with no way out.”


Who was the Mother?Who was the Mother? Child is the motherChild is the mother 83%83%

NoNo 9% 9%

?? 7% 7%


Fear of Mother DyingFear of Mother Dying

““I used to worry about this I used to worry about this all the timeall the time and and her death her death waswas extremely traumatic for me. extremely traumatic for me. I never made the connection – it’s fusion!”I never made the connection – it’s fusion!”


ViolenceViolence

ViolenceViolence

““My mother threatened to burn my hair/me if My mother threatened to burn my hair/me if I did not comply. I was given beer to drink. I did not comply. I was given beer to drink. I was beaten and there were threats I I was beaten and there were threats I would be burned if I wasn’t quiet. would be burned if I wasn’t quiet. Sometimes I was slightly burned on the Sometimes I was slightly burned on the butt with lit cigarettes. I learned not to cry butt with lit cigarettes. I learned not to cry and to stop screaming.”and to stop screaming.”


““I have never had any sexual contact with I have never had any sexual contact with my mother that was not violent and painful my mother that was not violent and painful and full of rage on her part.”and full of rage on her part.”

(Rosencrans, 1997, p. (Rosencrans, 1997, p. 112)112)

““It was always when she were angry but I never It was always when she were angry but I never knew what made her angry. . . It were as if she knew what made her angry. . . It were as if she wanted to tear me apart inside. She’d sometimes wanted to tear me apart inside. She’d sometimes grab whatever were nearest to her and come at grab whatever were nearest to her and come at me. She’d insert anything into me ‘down there’, me. She’d insert anything into me ‘down there’, sometimes it were all her fingers, she’d push them sometimes it were all her fingers, she’d push them at me really hard, sometimes it were a bottle neck at me really hard, sometimes it were a bottle neck or a brush handle, once or twice it were a knife or a brush handle, once or twice it were a knife and once rose stems. That were awful.”and once rose stems. That were awful.”

““I often bled but she never took me to the I often bled but she never took me to the hospital or anything. I bled so often that hospital or anything. I bled so often that when I started my periods I didn’t realise, I when I started my periods I didn’t realise, I just thought it were more bleeding from just thought it were more bleeding from what she’d done.”what she’d done.”

Infancy until 12 (ran away)Infancy until 12 (ran away)

(Saradjian, 1996, p. 14)(Saradjian, 1996, p. 14)

ImpactImpact Frequent admissions to psychiatric hospitalsFrequent admissions to psychiatric hospitals

Severe depressionSevere depression

Repeated overdosesRepeated overdoses

Frequent self-mutilation of arms, legs & Frequent self-mutilation of arms, legs & vaginavagina

Multiple drug addictionMultiple drug addiction

Some degree of violenceSome degree of violence

70%70%


DisclosureDisclosure

Attempts to tell in childhoodAttempts to tell in childhood 5%5%

Did tellDid tell 3%3%

Threatened to tellThreatened to tell 2%2%

(Rosencrans, 1997, p. (Rosencrans, 1997, p. 39)39)

Sadistic Abuse/SeductiveSadistic Abuse/Seductive

No correlation with type of childhood sexual No correlation with type of childhood sexual abuseabuse

Most severely emotionally abusedMost severely emotionally abused

Became sadistsBecame sadists

Victims Young ChildrenVictims Young Children Motivations Motivations

All had sexual thoughts of childrenAll had sexual thoughts of childrenAll experienced arousalAll experienced arousalFew called it arousalFew called it arousalUnable to identify emotional statesUnable to identify emotional statesFeelings in terms of sensationsFeelings in terms of sensations


Teacher/Lover GroupTeacher/Lover Group

MotivationsMotivations

Group B: Victims AdolescentsGroup B: Victims Adolescents

Romanticized relationshipRomanticized relationshipFrequent sexual thoughtsFrequent sexual thoughts80% masturbated to thoughts80% masturbated to thoughtsEqual in every wayEqual in every wayVictims instigatorsVictims instigators


““We had an affair, a love affair. Isn’t that We had an affair, a love affair. Isn’t that ridiculous? I’m 40 years old! And I had an ridiculous? I’m 40 years old! And I had an affair with a 14-year-old kid, which is affair with a 14-year-old kid, which is totally ridiculous. And I was in love – not I totally ridiculous. And I was in love – not I loved him – but in love!”loved him – but in love!”

