Defination of a Pedophilia

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DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)- IV- TR

302.2 Pedophilia

The individual with Pedophilia must be age 16 years or older and at least 5 years older than the child. Pedophilia involving female victims is reported more often then Pedophilia involving male victims. Some individuals w/ Pedophilia are sexually attracted only to children, whereas others are sometimes attracted to adults. Individuals with Pedophilia who act on their urges with children may limit their activity to undressing the child and looking, exposing themselves, masturbating in the presence of the child, or gentle touching and fondling of the child. Others, however, perform fellatio or cunnilingus on the child or penetrate, etc….

These activities are commonly explained with the excuses or rationalizations that they have “educational value” for the child, that the child derives “sexual pleasure” from them, or that the child was “sexually provocative” - themes that are also common in pedophilic pornography. Because of the egosyntonic nature of Pedophilia, many individuals with pedophilic fantasies, urges, or behaviors do not experience significant distress.

Individuals may limit their activities to their own children, stepchildren, or relatives or may victimize children outside their families. Others, particularly those who frequently victimize children, develop complicated techniques for obtaining access to children, which may include winning the trust of a child’s mother, marring a women with an attractive child, trading children with other individuals with Pedophilia, or, in rare instances, taking in foster children from no industrialized countries or abducting children from strangers. Except in cases in which the disorder is associated with Sexual Sadism, the person may be attentive to the child’s needs in order to gain the child’s affection, interest, and loyalty and to prevent the child from reporting the sexual activity.