Paraphilias

Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Although girls typically begin the process of puberty at age 10 or 11, and boys at age 11 or 12, psychiatric diagnostic criteria for pedophilia often extend the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13. People with the disorder are often referred to as pedophiles (or paedophiles).

thumb|"Ancient Greek sodomising a goat", plate XVII from by F. K. Forberg, illustrated by Édouard-Henri Avril Zoophilia is a paraphilia in which a person experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals. Bestiality instead refers to cross-species sexual activity between humans and non-human animals. Due to the lack of research on the subject, it is difficult to conclude how prevalent bestiality is. Zoophilia was estimated in one study to be prevalent in 2% of the population in 2021.

thumb|Nudity|Naked exhibitionist woman on a Budapest street in 2007 Exhibitionism is the practice of exposing one's intimate parts – such as the breasts, genitals, or buttocks – in a public or semi-public environment. This can be done live or virtually as with nude selfies using technologies like smartphones to take nude pictures of oneself for show.

A paraphilia is an uncommon, intense, and persistent sexual arousal or attraction to anything not sexual by nature, though substitutions of preferential for intense are favored for specific designations. It has also been defined as a sexual interest in anything other than a legally consenting human partner. Paraphilias are contrasted with normophilic ("normal") sexual interests, although the definition of what makes a sexual interest normal or atypical remains controversial.

thumb|The Hatred, painting by Pietro Pajetta (1896)

Voyeurism is the habit of clandestine watching other people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature, commonly for sexual stimulation. It may be a form of paraphilia.

Urolagnia, also known as urophilia, is a paraphilia in which sexual excitement is associated with urine or urination. Etymologically, the term comes from the Greek , meaning 'urine', and , meaning 'lust'. Golden shower is slang for the practice of urinating on another person for sexual pleasure, while the term watersports is more inclusive of other sexual acts involving urine.

pronounced sexual attraction to feet

thumb|245x245px|Russian coprophiliac erotica depicting defecation on a sleeping victim, one definition of the term “Hot Karl” Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος, kópros 'excrement' and φιλία, philía 'liking, fondness'), also called scatophilia or scat (Greek: σκατά, skatá 'feces'), is the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces.

Perversion is a form of human behavior which is far from what is considered to be orthodox or normal. Although the term perversion can refer to a variety of forms of deviation, it is most often used to describe sexual behaviors that are considered particularly abnormal, repulsive or obsessive. Perversion usually differs from "deviant behavior", in that the latter covers areas of behavior (such as petty crime) for which perversion would be too strong a term. It is often considered derogatory, and, in psychological literature, the term paraphilia has been used as a replacement for most forms of

intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal

thumb|270px|An illustration of a mutual footjob by André Lambert, A footjob is a non-penetrative sexual practice where the feet are used to stimulate a partner's genitals. The sexual rubbing may involve toes, one or both feet, stroking massage, and excitement to orgasm.

thumb|150px|right|A sign outside of a bicycle parking lot in Chiba, Japan, warns "Beware of Chikan (body contact)|Chikan" Frotteurism is a paraphilic interest in rubbing, usually one's pelvic area or erect penis, against a non-consenting person for sexual pleasure. It may involve touching any part of the body, including the genital area. A person who practices frotteuristic acts is known as a frotteur.

Agalmatophilia () is a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to a statue, doll, mannequin, or other similar figurative object. Agalmatophilia is a form of object sexuality.

thumb|Serial killer Ted Bundy was a subject of widespread hybristophilia, with many women writing him love letters and attending his trials. Hybristophilia is the phenomenon characterized by sexual interest in and attraction to those who commit crimes. The term hybristophilia was coined by John Money in 1986 and is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "to commit an outrage against someone" (ultimately derived from , "hubris"), and philo, meaning "having a strong affinity/preference for." In popular culture, this phenomenon is also known as the "Bonnie and Clyde syndrome."

thumb|Prisoners at a whipping post in a Delaware prison,

thumb|An example of manga-style vorarephilic artwork

Gerontophilia or gerontosexuality is the primary sexual attraction to older people. Gerontophilia is poorly defined in academia, leading to skewed statistics and lack of understanding. For instance, whether someone who is sexually attracted to individuals of any age older than their own could be diagnosed or whether the attraction is solely for elderly individuals, remains undecided. A person with such a sexual preference is a gerontophile or gerontosexual.

sexual arousal by breastfeeding on a woman's breast

sexual interest focused on female breasts

Form of sexual play

sexual fetish that involves role-playing a regression to an infant-like state

proposed compulsive sexual disorder

thumb|Poster of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, depicting a giantess attacking comparatively tiny people. Macrophilia is a fascination with or a sexual fantasy involving giant people. In 2023, the Giantess kink was found to be the most popular kink searched for on the website Clips4Sale. Generally, depictions range from sexually explicit actions to non-sexual interactions while still providing sexual stimulation for those with the fantasy.

act of spanking another person for sexual arousal or gratification

psychiatric diagnosis applied to those who are thought to have an excessive sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing

physical development scale of children, adolescents, and adults

Acrotomophilia (from the Greek "having the top cut off"; from ' "extremity" and - from ' "I cut" and '' "love") is a paraphilia in which an individual expresses strong sexual interest in amputees. It is a counterpart to apotemnophilia, the desire (although not necessarily sexual) to be'' an amputee.

