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	'''Pedophilia''' or '''paedophilia''' is a {{w\|mental disorder\| psychiatric disorder}} in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive {{w\|sexual attraction}} to prepubescent children, generally age 11 years or younger.<ref name="DSM 5">{{Cite web\| title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition\|publisher = [[American Psychiatric Association\|American Psychiatric Publishing]]\|url=http://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/book.aspx?bookid=556\|year=2013\|accessdate=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ICD-10>See section F65.4 Paedophilia. {{Cite web \|title=The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders Diagnostic criteria for research World\|publisher=[[World Health Organization]]/[[ICD-10]]\|year=1993\|accessdate=2012-10-10\|url=http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/GRNBOOK.pdf\|quote=B. A persistent or a predominant preference for [[child sexual abuse\|sexual activity]] with a prepubescent child or children. C. The person is at least 16 years old and at least five years older than the child or children in B.}}</ref> As a medical [[diagnosis]], specific criteria for the disorder extend the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13.<ref name="DSM 5" /> A person who is diagnosed with pedophilia must be at least 16 years of age, but adolescents must be at least five years older than the prepubescent child for the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia.<ref name="DSM 5"/><ref name=ICD-10/>		'''Pedophilia''' or '''paedophilia''' is a {{w\|mental disorder\| psychiatric disorder}} in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive {{w\|sexual attraction}} to prepubescent children, generally age 11 years or younger.<ref name="DSM 5">{{Cite web\| title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition\|publisher = [[American Psychiatric Association\|American Psychiatric Publishing]]\|url=http://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/book.aspx?bookid=556\|year=2013\|accessdate=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ICD-10>See section F65.4 Paedophilia. {{Cite web \|title=The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders Diagnostic criteria for research World\|publisher=[[World Health Organization]]/[[ICD-10]]\|year=1993\|accessdate=2012-10-10\|url=http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/GRNBOOK.pdf\|quote=B. A persistent or a predominant preference for [[child sexual abuse\|sexual activity]] with a prepubescent child or children. C. The person is at least 16 years old and at least five years older than the child or children in B.}}</ref> As a medical [[diagnosis]], specific criteria for the disorder extend the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13.<ref name="DSM 5" /> A person who is diagnosed with pedophilia must be at least 16 years of age, but adolescents must be at least five years older than the prepubescent child for the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia.<ref name="DSM 5"/><ref name=ICD-10/>

	:CRITICISM: The above accepts, without any argument, that sexual activity is rightfully something which belongs within the sphere of psychiatric study -- in other words, that certain "''doctors''" are somehow qualified to pass judgement on the sexual behavior of ''other'' humans, and to consider their sexual behavior to be some kind of "medical problem". No confirmation or proof is offered that psychiatrists actually ''do'' have any "right" to [medicalization\|medicalize] the study of human sexuality. Psychiatrists, for the most part, deal in ''unproven'' (and ''unprovable'') {{w\|theories}} on the origins and meanings of human behavior. No mention is made within this Wikipedia article on Pedophilia of the fact that the validity of "psychiatric" diagnoses in general are disputed (this ''is'' mentioned in the Wikipedia article on {{w\|psychiatry}}.		''':CRITICISM:''' ''The above accepts, without any argument, that sexual activity is rightfully something which belongs within the sphere of psychiatric study -- in other words, that certain "''doctors''" are somehow qualified to pass judgement on the sexual behavior of ''other'' humans, and to consider their sexual behavior to be some kind of "medical problem". No confirmation or proof is offered that psychiatrists actually ''do'' have any "right" to [medicalization\|medicalize] the study of human sexuality. Psychiatrists, for the most part, deal in ''unproven'' (and ''unprovable'') {{w\|theories}} on the origins and meanings of human behavior. No mention is made within this Wikipedia article on Pedophilia of the fact that the validity of "psychiatric" diagnoses in general are disputed (this ''is'' mentioned in the Wikipedia article on {{w\|psychiatry}}.''

