ICD-11 is not what people think it is

I recently also read the chapter about pedophilia in the ICD-11 and didn’t really see it favorable.
It is hard to describe, since my doubts are mostly because of “reading between the lines”.
Since the meaning of the ICD can be interpreted differently by each mental health specialist, I guess that “acting on it” will be read as “has pedophilic thoughts”.

The hopeful exclamation that it finally doesn’t describe pedophilia as a disorder, I can’t support. It will still be interpreted as a disorder. The cognitive dissonance is still far to strong that it will be seen in a way favorable to us.
I get my hopes up when they state it in a way that can’t be misinterpreted so easily.

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