Paraphilias

Paraphilia (def.)

characterized by intense sexual urge, fantasies, or behaviors

Paraphilia involve:

nonhumans, children, non-consenting adults, and experience of suffering or humiliation

sexual dysfunction

a disorder marked by persistent inability to function normally in some area of the sexual response cycle.

Human sexual response (four phrases)

1. desire

2. excitement

3. orgasm

4. resolution

Paraphilia lasting period to diagnosed

6 months +

Why Paraphilia happens

Paraphilia can occur due to a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors, often involving atypical sexual interests that develop during formative years.

Fetishism (def.)

recurrent sexual urges, sexually arousing fantasies or behavior involving use of nonliving object, often to the exclusion of all other stimuli.

Causation: Fetishistism

may include early experiences, classical conditioning, or psychological factors that link specific objects to sexual arousal.

treatment of fetishism

Aversion therapy or covert sensitization, masturbatory satiation, or orgasmic reorientation

Organsim reorientation (def.)

process aimed at redirecting sexual arousal from fetish objects to more normative sexual stimuli. 

Transvestism (def.)

a practice where individuals dress in clothing typically associated with the opposite gender, often for sexual arousal or personal expression.

masturbatory satiation (def.)

a behavioral therapy technique that involves prolonged masturbation to a fetish object, followed by a shift to more normative stimuli to reduce arousal to the fetish.

Crossing dressing

alt. word for transvestism

Transvestism (comp.)

often confused with gender dysphoria (transsexualism)

Development of transvestism

follows the behavior principals of operant conditioning.

Exhibitionism (def.)

characterized by arousal from the exposure of genitals in public setting

Frotteurism (ex.)

the act of exposing one's genitals to an unsuspecting person for sexual pleasure.

Exhibition (cor.)

This disorder usually involves wanting the shock-factor, attention, and reactions from unsuspecting individuals.

Aversion Therapy (def.)

A behavioral treatment aimed at reducing unwanted behaviors by associating them with negative stimuli.

Onset of Exhibition

typically occurs during adolescence or early adulthood, often linked to underlying psychological issues. (before age of 18)

Gender difference in Exhibitionism

more prevalent in males, who may seek validation and control through the act, while females may exhibit it less frequently and often in different contexts.

Voyeurism (def.)

characterized by the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from observing others engaged in intimate behaviors, often without their consent.

Risk of discovery adds excitement

Voyeurism (+)

Psychodynamic theorist with voyeurism

Seeking power

Behaviorist with voyeurism

learned behavior traced to chance and secret observation of a sexually arousing scene (sometimes as a child)

Onset of voyeurism

beings teen years or earlier

When does voyeurism end

decreases and disappears at 25.

Pedophilla (def.)

characterized fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child, usually 13 or younger.

Pedophilla (+)

some are satisfied with child pornography, others driven to watching, fondling, or engaging in sexual intercourse.

pedophilla victims

two-thrids of victims are females

Onset of pedophilla

adolescence

characterisitics of Individuals with pediphilia

Immature, distorted thinking, and have additional psychological disorder

Imprisonement level of pedophillas

Most pedophilias

Tx of pedophilla

aversion therapy, antiandrogen drugs, CBT with relapse prevention.

Sexual Masochism (def.)

characterized by fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving the act or thought of being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer

Beginning of Sexual Masochism (onset)

childhood

Sexual Masochism (dev.)

develops through behavioral process of classical conditioning

Sexual Sadism Disorder (def.)

fantasies urges, or behaviors involving the thought or act of psychological or physical suffering of a victim sexually exciting

Sexual sadism disorder (+)

Imagine they have total control over sexual victim