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unusual sexual interests difficult to satisfy in a socially acceptable manner
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sexual or gender variants
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a pattern of pressured, forced, or inappropriate sexual contact
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sexual abuse
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problems that impede satisfactory performance of sexual acts
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sexual dysfunctions
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semen is necessary for physical and sexual vigor in men and for masculine characteristics such as beard growth; masturbation and patronizing prostitutes especially harmful practices Tissot
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degeneracy theory
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Graham; three cornerstones of public health: healthy food, physical fitness, sexual abstinence; work with Dr. Kellogg
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abstinence theory
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Melanesian belief that semen is important for things like physical growth, strength, and spirituality; takes many inseminations to impregnate a woman; must conserve or obtain semen elsewhere since it can't easily be replenished by body
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semen conservation
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belief that the female body is unhealthy to males, primarily because of menstrual fluids
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female pollution
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ritualized homosexuality
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Melanesia/Sambians
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persistent sexual behavior patterns in which unusual objects, rituals, or situations are required for full sexual satisfaction; 6 months for DSM; no distress or impairment required; insistence and relative exclusivity; mostly male
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paraphilia
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rubbing one's genital area against a nonconsenting person
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frotteurism
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obscene phone calls
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telephone scatologia
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sexual desires for corpses
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necrophilia
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sexual interest in animals
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zoophilia
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sexual excitement and desire about having a limb amputated
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apotemnophilia
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sexual arousal to feces
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coprophilia
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sexual variant in which sexual interest centers on some inanimate object or nonsexual part of the body
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fetishism
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achievement of sexual arousal and satisfaction by dressing as a member of the opposite sex
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transvestic fetishism
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paraphilic sexual arousal by the thought or fantasy of being a woman; psychological motivation of transvestites
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autogynephelia
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achievement of sexual pleasure through clandestine "peeping", usually watching other people disrobe and/or engage in sexual activities
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voyeurism
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intentional exposure of one's genitals to others under inappropriate circumstances and without their consent
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exhibitionism
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legal term for exhibitionism
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indecent exposure
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achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting physical or psychic pain or humiliation on a sexual partner
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sadism
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closely related, but less severe, pattern of sadism which includes typing a person up, hitting, or spanking to enhance sexual excitement
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bondage and discipline (B&D)
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sexual stimulation and gratification from experiencing pain or degradation in relating to a lover
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masochism
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self-strangulation to the point of oxygen deprivation, which appears to increase the intensity of orgasm by constriction of blood flow to the brain during masturbation; more common in men
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autoerotic asphyxia
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one's sense of maleness or femaleness
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gender identity
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the masculinity and femininity of one's overt behavior
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gender role
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identification with members of the opposite sex, persistent discomfort with one's biological sexual identity, and strong desire to change to the opposite sex
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gender identity disorder
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cross-gender identification and gender dysphoria
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two components of gender identity disorder
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the desire to be, or the insistence that one is, of the opposite sex
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cross-gender identification
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legal term for exhibitionism
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indecent exposure
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achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting physical or psychic pain or humiliation on a sexual partner
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sadism
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closely related, but less severe, pattern of sadism which includes typing a person up, hitting, or spanking to enhance sexual excitement
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bondage and discipline (B&D)
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sexual stimulation and gratification from experiencing pain or degradation in relating to a lover
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masochism
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self-strangulation to the point of oxygen deprivation, which appears to increase the intensity of orgasm by constriction of blood flow to the brain during masturbation; more common in men
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autoerotic asphyxia
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one's sense of maleness or femaleness
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gender identity
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the masculinity and femininity of one's overt behavior
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gender role
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identification with members of the opposite sex, persistent discomfort with one's biological sexual identity, and strong desire to change to the opposite sex
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gender identity disorder
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cross-gender identification and gender dysphoria
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two components of gender identity disorder
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the desire to be, or the insistence that one is, of the opposite sex
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cross-gender identification
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persistent discomfort about one's biological sex or the sense that the gender role of that sex is inappropriate
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gender dysphoria
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individuals who identify with members of the opposite sex (as opposed to acceptance of their own biological sex) and who strongly desire to (and often do) change their sex. In most cases this is gender identity disorder in adults
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transsexualism
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adults who have gender identity disorder and do not desire to change their sex
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transgendered
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homosexual and autogynephilic transsexuals
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two types of male-to-female transsexuals
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feminine and have same sexual orientation as gay men; man feels like a heterosexual woman attracted to heterosexual men
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homosexual transsexual