	:Almost nothing is ''actually'' well-understood about human sexuality -- it has not been determined experimentally "what causes heterosexuality", nor is there a definition of "heterosexuality" that withstands a rigorous scientific examination. "Sexual normality" is not something which has been confirmed through empirical scientific studies, but, instead, is based on "moral judgements" -- which differ from culture to culture.		'':Almost nothing is ''actually'' well-understood about human sexuality -- it has not been determined experimentally "what causes heterosexuality", nor is there a definition of "heterosexuality" that withstands a rigorous scientific examination. "Sexual normality" is not something which has been confirmed through empirical scientific studies, but, instead, is based on "moral judgements" -- which differ from culture to culture.''

	Pedophilia is termed ''pedophilic disorder'' in the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'' ([[DSM-5]]), and the manual defines it as a [[paraphilia]] in which adults or adolescents 16 years of age or older have intense and recurrent sexual urges towards and [[fantasy (psychology)\|fantasies]] about prepubescent children that they have either acted on or which cause them distress or [[Interpersonal relationship\|interpersonal]] difficulty.<ref name="DSM 5"/> The [[International Classification of Diseases]] ([[ICD-10]]) defines it as a sexual preference for children of prepubertal or early [[Puberty\|pubertal]] age.<ref name="WHOPaedophilia">See section F65.4 Paedophilia. {{Cite web\|title=International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) Version for 2010\|publisher=[[ICD-10]]\|accessdate=November 17, 2012\|url=http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/F65.4}}</ref>		Pedophilia is termed ''pedophilic disorder'' in the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'' ([[DSM-5]]), and the manual defines it as a [[paraphilia]] in which adults or adolescents 16 years of age or older have intense and recurrent sexual urges towards and [[fantasy (psychology)\|fantasies]] about prepubescent children that they have either acted on or which cause them distress or [[Interpersonal relationship\|interpersonal]] difficulty.<ref name="DSM 5"/> The [[International Classification of Diseases]] ([[ICD-10]]) defines it as a sexual preference for children of prepubertal or early [[Puberty\|pubertal]] age.<ref name="WHOPaedophilia">See section F65.4 Paedophilia. {{Cite web\|title=International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) Version for 2010\|publisher=[[ICD-10]]\|accessdate=November 17, 2012\|url=http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/F65.4}}</ref>
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	In popular usage, the word ''pedophilia'' is often applied to any sexual interest in children or the act of [[child sexual abuse]].<ref name="setovii">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children \|location= Washington, DC \|publisher= American Psychological Association\|page= vii}}</ref><ref name=faganJAMA/> This use conflates the sexual attraction (pedophilia) with the act of abuse (child molestation), and does not distinguish between attraction to prepubescent and pubescent or post-pubescent [[Minor (law)\|minors]].<ref name=ames>{{cite journal \| author = Ames MA, Houston DA \| title = Legal, social, and biological definitions of pedophilia \| journal = Arch Sex Behav \| volume = 19 \| issue = 4 \| pages = 333–42 \| date = August 1990 \| pmid = 2205170 \| doi = 10.1007/BF01541928 }}</ref><ref name=lanning3e/> Researchers recommend that these imprecise uses be avoided because although people who commit child sexual abuse sometimes exhibit the disorder,<ref name=faganJAMA/><ref name=mayoclinic>{{cite journal \| author = Hall RC, Hall RC \| title = A profile of pedophilia: definition, characteristics of offenders, recidivism, treatment outcomes, and forensic issues \| journal = Mayo Clin. Proc. \| volume = 82 \| issue = 4 \| pages = 457–71 \| year = 2007 \| pmid = 17418075 \| doi = 10.4065/82.4.457 \| url = }}</ref> many child sexual abuse offenders are not pedophiles,<ref name="ames"/><ref name=Oxford>{{Cite book\| last1 = Blaney \| first1 = Paul H. \| last2 = Millon \| first2 = Theodore \| title = Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology (Oxford Series in Clinical Psychology) \|edition= 2nd \| year= 2009 \| publisher = Oxford University Press, USA \| quote = Some cases of child molestation, especially those involving incest, are committed in the absence of any identifiable deviant erotic age preference.