They typically plan their activities to promote access to young boys through church, neighborhood, or sporting activities. .
The second type of pedophilia is "Regressed (or nonexclusive type) pedophilia". On the other hand, a regressed pedophile is not ordinarily attracted to children. Those with regressed pedophilia are typically heterosexual married males and are most likely to sexually molest 8 or 9 year old female children. Many of the pedophiles in this group complain of tension or anxiety, related to employment or marital relationship as reasons to have pedophilic impulses, as well as alcohol or drug usage. They view the child as an adult substitute and, unlike fixated pedophiles, relate to the child in an adult to adult manner. This type of pedophiles first sexual encounter with is usually sudden and unplanned. .
The third type of pedophilia is "Cross-sex pedophilia". Male pedophiles that sexually molest young girls are typically diagnosed with regressed pedophilia. They commonly befriend the young girl and gradually engage in sexually activities, enticing, rather than forcing, the child. The activities frequently include fondling the child, encouraging the child to fondle the male, and possibly oral stimulation, but rarely sexual intercourse. .
The fourth type of pedophilia is "Same-sex pedophilia". While most pedophiles who engage in or fantasize about same-sex children do not participate in heterosexual adult sexual relations, they also deny being homosexual. Instead, the pedophiles are more sexually aroused by male and female children than by either gender of adults. The average age of molestation among boys is between 10 and 12.
