Which of the Following Is True of Paraphilia

question 99

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of paraphilia?

• A) Doctors are not sure if paraphilia is a real condition.
• B) Medical doctors,psychologists,and sexologists define a paraphilia as a physiological disorder.
• C) Paraphilias are sexual urges and behaviors connected to persons or objects that are not part of normative variations and may cause serious distress or even trauma to someone.
• D) All sexual variations across society are extreme and are considered paraphilias by medical doctors and therapists.
• E) A paraphilic disorder is essentially the event of people straying from the cultural norm in their sexual behavior.

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