Science and Social Research

No statistical study of a general population sample has ever shown consensual sexual contacts to be harmful to males.  Studies of actual consensual experiences of boys have consistently found them to be harmless. NAMBLA believes that public policy should be informed by the facts and not by baseless fears and innuendo.  The articles linked below shed much needed light on several key questions that have been raised in debates over the criminalization of consensual sex.

Studies Call Sex Panic Into Question Outcomes: Can Science Shed Some Light? Sexuality, Violence and Psychological After-Effects Expert Testimony (Review of Sexual Science and the Law) Eppur Si Muove!  (Review of Harmful to Minors) Dolphins Do It Selected References