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Are Some People Sexual Predators At Birth?

What Do We Know?

Shirley J. Davis
6 min readDec 7, 2024
Photo by Ricky Turner on Unsplash
  • **TRIGGER WARNING ***

For mentions of sexual predation on chidren

Have you ever wondered if people who are sexual predators were born that way? Were they made by their environment or by genetic changes to their brains?

This article will explore these questions but do not think you will find satisfaction from learning such knowledge because it will focus on the latest information that is not proven science.

The purpose of this paper was not to give excuses for what sexual predators do. It is written to help you see that you were not to blame for what happened to you. Yes, there are theories that support the notion that no, sexual predators aren’t born evil and no they are not the victims when they offend, you at one time innocent were.

What Does a Sexual Predator Look Like?

I’m sure most people visiting my block who have dissociative identity disorder have met one: sexual predators who have wreaked havoc on lives. Too often, these people who use children to feel powerful and to satisfy some sick need go unnoticed in our society until they are caught. Many are not.

Do you think you would recognize a predator by their looks or attitudes and…

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Shirley J. Davis
Shirley J. Davis

Written by Shirley J. Davis

I am an author/speaker/grant writer in the U.S. My passion is authoring information about mental health disorders, especially dissociative identity disorder..

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