List of paraphilias

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Paraphilia, sexual deviation (in Greek para παρά = besides and '-philia' φιλία = love) - in psychology and sexology, is a term that describes a family of philias that reference sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity. Paraphilia is also used to imply non-mainstream sexual practices without necessarily implying dysfunction or deviance. Also, it may describe sexual feelings toward otherwise non-sexual objects. As the -philias within it have derived nouns, the noun derived which could be used to describe the collection of persons with paraphilias would be paraphile. However, psychologists generally use parasexual

[edit] History of the term

Although its coinage is often attributed to sexologist John Money, the term was coined by Croatian Jewish sexologist Friedrich Salomon Krauss during the 19th century, first popularized by Viennese psychotherapist Wilhelm Stekel (in his book Sexual Aberrations) in 1925, from the Greek para- (beside) + philos (loving), and first used in English in Stekel's translated works. It was not in widespread use until the 1950s, and was first used in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM) in 1980. It was used by Sigmund Freud as well

[edit] Clinically recognized paraphilias

Clinical literature discusses eight major paraphilias individually. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the activity must be the sole means of sexual gratification for a period of six (6) months, and cause "marked distress or interpersonal difficulty" to be considered such. In the clinical sense, many professionals and lay people prefer the term "disorders of sexual preference".

Note that since the DSM is a set of guidelines constructed by a committee of experts, it only represents reliable diagnoses, not necessarily valid ones.

This following list is a combined list of Paraphilias and Fetishes.

[edit] List of Fetishes & Paraphilias

This list is a combined list of Paraphilias and Fetishes.

Abasiophilia

love of (or sexual attraction to) people who use leg braces or other orthopaedic appliances

Acousticophilia

sexual arousal from certain sounds

Acrotomophilia (Amputee fetishism)

love of (or sexual attraction to) amputation or amputees (Greek akron, an extremity and tomos, a cut)

Agalmatophilia (Statuephilia)

sexual attraction to statues or mannequins or immobility

Algolagnia

sexual pleasure from pain

Amaurophilia

sexual arousal by a partner whom one is unable to see due to artificial means, such as being blindfolded or having sex in total darkness. (See: sensory deprivation)

Andromimetophilia

love of women dressed as men

Apodysophilia

desire to undress; see also Nudism, Exhibitionism

Apotemnophilia

desire to have (or sexual arousal from having) a healthy appendage (limb, digit, or male genitals) amputated

Aquaphilia

arousal from water and/or in watery environments, including bathtubs or swimming pools

Aretifism

sexual attraction to people who are without footwear, in contrast to retifism

Asphyxiophilia

sexual attraction to asphyxia; also called breath control play; including Erotic asphyxiation

Autogynephilia

a man's love of himself as a woman

Biastophilia

sexual pleasure from committing rape

Breast expansion

is a sexual fetish characterized by females whose breasts enlarge, either gradually or suddenly, sometimes to gargantuan proportions

Capnolagnia

Smoking Fetish

Celebriphilia

pathological desire to have sex with a celebrity.

Chronophilias such as Infantophilia

The sexual attraction to infants, Pedophilia: the sexual attraction to prepubescent children,

Coprophilia

sexual attraction to (or pleasure from) feces

Crush fetish

sexual arousal from seeing small creatures being crushed by members of the opposite sex, or being crushed oneself

Dacryphilia

sexual pleasure in eliciting tears from others or oneself

Diaper fetishism

sexual arousal from diapers

Emetophilia

(a.k.a. vomerophilia): sexual attraction to vomit

Ephebophilia

(a.k.a. hebephilia): sexual attraction towards adolescents

Eproctophilia

sexual attraction to flatulence

Exhibitionism

sexual arousal through sexual behavior in view of third parties (also includes the recurrent urge or behavior to expose one's genitals to an unsuspecting person, known as indecent exposure)

Faunoiphilia

sexual arousal from watching animals mate

Fetishism

is the use of non-sexual or nonliving objects or part of a person's body to gain sexual excitement. Examples include:

