The Ethical and Moral Implications of Sexual Classification
A Commentary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3658821 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Silverstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 29-38 |
| Publication date | 1984-09-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j082v09n04_03 |
| PMID | 6491260 |
| OpenAlex | W1541127170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
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
Criminology · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Psychoanalysis · Sexual ethics · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Sexual fetishes
Diagnostic line-drawing, professional boundaries, and the rhetoric of scientific justification
Barrier or Bridge
A History of Erotic Philosophy
Pathologizing Sexual Deviance
The Implications of Removing Homosexuality from the DSM as a Mental Disorder
The DSM Diagnostic Criteria for Sexual Sadism
The DSM Diagnostic Criteria for Sexual Masochism
LGBTQs and the DSM-5
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2021 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |