title: The ethical and moral implications of sexual classification: a commentary.
abstract: This paper reviews the relationship between psychiatric diagnosis and morality, suggesting that moral reasoning has been the primary determinant in the diagnosis of sexual disorders. It suggests two hypotheses to explain why homosexuality was eliminated from DSM. One, that homosexuality is now viable as a lifestyle and therefore has become socially regulated; and two, that the normal is the intractible. It further suggests that there is no scientific reason to keep the paraphilias in DSM.
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D009014:Morals; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011570:Psychiatry; D012725:Sexual Behavior