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Sex Paraphilia Notes

Paraphilias CH16 get encyclopedia of unusual sexual practices

When is Sexual Behavior Abnormal
Ć Varies by _culture __
ƒÜ Various approaches have been proposed¡Xstatistical (rare)
Ć Sociological (violates norms)
Ć _Psychological ____ (discomfort, inefficiency, and bizarreness)
ƒÜ Medical (lists syndromes¡VDSM-IV-TR)

Abnormal Behavior (cont.)
ƒÜ Easier to describe in theory than in reality ex: lingerie¡Xan article of clothing that both men and women find arousing but can also be a fetish object
Ć Think of these behaviors as gradations on a __continuum ____

Paraphilias ¡V DSM-IV Definition
ƒÜ Essential features ¡V recurrent, intense, sexually arousing _fantasies_, sexual urges, or _behaviors __ generally involving:
¡V Nonhuman objects
¡V Suffering or humiliation of oneself or one¡¦s partner
¡V Children or other non-consenting persons
Ć The fantasies, urges or behaviors have occurred over a period of at least _6 _ months
ƒÜ They cause ¡§clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning¡¨

Paraphilias
Ć Fetishism
Ć Transvestic Fetishism
Ć Sexual __Sadism __
Ć Sexual __Masochism ___
Ć Voyeurism
Ć __Frotteurism__
Ć Exhibitionism
Ć Pedophilia
Ć Paraphilia, NOS
Ć Are mainly practiced by __men ____
Ć Sex offenders often possess fewer social skills than non-offenders
Ć Individuals are likely to have more than one
ƒÜ Dr. Abel ¡V average client had __4.9 __ paraphilias

Fetishism
Ć Sexual fantasies, urges, or behaviors
¡V Involving use of __nonliving __ objects, or a specific __body__ part, to produce or enhance sexual arousal with or in the absence of a partner
¡V Common items are something associated with the body: women¡¦s underpants, bras, stockings, shoes, boots, or other clothing item
ƒÜ Media¡Xhard or soft (material)
Ć Form (object or its shape)
Ć Masturbates while holding, rubbing, smelling object
Ć May ask partner to wear item
Ć Object...