\| isbn = 0-19-537421-5 \| pages = 528}}</ref><ref name="Edwards">Edwards, M. (1997) "Treatment for Paedophiles; Treatment for Sex Offenders". ''Paedophile Policy and Prevention, Australian Institute of Criminology Research and Public Policy Series'' (12), 74-75.</ref> and not all pedophiles molest children.<ref name="setovii" /><ref name=faganJAMA/><ref name="feelgood">{{cite journal \| author = Feelgood S, Hoyer J \| year = 2008 \| title = Child molester or paedophile? Sociolegal versus psychopathological classification of sexual offenders against children \| journal = Journal of Sexual Aggression \| volume = 14 \| issue = 1 \| pages = 33–43 \| doi=10.1080/13552600802133860}}</ref><ref name=SetoReview>Seto MC. (2009) [http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153618 Pedophilia]. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 5:391–407.</ref>		In popular usage, the word ''pedophilia'' is often applied to any sexual interest in children or the act of [[child sexual abuse]].<ref name="setovii">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children \|location= Washington, DC \|publisher= American Psychological Association\|page= vii}}</ref><ref name=faganJAMA/> This use conflates the sexual attraction (pedophilia) with the act of abuse (child molestation), and does not distinguish between attraction to prepubescent and pubescent or post-pubescent [[Minor (law)\|minors]].<ref name=ames>{{cite journal \| author = Ames MA, Houston DA \| title = Legal, social, and biological definitions of pedophilia \| journal = Arch Sex Behav \| volume = 19 \| issue = 4 \| pages = 333–42 \| date = August 1990 \| pmid = 2205170 \| doi = 10.1007/BF01541928 }}</ref><ref name=lanning3e/> Researchers recommend that these imprecise uses be avoided because although people who commit child sexual abuse sometimes exhibit the disorder,<ref name=faganJAMA/><ref name=mayoclinic>{{cite journal \| author = Hall RC, Hall RC \| title = A profile of pedophilia: definition, characteristics of offenders, recidivism, treatment outcomes, and forensic issues \| journal = Mayo Clin. Proc. \| volume = 82 \| issue = 4 \| pages = 457–71 \| year = 2007 \| pmid = 17418075 \| doi = 10.4065/82.4.457 \| url = }}</ref> many child sexual abuse offenders are not pedophiles,<ref name="ames"/><ref name=Oxford>{{Cite book\| last1 = Blaney \| first1 = Paul H. \| last2 = Millon \| first2 = Theodore \| title = Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology (Oxford Series in Clinical Psychology) \|edition= 2nd \| year= 2009 \| publisher = Oxford University Press, USA \| quote = Some cases of child molestation, especially those involving incest, are committed in the absence of any identifiable deviant erotic age preference.\| isbn = 0-19-537421-5 \| pages = 528}}</ref><ref name="Edwards">Edwards, M. (1997) "Treatment for Paedophiles; Treatment for Sex Offenders". ''Paedophile Policy and Prevention, Australian Institute of Criminology Research and Public Policy Series'' (12), 74-75.</ref> and not all pedophiles molest children.<ref name="setovii" /><ref name=faganJAMA/><ref name="feelgood">{{cite journal \| author = Feelgood S, Hoyer J \| year = 2008 \| title = Child molester or paedophile? Sociolegal versus psychopathological classification of sexual offenders against children \| journal = Journal of Sexual Aggression \| volume = 14 \| issue = 1 \| pages = 33–43 \| doi=10.1080/13552600802133860}}</ref><ref name=SetoReview>Seto MC. (2009) [http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153618 Pedophilia]. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 5:391–407.</ref>

