Researchers and advocates within the field of sexual sadism disorder and sexual masochism disorder are critical of including these disorders in the DSM at all, arguing instead that they do not share the qualities of the other paraphilias because they involve

A. sexual relations among individuals of same sex.
B. nonconsenting adults.
C. sexual relations among individuals of the opposite sex.
D. consenting adults.


Answer: D

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