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Chapter 15: Variations in Sexual Behavior Flashcards

Terms/Definitions

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Paraphilia

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Unusual, unconventional sexual behavior

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paraphilic disorder

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a paraphilia that causes the person distress, impairing their functioning, or causing harm to themself or others

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indecent exposure

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showing one’s genitals in a public place

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compulsive sexual behavior

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a disorder where the person experiences intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, and associated sexual behavior

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fetishism

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a person’s sexual fixation on some object and erotic attachment to the significance of the object

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drag queens

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a man who dresses in woman’s clothing

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female impersonators

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a man or woman who impersonates a specific woman as part of their job

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transvestism

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dressing as a member of the opposite gender to experience sexual arousal

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sexual sadist

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a person who gets sexual satisfaction from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on another person (to others)

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sexual masochist

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a person derives sexual satisfaction from experiencing pain (to yourself)

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bondage and discipline

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physical or psychological restraint to enforce servitude, where both partners get pleasure

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dominance and submission

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use of power to control sexual stimulation and behavior of the other person

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voyeur

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a person who experiences sexual arousal from viewing unsuspecting persons who are nude, undressing, or having sex (peeping tom)

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exhibitionists

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persons who derive sexual gratification from exposing their genitals to a non-consenting person

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nymphomania

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an excessive, insatiable sex drive in a woman

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satyriasis

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an excessive, insatiable sex drive in a man

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hypersexuality

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an excessive, insatiable sex drive in either men or women

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online sexual activity (OSA)

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use of the internet for any activities of sexual nature, including sexual activities with a partner, called cybersex

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asphyxiophilia

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cutting off someone’s oxygen to create sexual arousal

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zoophilia

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sexual contact with an animal (also called bestiality)

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frotteurism

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rubbing one’s genitals against the body of someone who did not consent

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saliromania

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a desire to damage a woman or her clothes

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coprophilia

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sexual satisfaction with feces

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urophilia

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sexual satisfaction with urine

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necrophilia

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sexual contact with a dead person

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feederism

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sexual pleasure from weight gain

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sexsomnia

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sexual behaviors done during sleep; also called sleep sex

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