Bergner R M
Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal 61761-6901.
Am J Psychother. 1988 Apr;42(2):254-62. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.2.254.
In this paper, (a) Money's recent "Lovemap" account of the intelligibility of paraphilic sexual rituals is outlined; (b) his contention that such acts may be viewed as "triumphs" of a certain sort is criticized as incomplete; and (c) an alternate formulation of paraphilic acts as insistent, preemptively motivated, but ultimately unsuccessful attempts at recovery from sexual degradation is proffered.