Chapter 16- Fetishes, Kinks, and Paraphilias

Fetishes

attractions or sexual desires that are often related to parts of the body or accoutrements that adorn the body such as lingerie or jewelry

partialism

eroticize aspects of a body

kink

anything that is considered an unconventional sexual practice

objectophilia/ object sexuality

 involves a strong sexual desire, attraction, and often a feeling of commitment toward an inanimate object

Furries

diverse groups of people who enjoy dressing up as​ animal characters that have human personalities and characteristics

Hentai

term that originates from Japanese culture to describe anime pornography

Infantilism

fetish that involves fantasies of a return to infancy—for example, by wearing diapers

adult baby

An adult who engages in this type of sexual activity

ABDL

refers to adult-baby diaper lovers

Asphyxiophilia

the practice of choking or cutting off oxygen for sexual pleasure

auto-asphyxiophilia

uses a rope or something else to choke themselves while masturbating

breathplay

partners are aware of each other and avoid losing consciousness

Watersports/ urophilia/ aka golden shower

practice of urinating on someone or being urinated on

BDSM

a term that is generally used for all of the sexual activities in which sadomasochists engage.(BDSM initially stood for, but bondage, dominance, discipline, submission, sadism, and masochism)

sadist

a person who enjoys inflicting pain

masochist

a person who enjoys having pain inflicted on them

sadomasochism

infliction or enjoyment of physical pain through practices such as spanking, paddling, caning, whipping, cutting, nipple clamping, branding, and more

top

dominant and one person

bottom

is submissive

paraphilia

any unusual sexual desire that plays a central role in a person's life

paraphilic disorder

an unusual sexual desire that plays a central role in a person's life and causes that person significant psychological distress, is illegal, or involves other, non-consenting people

exhibitionistic disorder

exposing genetial to non-consenting and often unsuspecting person

Scatalogia

an auditory form of exhibitionistic disorder in which a person becomes sexually aroused by saying sexually obscene things to a non-consenting person

Voyeurism

a disorder in which a person becomes sexually aroused by watching people undress and/or engage in sexual activity

Frotteurism

a disorder in which a person obtains sexual pleasure by rubbing against an unsuspecting victim

frottage

two consenting people rub their bodies together, usually in private, to obtain sexual pleasure

pedophile

a person who is sexually attracted either primarily or exclusively to prepubescent children

child molesters

an adult who has sexual contact with a child

zoophiles

have a stronger sexual desire for animals than for people

bestiality

Sexual contact between people and animals

Necrophilia

very rare disorder involves a sexual fixation on corpses

Somnophilia

referred to as sleeping beauty syndrome, this paraphilia involves an individual who becomes sexually aroused by a person who is sleeping or unconscious

Classical conditioning

pairing of a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that already elicits a strong positive or negative response

courtship disorder

broader category of paraphillic disorders in which behavior becomes inapporoacate

hypersexuality

excessive of sexual desire

aversion therapy

highly aversive stimulus (the smell of ammonia or disgusting images) might be paired with something previously viewed as sexually desirable (prepubescent girls) in order to break the cognitive association between young girls and sex

Masturbatory

reconditioning is another form of behavior therapy in which a person might be told to masturbate to the inappropriate stimulus but at the point of orgasm told to switch his fantasies to a more appropriate stimulus

Relapse prevention therapy

encourages patients to identify the triggers in the environment that set off the inappropriate behavior

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

These drugs, which are commonly used to treat depression and anxiety, have the side effect of reducing sexual desire

Which of the following practices is often confused with pedophilia?

a. Foot fetish

b. Furries

c. Infantilism

d. Urophilia

c. Infantilism

Research shows that during BDSM scenes, submissives frequently experience reduced sensations of pain, increased feelings of floating, feelings of peacefulness, feelings of living in the here and now, and time distortions. What is this experience called?

a. Flow

b. Transcendence

c. Transient hypofrontality

d. Fluid hypomodality

c. Transient hypofrontality

Which of the following does NOT play a role in diagnosing a sexual practice as a paraphiliac disorder (rather than just a paraphilia)?

a. Whether consent was given (if another person is involved)

b. The number or gender of partners involved

c. The distress caused to the person due to the practice

d. The legality of the sexual practice

e. Whether the practice would be deemed unappealing to most people in the population.

b. The number or gender of partners involved

According to the video above, what percentage of Americans fantasize about having sex in public places?

a. 2%

b. 12%

c. 26%

d. 46%

c. 26%

According to research, which of the following is NOT true of pedophiles? 

a. They have lower IQs.

b. They are shorter.

c. They have less white brain matter.

d. They have above average intelligence.

c. They have less white brain matter.

Which of the following is a rare paraphilic disorder characterized by a sexual fixation on corpses?

a. Zoophilia

b. Bestiality

c. Necrophilia

d. Somnophilia

c. Necrophilia

Research shows that pedophiles tend to have less white brain matter than non-pedophiles, suggesting that they have trouble connecting appropriate responses to stimuli (e.g., children) in their environment. What does criticism of this theory believe that white matter in the brain is also linked to?

a. Extroversion

b. Agreeableness

c. Impulsivity

d. Openness to experience

c. Impulsivity

According to classical conditioning, paraphilic disorders may develop as a result of which of the following?

a. Repeated pairing between an object and sexual stimuli over time

b. Positive reinforcement

c. Negative reinforcement

d. Introspection

a. Repeated pairing between an object and sexual stimuli over time

Which of the following statement(s) is true involving the notion of a cycle of abuse?

a. The vast majority of people who have been sexually abused as children grow up to abuse others.

b. The majority of people who have been sexually abused as children do NOT grow up to abuse others.

c. People who sexually abuse others are more likely to have been sexually abused themselves.

b. The majority of people who have been sexually abused as children do NOT grow up to abuse others.

c. People who sexually abuse others are more likely to have been sexually abused themselves.

Which of the following is a type of therapy that encourages patients to identify environment triggers that set off the urge to engage in their paraphilic behavior?

a. Relapse prevention therapy

b. Masturbatory reconditioning

c. Aversion therapy

d. Classical conditioning

a. Relapse prevention therapy

Which of the following statements about the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is FALSE?

a. They are most commonly used to treat depression.

b. They are effective in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder.

c. They cause a decline in sexual interest (libido) that can be helpful in treating patients with paraphiliac disorders.

d. They increase sex drive in most people.

d. They increase sex drive in most people.

Which of the following statements regarding surgical castration is true?

a. It is a preferred method of treatment for those suffering from paraphilic disorders.

b. It maintains a male's ability to feel sexual desire and have an erection.

c. Many clinicians are ethically opposed to it.

d. It is relatively standard even for milder paraphilic disorders.

c. Many clinicians are ethically opposed to it.