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sexual and other interactions of people playing type roles

public indecency involving nudity of some sort

paraphilia in which sexual arousal is achieved by interaction with human hair

Emetophilia is a paraphilia in which an individual experiences sexual arousal from vomit or the act of vomiting. The term for being vomited on in a sexual context is called a roman shower.

paraphilia in which people are sexually attracted to or sexually aroused by trees

Abasiophilia is a psychosexual attraction to people with impaired mobility, especially those who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg braces, orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs. The term abasiophilia was first used by John Money of the Johns Hopkins University in a paper on paraphilias, in 1990.

Partialism is a sexual fetish with a focus on any other specific parts of the body other than the genitals. Partialism is categorized as a fetishistic disorder in the DSM-5 of the American Psychiatric Association only if it causes significant psychosocial distress for the person or has detrimental effects on important areas of their life. In the DSM-IV, it was considered a separate paraphilia (not otherwise specified), but was merged into fetishistic disorder by the DSM-5. Individuals who exhibit partialism sometimes describe the anatomy of interest to them as having equal or greater erotic at

practice in which a person's body is used as furniture

thumb|Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion by [[Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1786, Musée national du château et des Trianons. In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he carved.]]

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sexual attraction towards the nose

sexual interest or obsession with footwear

Salirophilia (from French salir, lit. "soiling") is a sexual fetish or paraphilia that involves deriving erotic pleasure from soiling or dishevelling the object of one's desire, or viewing them in this state. It may involve tearing or damaging their clothing, covering them in mud or filth, or messing their hair or makeup. The fetish does not necessarily involve harming or injuring the subject.

obsession with drinking blood

fetish and paraphilia in which sexual arousal is associated with the crushing of objects

Klismaphilia (or klysmaphilia), from the Greek words ("enema", from , "deluge, flood") and ("love"), is a paraphilia involving enjoyment of, and sexual arousal from, enemas.

Somnophilia (from Latin somnus "sleep" and Greek φιλία, -philia "friendship") is a paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is asleep or unconscious. The Dictionary of Psychology categorized somnophilia within the classification of predatory paraphilias.

sexual fascination with hands

type of paraphilia

Autassassinophilia is a paraphilia in which a person is sexually aroused by the risk of being killed. The fetish may overlap with some other fetishes that risk one's life, such as those involving drowning or choking. This does not necessarily mean the person‘s life must actually be put at risk; many are simply aroused by fantasies or simulations of such situations.

fetishistic attraction to humanoid robots

In psychology and psychiatry, scopophilia or scoptophilia ( , "look to", "to examine" + , "the tendency towards") is an aesthetic pleasure drawn from looking at an object or a person. In human sexuality, the term scoptophilia describes the sexual pleasure that a person derives from looking at prurient objects of eroticism, such as pornography, the nude body, and fetishes, as a substitute for actual participation in a sexual relationship.

sexual fetish for legs

Zoosadism is a type of Sadism in which it involves pleasure derived from cruelty to animals. It can also be a paraphilia, where people are sexually aroused by torturing animals. Zoosadism is part of the Macdonald triad, a set of three behaviors that have been considered a precursor to psychopathic behavior.

contexts in which pregnancy is seen by individuals and cultures as an erotic phenomenon

form of sexual fetishism

sexual fetish in which a person feels a desire to wear or use diapers

Urophagia is the consumption of urine. Urine was consumed in several ancient cultures for various health, healing, and cosmetic purposes. People have been known to drink urine in extreme cases of water scarcity; however numerous sources, including the US Army Field Manual, advise against it. Urine may also be consumed as a sexual activity.

Dacryphilia (also known as dacrylagnia) is a form of paraphilia in which one is sexually aroused by tears or sobbing. ==Etymology== The term comes from the Greek words meaning "tears", and meaning "love". ==Research== Dacryphilia is an underexplored aspect of non-normative sexual interests. Psychologists Richard Greenhill and Mark D. Griffiths from Nottingham Trent University conducted the first empirical study on dacryphilia, published in March 2015. The study, comprising online interviews, included six females and two males, three of whom were also involved in BDSM. The researchers identifie

thumb|Peter Paul Rubens - The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus Biastophilia (from Greek biastes, "rapist" + -philia) and its Latin-derived synonym raptophilia (from Latin rapere, "to seize"), also paraphilic rape, is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal is dependent on, or is responsive to, the act of assaulting an unconsenting person, especially a stranger. Some dictionaries consider the terms synonymous, while others distinguish raptophilia as the paraphilia in which sexual arousal is responsive to actually raping the victim.

fetishism based on the smoking of tobacco