Ch. 13, Sadomasochism: Necrophila

Paraphiliac Infantilism is the desire to wear diapers or to be treated as a helpless infant. When people engage in Paraphiliac Infantilism, they are known as an ‘Adult Baby’ or a ‘Diaper Lover’. This is a fantasy fetish of which there are two types, namely 'Adult Babies' and 'Diaper Lovers'.

Their love for each other is so strong that she has dreams of him and eventually admits that she is lovesick. This so far could be considered the courtship scene. Next Solomon has her brought to Jerusalem, where the Shulamite becomes his bride and they consummate their marriage – this could be thought of as the wedding scene. During this scene we witness Solomon claiming his bride (3:6-11), extolling her beauty (4:1-7), and lastly as already mentioned, consummating the marriage. For the duration of these events, we gain a valuable insight of the sexual relationship in its purest form as God designed it. The couple enjoys a mountain top experience as they share their love and he tells her how beautiful she is. This lovemaking is wholesome not twisted and perverted as postmodern society has made it out to be. This snapshot of sex should be the standard for all sexual relationships, but mankind in general has turned its back on God; “That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. The men also instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with

Pedophilia is a psychological disorder in which a person is primarily or exclusively attracted to children who have not undergone puberty. A pedophile, the term for a person with this condition, is not necessarily one who engages in sexual activities with children. However, they have strong urges and sexually arousing fantasies about having sex with a child. Generally, pedophiles are attracted to children under the age of thirteen years. In our society the term pedophile is more broadly used for anyone who is attracted to a minor or someone that's under the age of consent. However, there are different terms used for different types of paraphilias involving minors. A paraphilia is a

The paraphilia that I choose to dicuss is transvestic fetishism which has two parts for the diagnosis they are a) over a period of at least 6 months, in a heterosexual male, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving cross-dressing and b) the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. There mey be an increased risk for sexual acting out for example, subjects have accidentally died when they were engaged in autoerotic asphyxia, which is a high risk paraphilic behavior based on self-induced cerebral anoxia by hanging or suffocation during masturbation. In one study results indicated that 36 men and 5 women ever having experienced sexual arousal from actual cross-dressing behavior, results suggest that sexual arousal to cross-dressing is rare, but could be associated with potentially criminal paraphilic sexual behavior such as voyeuristic and exhibitionistic acts, and there was a non-significant trend suggesting that childhood sexual victimization was related to transvestic fetishism.

Pedophilia is characterized as a sexual fondness for and activity with children. Pedophilia is a form of paraphilia (deviant sexual behavior). Pedophiles partake in acts that include fondling with a child's genitals, having sexual intercourse with and exploitation of children through prostitution or pornographic materials (Pedophilia, 2008). According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in order to be diagnosed as a pedophile one must experience intense sexual arousal from prepubescent children over a period of six months. In addition to the sexual arousal the person must have acted on the urges and as a result experience extreme distress or impairment in important areas of functioning

Roy F. Baumeister explores the taboo lifestyles of sadomasochism. The main theme and purpose of the piece is to find out who are masochists, and what do they put themselves through in the name of pleasure. "Across the country, from sophisticated cities to subdued suburbs, men and women are acting out fantasies of sexual domination and submission." (Psychology Today 47) I believe that Baumeister describes a very accurate portrait of who one specific group of masochists is and what they do for pleasure, however, I feel that he fails to recognize the younger generation of masochists. I also feel that on the issue symbolic of sex change, Baumeister does not elaborate enough.

Pedophilic Disorder is a category of Paraphilic Disorders. There are different categories of pedophiles. First, it is what type the pedophile is. There are two different types which are exclusive and nonexclusive. Exclusive means the pedophile is interested in just children while nonspecific means the pedophile is interested in anyone. Next, it is gender. Gender includes whatever the pedophile is interested in: males, females, or both. Lastly, is if the pedophile

According to the philosopher Thomas Nagel, the concept of “sexual perversion” falls under the rubric of psychological rather than biological, anatomical, or reproductive categories. Psychological rather than physiological since sexual perversion does not occur in lower life forms and it is the psychological aspect of it that makes the distinction. Not just for reproduction

“For long it has been unacceptable in the Christian community for a spiritual woman to openly admit to sexual secrets. Then came along “Fifty Shades of Grey” – a book offering a bounty of explicit, erotic sex scenes all wrapped up in a love story. Suddenly there is a sexual outlet for the spiritual woman that seems perfectly acceptable” (Gresh/Slattery 143). However, this is quite the opposite of being perfectly acceptable for a spiritual woman to read because it speaks about everything the Bible speaks against. “Song of Solomon,” on the other hand, is completely how God envisioned marriage to be, no if’s, and’s, or but’s about it. Yes, the Song of Songs is not ashamed when it comes to its descriptions of love between a bride and groom. In fact, it is so detailed and descripted that Jewish boys were not allowed to read it until they were 13, because they would treat it just as teenage boys treat Playboy magazines in today’s

     Harding wrote an article on pedophilia stating that pedophilia is a subcategory of a larger group of sexual disorders commonly classified as paraphilias. “These are defined as recurrent, intense, aphrodisiac fantasies, sexual urges,

Based on the information I gathered in regards to Paraphilia and Paraphilia Disorders it does seem fitting that sexual sadism disorder and sexual masochism disorder be changed to paraphilia behaviors, if not entirely removed. It seems that if these disorders are changed, and there is no longer the fear of criminal charges or medicalization of said sexual behaviors, there is a higher likelihood that those who participate in said behaviors will come forward and seek help if they do feel disturbed or the behavior is interfering with their daily

Pedophilia is one of several psychological dispositions referred to as paraphilias. Paraphilia is a condition where sexual arousal is dependent on fantasizing about engaging in sexual behavior considered atypical or extreme (Psychology Today, 2014). Pedophilia and other paraphilia are viewed as mental illness that is abnormal, distasteful, weird, kinky and totally unacceptable by most people (Psychology Today, 2014).

Pedophilia is a common form of paraphilia listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Pedophiles and child molesters differ from other sex offenders. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders describes a pedophile as an adult who is attracted to and has fantasies about prepubescent children. This individual suffers from urges to perform sexual acts on children; this person may or may not have acted on these urges, and these urges can cause difficulty coping with their lives.

Freud shows that the passage from sadism to masochism consists in an ''activity of violence, a manifestation of power originally borne toward another person taken as an object, which is abandoned and replaced by oneself; but at the same time a transformation is accomplished by which an active aim of a drive is changed into a passive

Exhibitionism refers to a mental disorder that is characterized by an individual’s compulsion to display his/her genitals to an unsuspecting stranger, DSM-5 categorize exhibition under the title of the paraphilias, a category of gender and sexual identity disorder. Paraphilias refers to a group of mental disorder that are characterized by obsession with weird sexual practices or sexual activities that involve inappropriate or nonconsenting partners such as animals or children (Long, Burnett, & Thomas, 2006). In some cases, an exhibitionist masturbates while exposing herself/himself to another person. Some exhibitionists tend to be aware of the desire to upset or shock their target, while others usually fantasize that their target might become