Money's "lovemap" account of the paraphilias: a critique and reformulation.
In this paper, (a) Money's recent "Lovemap" account of the intelligibility of paraphilic sexual rituals is outlined; (b) his contention that such acts may be viewed as "triumphs" of a certain sort is criticized as incomplete; and (c) an alternate formulation of paraphilic acts as insistent, preemptively motivated, but ultimately unsuccessful attempts at recovery from sexual degradation is proffered.
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Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal 61761-6901.
D001143:Arousal; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012725:Sexual Behavior