Seventy‐three members of the Working Group of Pedophilia, meeting in the framework of Dutch Association for Sexual Reform responded to a questionnaire enquiring about their ages, family status, education, occupation, job satisfaction, first awareness of their sexual predelection and similar questions. The replies, though necessarily skimming only the surface, contradicted in several respects the popular ideas about pedophiles and gave information about several other issues pertinent to pedophilia.