Michael,
Yes, there are sexual perpetrators out and about the world, even in Alaska like that.
I have sat in on trials where this was the perpetrator's justification of why they did what they did. Some children have been so traumatized at such an early age that they accept what is done to them as "normal". 
Often it is the adult or adults responsible for their care. They "teach" them to act sexual or dress them up to look like miniature adults. But they are little children who have sexually abused from a very early age. 
A little girl who was adopted by a member of my family, had been sexually abused by her biological father when she was between the ages of 8 months to 18 month
A number of children, I came in contact through my work had similar issues. The adult perps were family members and never were charged because of the age of the child.
Perpetrators, male or female, rarely take responsibility. They often minimize what happened, blame the victim, "just teaching" or "helping" them.