• Balloon fetishism
• Breast fetishism
• Foot fetishism (podophilia)
• Dental braces fetishism
• Fur fetishism
• Leather fetishism
• Lipstick fetishism
• Medical fetishism
• Panty fetishism
• robot fetishism
• rubber fetishism
• shoe fetishism
• Smoking fetish
• Spandex fetishism

Frotteurism

sexual arousal from the recurrent urge or behavior of touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person

Erotic Lactation | Galactophilia

sexual attraction to human milk or lactating women (incorrect term)

Gerontophilia

sexual attraction towards the elderly

Haematolagnia

sexual attraction to blood

Haematophilia

sexual attraction involving blood (either on a sex partner/attractive person or the liquid itself; (not to be confused with haemophilia, a genetic disorder of the blood)

Harpaxophilia

sexual arousal from being the victim of a robbery or burglary

Hybristophilia

sexual arousal to people who have committed crimes, in particular cruel or outrageous crimes

Hypodermoclysis

the subcutaneous infusion of fluids, usually to breasts, scrotum or penis

Infantilism

sexual pleasure from dressing, acting, or being treated as a baby

Inflatophilia

Inflatophilia is the strong attraction to and/or love of inflatable objects or the inflation of one's own body

Katoptronophilia

sexual arousal from having sex in front of mirrors.

Klismaphilia

sexual pleasure from enemas

Knismolagnia

Tickling fetish

Lust murder

sexual arousal through committing murder

Macrophilia

sexual attraction to larger people and large things (including larger body organs such as breasts and genitalia)

Maiesiophilia

sexual attraction to childbirth or pregnant women

Masochism

is the recurrent urge or behavior of wanting to be humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer

Microphilia

sexual attraction to smaller people and things of smaller size

Mysophilia

sexual attraction to soiled, dirty, foul or decaying material

Necrophilia

sexual attraction to corpses

Necrozoophilia

sexual attraction to the corpses or killings of animals (also known as necrobestiality)

Nepiophilia

the same as infantophilia sexual attraction to children between the age of 0 - 3 yrs.

Partialism

Refers to fetishes specifically involving nonsexual parts of the body.

Pedophilia

sexual attraction to prepubescent children (British spelling: paedophilia)

Phalloorchoalgolagnia

sexual arousal by the experiencing of painful stimuli being administered to the male genitals.

Pictophilia

sexual attraction to pictorial pornography/erotic art

Plushophilia

sexual attraction to stuffed toys or people in animal costume, such as theme park characters

Pyrophilia

sexual arousal through watching, setting, hearing/talking/fantasizing about fire

Retifism

sexual arousal from shoes

Sadism

The recurrent urge or behavior involving acts in which the pain or humiliation of the victim is sexually exciting.

Schediaphilia (aka Toonophilia)

love (or sexual arousal) to cartoon characters/situations

Sitophilia

sexual arousal from food

Somnophilia

sexual arousal from sleeping or unconscious people

Spectrophilia

sexual attraction to ghosts

Statuephilia

Sexual attraction to mannequins, statues, dolls

Teleiophilia

The sexual attraction of children to adults.

Telephone scatologia

being sexually aroused by making obscene telephone calls

Teratophilia

sexual attraction to deformed or monstrous people

Transformation fetish

sexual arousal from depictions of transformations of people into objects or other beings

Transvestic fetishism

is a sexual attraction towards the clothing of the opposite gender (also known as transvestism)

Trichophilia

love (or sexual arousal) from hair

Urolagnia

sexual attraction to urine

Vorarephilia

sexual attraction to being eaten by, and/or eating, another person or creature

Voyeurism

sexual arousal through watching others having sex (also includes the recurrent urge or behaviour to observe an unsuspecting person who is naked, disrobing or engaging in sexual activities)

Xenophilia

sexual attraction to foreigners (in science fiction, can also mean sexual attraction to aliens)

Zoophilia

emotional or sexual attraction to animals

Zoosadism

the sexual enjoyment of causing pain and suffering to animals

Note --

Sadism and masochism are often grouped together, under sadomasochism, or (as a lifestyle interest) BDSM. See also bondage, discipline and algolagnia.

[edit] See also

• Paraphilia
• Perversion
• Philia