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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast~~)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT~~)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170829041826/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html WBM])</ref><ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	*[[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation]]		*[[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation]]
			*[[Autopedophilia]]

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]~~<ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref>~~</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]<ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref></ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.		*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.
	*Fiedler, P. (2004). ''Sexuelle Orientierung und sexuelle Abweichung: Heterosexualität, Homosexualität, Transgenderismus und Paraphilien, sexueller Mißbrauch, sexuelle Gewalt'' ("Sexual orientation and sexual deviance: Heterosexuality, homosexuality, transgenderism, paraphilia, sexual abuse, sexual violence"). Weinheim, Germany: Beltz, PVU.		*Fiedler, P. (2004). ''Sexuelle Orientierung und sexuelle Abweichung: Heterosexualität, Homosexualität, Transgenderismus und Paraphilien, sexueller Mißbrauch, sexuelle Gewalt'' ("Sexual orientation and sexual deviance: Heterosexuality, homosexuality, transgenderism, paraphilia, sexual abuse, sexual violence"). Weinheim, Germany: Beltz, PVU.
	* Patrick Singy. (2012) [https://journals.openedition.org/revestudsoc/7218?lang=fr#quotation How to Be a Pervert: A Modest Philosophical Critique of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders], ''Revista de Estudios Sociales'', 43, 139-150.		* Patrick Singy (2012). [https://journals.openedition.org/revestudsoc/7218?lang=fr#quotation How to Be a Pervert: A Modest Philosophical Critique of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders], ''Revista de Estudios Sociales'', 43, 139-150.

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	*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.		*Suppe, F. (1984). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v09n04_02 Classifying sexual disorders: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association]. [[Journal of Homosexuality]], 9, 9–28.
	*Fiedler, P. (2004). ''Sexuelle Orientierung und sexuelle Abweichung: Heterosexualität, Homosexualität, Transgenderismus und Paraphilien, sexueller Mißbrauch, sexuelle Gewalt'' ("Sexual orientation and sexual deviance: Heterosexuality, homosexuality, transgenderism, paraphilia, sexual abuse, sexual violence"). Weinheim, Germany: Beltz, PVU.		*Fiedler, P. (2004). ''Sexuelle Orientierung und sexuelle Abweichung: Heterosexualität, Homosexualität, Transgenderismus und Paraphilien, sexueller Mißbrauch, sexuelle Gewalt'' ("Sexual orientation and sexual deviance: Heterosexuality, homosexuality, transgenderism, paraphilia, sexual abuse, sexual violence"). Weinheim, Germany: Beltz, PVU.
			* Patrick Singy. (2012) [https://journals.openedition.org/revestudsoc/7218?lang=fr#quotation How to Be a Pervert: A Modest Philosophical Critique of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders], ''Revista de Estudios Sociales'', 43, 139-150.

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c ~~Laurene Boglio - Illustrator~~ on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

	===The DSM===		===The DSM-5===

	According to the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association\|APA's]] DSM-5, there are three criteria for '''pedophilic disorder''':		According to the [[Wikipedia:American Psychiatric Association\|APA's]] DSM-5, there are three criteria for '''pedophilic disorder''':

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young,non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Laurene Boglio - Illustrator on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Laurene Boglio - Illustrator on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast~~)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT~~)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170829041826/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html WBM])</ref><ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]~~<ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref>~~</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]<ref>[https://virped.org/articles/ Virped - Virtuous Pedophiles - Articles]</ref></ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743 CBC on MAPs and Prevention]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>

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	For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''		For a full history of pedophilia as a medical diagnosis, see [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia\|Wikipedia]].''

