FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Observational Learning, Grammatical Gender, Transvestism
12 Feb 2015
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Statistical infrequency - how much sexual behaviour deviates from the statistical norm. Social norm how closely aligned sexual behaviour is with accepted norms in society. Harm sexual behaviour is abnormal if it causes stress, anxiety, or unhappiness for the individual or harms someone else: atypical variations in sexual behaviour. Atypical behaviours that are considered problematic are labelled paraphilias. A diagnostic category used by the american psychiatric association to describe an atypical pattern of sexual arousal or behaviour that becomes problematic in the eyes of the individual or of society. Urges are recurrent and are either acted on or are distressing to the individual who experiences them. Clinicians consider paraphilias to be mental disorders milder forms of these behaviours may be practiced by individuals and not considered harmful. Involve sexual arousal in response to unusual stimuli such as children or other non-consenting individuals (e. g. , watching unsuspecting people), nonhuman objects (e. g. , shoes, undergarments), or pain or humiliation.
