The Range of Sexual Paraphilias

Abstract: How often do paraphilias occur?

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Written by: Wendy Moelker, psychologist in charge of Emergis, Goes, the Netherlands.

First version: 27 Nov 2006. Latest revision: 27 Nov 2006.

How often do paraphilias occur?

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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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