Week 9

Question 1

what are paraphilic SI’s

Answer 1

Sexual interests other than in genital stimulation or preparatory fondling with phenotypically normal, physically mature, consenting human partners

Question 2

when does a paraphilic SI become a disorder

Answer 2

Becomes a disorder when it causes distress, impairments (socially, occupationally, functionally, etc.), or harm

Question 3

what do paraphilic SI’s involve

Answer 3

anomalous activity preferences and target preferences

Question 4

what is the diagnostic criterion A for a disorder

Answer 4

Over at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviours involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (13 or younger generally)

Question 5

what is diagnostic criterion B for a disorder

Answer 5

Individual has acted on these urges or they cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty (difficulty with others)

Question 6

what is diagnostic criterion C for a disorder

Answer 6

Individual is at least 16 and 5 years older than the child/ren in criterion A

Question 7

what must the criteria specify

Answer 7

exclusive or non-exclusive attraction
attracted to males, females, both
limited to incest or not

Question 8

what are the main problems with the diagnostic criterion

Answer 8

vague terminology and categories, conflation of mental disorder and crime, what if one isn’t distressed by it?

Question 9

what is chronophilia

Answer 9

age band for attraction

Question 10

what is pedophilia

Answer 10

Sexual attraction, arousal and fantasy involving prepubescent children (<11)

Question 11

what is hebephilia

Answer 11

Sexual attraction, arousal and fantasy involving early pubertal children (11-14)

Question 12

what is pedohebephilia

Answer 12

Umbrella term for pedophilia and hebephilia

Question 13

what age range is ephebophilia

Answer 13

older adolescents (15-17)

Question 14

what is the age range for teliophilia

Answer 14

fully matured adults (>17)

Question 15

what is the age range for mesophilia

Answer 15

middle aged persons (40-60)

Question 16

what is the age range for gerontophilia

Answer 16

elderly persons (70+)

Question 17

what is androphilia

Answer 17

attraction to masculinity/males

Question 18

what is gynephilia

Answer 18

attraction to femininity/females

Question 19

why don’t people make more of an effort to distinguish

Answer 19

hard to explain the difference without sounding like a pedophile

Question 20

what did Lehmann’s table show us

Answer 20

Table shows us we see pedophilia more negatively/demonized compared to other labels
Is the label itself problematic because of the stigma associated with it

Question 21

what does minor attracted mean/encompass

Answer 21

Umbrella term for a range of chronophilic orientations

Question 22

what are child sex dolls for

Answer 22

sexual stimulation adn non-sexual interaction (cuddling, presence, social affiliation)

Question 23

what is a social affiliation

Answer 23

affiliation with other child sex doll owners

Question 24

what is the importance of cognitive and emotional congruence

Answer 24

Emotional congruence with children = an exaggerated tendency to emotionally and cognitively self-identify with children

Question 25

why does the exhcnage of money make a biological act (sex) into one of perversion

Answer 25

religious aspect

Question 26

does terminology matter in sex work

Answer 26

prostitution was seen as unacceptable sex work was seen as neutral

Question 27

why is the word sex work/worker better

Answer 27

Capture the labour involved in selling Captures the whole spectrum/continuum of sex work

Question 28

trafficking vs. sex work

Answer 28

Trafficking always has exploitation, sex work may but it doesn’t have to