Chapter 15: Atypical Sexuality Flashcards
Fetishism?
- erotic fixation on an object, material or body part.
What are the two broad categories of fetishes?
A. Media fetish (eg. leather, silk)
B. Form fetish (eg. stocking, shoe)
Explain the normal-abnormal continuum for fetishism? (4)
- Mild preference
- Strong preference
- Necessity
- Substitute for human partner
When/where on the normal-abnormal continuum for fetishism does it actually become an issue?
- when the individual feels discomfort! (or others involved?)
Transvestism?
- sexual gratification from cross-dressing
Sadism?
- sexual gratification from inflicting pain
Masochism?
- sexual gratification from experiencing pain.
Which are more common: Sadists or Masochists?
- Masochists!
With regards to masochism and sadism; which sex is more likely to belong to one of these categories?
- males for both vs females!
L> females are more likely to play the role of a dominatrix (for hire)
Sadomasochistic behaviour (S&M) is often real or not real?
- not real…normally its just theoretical!
Sadomasochistic behaviour (S&M): 1. This behaviour is often accompanied by \_\_\_ and \_\_\_. (ex?)
- ritual
- gadgetry
ex: bondage and discipline
Sadomasochistic behaviour (S&M): 2. A \_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_ subculture exists.
- dominance and submission
L> people play roles and act out scripts
What are the causes of Sadomasochistic behaviour (S&M) ?
- UNKNOWN BRO.
Voyeurism?
-the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions usually considered to be of a private nature.
Voyeurism:
1. Voyeurs like the element of?
- risk
L> they want to view strangers and go undetected
Voyeurism:
2. Most voyeurs are or are not dangerous?
- not dangerous
Voyeurism:
3. What are the two main characteristics of a dangerous voyeur?
- Enter the confines of a building to view their subject
2. Draw the attention of their subject to the fact that they are in fact watching them.
Exhibitionism?
he act of exposing in a public or semi-public context those parts of one’s body that are not normally exposed – for example, the breasts, genitals or buttocks. The practice may arise from a desire or compulsion to expose themselves in such a manner to groups of friends or acquaintances, or to strangers for their amusement or sexual satisfaction or to shock the bystander. (wiki! -probs should be citing oops)
Exhibitionism:
1. Who are mostly likely to be exhibitionists? (male, female, heterosexual, homosexual? etc)
- almost always a heterosexual male exposing himself to a woman.
Exhibitionism:
2. In the early 1970’s, __% of all arrests for sexual offences in the US were for exhibitionism.
- 30%
Exhibitionism:
3. In New Brunswick, in 1996, __% of male sex offenders were convicted of exhibitionism.
L> rate of recidivism
L> progression to more serious offences?
- 6%
L> there is a high rate of recidivism estimated to be 48% based on Canadian stats.
L> only occasionally leads to more serious offences (ie. sexual offences): 6% in one Canadian study..
Exhibitionism
4. An estimated / of university women have been flashed.
1/3
Exhibitionism:
-Exhibitionists are typically dangerous or not dangerous?
- not dangerous
L> their motive is to shock or upset women.
Exhibitionism:
- What is the best way for a victim to respond?
-show indifference ! (YAWN)
Frotteurism??
- physical contact with others in public places without their knowledge or consent.
Asphyxiaphilia?
- autoerotic asphyxia
- a paraphilia in which sexuoerotic arousal and orgasm are dependent on or facilitated by the lack of oxygen produced by self-strangulation or from being strangulated or asphyxiated by a sexual partner, up to, but not including, the loss of consciousness
Asphyxiaphilia:
1. Enhanced sexual arousal from what?
- oxygen deprivation (eg. partial strangling)
Asphyxiaphilia:
2. This is a cause of accidental what?
deaths
Example of autoerotic deaths from lecture?
- electric floor buffer
L> 19 year old male found dead with this between thighs.
L> burning via electrical issues
L> current passed through thighs and exited the shoulder.
