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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
* From biblical times, human societies all across the world, have placed restrictions over the type of sexual behaviors as considered acceptable. The level of acceptability is based on cultural variations across the globe. | |||
*There is controversy in what should be called sexual deviation, mainly based on various factors like the degree of consent, age of the involved individuals, degree of distress caused, location of sexual behavior, degree of unacceptable by others, etc. <ref name="Gordon2008">{{cite journal|last1=Gordon|first1=Harvey|title=The treatment of paraphilias: An historical perspective|journal=Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health|volume=18|issue=2|year=2008|pages=79–87|issn=09579664|doi=10.1002/cbm.687}}</ref> | |||
*Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) gave the term sadism. He was placed in a lunatic asylum multiple times and ultimately, he died there. His mental instability, is considered to heve resulted in his pattern of sexual behavior . <ref name="Gordon2008">{{cite journal|last1=Gordon|first1=Harvey|title=The treatment of paraphilias: An historical perspective|journal=Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health|volume=18|issue=2|year=2008|pages=79–87|issn=09579664|doi=10.1002/cbm.687}}</ref> | |||
*The term masochism comes from Baron Leopold von Sacher Masoch (1835-1895), who was of European origin.<ref name="Gordon2008">{{cite journal|last1=Gordon|first1=Harvey|title=The treatment of paraphilias: An historical perspective|journal=Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health|volume=18|issue=2|year=2008|pages=79–87|issn=09579664|doi=10.1002/cbm.687}}</ref> | |||
*At the end of the nineteenth century, sexual deviance was started to be considered as a medical condition, with the publication of Psychopathia Sexualis. <ref name="Gordon2008">{{cite journal|last1=Gordon|first1=Harvey|title=The treatment of paraphilias: An historical perspective|journal=Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health|volume=18|issue=2|year=2008|pages=79–87|issn=09579664|doi=10.1002/cbm.687}}</ref> | |||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Revision as of 18:34, 25 September 2020
Overview
Historical Perspective
- From biblical times, human societies all across the world, have placed restrictions over the type of sexual behaviors as considered acceptable. The level of acceptability is based on cultural variations across the globe.
- There is controversy in what should be called sexual deviation, mainly based on various factors like the degree of consent, age of the involved individuals, degree of distress caused, location of sexual behavior, degree of unacceptable by others, etc. [1]
- Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) gave the term sadism. He was placed in a lunatic asylum multiple times and ultimately, he died there. His mental instability, is considered to heve resulted in his pattern of sexual behavior . [1]
- The term masochism comes from Baron Leopold von Sacher Masoch (1835-1895), who was of European origin.[1]
- At the end of the nineteenth century, sexual deviance was started to be considered as a medical condition, with the publication of Psychopathia Sexualis. [1]
Classification
Causes
Epidemiology and Demographics
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Age
Patients of all age groups may develop [disease name].
Gender
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Race
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