HTH 372 Lecture 27: Paraphilias and normal standards
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The extremes of sexual behavior: chapter 14. I just had a student share openly in class that her mom died of aids her 8th grade year and her baby is an incest baby to her dad. I didn"t even know what to do with that except say you have had a hell of a life and give her a hug. Acts that harm neither society or another person, i. e. private, voluntary acts between consenting adults. Engaged in by the majority: psychologically create positive feelings, raise self-esteem, contribute to feelings of well-being. Does not violate any law: morally. Does not violate a moral code a to which a person is committed: culturally conforms to accepted practice, phylogenetically. Eclectic perspective (cid:862)lo(cid:448)e(cid:373)aps(cid:863)-templates for eroticism and love are distorted: origins of paraphilias. Freud"s oedipal complex predicts some interesting interactions between a child and his mother and father.
