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What you'll learn to do: examine the characteristics, etiology, and treatments of sexual deviations<\/h2>\r\n\"Erotic\r\n\r\nWhat are sexual deviations? As we have discussed, human sexuality spans a range of behaviors, and varies from\u00a0culture to culture, thus making it hard to define what type of sexual expression is acceptable. From a clinical perspective,\u00a0there has been some effort to define\u00a0sexual deviation<\/i> under the umbrella of\u00a0the sexual paraphilias. The term paraphilia<\/em>\u00a0comes from the\u00a0Greek\u00a0\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac (para<\/i>) \"beside\" and \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 (-philia<\/i>) \"friendship,\u00a0love\" and was first coined by \u00a0Friedrich Salomon Krauss,\u00a0a\u00a0Croatian\u00a0Austrian\u00a0Jewish\u00a0sexologist\u00a0in 1903, and\u00a0used with some regularity by\u00a0Wilhelm Stekel\u00a0in the 1920s. The term is\u00a0used to describe atypical sexual interests, and there remains debate regarding technical accuracy and perceptions of stigma. \"Paraphilia\" indicates that certain\u00a0behaviors are somehow deviant when in fact they may be just at different ends of the spectrum[footnote]Moser C. & Kleinplatz P.J. (2005). \"DSM-IV-TR and the Paraphilias: An argument for removal\". Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 17(3\/4), 91\u2013109.[\/footnote].\r\n\r\nHomosexuality used to be considered a paraphilia, but this is no longer the case (although it some countries it is still considered abnormal behavior). Sexologist\u00a0John Money\u00a0popularized the term\u00a0paraphilia<\/i>\u00a0as a non-pejorative\u00a0designation for\u00a0unusual sexual interests.<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup>\u00a0Money described paraphilia as \"a sexuoerotic embellishment of, or alternative to the official, ideological norm.\" Despite efforts by Money, the term\u00a0paraphilia<\/i>\u00a0remains pejorative in most circumstances. For clinical purposes, the term paraphilia\u00a0is the experience of intense\u00a0<\/span>sexual arousal\u00a0to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn this section, you will become familiar with the sexual paraphilias,\u00a0previously known as\u00a0sexual perversions\u00a0and\u00a0sexual deviations. Although not innately pathological, a paraphilic disorder<\/strong> can evolve if paraphilia invokes harm, distress, or functional impairment on the lives of the affected individual or others. A total of eight paraphilias are listed in the DSM-5 and include pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, sexual sadism, sexual masochism, frotteurism, fetishism, and transvestic fetishism.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: examine the characteristics, etiology, and treatments of sexual deviations<\/h2>\n

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What are sexual deviations? As we have discussed, human sexuality spans a range of behaviors, and varies from\u00a0culture to culture, thus making it hard to define what type of sexual expression is acceptable. From a clinical perspective,\u00a0there has been some effort to define\u00a0sexual deviation<\/i> under the umbrella of\u00a0the sexual paraphilias. The term paraphilia<\/em>\u00a0comes from the\u00a0Greek\u00a0\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac (para<\/i>) “beside” and \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 (-philia<\/i>) “friendship,\u00a0love” and was first coined by \u00a0Friedrich Salomon Krauss,\u00a0a\u00a0Croatian\u00a0Austrian\u00a0Jewish\u00a0sexologist\u00a0in 1903, and\u00a0used with some regularity by\u00a0Wilhelm Stekel\u00a0in the 1920s. The term is\u00a0used to describe atypical sexual interests, and there remains debate regarding technical accuracy and perceptions of stigma. “Paraphilia” indicates that certain\u00a0behaviors are somehow deviant when in fact they may be just at different ends of the spectrum[1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Homosexuality used to be considered a paraphilia, but this is no longer the case (although it some countries it is still considered abnormal behavior). Sexologist\u00a0John Money\u00a0popularized the term\u00a0paraphilia<\/i>\u00a0as a non-pejorative\u00a0designation for\u00a0unusual sexual interests.<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup>\u00a0Money described paraphilia as “a sexuoerotic embellishment of, or alternative to the official, ideological norm.” Despite efforts by Money, the term\u00a0paraphilia<\/i>\u00a0remains pejorative in most circumstances. For clinical purposes, the term paraphilia\u00a0is the experience of intense\u00a0<\/span>sexual arousal\u00a0to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this section, you will become familiar with the sexual paraphilias,\u00a0previously known as\u00a0sexual perversions\u00a0and\u00a0sexual deviations. Although not innately pathological, a paraphilic disorder<\/strong> can evolve if paraphilia invokes harm, distress, or functional impairment on the lives of the affected individual or others. A total of eight paraphilias are listed in the DSM-5 and include pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, sexual sadism, sexual masochism, frotteurism, fetishism, and transvestic fetishism.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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