[3][4] it has also been defined as a sexual interest in anything other than a legally consenting human partner Deconstructing “sexual deviance” in the dsm we undertook close and repeated readings of the past and current editions of the dsm, focusing on the sections on “sexual deviance” or “paraphilias,” to identify presuppositions and dualisms about “deviant” sexual fantasies and the people who might experience them [5][6] paraphilias are contrasted with normophilic (normal) sexual interests, [7][8] although the definition of what makes a sexual interest normal or atypical remains.
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Any sexual behavior, such as a paraphilia, that is regarded as significantly different from the standards established by a culture or subculture
Deviant forms of sexual behavior may include voyeurism, fetishism, bestiality, necrophilia, sadism, and exhibitionism.
Recent research highlights the importance of open dialogue and education about sexual deviancy Promoting understanding and empathy can reduce the stigma associated with deviant behavior and encourage people to seek help Informed and compassionate conversations create a supportive environment for deviant sexual personality traits. For clinical purposes, the term paraphilia is the experience of intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals
In this section, you will become familiar with the sexual paraphilias, previously known as sexual perversions and sexual deviations. Sexual deviants are frequently prone to either anxiety or depression, and in these cases tranquilizing drugs or antidepressants are likely to be administered Tranquilizers are also used to reduce the sex drive, particularly in older men who molest children. Sexual deviancy sexual excitement to the point of erection and/or orgasm, when the object of that excitement is considered abnormal in the context of the learned societal norms (paraphilia)
Types exhibitionism, fetishism, frotteurism, pedophilia, sexual masochism, sexual sadism, transvestic fetishism, voyeurism, paraphilia, “not otherwise specified”.
