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Paraphilia, the Glossary

Index Paraphilia

A paraphilia is an experience of recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, places, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals.[1]

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  1. 172 relations: -phil-, Academic Press, Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, Albert Eulenburg, Alice Dreger, American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, Ananga Ranga, Ancient Greek, Androgen, Anil Aggrawal, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Anti-social behaviour, Antiandrogen, Antisocial personality disorder, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Associated Press, Élisabeth Roudinesco, Basic Books, BDSM, Behaviorism, Bible, Bioethics, Blinded experiment, Boni & Liveright, Boy Scouts, Caelius Rhodiginus, Castration, Cave painting, Charles Allen Moser, Chemical castration, Classical conditioning, Coelius Sedulius, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Compulsive behavior, Confessions (Rousseau), Consent, Consent (criminal law), Coprophilia, Courtship disorder, CRC Press, Cultural relativism, Cyproterone acetate, David Morgan (psychoanalyst), Development of the nervous system, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Digit ratio, DSM-5, Ego-dystonic sexual orientation, ... Expand index (122 more) »

-phil-

The Greek root -phil- originates from the Greek word meaning "love".

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Academic Press

Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher founded in 1941.

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Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is a federal statute that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006.

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Albert Eulenburg

Albert Eulenburg (10 August 1840 – 3 July 1917) was a German neurologist born in Berlin.

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Alice Dreger

Alice Domurat Dreger is an American historian, bioethicist, author, and former professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, in Chicago, Illinois.

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American Medical Association

The American Medical Association (AMA) is an American professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students.

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American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world.

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American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychologists in the United States, and the largest psychological association in the world.

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Ananga Ranga

The Ananga Ranga (lit) or Kamaledhiplava (lit) is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text written by Kalyana malla in the 15th or 16th century.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Androgen

An androgen (from Greek andr-, the stem of the word meaning "man") is any natural or synthetic steroid hormone that regulates the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors.

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Anil Aggrawal

Anil Aggrawal (अनिल अग्रवाल, IAST: Anil Aggrawāl; born 17 August 1956) is a professor of forensic medicine at the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.

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Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

The Annual Review of Clinical Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes an annual volume of review articles relevant to clinical psychology.

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Antisocial behaviours, sometimes called dissocial behaviours, are actions which are considered to violate the rights of or otherwise harm others by committing crime or nuisance, such as stealing and physical attack or noncriminal behaviours such as lying and manipulation.

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Antiandrogen

Antiandrogens, also known as androgen antagonists or testosterone blockers, are a class of drugs that prevent androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) from mediating their biological effects in the body.

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Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD), sometimes referred to as dissocial personality disorder, is a personality disorder characterized by a limited capacity for empathy and a long-term pattern of disregard for or violation of the rights of others.

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Archives of Sexual Behavior

The Archives of Sexual Behavior is a peer-reviewed academic journal in sexology.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Élisabeth Roudinesco

Élisabeth Roudinesco (Rudinescu; born 10 September 1944) is a French scholar, historian and psychoanalyst.

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Basic Books

Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

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BDSM

BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics.

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Behaviorism

Behaviorism (also spelled behaviourism) is a systematic approach to understand the behavior of humans and other animals.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Bioethics

Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, medicine, and technologies.

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Blinded experiment

In a blind or blinded experiment, information which may influence the participants of the experiment is withheld until after the experiment is complete.

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Boni & Liveright

Boni & Liveright (pronounced "BONE-eye" and "LIV-right") is an American trade book publisher established in 1917 in New York City by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright.

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Boy Scouts

Boy Scouts may refer to.

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Caelius Rhodiginus

Caelius Rhodiginus (born Lodovico Ricchieri; 1469, Rovigo–1525, Rovigo) was a Venetian writer, and professor in Greek and Latin.

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Castration

Castration is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses use of the testicles: the male gonad.

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Cave painting

In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves.

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Charles Allen Moser

Charles Allen Moser (born 1952) is an American physician specializing in transgender health, a clinical sexologist, sex therapist, and sex educator practicing in San Francisco, California.

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Chemical castration

Chemical castration is castration via anaphrodisiac drugs, whether to reduce libido and sexual activity, to treat cancer, or otherwise.

