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Sexual behavior: Normal vs Abnormal

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Analyze "normal" and "abnormal" sexual behavior, and examine how they can be defined.

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The solution determines how to define abnormal and normal sexual behavior.

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Sexual Behavior

1. Normal and Abnormal sexual behavior are not simple definitions. It has changed over time, cultural and social climate.
That being said, there are sexual disorders. Therefore, the DSM V have definitions for sexual compulsions and sexual addictions. These can be examples of abnormal sexual behaviors. Normal sexual behavior would therefore be understood to be sexual behaviors, ...

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