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a paraphilia in which their attraction is to thoughts, images, or fantasies of themselves as a woman; increase in this kind of transsexualism
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autogynephilia
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also called heterosexual; transvestic fetishism
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autogynephilic transsexuals
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surgical sex reassignment
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only effective treatment for gender dysphoria
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sexual contact that involves physical or psychological coercion or occurs when at least one individual cannot reasonable consent to the contact
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sexual abuse
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prevalence of childhood sexual abuse
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between 5% and 30%
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most common short-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse
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fears, PTSD, sexual inappropriateness, poor self-esteem; 1/3 of children show no symptoms
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paraphilia in which an adult's preferred or exclusive sexual partner is a prepubertal child; acting on urges is not necessary for diagnosis
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pedophilia
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devise used to measure erectile responses to sexual stimuli
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penile plethysmograph
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more likely to believe than nonoffenders that children will benefit from sexual contact with adults and that children often initiate such conduct
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child molesters
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lower IQ, higher rates of non-right-handedness, higher rates of head injuries resulting in loss of consciousness, differences in brain structure
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neurobiological influences of pedophilia
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culturally prohibited sexual relations between family members, such as a brother and sister or a parent and child
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incest
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most common form of incense
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brother-sister
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majority of incest offenses against girls and extrafamilial is equal between both; incest more likely to offend with one or a few children in family and pedophilic have multiple victims
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differences between incest and extrafamilial child molesters
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sexual activity that occurs under actual or threatened forcible coercion of one person by another
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rape
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sexual activity with a person who is legally defined by statute or law to be under the age of consent (18 in most states) even if the underage person consents
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statutory rape
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time when frequency of rape is almost epidemic
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during war
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reasons for rape
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more support for sexual motivations, but support for mixture of both sexual and aggressive
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male psychological traumas following rape
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anxiety, depression, anger, loss of self-image
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laws that protect rape victims by, for example, preventing the prosecutor from using evidence of a victim's prior sex history
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rape shield laws
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causal considerations of rapists
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young, lower SES, prior criminal record, experienced sexual abuse, violent home, inconsistent caregiving
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an acquaintance who rapes a woman in the context of a date or other social interaction; middle to upper class, rarely have criminal records, promiscuity, hostile masculinity, predatory, emotionally detached, victims usually highly intoxicated
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date rapist
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recidivism rates for sex offenders
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higher for those with deviant sexual preferences; decreases with age
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kind of therapy in which a paraphilic stimulus such as a slide of a nude prepubescent girl for a man with pedophilia is paired with an aversive event such as a forced inhalation of noxious odors or a shock to the arm
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aversion therapy
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therapy in which patient imagines a highly aversive event while viewing or imagining a paraphilic stimulus
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covert sensitization
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therapy in which a foul odor is introduced to induce nausea at the point of peak arousal
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assisted covert sesitization
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kind of treatment that attempts to eliminate sex offenders' cognitive distortions because these may play a role in sexual abuse
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cognitive restructuring
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treatment that attempts to help sex offenders learn to process social information from women more effectively and to interact with them more appropriately (mostly for rapists)
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social-skills training
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effects of treatment
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treated offenders were less likely to reoffend that untreated, but effect was very modest; cognitive treatment more effective than aversion
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main goals of sex offender treatments
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1. modify patterns of sexual arousal
2. modify cognitions and social skills to allow more appropriate sexual interactions with adult partners 3. change habits or behavior that increases the chance of reoffending 4. reduce sexual drive |
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impairment either in the desire for sexual gratification or in the ability to achieve it
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sexual dysfunction
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four phases of human sexual response
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1. desire phase
2. excitement/arousal phase 3. orgasm 4. resolution |
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final phase of the human sexual response, during which a person has a sense of relaxation and well-being
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resolution phase
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third phase of the human sexual response, during which there is a release of sexual tension and a peaking of sexual pleasure
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orgasm
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second phase of the human sexual response, in which there is a generally subjective sense of sexual pleasure and physiological changes, including penile erection in the male and vaginal lubrication and enlargement in the female
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excitement/arousal phase
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first phase of the human sexual response, consisting of fantasies about sexual activity or a sense of desire to have sexual activity
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desire phase
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dysfunction in which either a man or a woman shows little or no sexual drive or interest; mostly psychological causes
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hypoactive sexual desire disorder
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persistent or recurrent extreme aversion to, and avoidance of, all or almost all genital sexual contact with a sexual partner
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sexual aversion disorders
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most common female dysfunction in the US
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hypoactive sexual desire disorder
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kinds of treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder or sexual aversion disorder
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testosterone for very low levels, buproprion (atypical antidepressant), cognitive restructuring
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sexual dysfunction in which a male is unable to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for successful sexual gratification; formerly known as impotence
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male erectile disorder
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