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Classical conditioning

Classical conditioning (also respondent conditioning and Pavlovian conditioning) is a behavioral procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food, a puff of air on the eye, a potential rival) is paired with a neutral stimulus (e.g. the sound of a musical triangle).

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Coelius Sedulius

Sedulius (sometimes with the nomen Coelius or Caelius, both of doubtful authenticity) was a Christian poet of the first half of the 5th century.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and anxiety disorders.

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Compulsive behavior

Compulsive behavior (or compulsion) is defined as performing an action persistently and repetitively.

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Confessions (Rousseau)

The Confessions is an autobiographical book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another.

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In criminal law, consent may be used as an excuse and prevent the defendant from incurring liability for what was done.

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Coprophilia

Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος, kópros 'excrement' and φιλία, philía 'liking, fondness'), also called scatophilia or scat (Greek: σκατά, skatá 'feces'), is the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces. Paraphilia and Coprophilia are paraphilias.

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Courtship disorder

Courtship disorder is a theoretical construct in sexology developed by Kurt Freund in which a certain set of paraphilias are seen as specific instances of anomalous courtship instincts in humans.

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CRC Press

The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.

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Cultural relativism

Cultural relativism is the position that there is no universal standard to measure cultures by, and that all cultural values and beliefs must be understood relative to their cultural context, and not judged based on outside norms and values.

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Cyproterone acetate

Cyproterone acetate (CPA), sold alone under the brand name Androcur or with ethinylestradiol under the brand names Diane or Diane-35 among others, is an antiandrogen and progestin medication used in the treatment of androgen-dependent conditions such as acne, excessive body hair growth, early puberty, and prostate cancer, as a component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender individuals, and in birth control pills.

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David Morgan (psychoanalyst)

David Howell Morgan (BAHons Msc.Clin.Psych. FBPAS FPBPA SMBPF. Training Analyst Supervisor IPA. AMBPS. MBPC) is a psychoanalyst and consultant psychotherapist who has worked at the Portman Clinic London and Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust for 25 years.

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Development of the nervous system

The development of the nervous system, or neural development (neurodevelopment), refers to the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system of animals, from the earliest stages of embryonic development to adulthood.

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria.

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Digit ratio

The digit ratio is the ratio taken of the lengths of different digits or fingers on a hand.

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DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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Ego-dystonic sexual orientation

Ego-dystonic sexual orientation is a highly controversial mental health diagnosis that was included in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) from 1980 to 1987 (under the name ego-dystonic homosexuality) and in the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases (ICD) from 1990 to 2019.

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Egosyntonic and egodystonic

In psychoanalysis, egosyntonic refers to the behaviors, values, and feelings that are in harmony with or acceptable to the needs and goals of the ego, or consistent with one's ideal self-image.

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Elsevier

Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content.

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Epithet

An epithet, also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing.

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Erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (ED), also referred to as impotence, is a form of sexual dysfunction in males characterized by the persistent or recurring inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection with sufficient rigidity and duration for satisfactory sexual activity.

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Erotic target location error

Erotic target location error (ETLE) is a hypothesized dimension for paraphilias, defined by having a sexual preference or strong sexual interest in features that are somewhere other than on one's sexual partners. Paraphilia and Erotic target location error are paraphilias.

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Europa (consort of Zeus)

In Greek mythology, Europa (Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē) was a Phoenician princess from Tyre and the mother of King Minos of Crete.

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Exhibitionism

Exhibitionism is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context one's intimate parts – for example, the breasts, genitals or buttocks. Paraphilia and Exhibitionism are paraphilias.

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Fetishism

A fetish (derived from the French fétiche, which comes from the Portuguese feitiço, and this in turn from Latin facticius, 'artificial' and facere, 'to make') is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a human-made object that has power over others.

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Foot fetishism, also known as foot partialism or podophilia, is a pronounced sexual interest in feet. Paraphilia and foot fetishism are paraphilias.

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Fraternal birth order and male sexual orientation

Fraternal birth order, also known as the older brother effect, has been correlated with male sexual orientation, with a significant volume of research finding that the more older brothers a male has from the same mother, the greater the probability he will have a homosexual orientation.

