One question im real curious about is how much sexual fetishes are genetically heritable; and if so, does this explain some of the "child sexual abusers, were abused" trope?
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SSC looked into this. The answer is almost all the abuser abused correlation is genes and abusers lie. None of it abuse creates an abuser. Terrible that society created a phobia for the abused.
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TWO ASPECTS:
1) Nature (genetic)
2) Nurture (childhood experience)
Both play a role…
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Assuming that it was; would that be more of a contributing factor than exposure to abuse during childhood?
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The fetishes themselves are likely a result of environmental factors (exposure to something during key periods)
The traits which make someone more or less open to embracing and/or acting on them is a function of personality, which is largely heritable (although not entirely)
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look into it please, your last research about sexual fetishes in relation to political views has been the main topic of conversation with my friends for quite a while :)
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Cyclical inducement doesn't need to be genetic. Think of it in the same way we do FGM or circumcision.
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Any fetish that enables effective reproduction would probably be passed on. A preference for a youthful mate is probably a strong selector, but genes don’t know how to draw lines for puberty.
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