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Old Dec 12, 2015, 05:02 AM
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the question mark in your title ...sexual aversion disorder?... wondering if you are trying to figure out what that term is... its an old diagnostic label that has been thrown out of the DSM when the DSM 5 was published because of lack of use and diagnosing of this label... short version it was a mental disorder that meant a person avoids \hates\wants nothing to do with sex (hence the label "aversion" ) a person with this mental disorder was believed to hate everything to do with sex including an extreme hatred\avoidance of genitals, on their own bodies and that of others. a person with this mental disorder does not masturbate, does not have sex, does not discuss sex, does not discuss body parts having to do with sex.

an example would be someone who stood out of touching range of their friends and families for fear of accidental touching, if the topic of sex or intimacy comes up the person leaves the room, does not date or develop close friendships for fear of reaching that point where the relationship turns from friendship to sex, or they push their friends away before they reach that point. in other words this mental disorder is another word for having a sexual phobia.

since this mental disorder label was rarely used it was removed from and not included in the DSM 5, and is no longer a recognized mental disorder here in america. now when people have this problem they are labeled other problems depending upon what is the cause of their aversion (hatred\fear\phobia) of sex....example if the reason behind the sexual aversion is because of sexual abuse the mental disorder used is PTSD.