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Friedrich Salomon Krauss

Friedrich Salomon Krauss (7 October 1859 – 29 May 1938) was a Croatian Austrian Jewish sexologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and Slavist.

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Frotteurism

Frotteurism is a paraphilic interest in rubbing, usually one's pelvic area or erect penis, against a non-consenting person for sexual pleasure. Paraphilia and Frotteurism are paraphilias.

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Ganymede (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Ganymede or Ganymedes (Ancient Greek: Γανυμήδης Ganymēdēs) is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy.

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Gay

Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual.

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Gender dysphoria

Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person experiences due to a mismatch between their gender identitytheir personal sense of their own genderand their sex assigned at birth.

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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico dei conti della Mirandola e della Concordia (24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494), known as Pico della Mirandola, was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher.

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Glen Gabbard

Glen Owens Gabbard (born 1949) is an American psychiatrist known for authoring professional teaching texts for the field.

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist) is a type of medication which affects gonadotropins and sex hormones.

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Guilford Press

Guilford Press or Guilford Publications, Inc. is a New York City-based independent publisher founded in 1973 that specializes in publishing books and journals in psychology, psychiatry, the behavioral sciences, education, geography, and research methods.

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Handedness

In human biology, handedness is an individual's preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to it being stronger, faster or more dextrous.

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Havelock Ellis

Henry Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939) was an English-French physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality.

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Haworth Press

Haworth Press was a publisher of scholarly, academic and trade books, and approximately 200 peer-reviewed academic journals.

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Heinrich Meibom (poet)

Heinrich Meibom (4 December 1555 – 20 September 1625), German historian and poet, was born at Barntrup in Westphalia.

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Hittite laws

The Hittite laws, also known as the Code of the Nesilim, constitute an ancient legal code dating from – 1500 BCE.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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Human sexuality

Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually.

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Hypoactive sexual desire disorder

Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), hyposexuality or inhibited sexual desire (ISD) is sometimes considered a sexual dysfunction, and is characterized as a lack or absence of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity, as judged by a clinician.

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Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardised tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence.

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International Classification of Diseases

The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a globally used medical classification used in epidemiology, health management and for clinical purposes.

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International Journal of Sexual Health

The International Journal of Sexual Health is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being.

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JAMA

JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association.

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James Cantor

James M. Cantor is an American-Canadian clinical psychologist and sexologist specializing in hypersexuality and paraphilias.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher (philosophe), writer, and composer.

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John Money

John William Money (8 July 1921 – 7 July 2006) was a New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University known for his research on human sexual behavior and gender.

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology

The Journal of Abnormal Psychology (formerly Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology and Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association (APA).

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Journal of Sex Research

The Journal of Sex Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of human sexuality and the field of sexology in general.

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Kama Sutra

The Kama Sutra (कामसूत्र) is an ancient Indian Hindu Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment.

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Kansas v. Crane

Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407 (2002), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) as consistent with substantive due process.

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Kansas v. Hendricks

Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346 (1997), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court set forth procedures for the indefinite civil commitment of prisoners who are convicted of a sex offense and are deemed by the state to be dangerous because of a mental abnormality.

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Kink (sexuality)

In human sexuality, kinkiness is the use of non-conventional sexual practices, concepts or fantasies.

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Klismaphilia

Klismaphilia (or klysmaphilia), from the Greek words κλύσμα ("enema", from κατακλυσμός, "deluge, flood") and φιλία ("love"), is a paraphilia involving enjoyment of, and sexual arousal from, enemas. Paraphilia and Klismaphilia are paraphilias.

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Lateralization of brain function

The lateralization of brain function (or hemispheric dominance/ latralisation) is the tendency for some neural functions or cognitive processes to be specialized to one side of the brain or the other.

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Leda (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Leda (Ancient Greek: Λήδα) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen.

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Leuprorelin

Leuprorelin, also known as leuprolide, is a manufactured version of a hormone used to treat prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, for early puberty, or as part of transgender hormone therapy.

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List of paraphilias

Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. Paraphilia and List of paraphilias are paraphilias.

