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Reactions to the ADSRs were predominantly positive, and most ADSRs were willingly engaged in. Men with ADSR experiences were as well adjusted as controls in terms of self-esteem and having achieved a positive sexual identity. Of the 129 men in the study, 26 were identified as having had age-discrepant sexual relations (ADSRs) as adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age with adult males. This study assessed this common perception by examining a nonclinical, mostly college sample of gay and bisexual men. Thus, even willing sexual relations between gay or bisexual adolescent boys and adult men, which differ from father–daughter incest in many important ways, are generally seen by the lay public and professionals as traumatizing and psychologically injurious. Over the last quarter century the incest model, with its image of helpless victims exploited and traumatized by powerful perpetrators, has come to dominate perceptions of virtually all forms of adult–minor sex.