(Matthews et al., 1990, p.209)(Matthews et al., 1990, p.209)


Group CGroup C Initially coerced by male perpsInitially coerced by male perps

Negative feelings during sex w/ childNegative feelings during sex w/ child

Give pleasure, bonding with maleGive pleasure, bonding with male


““I wasn’t a whole person unless there was I wasn’t a whole person unless there was somebody else with me. That’s pretty somebody else with me. That’s pretty much what it’s been like for a long time. much what it’s been like for a long time. There had to be a male in my life, There had to be a male in my life, otherwise I would think I was nobody.”otherwise I would think I was nobody.”



Group CGroup C Initially coerced by male perpsInitially coerced by male perpsN = 12N = 12

Thoughts of sex with childrenThoughts of sex with children 1212

Arousal or neutralArousal or neutral 9 9RepulsiveRepulsive 3 3



Subgroup of C: Initially coerced, later aloneSubgroup of C: Initially coerced, later alone

N = 7N = 7

Power and controlPower and control

Hurt someoneHurt someone


Older manOlder man

Felt “loved for the first time in her life”Felt “loved for the first time in her life”

He wanted “more spice in their sex lives”He wanted “more spice in their sex lives”

Agreed to get a 15-year-old to join inAgreed to get a 15-year-old to join in

Jealous & angryJealous & angry

He suggested abduction & sexual tortureHe suggested abduction & sexual torture

Readily agreedReadily agreed

Loved itLoved it

1 year later – still turned on thinking about it1 year later – still turned on thinking about it

Wanted to do it againWanted to do it again

Types of Female Sex Types of Female Sex OffendersOffenders

N = 16 N = 16 Minnesota OutpatientsMinnesota Outpatients

TeacherTeacher / Lover/ Lover

PredisposedPredisposed

Male CoercedMale Coerced

(Mathews et al., 1989)(Mathews et al., 1989)

Types of Female Sex Types of Female Sex OffendersOffendersTeacher/LoverTeacher/Lover

No “malice” toward childrenNo “malice” toward children

““Fell in love”Fell in love”

(Matthews, (Matthews, 1989)1989)


Predisposed Predisposed

Acted aloneActed alone

Difficulty with male relationshipsDifficulty with male relationships

Seeking intimacy (or fusion)Seeking intimacy (or fusion)(Matthews et al., (Matthews et al.,

1989)1989)


Male-CoercedMale-CoercedFelt powerless in relationshipsFelt powerless in relationships

Sexually abused as childrenSexually abused as children

Abusive male relationshipsAbusive male relationships

(Matthews et al., 1989)(Matthews et al., 1989)

Severity of AbuseSeverity of Abuse

Insertion into OrificesInsertion into Orifices

VaginaVagina RectumRectum

FingersFingers 46% 46% 34% 34%

ObjectsObjects 38% 38% 51% 51%

(Rosencrans, (Rosencrans, 1997)1997)

SadismSadism

““When she wanted to do it do me, she’d say he told When she wanted to do it do me, she’d say he told her to and I could never really be sure whether he her to and I could never really be sure whether he had or not. She used to threaten me that. . . If I told had or not. She used to threaten me that. . . If I told anyone what was going on . . . I’d be in for ‘it’ and anyone what was going on . . . I’d be in for ‘it’ and ‘it’ was really, really bad. I’d had ‘it’ before and I ‘it’ was really, really bad. I’d had ‘it’ before and I never wanted to ever feel that bad again. The more never wanted to ever feel that bad again. The more I hurt the faster she’d come . . . she knew just how I hurt the faster she’d come . . . she knew just how to hurt me and I knew that she’d really ‘get off on’ to hurt me and I knew that she’d really ‘get off on’ getting him to hurt me . . . I never would have told getting him to hurt me . . . I never would have told because I was just too scared.”because I was just too scared.”

(Saradjian, 1996, p. 36)(Saradjian, 1996, p. 36)

Objects InsertedObjects Inserted

Enema equipment, sticks, candles, Enema equipment, sticks, candles, vibrators, pencils, keys, hairbrushes, vibrators, pencils, keys, hairbrushes, hairbrush handles, light bulbs, soapy wash hairbrush handles, light bulbs, soapy wash cloths, wooden spoons, various fruits and cloths, wooden spoons, various fruits and vegetables, knives, scissors, lit cigarettes, vegetables, knives, scissors, lit cigarettes, sock darning tools, surgical knives, hair sock darning tools, surgical knives, hair rollers, religious metals, vacuum cleaner rollers, religious metals, vacuum cleaner parts, goldfishparts, goldfish


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