Item type |
Article |
Subjects |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health > 616 Diseases |
Division/Agency |
LPPKN - National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia: Corporate Communication Unit |
Keywords |
Psychological disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment |
Additional Information |
This article was prepared by the Head of the Information and Education Unit of the National Population and Family Development Board (NPFDB), Sarawak. |
Abstract |
Recently, we were shocked by a news that was very foreign to us. A British man has been convicted of molesting and sexually abusing children, including in Malaysia. The psychological disorder is called pedophilia, while the perpetrators of child sexual harassment are called pedophiles. A person who suffers from pedophilia, may also not be a pedophiles (for not committing any sexual behavior against children), but a pedophile turns out to be a person suffering from pedophilia. |