PSYC 134 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Sexual Sadism Disorder, Sexual Fetishism, Paraphilia
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Abnormal when we base such judgments of religious values: clear cultural differences. Ex: oral sex and masturbation were very recently seen as abnormal in our culture, but now are practiced by wide majorities of people. In this chapter, deviant labels are given to such behaviors that involve persistent preference for congenital sexual outlets. The burgers are recurrent and are either acted on or are distressing to the individual: apa"s language when referring to these behaviors; para-, meaning unusual or. Alongside of, and philia, meaning love : involve sexual arousal in response to unusual stimuli such as children or other non-consenting people (unsuspecting people being watched/seeing genitalia they did not consent to seeing), nonhuman objects, or pain or humiliation. Others do have victims: exposing oneself in public, enticing children into sexual relations. Except in cases of sexual masochism, paraphilic disorders are thought to occur almost exclusively among men.
