Paraphilia

Paraphilia is a concept in sociology and medicine. A paraphilia is when someone gets very sexually aroused by something considered unusual. Paraphilias often involve things or people who do not consent to being involved, or cannot consent. Some examples include:

 Exhibitionism: Arousal from exposing one's body to others
 Frotteurism: Arousal from rubbing against or groping strangers
 Infantilism: Arousal from being treated like an infant or toddler
 Incestophilia: Arousal from sexual intercourse with family membersEating, Sleeping, and Sex - Page 232 Andrew Baum - 1989
 Masochism: Arousal from being physically hurt
 Necrophilia: Sexual attraction towards corpses
 Sadism: Arousal from physically hurting another person
 Sadomasochism: Arousal from physically hurting another person and being physically hurt together
 Sexual fetishism: Arousal from non-sexual objects or body parts
 Voyeurism: Arousal from watching others do sexual acts
 Urolagnia: Arousal from urinating on someone and/or being urinated on
 Zoophilia: Sexual attraction towards animals

Homosexuality used to be considered a paraphilia, but this is no longer the case in a lot of countries.

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Category:Mental illnesses
Category:Sociology