	:CRITICISM: "In popular usage, the word ''pedophilia'' is often applied to any sexual interest in children..." The definition of "child" is controversial. There are biological definitions ("person who has not yet reached puberty", legal definitions (which vary widely by age and culture), religious definitions ("a young person who has not yet celebrated the rite of passage from childhood to adulthood"), as well as other definitions. The statement, "...the word ''pedophilia'' is often applied..." should, correctly, be "..the word ''pedophilia'' is often ''wrongly/mistakenly''applied...". It should be emphasized that "pedophilia" -- if it is to be accepted as a "diagnosis" -- applies ''only to attraction to pre-pubescent young people''!		''':CRITICISM:''' ''"In popular usage, the word ''pedophilia'' is often applied to any sexual interest in children..." The definition of "child" is controversial. There are biological definitions ("person who has not yet reached puberty", legal definitions (which vary widely by age and culture), religious definitions ("a young person who has not yet celebrated the rite of passage from childhood to adulthood"), as well as other definitions. The statement, "...the word ''pedophilia'' is often applied..." should, correctly, be "..the word ''pedophilia'' is often ''wrongly/mistakenly''applied...". It should be emphasized that "pedophilia" -- if it is to be accepted as a "diagnosis" -- applies ''only to attraction to pre-pubescent young people''!''

	Pedophilia was first formally recognized and named in the late 19th century. A significant amount of research in the area has taken place since the 1980s. Although mostly documented in men, there are also women who exhibit the disorder,<ref name="setowomen">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children \|location= Washington, DC \|publisher= American Psychological Association\|pages= 72–74}}</ref><ref name=genpsych>{{Cite book\|title=Review of General Psychiatry \|first=Howard H. \|last=Goldman\|year=2000\|publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional Psychiatry \|isbn=0-8385-8434-9 \|page=374}}</ref> and researchers assume available estimates underrepresent the true number of female pedophiles.<ref name="psychiatrictimes.com">{{cite web\|author=Lisa J. Cohen, PhD and [[Igor Galynker]], MD, PhD\|title=Psychopathology and Personality Traits of Pedophiles \|publisher=''[[Psychiatric Times]]'' \|date= June 8, 2009\|accessdate=March 7, 2014 \|url=http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/articles/psychopathology-and-personality-traits-pedophiles}}</ref> No cure for pedophilia has been developed, but there are therapies that can reduce the incidence of a person committing child sexual abuse.<ref name=faganJAMA/><ref name=fullerJAMA/> In the United States, following ''[[Kansas v. Hendricks]]'', sex offenders who are diagnosed with certain mental disorders, particularly pedophilia, can be subject to indefinite [[civil commitment]].<ref name="setocivil">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children \|location= Washington, DC \|publisher= American Psychological Association\|page= xii, 186}}</ref> The exact causes of pedophilia have not been conclusively established.<ref name="setocause">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children \|location= Washington, DC \|publisher= American Psychological Association\|page= 101}}</ref> Some studies of pedophilia in child sex offenders have correlated it with various neurological abnormalities and psychological pathologies.<ref name="setocomorbidity">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, 2nd edition \|publisher= The Guilford Press\|page= 168\|chapter= Pedophilia: Psychopathology and Theory\|editor1-last= Laws \|editor1-first= D. Richard}}</ref>		Pedophilia was first formally recognized and named in the late 19th century. A significant amount of research in the area has taken place since the 1980s. Although mostly documented in men, there are also women who exhibit the disorder,<ref name="setowomen">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children \|location= Washington, DC \|publisher= American Psychological Association\|pages= 72–74}}</ref><ref name=genpsych>{{Cite book\|title=Review of General Psychiatry \|first=Howard H. \|last=Goldman\|year=2000\|publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional Psychiatry \|isbn=0-8385-8434-9 \|page=374}}</ref> and researchers assume available estimates underrepresent the true number of female pedophiles.<ref name="psychiatrictimes.com">{{cite web\|author=Lisa J. Cohen, PhD and [[Igor Galynker]], MD, PhD\|title=Psychopathology and Personality Traits of Pedophiles \|publisher=''[[Psychiatric Times]]'' \|date= June 8, 2009\|accessdate=March 7, 2014 \|url=http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/articles/psychopathology-and-personality-traits-pedophiles}}</ref> No cure for pedophilia has been developed, but there are therapies that can reduce the incidence of a person committing child sexual abuse.<ref name=faganJAMA/><ref name=fullerJAMA/> In the United States, following ''[[Kansas v. Hendricks]]'', sex offenders who are diagnosed with certain mental disorders, particularly pedophilia, can be subject to indefinite [[civil commitment]].<ref name="setocivil">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children \|location= Washington, DC \|publisher= American Psychological Association\|page= xii, 186}}</ref> The exact causes of pedophilia have not been conclusively established.<ref name="setocause">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children \|location= Washington, DC \|publisher= American Psychological Association\|page= 101}}</ref> Some studies of pedophilia in child sex offenders have correlated it with various neurological abnormalities and psychological pathologies.<ref name="setocomorbidity">{{cite book \|last= Seto \|first= Michael \|date= 2008\|title= Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, 2nd edition \|publisher= The Guilford Press\|page= 168\|chapter= Pedophilia: Psychopathology and Theory\|editor1-last= Laws \|editor1-first= D. Richard}}</ref>

