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Vidocq
Lv 6
Vidocq asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

Why is Homosexuality not counted as a paraphilia anymore?

Before you answer know that I don't mean to offend anyone and know that Paraphillia is not necessarily a negative term or synonym of a sexual deviancy and I don't consider it as such. I was just wondering the reasons why it was removed as a paraphilia. I understand why it is not counted as a psychopathology anymore. And please I want actual reason not things like ''Because gays have the same rights as you do.'' I know that, but that would be Political Correctness guiding science and that would be unacceptable. I want to know the Scientific reason for the change.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I really can't think of any scientific reason. I believe it is only political correctness because homosexuality is now widely accepted, at least more than it used to be.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    (Paraphillia) was considered a mental disorder by the AMA up until 1972. When gay people got the deserved right to be considered "free from deviancy" The term was not used anymore. if you look in some old medical books it's there, but you already know, you said it in your question (it is not counted as a psychopathology anymore.) so the term and it's connotation were no longer used to describe homosexuality.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think it has to do with how progressive the majority of society as become. Years ago people didn't accept or understand homosexuality. This includes scientists. They documented things based on what they believed.

    Now, scientists with a more accepting and understanding mindset have removed it from the category of paraphilia, knowing that it never was and that the earlier scientists were wrong.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    They are poor in mathematics; that is why there may be some mistake while counting.

    Source(s): 0wn
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