Skip to main content

Pedophile.. Do we have it in Malaysia?

We should teach our daughters about this. So they will know how to take care of themselves. 

What is a pedophile?

A pedophile is a person who has a sustained sexual orientation toward children, generally aged 13 or younger, Blanchard says.
Not all pedophiles are child molesters (or vice versa). "Child molesters are defined by their acts; pedophiles are defined by their desires," Blanchard says. "Some pedophiles refrain from sexually approaching any child for their entire lives." But it's not clear how common that is.

Does the medical community consider pedophilia to be a mental disorder?

Yes. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has included pedophilia in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders since 1968.
In the DSM, which is updated periodically, pedophilia has been grouped with other paraphilias -- which the APA defines as "recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors that involve children, nonhuman subjects, or other non-consenting adults, or the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partner."
But the next edition of the DSM -- the DSM 5 -- may instead refer to "pedophilic disorder."
"[Pedophiles] would be diagnosed with pedophilic disorder either if their attractions toward children are causing them guilt, anxiety, alienation, or difficulty in pursuing other personal goals, or else if their urges cause them to approach children for sexual gratification in real life," Blanchard says.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

There were days...

 Going through the day without plans always make me stuck. I will not be able to decide what to do, what to clear, what to finish and even when to do it. How can I even decide when, when there is none? Which makes the procrastination blocking me the whole day.  Hours have gone and I am still rearranging what is the plan.  There were days like this sometimes, and me.. definitely need more time to manage. Wishing this procrastination will end soon. That one thing just came up, therefore, let's just go through that first thing that came to the mind. Nevertheless the plans, the day will still end without plans even when it is not in the most efficient way.

How You Sort Your Mind?

Get Image from  Google Search   Let’s try using purple today. There are times when suddenly your mind gets cloudy and foggy. Suddenly, everything is blurry and we start to forget what we did a second ago. To handle the mind these days are pretty much a challenge for me. I read a lot of quotes and notes to actually find the best way for myself.  Writing in English again today. Need to practice my English skills so that I will be able to maximize its usage as I am an English teacher. Do not sleep on this ok? And finally get something to write.. Started a new routine. Already three weeks. Decided to create that new routine after a lot of blunder and ineffective days as my to do list getting longer and longer also the mood got in more swing. Found myself responded to too many irrelevant matters and wrong words usage. Even this post, a month already passed that I get back to it only today. The best routine that helps me to go through the day more effective? ##First## Spend 15 ...

What I have learnt....

Title in English. But for now I want to write in Malay. Boleh kah? Write in English as I want to practice my English so than I am able to use it well when I teach. Practise makes perfect thus no matter what, I need to practice especially to choose the right words according to context. Back to the topic, what I have learnt in life.. from my pupils.. everyone.. anything... Firstly, in life, strive and struggle in anything. Strive and struggle to be a good muslim, strive and struggle to be good slave of Allah, strive and struggle to help others, strive and struggle to be a good teacher, strive and struggle to be a good mother, strive and struggle to be a good wife, strive and struggle to be a good daughter, strive and struggle to be a good sister, even strive and struggle to be a good employer, which means strive and struggle in everything. Why? Because it is necessary to be better everyday in anything. And it is not easy. It does sounds easy but ...