This is a study of unconventional sexual behavior and socio-demographic and health parameters. This was a self-administered questionnaire of 7,022 individuals with and without unconventional sexual behaviors. Results revealed that more men (52.3%) than women (30.4%) presented with unconventional sexual behaviors. Fetishism and voyeurism were the two most common behaviors. They concluded that there was a connection between unconventional sexual behaviors and poor health status and low educational levels. This is helpful in examining the etiology of paraphilias.…
Gary is the client relations officer at his firm. The phone in his office has "caller id" so that the client can be identified before he answers the phone. After receiving a call with a rude client, Gary would be very annoyed and agitated. He began to notice that the rude calls tended to come from clients that were identified by a "1-800" number on the caller id. Therefore, whenever a "1-800" number appeared, he would become annoyed. (UCS: call from a rude client; UCR: annoyance and agitation; CS: "1-800" number on the caller ID; CR:…
Paraphilias and sexual addiction are very similar in nature. Paraphiliacs have sexual addiction that can be damaging to one’s self and can be harmful to others (Birchard, 2011). Sexual addiction and paraphilia are both subdivisions for the same behavior and contain much of the same criteria, but there is not a clear-cut way to define or describe it yet so that it can be placed in the DSM (Birchard, 2011). This article describes, defines, and discusses the addictive sexual behaviors in detail.…
Other paraphilias have a co-occurrence with transvestic fetishism (Lawrence, 2009). There is also co-occurrence of non-paraphilic hypersexuality (Langstrom, 2005). Lawrence reminds clinicians that non-homosexual male transgenderism can be understood to be an outgrowth of autogynephilia, however, the increased prevalence of the other paraphilic sexual interests in these men is predictable (2009). Predicting the possible presence of co-occurring paraphilias will give clinicians and psychiatrists information to develop a more effective treatment plan.…
In some cases there may be two paraphalia present (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, 686). Some paraphalia includes a persons erotic activities, while some paraphalia concerns a persons erotic target (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, 685). Paraphalia disorder is diagnosed when an individual meets criteria a, exposing one’s self to strangers or a sexual focus on children, and criteria b, distress or harm to others is a result (American Psychiatric Association, 2013,…
Paraphilia is an obsessive condition where the person is depended on a specific fantasy, stimulus or physical. The specific fantasy, stimulus or physical is needed for the person to achieve sexual excitement or orgasm. The fantasy, stimulus or physical is often considered unusual and very odd in other peoples eyes.…
From Matthew Weait’s analogy, the reasoning behind illegalizing sadomasochism in the Spanner case are explained. The sadomasochistic activities engaged in by the sadistic bodies that resulted in deriving pleasure from pain, in the eyes of criminal law was seen as a mockery to its punitive nature. Such transgression which seemed to undermine criminal law’s authority to dish out punishment saw to the law demonizing the sadomasochistic acts regardless of consensual sexuality and in turn banishing the sadistic bodies that seemed to enjoy other than be repellent to pain.…
Erotic material and other external stimuli can trigger sexual arousal in both men and women…
The research conducted clearly shows that women are being sexually objectified by the media in many ways. Societies views on sexual objectification has changed over the years and has become more of an issue in today’s society. Sexual objectification and self-objectification have proven to be a cause for mental illness in women and girls because of the unrealistic standards that advertising show. After analysing all of the research shown, my opinion is that women have been sexually objectified by the media and the impacts on women can be harmful; this problem needs to be corrected by the advertisers to ensure women and young girls can feel comfortable and confident in their own bodies. Despite the conducting extensive research, more primary…
A paraphilia is “a condition in which a person's sexual arousal and gratification depend on fantasizing about and engaging in sexual behavior that is atypical and extreme. A paraphilia can revolve around a particular object (children, animals, underwear) or around a particular act (inflicting pain, exposing oneself). Most paraphilias are far more common in men than in women. The focus of a paraphilia is usually very specific and unchanging”…
Theories of sexuality can be attributed to a renowned psychologists; Sigmund Freud. Rued developed theories of sexuality after his long association and handling of female patients as a psychologist. His theory named psychoanalytic theory has been a key reference point in literature relating to sexuality. Sigmund saw sex as a key force in human life and this lead to his theory which gives full treatment to human sexuality. Freud terms the urge for sex or sex drive as libido and attributed this drive to human behaviour.…
inappropriate or unacceptable sexual behaviour (eg masturbating in public, touching others inappropriately or showing pornography)…
To what extent does the modern media influence opinion on the abuse of children in art, photography and literature?…
Paraphilia’s are conditions in which sexual arousal occurs in response to stimuli that are not associated with normal sexual behavior patterns. Sadism and Masochism (Sadomasochism), which are mental disorders, are a type of paraphilia. Sadism is a condition in which sexual pleasure or gratification occurs on infliction of pain or suffering upon another person. In Masochism, sexual pleasure is obtained by pain or suffering inflicted upon oneself. The pain or suffering may or may not be related to a sexual act. A person who has sexual Sadism is called a sadist and sexual Masochism a masochist. Both Sadism and Masochism (Sadomasochism) may be present in the same person at different times.…
‘One pinched her, another walked round her; one gentleman poked her with his cane; and one lady employed her parasol to ascertain that all was, as she called it, “natural.” This inhuman baiting the poor creature bore with sullen indifference, except upon great provocation, when she seemed inclined to resent brutality [...]. On these occasions it required all the authority of the keeper to subdue her resentment. At last her civilized visitors departed […].’…