	:CRITICISM: "Pedophilia was first formally recognized and named..." This is a misleading statement. Adults and young people have engaged in sexual activity for as long as human adults and young people have existed. The statement should be, ""The existence of adult/young person sexual activity was first alleged to be a "medical problem" (though this classification is disputed) when it was formally recognized and named..."		''':CRITICISM:''' ''"Pedophilia was first formally recognized and named..." This is a misleading statement. Adults and young people have engaged in sexual activity for as long as human adults and young people have existed. The statement should be, ""The existence of adult/young person sexual activity was first alleged to be a "medical problem" (though this classification is disputed) when it was formally recognized and named..."''

	CRITICISM STILL TO BE CONTINUED FROM THIS POINT IN THE ARTICLE...		CRITICISM STILL TO BE CONTINUED FROM THIS POINT IN THE ARTICLE...

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	This is a criticism of the current Wikipedia article on "Pedophilia". Critical notes are indicated by indented commentary following the word "CRITICISM:" in the text below.		This is a criticism of the current Wikipedia article on "Pedophilia". Critical notes are indicated by indented commentary following the word "CRITICISM:" in the text below.

	'''Pedophilia''' or '''paedophilia''' is a {{w\|mental disorder\| psychiatric disorder}} in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive {{w\|sexual attraction}} to prepubescent children, generally age 11 years or younger.<ref name="DSM 5">{{Cite web\| title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition\|publisher = [[American Psychiatric Association\|American Psychiatric Publishing]]\|url=http://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/book.aspx?bookid=556\|year=2013\|accessdate=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ICD-10>See section F65.4 Paedophilia. {{Cite web \|title=The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders Diagnostic criteria for research World\|publisher=[[World Health Organization]]/[[ICD-10]]\|year=1993\|accessdate=2012-10-10\|url=http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/GRNBOOK.pdf\|quote=B.		'''Pedophilia''' or '''paedophilia''' is a {{w\|mental disorder\| psychiatric disorder}} in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive {{w\|sexual attraction}} to prepubescent children, generally age 11 years or younger.<ref name="DSM 5">{{Cite web\| title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition\|publisher = [[American Psychiatric Association\|American Psychiatric Publishing]]\|url=http://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/book.aspx?bookid=556\|year=2013\|accessdate=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ICD-10>See section F65.4 Paedophilia. {{Cite web \|title=The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders Diagnostic criteria for research World\|publisher=[[World Health Organization]]/[[ICD-10]]\|year=1993\|accessdate=2012-10-10\|url=http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/GRNBOOK.pdf\|quote=B. A persistent or a predominant preference for [[child sexual abuse\|sexual activity]] with a prepubescent child or children. C. The person is at least 16 years old and at least five years older than the child or children in B.}}</ref> As a medical [[diagnosis]], specific criteria for the disorder extend the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13.<ref name="DSM 5" /> A person who is diagnosed with pedophilia must be at least 16 years of age, but adolescents must be at least five years older than the prepubescent child for the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia.<ref name="DSM 5"/><ref name=ICD-10/>

