Exam 16: Harmful and Antisocial Sexual Expression

A teacher is found to have had sex with one of her students.The teacher and student claim they are in love and that the sex was consensual.What type of sex scandal is this? 

De Sade (who the term sadism was named after)believed that,for women,pain should be the highest form of sexual activity.Why did he believe this? 

Alex is a sex offender and he is undergoing a therapy in which he is asked to masturbate to a conventional fantasy and then asked to masturbate again to the undesirable fantasy.What is the name for the type of therapy Alex is receiving? 

What is the most common animal involved in zoophilia? 

All people who sexually abuse children are also considered pedophiles.

Which statement best describes individuals with a fetish? 

The word nymphomaniac is an example of a derogatory term originally used to describe women who engage in frequent sex.

Pedophiles who have served time for their offense do not typically re-offend.

Identify and explain three common motivations for paraphiliac behaviours.

Identify some of the ways that people may determine whether a sexual behaviour is "normal." How might some paraphilias be views as a normal variation of human sexual behaviour? Use examples to support your answer.

According to Patrick Carnes,which statement best describes sexual addicts? 

Many sexual behaviours previously considered abnormal are considered acceptable in today's society.

The primary aim of any therapy for paraphilias should be to change behaviour.

John Money believed that sexual development could be influenced by childhood sex play.What term did he use to describe the template of the ideal lover and sexual situation people develop based on these patterns of play? 

Define a paraphilia and explain the essential features of a paraphilia as determine by the DSM.

What differentiates healthy BDSM behaviour from sexual sadism? 

Thinking about how society views behaviours that are considered "normal" or "abnormal,what are some reasons that efforts to depathologize unusual sexual behaviours would be considered beneficial.Discuss possible reasons why some experts are advocating differentiation between paraphilias which are considered consensual and those that involve force or coercion.

Behaviours classified as paraphilias are also illegal.

What mental health condition is often associated with compulsive sexual behaviour? 

Wade becomes sexually aroused by being humiliated,beaten,and tied up.What term would define his sexual preferences?