Pedophilia is the sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Pedophilia is a diagnosis applicable to only a portion of individuals who sexually abuse children. Information has been drawn from published research about pedophilia to present the current state of knowledge. Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder that is not curable but is treatable by psychiatric care and/or medication. The progression of the sexual abuse (pedophilia) is usually a gradual progression. Children who have been sexually abused by a pedophile may have different functional disorders. .
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Introduction .
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of pedophilia, the responsibilities of physicians, profiles of the victims, treatment and treatment outcomes. First, a description of pedophilia and the underlying causes of the sexual abuse will be discussed. Next by the responsibilities of physicians to their adolescent patients. Followed by what type of children do pedophiles seek to pray on. Finally the types of treatment and treatment outcomes for pedophiles are discussed in detail. .
Review of Literature.
Overview of Pedophilia.
Pedophilia should be distinguished from other terms that may be applied to behavior involving sex with minors but are not equivalent constructs. The essential feature of pedophilia is that an individual is exclusively, or in part sexually attracted toward prepubescent children (Glaser, 1998).
The word pedophilia comes from a term "pedophilia erotica" which literally means the erotic love of children. The perpetrator is required to be at least 16 years old and at least 5 years older than their victim or victims (Glaser, 1998). .
Terms such as "child sexual abuse", "incest", "child molestation" and "pederasty" are not equivalent to pedophilia. Terms that denote sex with minors are criminal actions; pedophilia is the sexual attraction to children and is a psychiatric disorder.
Pedophilia In today's day and age pedophilia is becoming a more and more widespread problem. ... The first type of pedophilia is "Fixated (or exclusive type) pedophilia". ... The third type of pedophilia is "Cross-sex pedophilia". ... The fourth type of pedophilia is "Same-sex pedophilia". ... The final type of pedophilia is "Female pedophilia". ...
In one of his lines he exposes that pedophilia has become a problem because church is not working as well as it should be. ... Hogan is how pedophilia is been a big problem to the Catholic Church because of a lot of freedom they have provided to their students. ... Pedophilia is getting stronger and stronger and in the future is something that is going to be hard to get rid off. If the refugees could be a little more open, pedophilia could be stopped not at it's fullest but at some point it might be. ... Like this pedophilia can be prevented and seminarians could get education from the ...
Pedophilia is seen socially as on of the worst sexual crimes a person can commit. ... Pedophilia usually starts as an adolescence and can be chronic and continue through out life. ... There is also the theory that pedophilia is stemmed from feelings of inadequacy with people who are there same age, and therefore transfer their sexual urges to children (www.jahsonic.com). To get a diagnosis for pedophilia, one must be sixteen years old or at least five years older than the child. ...
The term pedophilia has some utility since it suggests a predisposition for the act separate from the act itself. ... For the purposes of this paper the terms pedophilia, child sexual abuse, and child molestation will be used interchangeably. ... Pedophilia as a learned behavior is due to sexual abuse of the abuser as a child. ... Pedophilia has often been linked with previous emotional, physical, or sexual trauma. ... Pedophilia as an addiction is a fairly new way of examining this type of behavior. ...
Some paraphilias - such as exhibitionism, pedophilia and voyeurism are criminal offences. ... Pedophilia is a disorder in which a person, most commonly a man, would obtain sexual arousal and enjoyment, through sexual activities and/or fantasies about having sexual activities with a undeveloped child (commonly 13 and under), or who has roughly reached puberty. ... Pedophilia is chronic and can be complicated if there is substance abuse, dependency, depression, marital conflict, or an antisocial disorder. ...
Pedophilia, on the other hand, is an adult sexual attraction to children. Pedophilia and sexual orientation are not the same thing" ("Issues and News"). Pedophilia is something that you are born with, just like homosexuality. Being a homosexual does not mean that you are automatically a pedophilia. ...
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This music video has not only sparked interest but also negative comments that mainly include pedophilia, which has spread all over the entertainment news. ... According to Rolling Stone's columnist Kory Grow, the video became controversial because of negative feedback suggesting Maddie Ziegler and Shia LaBeouf's contact with each other displayed signs of pedophilia. Pedophilia is a sexual disorder when an adult commits sexual acts with a child with the same or opposite gender ("Pedophilia"). ... The pedophilia controversy shows how in our popular culture that society is still not ...