What is a statistical definition of abnormality?

1) Sexual Addiction: What qualifies something as a sexual addiction?

• Can you think of a behavior that you would qualify as a paraphilia that does not qualify as a sexual addiction? On which qualification does it escape the label of addiction? Do you think sex addiction is an adequate explanation for paraphilic behavior?

2) Determining Abnormality: What is a statistical definition of abnormality? How do sociological, psychological, and medical approaches to abnormality differ from the statistical definition?

• Which do you think is the proper approach to use?
• How would each approach evaluate a person who watches soft-core pornography on a daily basis?