Chapter 14: Variations in Sexual Behavior Flashcards
recurring, unconventional sexual behavior that is obsessive and compulsive
paraphilia
a person’s sexual fixation on some object other than another human being and attachment of great erotic significance to that object
fetishism
a fetish whose object is anything made of a particular substance, such as leather
media fetish
a fetish whose object is a particular shape, such as high-heeled shoes
form fetish
the practice of deriving sexual gratification from dressing as a member of the other gender
transvestism
a male homosexual who dresses in women’s clothing
drag queen
a man who dresses up as a woman as part of a job in entertainment
female impersonator
a person who derives sexual satisfaction from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on another person
sexual sadist
a person who derives sexual satisfaction from experiencing pain
sexual masochist
the use of physical or psychological restraint to enforce servitude, from which both participants derive sensual pleasure
bondage and descipline
the use of power consensually given to control the sexual stimulation and behavior of the other person
dominance and submission
a disorder in which the individual experiences intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, and associated sexual behaviors
compulsive sexual behavior
a person who becomes sexually aroused from secretly viewing nudes
voyeur
a sexual variation in which the person becomes sexually aroused by observing others’ sexual acts and genitals
scoptophilia
a person who derives sexual gratification from exposing his genitals to others in situations in which this is inappropriate
exhibitionist
an excessive, insatiable sex drive in a woman
nymphomania
an excessive, insatiable sex drive in a man; also called Don Juanism
satyriasis
an excessive, insatiable sex drive in either men or women
hypersexuality
having no sexual attraction to a person of either sex
asexuality
the desire to induce in oneself a state of oxygen deficiency in order to create sexual arousal or to enhance excitement and orgasm; also called hypoxyphilia
asphyxiophilia
sexual contact with an animal; also called bestiality or sodomy
zoophilia
deriving sexual satisfaction from fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving touching or rubbing one’s genitals against the body of a non-consenting person
frotteurism
three people having sex together
troilism
a desire to damage or soil a woman or her clothes
saliromania
deriving sexual satisfaction from contact with feces
coprophilia
deriving sexual satisfaction from contact with a dead person
necrophilia