	The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c ~~Laurene Boglio - Illustrator~~ on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>		The concept of pedophilia as an orientation, or at least a [[Media:Peddef.png\|"disorder and not a crime"]] is considered to be a contrary, but not unacceptable position within parts of mainstream society, scholarship and media.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657 BBC on young, non offending MAPs]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/3216b48d-3195-4f67-8149-54586689ae3c Anon on their own pedophilic feelings]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/can-paedophiles-be-good-people-we-flinch-but-there-are-varying-degrees-9616930.html Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees]</ref><ref>[https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution NSPCC: Use "Paedophilia" with caution]</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zk55/pedophilia-is-a-mental-health-issue-its-still-not-treated-as-one Pedophilia Is a Mental Health Issue. It's Still Not Treated as One (Vice)]</ref><ref>[https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime-1800175 Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not A Crime (NDTV)]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-science-reveals-about-pedophilia What Science Reveals About Pedophilia (Daily Beast)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYT)]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/i-pedophile/278921/ I, Pedophile]</ref><ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/what-can-be-done-about-pedophilia/279024/ What Can Be Done About...]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220614234847/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2F10948796%2FPaedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html Telegraph article on the infamous Cambridge Conference]</ref><ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/our_approach_to_pedophilia_isn%C2%B4t_working/ Our approach to pedophilia isn't working - Salon]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170108204925/http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ I’m a pedophile, but not a monster - [[Todd Nickerson]] in Salon], see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101732/https://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/im_not_a_monster_a_pedophile_on_attraction_love_and_a_life_of_loneliness/ this interview in Salon]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115005205/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424373/salons-much-maligned-pedophilia-piece-charles-c-w-cooke National Review defends Salon's Nickerson piece]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244065/I-m-pedophile-not-monster-Man-writes-confronting-essay-asking-Americans-understand-different-pedophiles-child-molesters.html Mail Online sympathetic piece from Right-Wing tabloid]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095294/I-m-normal-guy-just-fancy-six-year-old-girls-Virtuous-paedophile-aroused-girls-aged-13-doesn-t-act-impulses-reveals-British-wife-stood-him.html I'm a normal guy. I just fancy six-year-olds] - another bizarre DM piece</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qgzpx/a-child-rape-victim-on-why-society-should-be-more-empathetic-to-pedophiles Vice - A Child Rape Victim on Why Society Should Be More Empathetic to Pedophiles]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220615001055/https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fhealth-and-families%2Fpaedophilia-causes-not-a-choice-fate-claims-leading-scientist-a7629786.html Independent: Paedophilia is 'fate, not a choice', leading scientist (Klaus Beier) claims]</ref> Some professionals and activists have identified that one implication of this approach, is that pedophilia (as a disorder or disability) should be destigmatized "in and of itself". This "liberal" approach appears to ignore the uncomfortable truth that diagnostic criteria specify the need for distress, and sometimes acting upon the impulse, implying that ego-syntonic, non-offending pedophiles suffer from no disorder at all. Indeed, this lack of inclusivity has caused controversy within academia. [[Ray Blanchard]], an American-Canadian sexologist known for his research studies on pedophilia, addressed (in his literature review for the DSM-5) these objections, and proposed a general solution applicable to all "[[paraphilia]]s". This was a distinction between paraphilia and paraphilic disorder. This distinction was implemented,<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10508-009-9536-0 Blanchard R (April 2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav. 39 (2): 304–16. ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724010712/https://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic%20Disorders%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Paraphilic Disorders" (PDF). American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013]</ref> but the resulting implication that pedophilia might be a sexual orientation was met with hysteria in the media and among right-wing pressure groups, forcing the APA to change the word "orientation" to "interest" in their online copy.<ref>[http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Press%20Releases/2013%20Releases/13-67--DSM-Correction-103113.pdf Psychiatry.org - DSM Correction]</ref><ref>[https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental APA press release]</ref>

	The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>		The prison, legal, medical and pharmaceutical industries all either directly or indirectly profit from the pathologization and medicalization of pedophilia. The diagnosis of pedophilia, has, for example, been used to justify discriminatory, [[Civil Commitment\|involuntarily, and indefinite commitment]] of sex offenders to psychiatric facilities ([[Coalinga State Hospital\|"hospitals"]]) after their sentences have been served.<ref>[http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Frances, A., & First, M. B. (2011, Feb.). Hebephilia Is Not a Mental Disorder in DSM-IV-TR and Should Not Become One in DSM-5. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online February 2011, 39(1), 78-85.] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508053513/http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/78 Archive]</ref> [[Conversion therapy]] (see also [[Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?\|"A "cure" for pedophilia?"]]) - based upon the [[Research: Offender characteristics\|faulty belief]] that [[Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation\|sexual orientation]] is the primary determinant of behavior, is another technique that has been used on pedophiles.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-clinic-says-it-can-cure-pedophilia-but-critics-argue-the-claim-is-unproven-and-dangerous Blackwell, T. (2017, Aug. 16). Man says he was cured of pedophilia at Ottawa clinic: ‘It’s like a weight that’s been lifted’.]</ref> Further negative consequences of diagnosis have been recorded, including assault, and abusive psychotherapy, compulsion towards [[chemical castration]], and sexual assault of minor and adult patients within facilities.<ref>[https://www.mhamic.org/treatment/aversion.htm Kramer, R. (2003 Feb. 5). Aversion therapy. Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/04/08/non-offending-paedophiles-volunteer-potentially-harmful-drug-trial-out Sivasubramanian, S. (2016, Apr. 8). Non-offending paedophiles volunteer for potentially harmful drug trial out of desperation. SBS.]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118674352.ch18 Marshall, W. L. (2014, Oct. 8.). Changing Deviant Sexual Interests: Masturbatory Reconditioning with a Child Molester. In Wilcox et al. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions (327–341). John Wiley, & Sons.]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0005-7894(78)80006-9 VanDeventer, A. D., & Laws, D. R. (1978 Nov.). Orgasmic reconditioning to redirect sexual arousal in pedophiles. Behavior Therapy, 9(5), 748-765.]</ref><ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.824.6229&rep=rep1&type=pdf Maletzky, B. M. (2003, Apr. 1). A Serial Rapist Treated With Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques and Followed for 12 Years. Clinical Case Studies, 2(2), 127–153.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/reconditioning.htm Ethical Treatment for All Youth. (n.d.). Arousal Reconditioning.]</ref>