Paraphilia
Describing uncommon types of sexual expression
Atypical Sexual Behaviors
Behaviors not typically expressed by most people in society
What Constitutes Atypical Sexual Behavior
- These uncommon things are expression of sexual arousal rather than affection and love
- Each one of these paraphilia’s are all uncommon in society
- Each Paraphilia ranges in extremity
- Most acts that take place are from males
- Sexual behavior is more expressed from males
- They occur in clusters, where there might be more than one Paraphilia they have
- People form these paraphilias due to unsatisfying or unestablished relationships
Erotosexual Differentiation
Development of sexual arousal in response to various kinds of images or stimuli
Coerce
Compel by force, intimidation, or authority for individual desire
Noncoercive Versus Coercive Paraphilias
- Some paraphilias are coercive, and some are noncoercive
- Coercive acts can harm their targets who may traumatized by the experience
- Some feel abused and it creates unpleasant episodes that will stay
- Some coercive Paraphilias are illegal for this reason
Symbolic Transformation
Object of the fetish becomes endowed with the power or essence of the owner, so the child may respond like they are an actual person
Fetishism (Noncoercive)
Sexual behavior in which a person has sexual excitement primarily from an inanimate (clothing) object or part of the body
- Only occurs when the person focuses on these objects to the exclusion of everything else
- Without the object, sexual arousal is less intense or goes away until it returns
- Fetish objects serve as substitutes for human contact
- Usually develops through the object or body part being in their fantasy
- Children also form this when they have objects that belong to an emotionally significant person (mothers)
- Rarely this becomes an offense (burglary of an fetish object)
Transvestic Fetishism (Noncoercive)
Sexual behavior where a person has sexual arousal from wearing clothing of other sex
Sadomasochistic Behavior
Sexual expression with pain
- Sexual Sadism
- Sexual Masochism
Sexual Sadism (Noncoercive)
Act of sexual arousal through giving physical or physiological pain
Sexual Masochism (Noncoercive)
Act of sexual arousal through receiving physical or physiological pain
Bondage
Sexual behavior where a person has sexual pleasure from being bound or tied up
Autoerotic Asphyxia (Noncoercive)
Enhancement of sexual excitement and orgasm by pressure induced oxygen deprivation
Klismaphilia (Noncoercive)
Sexual paraphilia where an individual has sexual pleasure from receiving enemas
Coprophilia (Noncoercive)
Sexual paraphilia where a person obtains sexual arousal from contact with feces
Urophilia (Noncoercive)
Sexual paraphilia where a person has sexual arousal from contact with urine
Exhibitionism (Coercive)
Paraphilia where a person exposes their genitals to an unwilling observer
Voyeurism (Coercive)
Paraphilia, acting sexual arousal by looking at undressed or sexual activities, usually strangers, without their consent
Frotteurism (Coercive)
Paraphilia where a person has sexual arousal from rubbing up against another
Zoophilia (Coercive)
Paraphilia where a person has sexual arousal from animals
Necrophilia (Coercive)
Rare Paraphilia where a person has sexual arousal by viewing or having intercourse with a corpse
Enema
Injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement
