Heteronormativity and Repronormativity in Sexological “Perversion Theory” and the DSM-5’s “Paraphilic Disorder” Diagnoses

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1139-1145

  Downing, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DSM 5; Heteronormativity; Paraphilias; Paraphilic disorders; Reproduction; Repronormativity

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PARAPHILIC DISORDERS; PEDOPHILIA;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; PARAPHILIC DISORDERS; PEDOPHILIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84931009597     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0536-y     Document Type: Article

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