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Lovemap

The lovemap is a concept originated by sexologist John Money in his discussions of how people develop their sexual preferences. Paraphilia and lovemap are sexology.

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Married to the Eiffel Tower

Married to the Eiffel Tower is The Wolfmen's second studio album.

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Martin Kafka

Martin Paul Kafka (born 1947) is an American psychiatrist best known for his work on sex offenders, paraphilias and what he calls "paraphilia-related disorders" such as sex addiction and hypersexuality.

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Masturbation

Masturbation is a form of autoeroticism in which a person sexually stimulates their own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm.

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McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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Medroxyprogesterone acetate

Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), also known as depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) in injectable form and sold under the brand name Depo-Provera among others, is a hormonal medication of the progestin type.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Necrophilia

Necrophilia, also known as necrophilism, necrolagnia, necrocoitus, necrochlesis, and thanatophilia, is sexual attraction or acts involving corpses. Paraphilia and necrophilia are paraphilias.

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Neuroanatomy

Neuroanatomy is the study of the structure and organization of the nervous system.

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Non-heterosexual

Non-heterosexual is a word for a sexual orientation or sexual identity that is not heterosexual.

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Object sexuality

Object sexuality or objectophilia is a group of paraphilias characterized by sexual or romantic attraction focused on particular inanimate objects. Paraphilia and object sexuality are paraphilias.

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Oedipus complex

In classical psychoanalytic theory, the Oedipus complex (also spelled Œdipus complex) refers to a son's sexual attitude towards his mother and concomitant hostility toward his father, first formed during the phallic stage of psychosexual development.

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Other specified paraphilic disorder

Other specified paraphilic disorder is the term used by the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) to refer to any of the many other paraphilic disorders that are not explicitly named in the manual. Paraphilia and other specified paraphilic disorder are paraphilias.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Partialism

Partialism is a sexual fetish with an exclusive focus on a specific part of the body other than genitals. Paraphilia and Partialism are paraphilias.

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Pedophilia

Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Paraphilia and Pedophilia are paraphilias.

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Pejorative

A pejorative word, phrase, slur, or derogatory term is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something.

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Persephone

In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (Persephónē), also called Kore (the maiden) or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter.

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Personality disorder

Personality disorders (PD) are a class of mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.

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Perversion

Perversion is a form of human behavior which deviates from what is considered to be orthodox or normal. Paraphilia and Perversion are paraphilias.

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Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.

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Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Psychiatric Clinics of North America is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering psychiatry and patient management.

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Psychiatric Times

Psychiatric Times is a medical trade publication written for an audience involved in the profession of psychiatry.

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Psychoanalysis

PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: +. is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge.

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Psychopathy

Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited and egocentric traits, masked by superficial charm and the outward appearance of apparent normalcy.

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Psychosexual development

In psychoanalysis, psychosexual development is a central element of the sexual drive theory.

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Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome problems.

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Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.

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Ratirahasya

The Ratirahasya (Sanskrit रतिरहस्य.) (translated in English as Secrets of Love, also known as the Koka Shastra) is a medieval Indian sex manual written by Kokkoka, a poet, who is variously described as Koka or Koka Pandit.

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Ray Blanchard

Ray Milton Blanchard (born October 9, 1945) is an American-Canadian sexologist who researches pedophilia, sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Richard von Krafft-Ebing

Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing; 14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Sadistic personality disorder

Sadistic personality disorder was a proposed personality disorder defined by a pervasive pattern of sadistic and cruel behavior.

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Sadomasochism

Sadism and masochism, known collectively as sadomasochism, are the derivation of pleasure from acts of respectively inflicting or receiving pain or humiliation.

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Sage Publishing

Sage Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent academic publishing company, founded in 1965 in New York City by Sara Miller McCune and now based in the Newbury Park neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, California.

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by reoccurring episodes of psychosis that are correlated with a general misperception of reality.

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Scientific consensus

Scientific consensus is the generally held judgment, position, and opinion of the majority or the supermajority of scientists in a particular field of study at any particular time.

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of drugs that are typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and other psychological conditions.

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Sex and the law

Sex and the law deals with the regulation by law of human sexual activity.

