Biastophilia Explained

Biastophilia (from Greek biastes, "rapist" + -philia) and its Latin-derived synonym raptophilia (from Latin rapere, "to seize"), also paraphilic rape, is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal is dependent on, or is responsive to, the act of assaulting an unconsenting person, especially a stranger.[1] [2] Some dictionaries consider the terms synonymous,[3] while others distinguish raptophilia as the paraphilia in which sexual arousal is responsive to actually raping the victim.[4]

The source of the arousal in these paraphilias is the victim's terrified resistance to the assault,[5] and in this respect it is considered to be a form of sexual sadism.[6]

Under the name paraphilic coercive disorder, this diagnosis was proposed for inclusion in DSM-5.[7] This diagnosis, under the name paraphilic rapism, was proposed and rejected in the DSM-III-R.[8] It has been criticized because of the impossibility of reliably distinguishing between paraphilic rapists and non-paraphilic rapists, and because of this diagnosis, under the term Paraphilia NOS (not otherwise specified), non-consent had been used in Sexually Violent Person/Predator commitment.[9]

A standard concept in Czechoslovakian sexology is pathologic sexual aggressivity instead. This term is strongly distinguished from sadism.[10] [11] This disorder is understood as a coordination anomaly of the sexual motivation system (SMS), a "courtship disorder" according to Kurt Freund or displacement paraphilia by John Money, or a missing segment of SMS.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Corsini, Raymond J. . The Dictionary of Psychology . Brunner-Routledge . Philadelphia . 2002 . 1-58391-328-9 . 48932974 . p. 109 .
  2. Book: Flora, Rudy . How to Work with Sex Offenders: A Handbook for Criminal Justice, Human Service, and Mental Health Professionals . Haworth Clinical Practice Press . New York . 2001 . 0-7890-1499-8 . 45668958 . p. 91 .
  3. Eric W. Hickey, "Encyclopedia of Murder & Violent Crime", (2003) p. 347
  4. Book: Holmes, Ronald M. . Sex Crimes: Patterns and Behavior . 5 November 2001 . Sage Publications . Thousand Oaks . 0-7619-2417-5 . 48883594 . p. 247.
  5. Raymond J. Corsini "The Dictionary of Psychology", (1999) p. 692
  6. Ronald Blackburn, "The Psychology of Criminal Conduct: Theory, Research and Practice" (1993), p. 87
  7. Web site: Proposed Revision | APA DSM-5 . 2010-04-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100417234616/http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevisions/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=416 . 2010-04-17 .
  8. Thomas K. Zander. Inventing diagnosis for civil commitment of rapists. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 36, 459–469.
  9. Frances, Allen. 2010. Opening Pandora's Box: The 19 Worst Suggestions For DSM5. Psychiatric Times Feb. 11, 2010. Archived from the original
  10. Jaroslav Zvěřina: Patologická sexuální agresivita, Wikiskripta.eu, 2010–2011
  11. Petr Weiss: Klasifikace sexuálních deviací, Společnost pro plánování rodiny a sexuální výchovu, sborník z kongresu Pardubice 2007
  12. Aleš Kolářský: Jak porozumět sexuálním deviacím : Teoretická východiska sexodiagnostiky – cesta k tvorbě náhledu a k realizaci esxuality v mezích zákona, Galén, Praha, 2008,

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