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Table 68-1 Definitions of DSM-IV paraphilias



























































Paraphilia Sexual urges involving...
Exhibitionism Exposure of one's genitals to an unsuspecting stranger (usually women or children)
Fetishism

Use of nonliving objects (e.g., leather, hair, boots, women's undergarments)


Frotteurism

Touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person

Pedophilia

A prepubescent child (e.g., 13 years or less)

Masochism

The act of being beaten, bound, humiliated, or otherwise made to suffer

Sadism

Acts in which the physical or psychological suffering (including humiliation) of the victim is required

Transvestic fetishism

Cross-dressing as a member of the opposite sex

Voyeurism

Observation of an unsuspecting person who is naked, undressing, or engaging in sexual activity

Paraphilias not otherwise specified (NOS)


Telephone scatologia

Obscene/erotic telephone calls to nonconsenting individuals

Necrophilia

Corpses

Partialism

An exclusive focus on one part of the body

Zoophilia

Animals


Coprophilia

Feces

Urophilia

Urine

Autoerotic asphyxia

Restricting oxygen to enhance orgasm