Most of us like to think of ourselves as normal. We like to believe that our attitudes, desires and behaviors are not that different from anyone else's. However, when it comes to sexual arousal fantasies and often actual sexual behaviors, your neighbor may be very different than you would even want to know. What I am talking about here is a topic that is often ignored when sexuality is being discussed.
Paraphilia is a medical or behavioral science term for sexual behavior that is considered to be a disorder of sexual preference or repeated arousal to socially deviant, perverted, or unconventional stimuli. Paraphilias are usually a male problem, but sometimes also found among women.
Behavior can be classified as a paraphilia if it has lasted as least six months and causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of life.
Some of the more common paraphilias include:
-Pedophilia (attraction to children)
- Exhibitionism (exposing one's genitals)
- Fetishism (arousal to non-human objects, e.g. rubber, pantyhose, etc)
- Frotteurism (rubbing against strangers)
- Sexual masochism (pain or humiliation of self), including
- Hypoxyphilia/Autoerotic Asphyxia (stopping breathing)
- Sexual sadism (pain or humiliation of others)
- Transvestic fetishism (aroused wearing clothing usually worn by the other sex)
- Voyeurism (peeping)
Causes
Others causes sexually arousing if they are frequently and repeatedly associated with a pleasurable sexual activity. In most cases, the individual with a paraphilia has difficulty developing personal and sexual relationships with others.
Causes of Paraphilias
Common causes and Risk factors of Paraphilias
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