What are the four main autoerotic fatalities?
- electrocution
- freon inhalation
- amylmitrite
- cardiovascular disease
Zoophilia??
- a paraphilia involving cross-species sexual activity between human and non-human animals or a fixation on such practice. (wiki)
Zoophilia:
1. Kinsey report (1948) that _% of boys and almost _% of farm boys had participated in this kind of behaviour. _% were females, usually involving what kinds of animals?
8%
- 50%
- 3.6%
- the family pet
Zoophilia:
2. Typically this is an _____ activity.
- adolescence
Zoophilia:
3. In adults there is a link between zoophilia and what?
L> where is zoophilia most commonly expressed?
- other mental disturbances
L> higher zoophilia in psychiatric populations
Pedophilia:
1. Pedophile?
-a person whose sexual interest is in children (<13 years old) exceeds their interest in sexually mature adults.
Pedophilia:
2. Child molester?
- any adult who has sexual contact with a prepubescent child.
Pedophilia:
3. Are the two terms pedophile and child molester interchangeable?
- no they mean two different things
L> they involve to separate populations but there is overlap seen.
Pedophilia:
4. What is the age range of a child in legal terms within Canada?
- any one below 16 years old
Pedophilia:
5. Intrafamilial vs Extrafamilial offenders?
L> which is more likely?
- within family
- outside of the family
L> extrafamilial offenders are more likely to reoffend than intrafamilial offenders
Pedophilia:
- do both heterosexual and homosexual pedophiles exist? If so is there a more common one?
- yes both do
L> heterosexual pedophiles are 2x/3x more common than homosexual pedophiles.
Pedophilia:
- Like what was seen with zoophilia do people that fall into this category tend to have more mental disorders as well?
- no, they tend not to have many other disorders
l> generally they are fairly normal
Pedophilia:
- Do female ones exist?
- they are relatively rare but they do exist
pedophiles and child molesters that is
Other Sexual Variations:
- List the other five variations!
- Salicomania
- Telephone scatalogia
- coprophilia and urophilia
- Klismaphilia
- necrophilia
Other Sexual Variations:
1. Salicomania ?
- the desire to soil a woman
Other Sexual Variations:
2. Telephone scatalogia??
- obscene phone calls
Other Sexual Variations:
3. Coprophilia and urophilia?
- excrement and urine
Other Sexual Variations:
4. Klismaphilia ?
- enemas
Other Sexual Variations:
5. Necrophilia?
- corpses
Treatment for Paraphilia:
1. SSRI’s?
- cause sexual dysfunction and reduce OCD, possible efficacy in cases of less serve paraphilias
Treatment for Paraphilia:
2. Medroxyprogesterone acetate?
L> Depo-Provera
- depresses the secretion go GnRH by the hypothalamus which results in low levels of testosterone
L>reducing sexual desires and behaviours
Treatment for Paraphilia:
- Drug treatment for paraphilias is also sometimes referred to as what?
chemical castration
Treatment for Paraphilia:
3. What is the last resort for treatment of paraphilias?
- physical castration
L> for men this involves removing of the testicles which is the main source of androgens.
L> rapid drop in circulating androgen levels and a somewhat variable decline in sexual desires and behaviour including physiological responses. (i.e. erection, ejaculation)
Castration may or may not be the more effect ion form of treatment of parahilia in regards to prevention of sexual recidivism?
may be more effective!
L> Prentky 1997- before surgery the participants were those whom committed multiple and or violent offences prior and were at a very high risk for reoffending : after the surgery: 1% to 7% did in-fact reoffend.
Examples from class about insurance and autoerotic fatalities! (4)
Electrocution up dick, electoral floor buffer incident, vacuum and the old man having a heart attack
Zoophila example from class?
L> dirty deed with a sheep/goat
here are three ways to do the deed with a lamb/sheep, picket fence, cliff and do you know the third one? I think it was putting the animal’s legs in the pantlegs
