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The Range of Sexual Paraphilias

Written by: Wendy Moelker, psychologist in charge of Emergis, Goes, the Netherlands.
First version: 22 Jul 2008. Latest version: 26 Aug 2008.

Abstract:

How often do paraphilias occur?

Question:

How often do paraphilias occur?

Answer:

There are no statistics available, but it is known is that paraphilias happen much more frequently in men than women (Freund et al., 1997; Laws en O'Donohue, 1997).
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