Any professional worth their license will not say prepubescents have no interest in sex itself. They will say it isn't as intense as those who have reached puberty, but children do have an interest.

I do not believe children are innocent about sex. Some masturbate early, many are curious about it. But what we're talking about here is actual partner sex -- the kind where one person plays with the genitals of the other to give or receive sexual pleasure. Very few professionals think that any significant number of prepubescents want that.


I came across one book that said once children experience sexual contact in any capacity they will seek it out in a more goal oriented fashion and act more flirtatious etc. The book of course frames this as a bad thing, however it's what is normal. The book suggests that it could be because of a sexually open home, but that this is damaging with of course no source to that claim, that the parents are failing as parents and might need to be reported. That's insane.

I suspect they are saying that SOME children will seek it out if they have had sexual contact, but far from all and not always because it felt good. Lots of adults look back on early sexuality and regret it deeply. The conspiracy theory explanation is that they have all been brainwashed to regret it. The simpler explanation is that they realize they would have been happier without it.