Editing Paraphilia (section)

=== Criticism of common definitions ===
There is scientific and political controversy regarding the continued inclusion of sex-related diagnoses such as the paraphilias in the DSM, due to the stigma of being classified as a mental illness.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kleinplatz |first1=Peggy J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcZDghztlpMC&pg=PA135 |title=Politics versus science: An addendum and response to Drs. Spitzer and Fink |last2=Moser |first2=Charles |journal=[[Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality]] |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7890-3214-0 |volume=17 |location=London, England |pages=135–139 |doi=10.1300/J056v17n03_09 |issue=3/4 |authorlink2=Charles Allen Moser |s2cid=142960356|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Some groups, seeking greater understanding and acceptance of [[sexual diversity]], have lobbied for changes to the legal and medical status of unusual sexual interests and practices. [[Charles Allen Moser]], a physician and advocate for sexual minorities, has argued that the diagnoses should be eliminated from diagnostic manuals.<ref name="moser2005">{{Cite journal |last1=Moser |first1=Charles Allen |last2=Kleinplatz |first2=Peggy J. |year=2005 |title=DSM-IV-TR and the Paraphilias: An argument for removal |journal=[[Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality]] |location=London, England |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |volume=17 |issue=3/4 |pages=91–109 |doi=10.1300/j056v17n03_05 |s2cid=7221862 |authorlink1=Charles Allen Moser}}</ref> [[Ray Blanchard]] stated that the current definition of paraphilia in the DSM done by concatenation (i.e. by listing a set of paraphilias) and that defining the term by exclusion (anything that is not normophilic) is preferable.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moser |first=Charles |date=2011 |title=Yet Another Paraphilia Definition Fails |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10508-010-9717-x |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |language=en |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=483–485 |doi=10.1007/s10508-010-9717-x |pmid=21210203 |issn=0004-0002|url-access=subscription }}</ref>