Peer commentaries on Green (2002) and Schmidt (2002).

Archives of Sexual Behavior,  December, 2002  

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Pedophilia: When Is a Difference a Disorder?

Fred S. Berlin, M.D., Ph.D., National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma, 104 E. Biddle St., Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (e-mail: berlinf@aol.com)

The spectrum of human sexuality is diverse. Thus, a visitor from a distant planet could easily observe that there are some adults here on earth who are strongly, and perhaps exclusively, attracted to other adults of the opposite gender. Such persons are said to have a heterosexual orientation. That visitor would also be able to note that there are others who are strongly ...