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• Paraphilia is rarely diagnosed in females. Using supportive details from one or more academic articles, what is your informed opinion of why paraphilias are much more common among males?
• Do you think labeling certain sexual behaviors as paraphilic reflects society's efforts to control and discourage behaviors they do not want to be expressed? If yes, should any sexual behaviors, such as pedophilia, be controlled? If not, why do you think certain sexual behaviors are labeled paraphilias?
• What question do you have about paraphilias, whether coercive or noncoercive? Now, research academic articles about your inquiry.
• Please share what you found from the academic source you found