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Atypical & Paraphilic Sexual Behavior

Class Activity-

Evaluation of Normal Sexual Behavior

Definitions of Normal and Abnormal

n            Psychological: Normal is anything that goes on between consenting adults that does not produce a personal sense of distress

n            Statistical:

n            Biological:

n            Sociological, moral or cultural: Behavior that falls within the accepted rules and customs of a particular society is considered normal

Definitions

n    Atypical Sex: 

n    Paraphilia:  A mental disorder characterized by recurrent intense sexual urges, sexually arousing fantasies, or behaviors lasting at least 6 months and involving (1) nonhuman objects, (2) the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one’s partner, or (3) children or other nonconsenting people.  In addition, the person must have acted on these urges or feel great distress from them. 

¨  Noncoercive Paraphilias: 

¨  Coercive Paraphilias: 

Atypical Sex & Noncoercive Paraphilias

n     Fetishism:

n     Transvestism:

n     Coprophilia: 

n     Klismaphilia:  

n     Urophilia: 

n     Partialism: 

Coercive Paraphilias

n     Coercive:

¨   Voyeurism:

¨   Exhibitionism:   

¨   Telephone Scatologia: 

¨   Frotteurism:   

¨   Necrophilia:   

¨   Zoophilia: