PSY 3122 Chapter Notes -Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, American Psychiatric Association, Sexual Arousal

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

Sexual behaviors are the most criticized and examined human behaviours, It is not interfering with this daily lives. even more so than violent behaviours. A couple enjoys experiments s&m role play using bondage and occasionally goes to private parties where they play with other couples. A women succeeds in training her cat to lick her vulva to orgasm. She does it when the opportunity presents itself, when she is at home alone for example. A man sits at his computer masturbating for hours to straight explicit, mainstream porn. When he starts he cannot stop and often ends up neglecting some responsibilities at work and at home (once forgetting his child at day care) Do no use the word normal or abnormal. An animal doesn"t have a voice and cannot express consent. It"s compulsive; he has no control over it. We should evaluate the three scenarios using these 6 criteria and not using the terms normal/abnormal.