	:CRITICISM: The above accepts, without any argument, that sexual activity is rightfully something which belongs within the sphere of psychiatric study -- in other words, that certain "''doctors''" are somehow qualified to pass judgement on the sexual behavior of ''other'' humans, and to consider their sexual behavior to be some kind of "medical problem". No confirmation or proof is offered that psychiatrists actually ''do'' have any "right" to [medicalization\|medicalize] the study of human sexuality. Psychiatrists, for the most part, deal in ''unproven'' (and ''unprovable'') {{w\|theories}} on the origins and meanings of human behavior. No mention is made within this Wikipedia article on Pedophilia of the fact that the validity of "psychiatric" diagnoses in general are disputed (this ''is'' mentioned in the Wikipedia article on {{w\|psychiatry}}.		:CRITICISM: The above accepts, without any argument, that sexual activity is rightfully something which belongs within the sphere of psychiatric study -- in other words, that certain "''doctors''" are somehow qualified to pass judgement on the sexual behavior of ''other'' humans, and to consider their sexual behavior to be some kind of "medical problem". No confirmation or proof is offered that psychiatrists actually ''do'' have any "right" to [medicalization\|medicalize] the study of human sexuality. Psychiatrists, for the most part, deal in ''unproven'' (and ''unprovable'') {{w\|theories}} on the origins and meanings of human behavior. No mention is made within this Wikipedia article on Pedophilia of the fact that the validity of "psychiatric" diagnoses in general are disputed (this ''is'' mentioned in the Wikipedia article on {{w\|psychiatry}}.

	A persistent or a predominant preference for [[child sexual abuse\|sexual activity]] with a prepubescent child or children. C. The person is at least 16 years old and at least five years older than the child or children in B.}}</ref> As a medical [[diagnosis]], specific criteria for the disorder extend the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13.<ref name="DSM 5" /> A person who is diagnosed with pedophilia must be at least 16 years of age, but adolescents must be at least five years older than the prepubescent child for the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia.<ref name="DSM 5"/><ref name=ICD-10/>		:Almost nothing is ''actually'' well-understood about human sexuality -- it has not been determined experimentally "what causes heterosexuality", nor is there a definition of "heterosexuality" that withstands a rigorous scientific examination. "Sexual normality" is not something which has been confirmed through empirical scientific studies, but, instead, is based on "moral judgements" -- which differ from culture to culture.

	~~:CRITICISM~~: ~~More of the above.~~ Almost nothing is ''actually'' well-understood about human sexuality -- ~~there~~ has not been determined "what causes heterosexuality", nor is there a definition of "heterosexuality" that withstands a rigorous scientific examination. "Sexual normality" is not something which has been confirmed through empirical scientific studies, but, instead, is based on "moral judgements" -- which differ from culture to culture.

	Pedophilia is termed ''pedophilic disorder'' in the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'' ([[DSM-5]]), and the manual defines it as a [[paraphilia]] in which adults or adolescents 16 years of age or older have intense and recurrent sexual urges towards and [[fantasy (psychology)\|fantasies]] about prepubescent children that they have either acted on or which cause them distress or [[Interpersonal relationship\|interpersonal]] difficulty.<ref name="DSM 5"/> The [[International Classification of Diseases]] ([[ICD-10]]) defines it as a sexual preference for children of prepubertal or early [[Puberty\|pubertal]] age.<ref name="WHOPaedophilia">See section F65.4 Paedophilia. {{Cite web\|title=International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) Version for 2010\|publisher=[[ICD-10]]\|accessdate=November 17, 2012\|url=http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/F65.4}}</ref>		Pedophilia is termed ''pedophilic disorder'' in the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'' ([[DSM-5]]), and the manual defines it as a [[paraphilia]] in which adults or adolescents 16 years of age or older have intense and recurrent sexual urges towards and [[fantasy (psychology)\|fantasies]] about prepubescent children that they have either acted on or which cause them distress or [[Interpersonal relationship\|interpersonal]] difficulty.<ref name="DSM 5"/> The [[International Classification of Diseases]] ([[ICD-10]]) defines it as a sexual preference for children of prepubertal or early [[Puberty\|pubertal]] age.<ref name="WHOPaedophilia">See section F65.4 Paedophilia. {{Cite web\|title=International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) Version for 2010\|publisher=[[ICD-10]]\|accessdate=November 17, 2012\|url=http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/F65.4}}</ref>

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