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Even if a court does decide that Frotteurism is such a disease of the mind, it would never pass the second branch of the section 16 test.
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In terms of a formal psychological diagnosis, The DSM-IV-TR states, “For Pedophilia, Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, and Frotteurism, the diagnosis is made if the person has acted on these urges or the urges or sexual fantasies caused marked distress or interpersonal difficulty.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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In terms of a formal psychological diagnosis, The DSM-IV-TR states, “For Pedophilia, Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, and Frotteurism, the diagnosis is made if the person has acted on these urges or the urges or sexual fantasies caused marked distress or interpersonal difficulty.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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For example, take the paraphilia of “Frotteurism” as defined in the DSM-IV (Code #302. 89).
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Paraphilias : These mental disorders are characterized by sexual fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving non-human objects (coprophilia, Fetishism, Transvestic Fetishism), suffering or humiliation (Sexual Sadism, Masochism), children (Pedophilia) or other non-consenting person (Voyeurism, Frotteurism, Exhibitionism).
Transsexual Causation, the American Psychiatric Association, and Interpol Zoe Brain 2008
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Frotteurism: sexual arousal through rubbing one's self against a non-consenting stranger in public
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Frotteurism, taking an item, rubbing up against a victim unwillingly, is another perversion.
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Surprisingly, this being such a vast book packed with so many disorders, including esoteric ones like Frotteurism "rubbing against a non-consenting person in a public transportation vehicle while usually fantasizing an exclusive, caring relationship with the victim, most acts of frottage occur when the person is aged 12-15, after which there is a gradual decline in frequency", there was nothing at all in there about psychopaths.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Frotteurism - A person needs to press or rub against an unknown person in a crowded public place in order to be sexually aroused.
unknown title 2009
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Frotteurism by definition requires the individual to suffer impairment in social or work functioning, but can we really say that the person’s mind is impaired?
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