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Oct 10, 2010 16:05
14 yrs ago
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Dutch term

Seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag

Dutch to English Social Sciences Psychology
"Seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag is een verzamelnaam voor verschillende termen die iets zeggen over ongewenst seksueel gedrag. Drie criteria bepalen of seksueel (getint) gedrag grensoverschrijdend is: gelijkwaardigheid, toestemming en vrijwilligheid."

Some options I found so far are:

unacceptable sexual behaviour
unwanted sexual behaviour
offending sexual behaviour

I've seen it translated in these ways, but don't find these satisfying. Perhaps someone can offer an alternative of convincing evidence why one /is/ correct?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 sexual misconduct
5 +3 sexually objectionable behavior
4 sexually aberrant behaviour
4 borderline
3 Atypical Sexual Behaviour
3 -1 sexually deviant behaviour

Discussion

Stuart Robertson Oct 12, 2010:
sexual misconduct / abuse? From the context, it seems quite clear that "grensoverschrijdend gedrag" is used here to denote "advances" (for want of a better word) at the very least. I think in this context it would therefore be incorrect to denote it simply as "behaviour", because behaviours can be carried out in solitary, which is not the case here. I therefore would be more inclined to opt for "misconduct" (out of the previous answers), however I might even go so far as to say that this is just another way of saying "sexual abuse", which wikipedia and other sources define as being "the forcing (vrijwilligheid) of undesired (toestemming) sexual behavior by one person upon another". This can be extrapolated into further categories, such as child sexual abuse, in any case frequently involving a "position of power/trust" (gelijkwaardigheid), such as a parent/older sibling-child, teacher-student, doctor-patient and other such relationships...

Proposed translations

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sexual misconduct

I am sure this is the term usually used.
Peer comment(s):
agree kamilw : this also conveys the original meaning of crossing the borders of acceptability
33 mins
Thanks Kamil!
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : and with kamilw.
22 hrs
agree Stuart Robertson : i would tend toward this answer, out of those provided (see discussion entry)
1 day 18 hrs
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sexually aberrant behaviour

This is how I would have translated the phrase. This behaviour is beyond what normal people would be able to accept. Such a person exhibiting this behaviour would need to see a specialist.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tina Vonhof (X) : Grammatically incorrect, should be: aberrant sexual behaviour.
23 hrs
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+3
12 mins

sexually objectionable behavior

Since the concept of "grensoverschrijdend" (literally, going beyond the boundaries) varies from culture to culture, and within cultures, the safest and most accurate way to characterize it is as "objectionable" (in that specific context).
Example sentence:

The incidence of sexually objectionable behavior in Alzheimer's disease ranges from 2% to 25%.

Reference:

http://tfj.sagepub.com/content/15/1/53.abstract

Peer comment(s):
agree Barend van Zadelhoff : Yes, it is culturally objectionable because of its not being based on "gelijkwaardigheid, toestemming en vrijwilligheid". This doesn't concern disorders but what happens in the workplace, the street, pubs and so on
56 mins
agree kamilw : or "sexually unacceptable"
2 hrs
agree Arie Uittenbogaard
3 hrs
neutral Tina Vonhof (X) : This is grammatically incorrect, it should be: objectionable sexual behaviour. Even then, I don't think this is the best term.
23 hrs
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1 hr

Atypical Sexual Behaviour

Lesson Thirteen: Atypical Sexual Behavior and Sexual Victimization
Reading Assignment: Chapters 18 and 19

But if the parent(s) or another party are abusing the child, s/he may grow to engage in more atypical sexual behaviour.
Reference:

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/uc/teks/college/psy/psy4300_v2_syllabus.pdf

http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Sexual_inhibition

Peer comment(s):
neutral Tina Vonhof (X) : Atypical does not mean it is unacceptable.
22 hrs
You are right Tina. Thank you
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-1
46 mins

sexually deviant behaviour

I would be inclined to translate this in this way

par·a·phil·i·a (pr-fl-, -fly)
n.
A psychosexual disorder in which sexual gratification is obtained through highly unusual practices that are harmful or humiliating to others or socially repugnant, such as voyeurism or pedophilia.
paraphilia
[per′əfil′yə]
Etymology: Gk, para + philein, to love
sexual perversion or deviation. A condition in which the sexual instinct is expressed in ways that are socially prohibited or unacceptable or are biologically undesirable, such as the use of a nonhuman object for sexual arousal, sexual activity with another person that involves real or simulated suffering or humiliation, or sexual relations with a nonconsenting partner. Kinds of paraphilia include exhibitionism, pedophilia, transvestism, voyeurism, and zoophilia. paraphiliac, adj., n.
Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-10-11 17:20:45 GMT)
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Inferring Sexually Deviant Behavior From Corresponding Fantasies ...
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door KM Williams - 2009 - Geciteerd door 7 - Verwante artikelen
Results provide prevalence rates of nine sexually deviant fantasies and the corresponding behaviors; the link between sexually deviant fantasies and ...
www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id..
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tina Vonhof (X) : Grammatically incorrect, should be: deviant sexual behaviour. // It is sexual behaviour that is deviant. Sexual and behaviour should be kept together. The website is also incorrect.
23 hrs
I don't think that it is grammatically incorrect: http://www.psychnet-uk.com/clinical_psychology/clinical_psyc...
disagree Bryan Crumpler : Sexual deviance = it deviates from the norm, and does not hold to it that it violates someone else's space as indicated by the evaluation criteria: reciprocation, consent & willingness. Has nothing to do with one's "deviant" sexual practices
1 day 22 hrs
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9 days

borderline

grensoverschrijdend kan vertaald worden met 'borderline'
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