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Sex industry

The sex industry (also called the sex trade) consists of businesses that either directly or indirectly provide sex-related products and services or adult entertainment.

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Sex toy

A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate sexual pleasure, such as a dildo, artificial vagina or vibrator.

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Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Sexual and Relationship Therapy is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal offering a multidisciplinary forum for review and debate in the field of sex and relationship therapies.

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Sexual arousal

Sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when exposed to sexual stimuli.

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Sexual assault

Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will.

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Sexual diversity

Gender and sexual diversity (GSD), or simply sexual diversity, refers to all the diversities of sex characteristics, sexual orientations and gender identities, without the need to specify each of the identities, behaviors, or characteristics that form this plurality.

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Sexual ethics

Sexual ethics (also known as sex ethics or sexual morality) is a branch of philosophy that considers the ethics or morality of sexual behavior.

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Sexual fetishism

Sexual fetishism or erotic fetishism is a sexual fixation on a nonliving object or body part. Paraphilia and sexual fetishism are paraphilias.

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Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity involving the insertion and thrusting of the male penis inside the female vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both. Paraphilia and sexual intercourse are sexology.

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Sexual masochism disorder

Sexual masochism disorder (SMD) is the condition of experiencing recurring and intense sexual arousal in response to enduring moderate or extreme pain, suffering, or humiliation.

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Sexual roleplay

Sexual roleplay is roleplay that has a strong erotic element. Paraphilia and Sexual roleplay are paraphilias.

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Sexual sadism disorder

Sexual sadism disorder is the condition of experiencing great sexual arousal in response to the involuntary extreme pain, suffering or humiliation of other people. Paraphilia and sexual sadism disorder are paraphilias.

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Sexually violent predator laws

Some jurisdictions may commit certain types of dangerous sex offenders to state-run detention facilities following the completion of their sentence if that person has a "mental abnormality" or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in sexual offenses if not confined in a secure facility.

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.

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Sodomy

Sodomy, also called buggery in British English, generally refers to either anal sex (but occasionally also oral sex) between people, or any sexual activity between a human and another animal (bestiality).

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Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Susan Kay Nolen-Hoeksema (May 22, 1959 – January 2, 2013) was an American professor of psychology at Yale University.

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Taxonomy

Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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The American Journal of Psychiatry

The American Journal of Psychiatry is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of psychiatry, and is the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association.

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The American Naturalist

The American Naturalist is the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society of Naturalists, whose purpose is "to advance and to diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences." It was established in 1867 and is published by the University of Chicago Press.

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The Family Journal

The Family Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers four times a year in the field of Psychology.

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The Hastings Center

The Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan bioethics research institute and think tank based in Garrison, New York.

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The Journal of Sexual Medicine

The Journal of Sexual Medicine (JSM) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published on behalf of the International Society for Sexual Medicine.

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Transgender

A transgender person (often shortened to trans person) is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

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Transvestic fetishism

Transvestic fetishism is a psychiatric diagnosis applied to men who are thought to have an excessive sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing; this interest is often expressed in autoerotic behavior. Paraphilia and Transvestic fetishism are paraphilias.

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Transvestism

Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender.

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United States v. Comstock

United States v. Comstock, 560 U.S. 126 (2010), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that the federal government has authority under the Necessary and Proper Clause to require the civil commitment of individuals already in Federal custody.

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University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne (also colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia.

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Urolagnia

Urolagnia (also urophilia, and, more colloquially, a golden shower or watersports) is a paraphilia in which sexual excitement is associated with the sight or thought of urine or urination. Paraphilia and Urolagnia are paraphilias.

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Voyeurism

Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of watching other people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature. Paraphilia and Voyeurism are paraphilias.

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Wilhelm Stekel

Wilhelm Stekel (18 March 1868 – 25 June 1940) was an Austrian physician and psychologist, who became one of Sigmund Freud's earliest followers, and was once described as "Freud's most distinguished pupil".

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William O'Donohue

William T. "Bill" O'Donohue (born August 18, 1957) is an American psychologist who focuses on human sexuality, especially child sexual abuse.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

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Zoophilia

Zoophilia is a paraphilia in which a person experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals. Paraphilia and Zoophilia are paraphilias.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia

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